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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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Matter removed from current law appears [
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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