HB 1210 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2583

09/04

HOUSE BILL 1210

AN ACT applying the procedures of the eminent domain procedures act to cases of eminent domain concerning public utilities.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rappaport, Coos 1; Rep. Kaen, Straf 7

COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the public utilities commission to apply the procedures of the eminent domain procedures act to cases of eminent domain concerning public utilities.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2583

09/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT applying the procedures of the eminent domain procedures act to cases of eminent domain concerning public utilities.

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

1 Procedure; Eminent Domain Cases Concerning Public Utility Facilities. RSA 371:1-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

371:1-a Procedure. The public utilities commission shall apply the procedural provisions of RSA 498-A, the eminent domain procedure act, to all cases of eminent domain involving public utilities. The public utilities commission shall apply the provisions of this chapter to cases of eminent domain involving public utilities, unless the provisions of this chapter conflict with the procedural provisions of RSA 498-A, in which case the procedural provisions of RSA 498-A shall supercede the provisions of this chapter.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.