SB248 (2012) Detail

Relative to the installation of municipal culverts.


SB 248 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2930

06/09

SENATE BILL 248

AN ACT relative to the installation of municipal culverts.

SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 7

COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs

ANALYSIS

This bill exempts certain municipalities from the permitting requirements for excavating and dredging.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2930

06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to the installation of municipal culverts.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Excavating and Dredging Permit; Certain Exemptions; Use of Best Management Practices. RSA 482-A:3, XVI(a) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

XVI.(a) Any municipality that has a professional engineer ensure that best management practices for routine roadway maintenance in New Hampshire published by the department of transportation are followed by its employees or contractors who install, repair, or replace culverts or stream crossing structures, including culverts up to and including 48 inches in diameter or the functional hydraulic equivalent, and that files an appropriate notice under subparagraph (b) shall be exempt from the permitting requirement of RSA 482-A:3, I(a).

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.