HB1222: relative to the authority of the commissioner of the department of environmental services to grant permits under the comprehensive shoreland protection act.

HB 1222 – AS INTRODUCED

2010 SESSION

10-2546

06/03

HOUSE BILL 1222

AN ACT relative to the authority of the commissioner of the department of environmental services to grant permits under the comprehensive shoreland protection act.

SPONSORS: Rep. J. Day, Rock 13; Rep. Kepner, Rock 15

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that the commissioner of the department of environmental services shall not be bound by the decisions of municipalities concerning waivers and variances.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2546

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to the authority of the commissioner of the department of environmental services to grant permits under the comprehensive shoreland protection act.

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

1 Shoreland Protection Act. Amend RSA 483-B:6, IV to read as follows:

IV. No variance, permit, or approval issued by a municipality shall exempt the owner from obtaining any other necessary permit or approval from the department as required by this chapter. The commissioner shall not be bound by a decision of any municipality to grant variances or waivers, nor shall he or she make a final decision for permitting in order to comply with the decision of a municipality.

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