Bill Text - HB496 (2020)

Relative to the definition of antique snowmobiles, relative to water quality rules, and relative to the disposition of administrative fines for asbestos management violations.


Revision: July 16, 2020, 2:41 p.m.

CHAPTER 10

 

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2020 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 496

 

AN ACT relative to the definition of antique snowmobiles, relative to water quality rules, and relative to the disposition of administrative fines for asbestos management violations.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cali-Pitts, Rock. 30; Rep. Somssich, Rock. 27

 

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill makes technical changes concerning the definition of antique snowmobile, water quality rules, and asbestos management fines.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to the definition of antique snowmobiles, relative to water quality rules, and relative to the disposition of administrative fines for asbestos management violations.

 

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

 

10:1  Snowmobiles; Definitions; Antique Snowmobiles.  Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 215-C:1, II to read as follows:

II.  "Antique snowmobile" means a snowmobile [owned by a resident of this state] which is any of the following:

10:2  Water Pollution; Rulemaking.  Amend RSA 485-A:6, XIV to read as follows:

XIV.  Dissolved oxygen [concentration] water quality standards under RSA 485-A:8, II and II-a.

10:3  Administrative Fines; Asbestos Management.  Amend RSA 141-E:16, I(a) to read as follows:

I.(a)  The commissioner, after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $4,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of RSA 141-E:3 or any rule adopted by the commissioner under this chapter; or upon any person who makes or certifies a material false statement relative to any document or information which is required to be submitted to the department pursuant to this chapter or any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter.  Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner under this paragraph shall be in accordance with RSA 541.  Any administrative fine imposed under this paragraph shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties under this chapter.  The proceeds of administrative fines levied pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the [general] fund established by RSA 141-E:12, II.

10:4  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

 

Approved: July 14, 2020

Effective Date: July 14, 2020