CHAPTER 22
HB 256 - FINAL VERSION
2021 SESSION
21-0171
08/10
HOUSE BILL 256
SPONSORS: Rep. Rung, Hills. 21; Rep. Thomas, Rock. 5; Rep. Mullen, Hills. 7; Rep. Mooney, Hills. 21; Rep. Healey, Hills. 21
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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ANALYSIS
This bill adds members from Londonderry to the commission to investigate and analyze the environmental and public health impacts relating to releases of perfluorinated chemicals into the air, soil, and groundwater in Merrimack, Bedford, and Litchfield.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0171
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
22:1 Commission on the Environmental and Public Health Impacts of Perfluorinated Chemicals; Membership; Londonderry. Amend RSA 126-A:79-a, I to read as follows:
I. There is established a commission to study environmental and public health impacts resulting from per fluorinated chemicals (PFAS) releases to the air, soil, and water in Merrimack, Litchfield, Londonderry, and Bedford.
22:2 Commission on the Environmental and Public Health Impacts of Perfluorinated Chemicals; Membership; Londonderry. Amend RSA 126-A:79-a, II(a)(8)-(9) to read as follows:
(8) A representative from each of the affected towns of Merrimack, Bedford, Londonderry, and Litchfield, appointed by the governing body of such town.
(9) [Three] Four residents, one from each of the affected towns of Merrimack, Bedford, Londonderry, and Litchfield, who are members of drinking water related environmental advocacy citizen organizations which are not affiliated with any government or state agency, recommended by the senators appointed to the commission and appointed by the president of the senate.
22:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: May 06, 2021
Effective Date: May 06, 2021