Bill Text - HB1358 (2018)

Relative to decisions by the site evaluation committee.


Revision: Nov. 6, 2017, 3:23 p.m.

HB 1358 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2437

06/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1358

 

AN ACT relative to decisions by the site evaluation committee.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Testerman, Merr. 2

 

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the site evaluation committee to issue a certificate for an energy facility if the committee fails to act within 365 days of acceptance of an application.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2437

06/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to decisions by the site evaluation committee.

 

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

 

1  Energy Facilities; Site Evaluation Committee; Applications.  Amend RSA 162-H:7, VI-d to read as follows:

VI-d.  Within 365 days of the acceptance of an application, the committee shall issue or deny a certificate for an energy facility.  If the committee fails to act within the 365 days from the acceptance of the application, the application shall be deemed approved and the committee shall issue the certificate.

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