Revision: May 31, 2018, 2:59 p.m.
CHAPTER 119
SB 172-FN - FINAL VERSION
01/03/2018 2529s
2018 SESSION
17-0879
08/03
SENATE BILL 172-FN
AN ACT relative to non-menace dams.
SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. Vadney, Belk. 2
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
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This bill requires that certain dams shall not be declared a menace unless the department of environmental services determines that there has been a change in conditions downstream.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/03/2018 2529s 17-0879
08/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to non-menace dams.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
119:1 Menace Dams. Amend RSA 482:12, I to read as follows:
I. It shall be the duty of the department from time to time to cause all dams in the state which, by reason of their condition, height or location, may be a menace to the public safety to be inspected by competent engineers. A dam that is classified as a non-menace structure as of February 20, 1981 shall retain such status until the department determines conditions downstream have changed since the dam was classified that warrant reclassification or until such reconstruction of the dam is needed requiring a permit to reconstruct the dam.
119:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 30, 2018
Effective Date: July 29, 2018