Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 2:59 p.m.
HB 162 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0166
06/03
HOUSE BILL 162
SPONSORS: Rep. McConnell, Ches. 12; Rep. Roberts, Hills. 4; Rep. O'Day, Ches. 11; Rep. Lewicke, Hills. 26
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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This bill establishes criteria for high pressure gas pipeline applications.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0166
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Energy Facility Evaluation; Criteria for High Pressure Gas Pipeline Applications. Amend RSA 162-H by inserting after section 10-b the following new section:
162-H:10-c Criteria for High Pressure Gas Pipeline Applications. No site shall be considered for a high pressure gas pipeline unless the application provides that:
I. All affected residential property owners shall receive just compensation for eminent domain proceedings. Compensation shall include:
(a) Payment of the full fair market value of all residential property taken by the applicant.
(b) Reasonable relocation expenses not to exceed $10,000.
(c) The cost of one real estate appraisal requested by the owner.
(d) Reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal costs incurred by the owner.
II. The applicant has established that 75 percent or more of the gas transmitted into New Hampshire as a result of such high pressure gas pipeline shall be distributed within New Hampshire.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.