Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 2:28 p.m.
HB 1319 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2285
08/04
HOUSE BILL 1319
SPONSORS: Rep. French, Graf. 14; Rep. Merner, Coos 7; Rep. Cohen, Hills. 28; Rep. Eisner, Rock. 6; Rep. Spang, Straf. 6; Rep. Dutzy, Hills. 30; Rep. Weston, Graf. 8; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Coursin, Rock. 1; Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the siting of new landfills or expansions of existing landfills near state parks, national parks, or United States Department of Agriculture forest land.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2285
08/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Permit Prohibited Near Certain Parks an Forest Lands. Amend RSA 149-M:9 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraph:
XV. No permit shall be issued by the department for the siting of a new public or private facility or for the expansion of an existing public or private facility which is within one mile of the boundary of any state or national park or within 5 miles of the boundary of any land managed by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.