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HB1262: (3rd New Title) establishing a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

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Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.

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Committee of Conference Environment and natural resources Local government Taxation

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CHAPTER 208

HB 1262 – FINAL VERSION

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2004 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1262

AN ACT establishing a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities.

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities under RSA 72:12-a.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11Mar2004… 0425h

04/15/04 1094s

04/15/04 1205s

04/15/04 1229s

25May2004… 1658CofC

25May2004… 1681eba

03-2119

06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT establishing a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities.

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

208:1 Commission Established. There is established a commission to study ways to encourage municipal recycling efforts and to study the tax exemption for water and air pollution control facilities under RSA 72:12-a.

208:2 Membership and Compensation.

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

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

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

(c) The commissioner of the department of environmental services, or designee.

(d) A member nominated by New Hampshire the Beautiful, Inc. and appointed by the governor.

(e) A member nominated by the Northeast Resource Recovery Association and appointed by the governor.

(f) Two public members, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

II. Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.

208:3 Duties. The commission shall study:

I. Ways to enhance municipal recycling efforts.

II. Other systems for recycling currently used in the United States and Canada.

III. An environmental fee on recyclable household waste.

IV. The creation of a grant program and a fund to be used to help towns implement and expand recycling programs.

V. The use and impact of exemptions granted under RSA 72:12-a.

VI. How privately-owned landfills are assessed for tax purposes.

208:4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.

208:5 Report. The commission 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 30, 2004.

208:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: June 11, 2004)

(Effective Date: June 11, 2004)