Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 11:23 a.m.
HB 258 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0586
08/10
HOUSE BILL 258
AN ACT relative to the submission and approval of subsurface sewage disposal system plans.
SPONSORS: Rep. Sprague, Straf. 18
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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This bill makes various changes to the process for submission and approval of subsurface sewage disposal system plans.
This bill is a request of the department of environmental services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0586
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to the submission and approval of subsurface sewage disposal system plans.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Registry of Deeds; Subsurface Sewage Disposal Systems. Amend RSA 485-A:29, II to read as follows:
II. [Permitted designers of subsurface sewage disposal systems shall obtain the registry of deeds volume and page numbers for each lot that relates to the septic system application and provide them to the department.] The department shall develop and approve an outline of brief instructions for the periodic maintenance, care and proper usage of waste disposal systems, including a warning of the potential public health hazard and pollution of public and private water supplies and surface water of the state from improperly maintained sewage and waste disposal systems.
2 New Paragraph; Approval; Failed Septic Systems. Amend RSA 485-A:32 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. Any person submitting an application and plans for construction approval to replace a subsurface sewage disposal system in failure as defined in RSA 485-A:2, IV shall be exempt from presenting a certification of compliance with local government requirements as required by paragraph II.
3 Sewage Disposal Systems; Off Lot Disposal Areas. Amend RSA 485-A:38, II-a(a)(1)(B) to read as follows:
(B) The lot is 5 acres or more in size ; or
(C) The lot is served by an off lot effluent disposal area.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.