CHAPTER 171
HB 468-FN – FINAL VERSION
23Feb2011… 0269h
30Mar2011… 1124h
05/11/11 1771s
2011 SESSION
06/03
HOUSE BILL 468-FN
AN ACT relative to assessments for aquatic resource compensatory mitigation.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ahlgren, Carr 4
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill modifies the percentage rate of certain administrative assessments related to aquatic resource compensatory mitigation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23Feb2011… 0269h
30Mar2011… 1124h
05/11/11 1771s
11-0404
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to assessments for aquatic resource compensatory mitigation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
171:1 Payment for Freshwater and Tidal Wetlands Losses. Amend RSA 482-A:30, III to read as follows:
III. An administrative assessment which equals [20] 10 percent of the sum of paragraphs I and II.
171:2 Payment for Freshwater and Tidal Wetlands Losses. Amend RSA 482-A:30, III to read as follows:
III. An administrative assessment which equals [10] 20 percent of the sum of paragraphs I and II.
171:3 Payment for Stream or Shoreline Losses. Amend RSA 482-A:30-a, II to read as follows:
II. An administrative assessment equal to [20] 10 percent of the amount in paragraph I.
171:4 Payment for Stream or Shoreline Losses. Amend RSA 482-A:30-a, II to read as follows:
II. An administrative assessment equal to [10] 20 percent of the amount in paragraph I.
171:5 Rulemaking. Amend RSA 482-A:31, II to read as follows:
II. The method of calculating the amount of in lieu payments under RSA 482-A:30 and RSA 482-A:30-a which shall approximate the total cost of wetlands construction, stream and river construction, or such other mitigation actions as would have been required by the department and incurred by the applicant in the absence of making such payments. An administrative assessment of [20] 10 percent of the total cost shall be added as part of the calculation method.
171:6 Rulemaking. Amend RSA 482-A:31, II to read as follows:
II. The method of calculating the amount of in lieu payments under RSA 482-A:30 and RSA 482-A:30-a which shall approximate the total cost of wetlands construction, stream and river construction, or such other mitigation actions as would have been required by the department and incurred by the applicant in the absence of making such payments. An administrative assessment of [10] 20 percent of the total cost shall be added as part of the calculation method.
171:7 Repeal. 2010, 16:3, 16:5, and 16:7, relative to administrative assessments, are repealed.
171:8 Effective Date.
I. Sections 2, 4, and 6 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect July 1, 2011.
Approved: June 14, 2011
Effective Date: I. Sections, 2, 4 and 6 shall take effect July 1, 2015.
II. Remainder shall take effect July 1, 2011.