HB 1514 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2658
\t06/10
HOUSE BILL\t1514
AN ACT\trelative to the application of nitrogen and phosphorus content fertilizers.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Schroadter, Rock. 17; Rep. Mullen, Straf. 1; Rep. Sanborn, Hills. 41
COMMITTEE:\tEnvironment and Agriculture
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill exempts the sale of certain fertilizers sold in bulk from limitations on nitrogen and phosphorus content.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2658
\t06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to the application of nitrogen and phosphorus content fertilizers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Soil Conditioners; Nitrogen Content of Fertilizer. Amend RSA 431:4-a, III and IV to read as follows:
\t\tIII. No turf fertilizer sold at retail shall exceed an annual application of 3.25 pounds per 1,000 square feet of total nitrogen when applied according to the instructions on the label.
\t\tIV. No enhanced efficiency fertilizer sold at retail shall exceed a single application rate of 2.5 lbs. per 1,000 square feet of total nitrogen and an annual application rate of 3.25 pounds per 1,000 square feet of total nitrogen nor release at greater than 0.7 pounds per 1,000 square feet per month when applied according to the instructions on the label.
\t2 Soil Conditioners; Phosphorus Content of Fertilizer. Amend RSA 431:4-b, III to read as follows:
\t\tIII. No natural organic turf fertilizer sold at retail shall exceed a per application rate of one pound of available phosphate per 1,000 square feet when applied according to the instructions on the label.
\t3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.