New Hampshire HB 624: decreasing the fee to file a petition for a declaratory ruling with the site evaluation committee.

Bill Text

HB 624-FN-A - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

6Mar2025... 0368h

2025 SESSION

 25-0664

 08/09

HOUSE BILL 624-FN-A

AN ACT establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program and making an appropriation therefor.

SPONSORS: Rep. Turer, Rock. 6; Rep. Creighton, Hills. 30

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

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ANALYSIS

 This bill establishes a local river management advisory committee grant program and makes an appropriation therefor.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

6Mar2025... 0368h 25-0664

 08/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program and making an appropriation therefor.

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

 1 New Section; Local River Management Advisory Committee Grants. Amend RSA 483 by inserting after section 8-a the following new section:

 483:8-b Local River Management Advisory Committee Grants. There is hereby established a grant program, to be administered by the department of environmental services, for the allocation of funds to local river management advisory committees established under RSA 483:8-a. Funding requests made under this section may be submitted to the department of environmental services by any established local river management advisory committee, detailing resources needed to fulfill its duties as described in RSA 483:8-a. Funding requests may not exceed $10,000 for any local river management advisory committee in any year. The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall disburse the funding to local river management advisory committees with demonstrated need to implement the duties described in RSA 483:8-a, III on a first come, first-served basis.

 2 Appropriation; Local River Management Advisory Committee Grants. The sum of $40,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and $40,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027 is hereby appropriated to the department of environmental services for the distribution of local river management advisory committee grants established in RSA 483:8-b. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

 3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.

 LBA

 25-0664

 3/14/25

HB 624-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2025-0368h)

AN ACT establishing a local river management advisory committee grant program and making an appropriation therefor.

FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not authorize new positions.

 Estimated State Impact

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

FY 2028

 Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

 Revenue Fund(s)

None

 Expenditures*

$0

$40,000

$40,000

$0

 Funding Source(s)

General Fund

 Appropriations*

$0

$40,000

$40,000

$0

 Funding Source(s)

General Fund

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

METHODOLOGY:

This bill establishes a local river management advisory committee grant program and makes an

appropriation of $40,000 in FY 2026 and $40,000 in FY 2027.

The Department of Environmental Services indicates administration of the grant program and associated funds will require minimal staff support from existing staff. The Department assumes the grant funds included in the bill are intended to be 100% pass through and not to be utilized for administrative purposes. However, the Department acknowledges some staff time will be required to administer the program, but that the addition work can be absorbed by existing staff. 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Environmental Services