HB 449 - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0555
08/09
HOUSE BILL 449
SPONSORS: Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires water districts where the water is not potable to provide a water filtration system to residential customers in certain cases.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0555
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Water Districts; Non-Potable Water. Amend RSA 31:139 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. If a water district fails to meet potability standards set by the department of environmental services but is otherwise usable, and the cost of the remediation recommended by the department of environmental services is set before the legislative body and fails to pass, then the water district shall provide each residential customer with non-potable water a system capable of treating at least 2 gallons of water per bedroom daily. Maintenance of such systems shall not be the responsibility of the water district. Water districts shall have one year from the time of the failed vote before the legislative body to provide such systems to residents. Water districts may add a special assessment in order to pay for such systems. Commercial and municipal customers of the water district shall not be eligible for such system and shall post warning signs at each source of non-potable water that may be used by employees or the public. At least annually, the water district shall give a detailed explanation describing why the water is not potable to all users of water supplied by the water district.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 22, 2025 | House | Hearing |
Jan. 15, 2025: Public Hearing: 01/22/2025 01:45 pm LOB 305
Jan. 10, 2025: Introduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Resources, Recreation and Development HJ 3