HB 135 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE 8Apr2021...

0473h SESSION 21-0011 08/04 HOUSE BILL 135 AN ACT requiring parties responsible for pollution of a drinking water supply to be financially responsible for certain consequences of that pollution.

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Boehm,McLean, Hills.

20;44 February 22, 2021 2021-0473h 04/06 Amendment to HB 135 Amend RSA 485:17-b, III and IV as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing them with the following:

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Lascelles, Hills.

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Notter, Hills.

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Judiciary ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill requires parties deemed responsible for pollution of a drinking water supply to be financially responsible for certain consequences of that pollution.

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HB 135 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE 8Apr2021...

0473h 21-0011 08/04 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One AN ACT requiring parties responsible for pollution of a drinking water supply to be financially responsible for certain consequences of that pollution.

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

1 New Section;

Drinking Water Pollution;

Responsibility for Damages.

Amend RSA 485 by inserting after section 17-a the following new section:

485:17-b Drinking Water Pollution;

Responsibility for Damages.

Whenever the commissioner finds a public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity has violated the provisions of this chapter, any rules in force hereunder, or any condition in a permit issued under this chapter, then:

I.

The public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity shall connect any residence or business affected by such violation to a commercial or municipal water supply at the public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity's cost.

II.

The public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity shall supply drinking water to the affected residence or business until the connection required in paragraph I is made, at the a public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity's cost.

III.

V.

Any owner of a residence or business that was affected by such a violation on or after January 1, 2016 may inform the public or private corporation, individual, partnership, or other entity of such effect in order to qualify for the remedies under paragraphs I through IV.

2 Effective Date.

This act shall take effect upon its passage.