Bill Text - HB1373 (2020)

Establishing a committee to study the use of Styrofoam in schools, hospitals, and government buildings.


Revision: Dec. 2, 2019, 3:26 p.m.

HB 1373 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2686

08/03

 

HOUSE BILL 1373

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the use of Styrofoam in schools, hospitals, and government buildings.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Stack, Hills. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a committee to study the use of Styrofoam in schools, hospitals, and government buildings.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2686

08/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the use of Styrofoam in schools, hospitals, and government buildings.

 

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

 

1  Committee Established.  There is established a committee to study the use of Styrofoam in schools, hospitals, and government buildings.

2  Membership and Compensation.

I.  The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a)  Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(b)  Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

II.  Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3  Duties.  The committee shall study the use of Styrofoam in schools, hospitals, and government buildings.

4  Chairperson; Quorum.  The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members.  The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member.  The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.  Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5  Report.  The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2020.

6  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.