HB 1121 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

28Mar2024... 1102h

2024 SESSION

24-2548

08/05

HOUSE BILL 1121

AN ACT relative to creating certain wetlands permit exemptions after a natural disaster or flooding event.

SPONSORS: Rep. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Janvrin, Rock. 40; Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 38; Rep. Wallace, Rock. 8; Rep. J. Harvey-Bolia, Belk. 3; Rep. Creighton, Hills. 30; Rep. Cloutier, Sull. 6; Rep. Buco, Carr. 1; Rep. B. Sullivan, Sull. 1; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

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ANALYSIS

This bill exempts certain land owners from requiring wetlands permits after a natural disaster or flooding event.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

28Mar2024... 1102h 24-2548

08/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to creating certain wetlands permit exemptions after a natural disaster or flooding event.

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

1  New Subparagraph; Excavating and Dredging Permit; Certain Exemptions.  Amend RSA 482-A:3, IV by inserting after subparagraph (c) the following new subparagraph:

(d) Removal of woody debris and blockages from the channels of watercourses, or from culverts or bridges by the owners of said structure, by the property owner, is allowed without a permit provided sediment disturbance is minimized and the work results in no new permanent impacts to the bed of the watercourse.

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