Revision: March 27, 2017, 8:07 a.m.
SB 121 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/23/2017 0862s
2017 SESSION
17-0878
08/10
SENATE BILL 121
SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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This bill establishes a commission to determine if the department of environmental services should take over the MS-4 permit system from the Environmental Protection Agency, and if so, to recommend a fee structure that would pay for the department to hire the required number of employees to manage the issuance of permits.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/23/2017 0862s 17-0878
08/10
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; MS-4 Study Commission. Amend RSA 483-B by inserting after section 7 the following new section:
483-B:7-a MS-4 Study Commission.
I. There is established a commission to determine if the department of environmental services should take over the MS-4 permit system from the Environmental Protection Agency, and if so, to recommend a fee structure that would pay for the department to hire the required number of employees to manage the issuance of permits.
II. The members of the commission shall be as follows:
(a) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(b) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(c) The commissioner of the department of environmental services, or designee.
(d) One person representing affected nuclear facilities, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(e) One person representing affected hydro-electric power facilities, appointed by the president of the senate.
(f) One person recommended by the Business and Industry Association, appointed by the governor.
(g) One person representing the Pease development authority, appointed by the executive director.
(h) One person representing the New Hampshire Association of Counties, appointed by the Commissioner's Council.
(i) Three people representing affected water and sewer facilities, appointed by the New Hampshire Municipal Association.
III. Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.
IV. The commission shall determine if the department of environmental services should take over the MS-4 permit system from the Environmental Protection Agency, and if so, to recommend a fee structure that would pay for the department to hire the required number of employees to manage the issuance of permits.
V. The members of the study commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the senate member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Seven members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
VI. The commission shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before December 1, 2017.
2 Repeal. RSA 483-B:7-a, relative to the MS-4 study commission, is repealed.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect December 1, 2017.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.