Bill Text - HB1697 (2024)

(New Title) relative to forest carbon credit programs.


Revision: Nov. 8, 2023, 12:16 p.m.

 

2024 SESSION

24-3134.0

08/10

 

HOUSE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT suspending New Hampshire's participation in emissions reduction credit programs for a period of 2 years.

 

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COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill suspends New Hampshire's participation in emissions reduction credit programs administered by the department of environmental services for a period of 2 years.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-3134.0

08/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT suspending New Hampshire's participation in emissions reduction credit programs for a period of 2 years.

 

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

 

1 Suspension of Emissions Trading Programs; Department of Environmental Services.  The department of environmental services shall suspend administration and participation in the emissions trading programs under RSA 125-J and RSA 125-O or any other carbon credit emissions reduction program for a period of 2 years from the effective date of this act to enable the general court to develop a plan for the use of natural resources.  

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