New Hampshire HB 1301: establishing a committee to study applications of microgrids in electricity supply.

Bill Text

HB 1301-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

12Feb2026... 0181h

2026 SESSION

 26-2871

 08/05

HOUSE BILL 1301-FN

AN ACT increasing certain mooring fees and directing such funds to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund.

SPONSORS: Rep. J. MacDonald, Carr. 6; Rep. R. Brown, Carr. 8; Rep. Crawford, Carr. 3; Rep. Damon, Sull. 8; Rep. Darby, Hills. 11; Rep. Ebel, Merr. 7; Rep. Hamblen, Carr. 3; Rep. Walker, Straf. 19; Rep. Peternel, Carr. 6; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Sen. McConkey, Dist 3

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

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ANALYSIS

 This bill increases the fee for moorings not in a congregate mooring field and directs such funds to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Feb2026... 0181h 26-2871

 08/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT increasing certain mooring fees and directing such funds to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund.

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

 1 Decal Issuance; Mooring Fee; Cyanobacteria Fund. Amend RSA 270:62, V to read as follows:

 V. A fee of $125 shall be charged for each initial decal issued pursuant to this subdivision which shall be deposited in the navigation safety fund established under RSA 270-E:6-a. An annual mooring fee of [$50] $75 for each mooring in a congregate mooring field, $75 for each mooring in a public mooring field, and [$25] $50 for each mooring not in a congregate or public mooring field shall be charged for each decal renewed or replaced pursuant to this subdivision. [which] $50 of the annual fee for each mooring in a public or congregate mooring field shall be deposited in the navigation safety fund established under RSA 270-E:6-a, and $25 shall be deposited into the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund established under RSA 485-A:61. $25 of the annual fee for each mooring not in a public or congregate mooring field shall be deposited in the navigation safety fund established under RSA 270-E:6-a and $25 shall be deposited into the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund established under RSA 485-A:61. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.

 LBA

 26-2871

 02/13/2026

HB 1301-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT # 2026-0181h)

AN ACT increasing certain mooring fees and directing such funds to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund.

FISCAL IMPACT: 

 Estimated State Impact

FY 2026

FY 2027

FY 2028

FY 2029

 Revenue

$0

$111,250 to $122,500 

$111,250 to $122,500

$111,250 to $122,500

 Revenue Fund(s)

Cyanobacterial Mitigation Loan and Grant Fund

 Expenditures*

$0

$111,250 to $122,500

$111,250 to $122,500

$111,250 to $122,500

 Funding Source(s)

Cyanobacterial Mitigation Loan and Grant Fund

 Appropriations*

$0

$0

$0

$0

 Funding Source(s)

None

 *Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill

 Estimated Political Subdivision Impact

FY 2026

FY 2027

FY 2028

FY 2029

 County Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

 County Expenditures

$0

$0

$0

$0

 Local Revenue

$0

Indeterminable Increase

 Local Expenditures

$0

Indeterminable Increase

METHODOLOGY:

This bill increases certain annual mooring fees under RSA 270:62 for inland waterbodies and directs $25 of each applicable annual mooring fee to the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund established under RSA 485-A:61. Specifically, the bill increases the annual mooring fee from $50 to $75 for each mooring in a congregate or public mooring field and from $25 to $50 for each mooring not in a congregate or public mooring field. Of each annual fee, $25 shall be deposited into the cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund and the remainder into the navigation safety fund established under RSA 270-E:6-a 

The Department of Environmental Services states this bill would increase revenue to the existing Cyanobacteria Mitigation Loan and Grant Fund. The Department indicates the New Hampshire Department of Safety Marine Patrol reports approximately 2,750 to 3,200 individual moorings and an additional 1,700 moorings in congregate mooring fields on inland waterbodies subject to RSA 270:61-62. In total, there are an estimated 4,450 to 4,900 moorings. Based on this range, and assuming $25 per mooring is deposited into the Cyanobacteria Mitigation Loan and Grant Fund, the Department estimates additional dedicated fund revenue of $111,250 to $122,500 annually beginning in FY 2027. The same amount is expected to be expended