CHAPTER 352
SB 442 – FINAL VERSION
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2010 SESSION
06/05
SENATE BILL 442
AN ACT relative to the grant program to administer exotic aquatic plant prevention.
SPONSORS: Sen. Merrill, Dist 21; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Rep. Beaulieu, Hills 17; Rep. French, Merr 5; Rep. DiFruscia, Rock 4; Rep. Millham, Belk 5
COMMITTEE: Energy, Environment and Economic Development
This bill increases the money distributed from the lake restoration and preservation fund that is allocated to the prevention of milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/10/10 0908s
05May2010… 1692h
06/02/10 2234CofC
10-2871
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to the grant program to administer exotic aquatic plant prevention.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
352:1 Milfoil and Other Exotic Aquatic Plants Prevention; Grant Program Established. Amend RSA 487:26 to read as follows:
487:26 Grant Program Established. There is hereby established a grant program to be administered by the department of environmental services for the allocation of money to state agencies, non-profit organizations, and municipalities or political subdivisions of the state which seek to administer a milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program, and to institutions of higher learning which seek to conduct research on milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants remediation techniques. The grant program shall be funded by the portion of the lake restoration and preservation fund, established in RSA 487:25, and allocated to the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. [Up to 2/3] Approximately 3/4 of the moneys distributed from the fund to the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program shall be allocated for the purposes of milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention and the remainder shall be allocated to milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants remediation research, as appropriate, based on grant requests. Of the moneys in the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program, the moneys allocated specifically for the purposes of the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention shall be distributed upon approval of the commissioner of the department of environmental services and the commissioner of safety. Of the moneys in the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program, the moneys allocated specifically for the purposes of milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants remediation research shall be distributed upon approval of the commissioner of the department of environmental services.
352:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 20, 2010
Effective Date: September 18, 2010