CHAPTER 113

HB 555 – FINAL VERSION

2011 SESSION

11-0155

06/04

HOUSE BILL 555

AN ACT relative to the designation of the Lower Exeter/Squamscott River as a protected river.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kappler, Rock 2; Rep. Sanders, Rock 7; Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. Comerford, Rock 9; Rep. Antosz, Rock 9; Rep. Schlachman, Rock 13; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

ANALYSIS

This bill designates the Lower Exeter/Squamscott River as a protected river.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0155

06/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to the designation of the Lower Exeter/Squamscott River as a protected river.

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

113:1 Rivers Designated for Protection; Lower Exeter/Squamscott River. Amend RSA 483:15, XI to read as follows:

XI. Exeter/Squamscott River.

(a) As a “rural river” from its headwaters at the route 102 bridge in Chester to its confluence with Great Brook in Exeter[.];

(b) As a community river from the confluence with Great Brook in Exeter, past the Great Dam and the falls to the head of tide in Exeter;

(c) As a rural river from past the Great Dam and the falls to the head of tide in Exeter, and then the Squamscott River to the boundary of the Great Bay as defined by the upstream side of the railroad trestle in Stratham and Newfields.

113:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 31, 2011

Effective Date: May 31, 2011