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SB334: relative to the dredging of Hampton-Seabrook harbor.

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SB 334 - AS INTRODUCED

2004 SESSION

04-3031

03/01

SENATE BILL 334

AN ACT relative to the dredging of Hampton-Seabrook harbor.

ANALYSIS

This bill eliminates a contingency on an appropriation for the dredging of Hampton-Seabrook harbor.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04-3031

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT relative to the dredging of Hampton-Seabrook harbor.

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

1 Purpose Amended; 1991 Appropriation; Port Authority. Amend 1991, 351:5, as amended by 1992, 260:20, 1994, 204:1, 2000, 15:1, 2000, 292:10, and 2003, 240:27 to read as follows:

351:5 Appropriation; Port Authority. The expansion of the Port of Portsmouth funded in this section shall include an 11-acre expansion of the north yard of the port, the construction of a 750-foot pier, dredging projects including associated mitigation to maintain channels and harbor, a hydrodynamic study of Hampton and Seabrook, renovation of any commercial fish piers that may be transferred to the port authority, and the rip-rap project on River Street in Seabrook. The sums hereinafter detailed are hereby appropriated for the project specified:

A. Port of Portsmouth Expansion $18,300,000

Total state appropriation section 5 $18,300,000

(The funds appropriated in subparagraph A for the Port of Portsmouth expansion shall not be expended, encumbered, or obligated in any way unless an action plan, which shall include construction documents, prepared by the New Hampshire Port Authority shall be approved by the capital budget overview committee, the fiscal committee, and the governor and council. $1,500,000 of the total amount appropriated herein is hereby released for the purpose of final design and bid documents. $1,800,000 of the total amount appropriated is designated for wetland mitigation. $400,000 of the total amount appropriated is designated for the Hampton-Seabrook hydrodynamic study. The remaining $14,600,000 is designated for construction, renovation, and dredging projects including associated mitigation. This appropriation shall be nonlapsing until the project is completed. The New Hampshire Port Authority shall not encumber, obligate, or expend any funds from this appropriation for renovation or dredging projects without the prior approval of the capital budget overview committee. The total amount that may be expended for renovation and dredging projects including associated mitigation shall not exceed a total of $1,000,000. In addition, for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, the sum of $1,000,000 shall be expended for the dredging of Hampton - Seabrook harbor[, provided that the Army Corps of Engineers takes responsibility for completion and funding of future harbor dredging projects].)

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