Revision: Dec. 27, 2018, 11:40 a.m.
HB 220 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0315
10/06
HOUSE BILL 220
AN ACT relative to licensing requirements for septic system evaluators.
SPONSORS: Rep. Renzullo, Hills. 37
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill extends the deadline for practicing septic system evaluators and designers to comply with license requirements of the board of septic system evaluators.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0315
10/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to licensing requirements for septic system evaluators.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Septic System Evaluators; License Required; Date Extended. Amend RSA 310-A:209, II to read as follows:
II. Beginning [January 1, 2018] July 1, 2020, a person eligible for licensure under RSA 310-A:210, II, III, or IV may continue to practice as a septic system evaluator or conduct septic system evaluations in this state only if such person holds a septic system evaluator's license issued by the board under this subdivision.
2 License Requirements; Septic System Evaluators; Grandfathering Date Extended. Amend RSA 310-A:210, III and IV to read as follows:
III. A person who was actively engaged in the business of septic system evaluation in this state as a means of his or her livelihood for at least 5 years and who provides the board with a sworn affidavit that he or she has performed a minimum of 25 septic evaluations preceding the effective date of this subdivision shall be eligible for licensure by the board without completion of the requirements of subparagraph I(a) or I(b). An application for licensure under this paragraph shall be made [within one year following the effective date of this subdivision] not later than July 1, 2020. The applicant shall be issued a license by providing evidence satisfactory to the board of the knowledge and experience equivalent to the requirements of subparagraphs I(a) and I(b).
IV. A person who currently holds a New Hampshire septic designer permit and who provides the board with a sworn affidavit that he or she has performed a minimum of 25 septic evaluations preceding the effective date of this subdivision shall be issued a license by the board without completion of the requirements of subparagraph I(a) or I(b) upon request of the applicant. An application for licensure under this paragraph shall be made [within one year following the effective date of this subdivision] not later than July 1, 2020.
3 Penalty; Date Extended. Amend RSA 310-A:219, I(d) to read as follows:
(d) Beginning [January 1, 2017] July 1, 2020, practice septic system evaluations or to offer, advertise, or hold oneself out to the public as being in the practice of septic system evaluation in this state without a license; or
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.