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CHAPTER 168 SB 549-FN - FINAL VERSION 02/15/2024 0567s SESSION 24-3122 10/08 SENATE BILL 549-FN AN ACT relative to procedures for inspection and transfer of dams and establishing a committee to study alternatives for the funding, operation, maintenance, and repair of state-owned dams.
Energy and Natural Resources February 7, 2024 2024-0567s 12/06 Amendment to SB 549-FN Amend the bill by replacing section 3 with the following:
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3 3 Study Committee Established;
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D'Allesandro, Dist 20;
Sen.
Avard, Dist 12;
Sen.
Soucy, Dist 18;
Sen.
Watters, Dist 4;
Sen.
Rosenwald, Dist 13;
Sen.
Altschiller, Dist 24;
Sen.
Birdsell, Dist 19;
Sen.
Fenton, Dist 10;
Sen.
Chandley, Dist 11;
Rep.
McConkey, Carr.
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Rep.
Cloutier, Sull.
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Energy and Natural Resources ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill modifies dam inspection authority for the department of environmental services, allows the department to deposit certain dam transfer revenue into the dam maintenance fund, and establish a committee to study alternatives for funding the operation, maintenance and repair of state-owned dams.
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CHAPTER 168 SB 549-FN - FINAL VERSION 02/15/2024 0567s 24-3122 10/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four AN ACT relative to procedures for inspection and transfer of dams and establishing a committee to study alternatives for the funding, operation, maintenance, and repair of state-owned dams.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
168:1 Department of Environmental Services;
Dam Inspection.
Amend RSA 482:12, I to read as follows:
I.
It shall be the duty of the department from time to time to cause all dams in the state which, by reason of their condition, height or location, may be a menace to the public safety to be inspected by competent engineers.
 A dam that is classified as a non-menace structure as of February 20, 1981 shall retain such status until:
(a) The department determines conditions downstream have changed since the dam was classified that warrant reclassification [or until such];
[reconstruction of the dam is needed requiring a] (b) An application for a permit to reconstruct the dam is received by the department;
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or (c) The department determines that the dam does not meet the current design criteria consistent with the hazard classification that would be assigned as a result of the impacts of dam failure.
168:2 Dam Maintenance;
Hydro Funds.
Amend RSA 481:32 to read as follows:
481:32 Hydro Funds.
I.
Revenue to the state resulting from the leasing, sale, or transfer of state-owned dams [for hydroelectric generation] shall be credited to the fund established in RSA 482:55 for the purpose of the retirement of bonds and notes authorized by RSA 482:56.
II.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the department may transfer to this fund [such gifts and grants] other funds as it may from time to time receive, together with any surplus revenue held by the department and derived from its management of water resources properties.
III.
Any amount of revenue over and above the amount required to retire said bonds shall be credited to the dam maintenance fund for the repair and reconstruction of other state-owned dams, authorized by the legislature and with the approval of governor and council, or for work on properties associated with state-owned dam sites.
168:3 Study Committee Established;
CHAPTER 168 SB 549-FN - FINAL VERSION - Page 2 - II.
II.
The committee shall study the need for the operation, maintenance and repair of state-owned dams, the existing funding sources for the operation, maintenance and repair of state-owned dams including capital appropriations, the state’s hydro-lease program, established under RSA 481:32, the state dam maintenance fund, established under RSA 482, and water user contracts, established under RSA 481.
The committee shall study the need for the operation, maintenance and repair of state- owned dams, the existing funding sources for the operation, maintenance and repair of state-owned dams including capital appropriations, the state’s hydro-lease program, established under RSA 481:32, the state dam maintenance fund, established under RSA 482, and water user contracts, established under RSA 481.
168:4 Effective Date.
This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved:
July 03, 2024 Effective Date:
July 03, 2024