Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 12:35 p.m.
HB 173 - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0303
06/01
HOUSE BILL 173
AN ACT relative to regulations restricting the use of water for outdoor usage.
SPONSORS: Rep. J. Graham, Hills. 7; Rep. Danielson, Hills. 7; Rep. Gould, Hills. 7
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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This bill extends the authority of selectmen to restrict outdoor water usage.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0303
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to regulations restricting the use of water for outdoor usage.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Selectmen; Restricting the Watering of Lawns. Amend RSA 41:11-d, I to read as follows:
I. The local governing body may establish regulations restricting the use of water from private wells or public water systems for [residential] outdoor lawn watering or other outdoor discretionary water usage when administrative agencies of the state or federal government have designated the region as being under a declared state or condition of drought.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.