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HB1406: authorizing municipalities to collect compost.

Citation
2022 HB1406
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House status
Passed/Adopted
Senate status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
Senate Election Law and Municipal Affairs
Hearing
02/18/2026 at 09:50 AM
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Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Election Law and Municipal Affairs Local government

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HB 1406 - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2729

08/05

HOUSE BILL 1406

AN ACT authorizing municipalities to collect compost.

SPONSORS: Rep. Egan, Graf. 2; Rep. Gallager, Merr. 15; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10; Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 6; Rep. Weston, Graf. 8; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

ANALYSIS

This bill allows municipalities to collect compost at transfer stations or have a contract with a solid waste disposal facility to collect compostable materials.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2729

08/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT authorizing municipalities to collect compost.

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

1 Transfer Station; Compost Collection. Amend RSA 149-M:4, XXVII-a to read as follows:

XXVII-a. "Transfer station" means a solid waste collection, storage, and transfer facility, which collects, stores, and transfers solid waste, including non-recyclable waste and compost.

2 New Paragraph; Town Responsibility and Authority; Solid Waste Management; Compost Collection. Amend RSA 149-M:17 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VII. A town may collect compostable materials at its transfer station or may contract, upon a majority vote of its legislative body, with the owners of a solid waste disposal facility which will collect compostable materials.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.