SB291 (2014) Detail

Relative to distribution of seedling trees for educational purposes.


CHAPTER 75

SB 291 – FINAL VERSION

2014 SESSION

14-2756

06/10

SENATE BILL 291

AN ACT relative to distribution of seedling trees for educational purposes.

SPONSORS: Sen. Odell, Dist 8

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

ANALYSIS

This bill permits the director of the division of forests and lands to distribute limited quantities of seedlings to nonprofit organizations for educational purposes.

This bill is a request of the division of forests and lands, department of resources and economic development.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2756

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to distribution of seedling trees for educational purposes.

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

75:1 Public Forest Lands; Duties of Director. Amend RSA 227-H:2, I(c)(1) to read as follows:

(1) Raise seedling trees at a state forest nursery and, on terms approved by the commissioner, sell the trees to persons who desire to plant them. The director may, with like approval, distribute [them] limited quantities for educational purposes free of charge to nonprofit organizations, counties, municipalities, and public institutions [owning land which is suitable for reforestation, or which would benefit from tree cover and may arrange for and supervise the planting of such land and any other land suitable for planting owned or acquired by the state] at events approved by the director.

75:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 27, 2014

Effective Date: July 26, 2014