HB 179-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0160
06/02
HOUSE BILL179-FN
AN ACTrelative to hazardous waste accident fees.
SPONSORS:Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15
COMMITTEE:Environment and Agriculture
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes the fee for nonpayment of hazardous materials or waste accident expenses to $1,000 per day after 90 days of nonpayment.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0160
06/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACTrelative to hazardous waste accident fees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Nonpayment Fees for Hazardous Materials Accidents.. Amend RSA 154:8-a, II-a(h) to read as follows:
(h) A [one-time] penalty of $1,000 per day, plus interest assessed at the rate of interest established in RSA 336:1, may be assessed for nonpayment after 90 days of nonpayment.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
LBA
25-0160
10/25/24
HB 179-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACTrelative to hazardous waste accident fees.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Estimated Political Subdivision Impact
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
Local Revenue $0 Indeterminable Increase Indeterminable Increase Indeterminable Increase
Local Expenditures $0 $0 $0 $0
Estimated Political Subdivision Impact
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
Local Revenue
$0
Indeterminable Increase
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Local Expenditures
$0
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METHODOLOGY:
This bill changes the penalty for nonpayment of hazardous materials or waste accident expenses from a one-time penalty of $1,000 to a penalty of $1,000 per day after 90 days of nonpayment.
If a party liable for costs related to a hazardous materials or waste discharge or accident under RSA 154:8-a does not pay within 90 days, there may be addition fine revenue to a municipality in which the discharge occurred to reimburse the municipality for emergency response, mitigation and legal costs. The impact on local revenue is interminable as it is unknown how many of such accidents may occur and when the liable party will pay for the costs incurred.
The Department of Safety states this bill will have no impact on the Department.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Safety