Bill Text - SB121 (2019)

Relative to acquisition rights and easements at Weeks Crossing Dam in the town of Warren by the department of environmental services.


Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 1:40 p.m.

CHAPTER 195

SB 121-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0252

08/06

 

SENATE BILL 121-FN

 

AN ACT relative to acquisition rights and easements at Weeks Crossing Dam in the town of Warren by the department of environmental services.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Dietsch, Dist 9; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Ford, Graf. 3; Rep. Ruprecht, Graf. 15

 

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows the department of environmental services acquisition rights and easements at Weeks Crossing Dam in the town of Warren.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0252

08/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to acquisition rights and easements at Weeks Crossing Dam in the town of Warren by the department of environmental services.

 

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

 

195:1  New Paragraph; Acquisition by State of Certain Rights and Easements.  Amend RSA 482:48 by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraph:

XI.  For a consideration of $1, the department of environmental services may accept an easement from the property owners of all rights necessary to access, repair, reconstruct, maintain, and operate Weeks Pond Dam in the town of Warren for the purpose of repairing and reconstructing such dam.  The rights and easements the department is authorized to acquire for the benefit of the state shall be exempt from taxation as long as the easements are held by the state.  With the exception of such $1 consideration, nothing in this paragraph shall mandate or authorize the expenditure of any funds or capital relative to the provisions of this paragraph.

195:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

Approved: July 10, 2019

Effective Date: September 08, 2019