Coastal Marine Natural Resources and Environment Commission

Commission

A commission the General Court lists among its statutory committees.

Class
Statutory Committeefiled under the Senate
Set Up
2016by SB 375
Members
5 legislatorsand 9 other seats
Report Was Due
Nov 1, 2016
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What It Does

Set up by SB 375 of 2016, chapter 156:1 of the Laws of 2016, in effect from July 26, 2016.

The statute it sits in: RSA 485-G:1, Commission Established.

First Meeting
The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named senate member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.
Quorum
Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.

Report

Report annually on November 1 to the chairpersons of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over issues affecting coastal marine resources and the environment, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor.

Was Due
November 1, 2016.
Filed
No report is on file.

Members

Senators 2

Representatives 3

Other Members 9

  • One representative of the cooperative extension in fisheries, appointed by the dean of the cooperative extension.1 seat on record · UNH Cooperative Extension in FisheriesChair
  • The commissioner of the department of resources and economic development, or designee.1 seat on record · DRED
  • The commissioner of the department of environmental services, or designee.1 seat on record · NHDES
  • One commercial fisherman, appointed by the governor.1 seat on record
  • One environmental scientist from the University of New Hampshire, appointed by the president of the University of New Hampshire.1 seat on record · Environmental Scientist from UNH
  • Two representatives of the acquaculture industry, appointed by the governor.2 seats on record
  • One representative of the New Hampshire Chapter of the Nature Conservancy, appointed by the director of the board of trustees of the New Hampshire chapter.1 seat on record · NH Nature Conservancy
  • The executive director of fish and game, or designee1 seat on record · Fish and Game Dept.

The General Court’s database names the legislators who sit on it; the other members’ names are on its own page for the committee, and are not here yet.

Meetings

No meeting of it is in the General Court’s record, which holds the study and statutory committees’ meetings of 1991 to 2015 and from 2024 on.