HB 373 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

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2021 SESSION

21-0462

06/10

HOUSE BILL 373

AN ACT relative to state participation in low carbon fuel standards programs.

SPONSORS: Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. Vose, Rock. 9; Rep. Harrington, Straf. 3; Rep. Aldrich, Belk. 2; Rep. J. Osborne, Rock. 4

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the state from participating in any state, regional, or national low carbon fuel standards program without prior approval of the legislature and the executive council.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

AN ACT relative to state participation in low carbon fuel standards programs.

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

1  Low Carbon Fuel Standards Programs; State Participation.  Amend RSA 21-O:23, I to read as follows:

I. The state of New Hampshire shall not join, implement, or participate in any state, regional, or national low carbon fuel standards program or any similar program that requires quotas, caps, or mandates on any fuels used for transportation, industrial purposes, or home heating without seeking and receiving prior legislative and executive council approval.

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