Bill Text - HB179 (2017)

Relative to financing the construction of high pressure gas pipelines.


Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 12:31 p.m.

HB 179 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0380

06/04

 

HOUSE BILL 179

 

AN ACT relative to financing the construction of high pressure gas pipelines.

 

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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ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits the imposition of any tariff, tax, or fee on any electric ratepayer for the purpose of partially or wholly financing the construction of a high pressure gas pipeline.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0380

06/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to financing the construction of high pressure gas pipelines.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Tariffs, Taxes, and Fees Prohibited for Construction of High Pressure Gas Pipelines.  Amend RSA 162-H by inserting after section 10-b the following new section:

162-H:10-c  Tariffs, Taxes, and Fees Prohibited for Construction of High Pressure Gas Pipelines.  No tariff, tax, or other fee may be levied upon any electric ratepayer for the purpose of partially or wholly financing the construction of a high pressure gas pipeline.

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