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SB374: (New Title) requiring the department of environmental services to update coastal flooding trends.
Bill details
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Sponsors
- David H. Watters Senate · Dist 4
- Nancy Stiles Senate · Dist 24
- Fuller Clark Senate · Dist 21
- Frederick Rice House · Rock 21
- David Borden House · Rock 24
- Robert Renny Cushing House · Rock 21
Topics
Environment and natural resources
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CHAPTER 121
SB 374 - FINAL VERSION
02/11/2016 0393s
2016 SESSION
16-2723
08/10
SENATE BILL 374
AN ACT requiring the department of environmental services to update coastal flooding trends.
ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of environmental services to update a report on coastal flooding trends every 5 years.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/11/2016 0393s 16-2723
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT requiring the department of environmental services to update coastal flooding trends.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
121:1 New Section; Coastal and Great Bay Region Reports. Amend RSA 483-B by inserting after section 21 the following new section:
483-B:22 Coastal and Great Bay Region Reports. The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall convene representatives of the department of transportation, the division of homeland security and emergency management, the office of energy and planning, and other agencies as he or she deems appropriate, at least every 5 years, commencing July 1, 2019 to supervise an updating of storm surge, sea-level rise, precipitation, and other relevant projections recommended in the coastal risks and hazards commission 2014 report "Sea-Level Rise, Storm Surges, and Extreme Precipitation in Coastal New Hampshire: Analysis of Past and Projected Trends." This report shall be distributed to all state agencies, municipalities in the coastal and Great Bay region, the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate and the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over issues related to such projections.
121:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 20, 2016
Effective Date: July 19, 2016