CHAPTER 16

HB 58 – FINAL VERSION

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2005 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 58

AN ACT relative to the effective date for the elimination of certain substances from gasoline supplies and removing a certain requirement relative to opting out of the reformulated gasoline program.

SPONSORS: Rep. Owen, Merr 4; Rep. Phinizy, Sull 5; Rep. Ryan, Merr 2; Rep. M. Martin, Hills 26

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Deletes a contingency provision from 2004, 175 and requires the elimination of gasoline ethers and TBA from gasoline supplies.

II. Deletes the requirement that the department of environmental services seek federal approval to opt out of the reformulated gasoline program.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

9Feb2005… 0048h

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five

AN ACT relative to the effective date for the elimination of certain substances from gasoline supplies and removing a certain requirement relative to opting out of the reformulated gasoline program.

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

16:1 Contingency Removed. Amend 2004, 175:9, I to read as follows:

I. Section 4 of this act shall take effect on [the later of] January 1, 2007 [or 6 months after federal approval has been received under paragraph II of section 1 of this act, as certified by the commissioner of the department of environmental services to the director of the office of legislative services].

16:2 Repeal. 2004, 175:1, II, relative to opting out of the reformulated gasoline program is repealed.

16:3 Construction. Nothing in this act shall abrogate, limit, or restrict any right to recover damages or other legal, equitable, or administrative relief under any theory of liability that the state or any other entity or person may have under federal or state statutes or common law with respect to methyl tertiary-butyl ether.

16:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: May 10, 2005)

(Effective Date: May 10, 2005)