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SB167: relative to groundwater.

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SB 167 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0477

06/05

SENATE BILL 167

AN ACT relative to groundwater.

ANALYSIS

This bill deletes large groundwater withdrawals as an exception to the authority of municipalities to enact local ordinances and regulations affecting groundwater.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0477

06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to groundwater.

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

1 Groundwater Protection Act; Effect on Local Ordinances. Amend RSA 485-C:20, I to read as follows:

I. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to preempt the authority of municipalities, under other statutes, to enact local ordinances or regulations affecting groundwater[, other than groundwater withdrawals]; provided, however, that requirements imposed under this chapter shall be considered as minimum.

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