HB 1288 – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
05/01
HOUSE BILL 1288
AN ACT requiring bottled water labels to indicate the source of water.
SPONSORS: Rep. Weed, Ches 16; Rep. Ley, Ches 9
COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs
This bill requires bottled water labels to indicate the source of water.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2384
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT requiring bottled water labels to indicate the source of water.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Sanitary Production and Distribution of Food; Manufacture and Sale of Beverages; Bottled Water Labels. Amend RSA 143 by inserting after section 16 the following new section:
143:16-a Bottled Water Labels. All bottles, packages, or containers of bottled water sold, offered for sale, or bottled in this state shall have a label that clearly indicates the specific location from which the water was obtained, including the address of a water purveyor, artesian or driven well, spring, or other point of origin.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.