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RSA 162-H:21 · Fund Established; Funding Plan

162-H:21 Fund Established; Funding Plan. – There is hereby established in the office of the state treasurer a nonlapsing, special fund to be known as the site evaluation committee fund. All application and other filing fees received by the committee under RSA 162-H:8-a shall be deposited in the fund. All moneys in the fund shall by continually appropriated to the site evaluation committee and shall only be used to pay for operating costs of the committee, including, but not limited to, compensation and reimbursements made under RSA 162-H:22 for energy facility proceeding time and expenses, and administrator and other committee support costs under RSA 162-H:3 and RSA 162-H:3-a, except those costs paid by applicants under RSA 162-H:10, and all monitoring and enforcement costs of the department, except those costs charged directly to applicants or owners. In the event lawful expenditures of the committee and department in a fiscal year are greater than the total fees and charges held in the site evaluation committee fund, the chair of the site evaluation committee may request, with prior approval of the fiscal committee, that the governor and council authorize additional funding from general funds not otherwise appropriated. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may engage additional technical, legal, or administrative support to fulfill the requirements of this chapter, the cost of which shall be charged directly to the applicant or energy facility owner. Source. 2014, 217:23, eff. July 1, 2014, July 11, 2014. 2015, 219:7, eff. July 8, 2015. 2022, 176:10, eff. July 1, 2022. 2023, 233:15, eff. Oct. 7, 2023. 2024, 212:11, eff. July 19, 2024.

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Source. 2014, 217:23, eff. July 1, 2014, July 11, 2014. 2015, 219:7, eff. July 8, 2015. 2022, 176:10, eff. July 1, 2022. 2023, 233:15, eff. Oct. 7, 2023. 2024, 212:11, eff. July 19, 2024.

Source history

  • 2014, 217:23, eff. July 1, 2014, July 11, 2014
  • 2015, 219:7, eff. July 8, 2015
  • 2022, 176:10, eff. July 1, 2022
  • 2023, 233:15, eff. Oct. 7, 2023
  • 2024, 212:11, eff. July 19, 2024

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