Chapter 6-D: Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund

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6-D:1 Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund Established.

There is hereby established in the office of the treasurer the drinking water and groundwater trust fund which shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds. After transferring 10 percent of the funds to the revenue stabilization reserve account as provided in RSA 7:6-e, the remainder of all proceeds received by the state from State v. Exxon Corp., et al., in which the state sued for damages related to MTBE contamination, shall be placed in the trust fund. The state treasurer shall be the trustee of the trust fund, and shall invest the trust fund in accordance with RSA 6:8. Any earnings on trust fund moneys shall be added to the trust fund. All moneys in the trust fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the state treasurer. The state treasurer shall disburse funds from the trust fund solely for the purposes and in the manner set forth in RSA 485-F.

Source. 2016, 11:1, eff. Mar. 31, 2016.

How it has changed

From the section's source note, newest first.

2016 Laws of 2016, chapter 11 · SB 380

Other bills that proposed changes

Bills whose own text says they change this section, and that are not in its history above.

HB 190 2019-2020 Died
HB 642-FN-LOCAL 2015-2016 Died
HB 1462-FN 2007-2008 Interim Study
HB 1446-FN 1999-2000 Died
HB 1321-LOCAL 1991-1992 Interim Study

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6-D:2 Annual Report.

The state treasurer shall prepare and file an annual report regarding the status of the trust fund with the New Hampshire drinking water and groundwater advisory commission established pursuant to RSA 485-F:4.