CHAPTER 255
HB 676-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION
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2001 SESSION
08/01
HOUSE BILL 676-LOCAL
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the creation of a regional program for collection and marketing of certain components of the municipal solid waste stream.
SPONSORS: Rep. Phinizy, Sull 7; Rep. Franklin, Sull 4; Rep. Bergeron, Hills 24; Rep. Odell, Sull 5; Rep. Gilmore, Straf 11; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill establishes a committee to study the creation of a regional program for collection and marketing of certain components of the municipal solid waste stream.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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01-0205
08/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT establishing a committee to study the creation of a regional program for collection and marketing of certain components of the municipal solid waste stream.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
255:1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the creation of a regional program for collection and marketing of certain components of the municipal solid waste stream.
255:2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house, including one member of the environment and agriculture committee and one member of the municipal and county government committee.
(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate, including one member of the environment committee and one member of the ways and means committee.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
255:3 Duties. The committee shall study the creation of enabling legislation for the formation of regional districts for collection and marketing of certain components in the solid waste stream including, but not limited to, aluminum, steel, various metals, newsprint, plastics, and glass, and the collection of other post-consumer wastes. The purpose of such districts shall be to reduce toxicity in the solid waste stream, reduce the amount of solid waste destined for disposal, and allow increased public sector management of waste materials. A component of proposed legislation may be state reimbursement of costs to municipalities that are members of such regional districts.
255:4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
255:5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2001.
255:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: July 13, 2001)
(Effective Date: July 13, 2001)