Bill Text - HB1659 (2018)

Establishing a committee to study possible health and safety impacts of the alkali-silica reaction on the seacoast.


Revision: Nov. 13, 2017, 12:54 p.m.

HB 1659 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2677

06/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1659

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study possible health and safety impacts of the alkali-silica reaction on the seacoast.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a committee to study the possible health and safety effects of alkali-silica reaction on the seacoast.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2677

06/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study possible health and safety impacts of the alkali-silica reaction on the seacoast.

 

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

 

1  Committee Established.  There is established a committee to study possible health and safety impacts of the alkali-silica reaction on the seacoast.

2  Membership and Compensation.

I.  The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a)  Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(b)  Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

II.  Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3  Duties.  The committee shall study the possible impact on the health and safety of the public from the alkali-silica reaction in the concrete of the Seabrook atomic plant and make recommendations to the legislature to establish state policies concerning alkali-silica reaction to ensure health and safety.

4  Chairperson; Quorum.  The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members.  The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member.  The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.  Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5  Report.  The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2018.

6  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.