Revision: Dec. 20, 2017, 1:25 p.m.
SB 453 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2968
08/06
SENATE BILL 453
AN ACT relative to requirements and criteria for a competitive grant program for drinking water protection.
SPONSORS: Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Rep. Suzanne Smith, Graf. 8
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes the requirements for rulemaking for a competitive grant program for drinking water protection.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2968
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to requirements and criteria for a competitive grant program for drinking water protection.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Implementation of Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection. Amend RSA 485-F:3, II to read as follows:
II. The department shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to:
(a) [Defining and] Administering a competitive grant program for drinking water protection projects[, including application requirements, criteria for selection, approval process, and matching fund requirements].
(b) Administering the revolving loan fund[, including application requirements, provisions for cost-sharing, criteria for selection, approval process, and funding qualifications].
2 New Subparagraphs; Implementation of Drinking Water and Groundwater Protection. Amend RSA 485-F:4, VII by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraphs:
(d) Develop, for the grant program application requirements, criteria for selection, approval processes, and matching requirements.
(e) Develop, for the revolving loan fund application requirements, provisions for cost sharing, criteria for selection, approval processes, and funding qualifications.
(f) Not be subject to RSA 541-A.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.