CHAPTER 121
SB 374 - FINAL VERSION
02/11/2016 0393s
2016 SESSION
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SENATE BILL\t374
AN ACT\trequiring the department of environmental services to update coastal flooding trends.
SPONSORS:\tSen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Rep. F. Rice, Rock. 21; Rep. Borden, Rock. 24; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21
COMMITTEE:\tEnergy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires the department of environmental services to update a report on coastal flooding trends every 5 years.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/11/2016 0393s\t16-2723
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trequiring the department of environmental services to update coastal flooding trends.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t121:1 New Section; Coastal and Great Bay Region Reports. Amend RSA 483-B by inserting after section 21 the following new section:
\t483-B:22 Coastal and Great Bay Region Reports. The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall convene representatives of the department of transportation, the division of homeland security and emergency management, the office of energy and planning, and other agencies as he or she deems appropriate, at least every 5 years, commencing July 1, 2019 to supervise an updating of storm surge, sea-level rise, precipitation, and other relevant projections recommended in the coastal risks and hazards commission 2014 report "Sea-Level Rise, Storm Surges, and Extreme Precipitation in Coastal New Hampshire: Analysis of Past and Projected Trends." This report shall be distributed to all state agencies, municipalities in the coastal and Great Bay region, the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate and the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over issues related to such projections.
\t121:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 20, 2016
Effective Date: July 19, 2016