HB339: establishing a committee to study the use of certain state-owned property along the Baker River.

HB 339 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-0207

06/09

HOUSE BILL 339

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the use of certain state-owned property along the Baker River.

SPONSORS: Rep. Alger, Graf 14

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a committee to study the use of certain state-owned property along the Baker 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0207

06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT establishing a committee to study the use of certain state-owned property along the Baker River.

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

1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to study the need for an additional flood control and recreational use dam and lake known as the "Baker River watershed multiple-use project site-7 south branch" of the Baker River in Wentworth.

2 Membership and Compensation.

I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a) Four members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.

(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3 Duties. The committee shall examine the need for a flood control and recreational dam and lake, known as the "Baker River Watershed Multiple Use Project Site 7" on the South Branch of the Baker River in Wentworth and shall examine the options for management of certain state-owned property along the Baker River that has been acquired for the project.

4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Three members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2003.

6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.