HB1209: relative to substances added to public water supplies.

HB 1209 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-2199

06/10

HOUSE BILL 1209

AN ACT relative to substances added to public water supplies.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hagan, Hills 50; Rep. P. Harrington, Hills 60

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits adding certain substances to public drinking water unless they have been approved for safety and tested for contaminants.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-2199

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to substances added to public water supplies.

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

1 New Paragraph; Substances Added to Public Drinking Water. Amend RSA 485:1 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:

III. No substance shall be added to public drinking water or to a public drinking water supply which is intended to treat people and not water, or to fulfill a health claim, unless the substance has been:

(a) Approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for safety and effectiveness for all ages, all health conditions, and all levels of water consumption.

(b) Tested to show that it does not contain contaminants that exceed United States maximum contaminant level goals as defined in the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.