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HB1142: relative to tort liability to third persons for oil spills.
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- Howard Dickinson House ยท Carr 4
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HB 1142 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
03-2240
06/09
HOUSE BILL 1142
AN ACT relative to tort liability to third persons for oil spills.
ANALYSIS
This bill reduces the damage award for an oil spill that damages the property of another to the amount of actual damages sustained.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-2240
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to tort liability to third persons for oil spills.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Tort Liability to Third Persons; Actual Damages. Amend RSA 146-A:10 to read as follows:
146-A:10 Tort Liability to Third Persons. Any person who negligently or intentionally discharges or spills oil into or on the waters of any lake, pond, river, stream, or into tidal waters or into the groundwater of the state which causes damage to the property of another shall be liable in tort for actual damages to the person whose property is so damaged [in the amount of 1-1/2 times the damages sustained by that person].
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2005.