HB 1052 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2370

08/02

 

HOUSE BILL 1052

 

AN ACT relative to the format of excavating and dredging permit applications.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. R. Brown, Carr. 3; Rep. L. Turcotte, Straf. 4; Rep. Maggiore, Rock. 23; Rep. McConkey, Carr. 8; Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Costable, Carr. 8; Rep. J. MacDonald, Carr. 6; Rep. D. Paige, Carr. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires a person submitting an excavating and dredging permit to submit a paper copy and a digital copy of the form to the municipality.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2370

08/02

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to the format of excavating and dredging permit applications.

 

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

 

1  Excavating and Dredging Permit; Certain Exemptions; Format.  Amend RSA 482-A:3, I(a)(1) to read as follows:

(1) A complete application form that has been signed by the town or city clerk of the municipality in which the impacts to jurisdiction are located or, if the impacts to jurisdiction are located in more than one municipality, by the city or town clerk of each such municipality, certifying that the municipality has received [4 copies] one paper and one digital copy of the form and attachments as provided in subparagraph (a)(2). Such digital copy shall be provided as a PDF or other digital format approved by the department.  The town or city clerk shall send [a] an electronic copy of the form and attachments to the local governing body, the municipal planning board, if any, and the municipal conservation commission, if any, and shall retain [one] the paper copy.  An electronic copy shall [to] be made reasonably accessible to the public. Applications and fees for projects by agencies of the state may be filed directly with the department, with [4 copies] one paper and one digital copy of the application, plan, and map filed at the same time with the town or city clerk. Such digital copy shall be provided as a PDF or other digital format approved by the department.

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