HB 344 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0329
08/06
HOUSE BILL 344
AN ACT relative to temporary docks.
SPONSORS: Rep. Suzanne Smith, Graf. 8; Rep. Renzullo, Hills. 37; Rep. McConkey, Carr. 3
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
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ANALYSIS
This bill renames certain docks as temporary seasonal docks, and changes provisions about such
docks on rivers.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 344 - AS INTRODUCED
21-0329
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to temporary docks.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Temporary Seasonal Docks. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 482-A:3, IV-a(a) to
2 read as follows:
3 IV-a.(a) Temporary seasonal [Seasonal] docks installed on any lake or pond shall be
4 exempt from the permitting requirements of this section, provided that a notification is sent to the
5 department by the owner of property that includes the name and address of the property owner, a
6 copy of the deed for the property on which the dock is to be installed, the municipality, the
7 waterbody, tax map and lot number on which the proposed dock will be located, and plans of the
8 waterfront and structure to be installed showing that the requirements of this paragraph will be
9 met. To qualify for an exemption under this paragraph, a seasonal dock shall be:
10 2 Temporary Seasonal Docks; Rivers Removed. Amend RSA 482-A:3, IV-a(a)(4)-(5) to read as
11 follows:
12 (4) Configured to be narrow, rectangular, and erected perpendicular to the shoreline
13 of a lake or pond [or parallel to the bank of a river];
14 (5) No more than 6 feet wide and no more than 40 feet long if the water body is 1,000
15 acres or larger, or no more than 30 feet long if the water body is [a river or] less than 1,000 acres in
16 size;
17 3 Dock Registration Criteria; Adverse Actions. Amend RSA 482-A:3, IV-a(b)(4) to read as
18 follows:
19 (4) Are not the subject of any pending or final adverse municipal or state
20 compliance action or pending civil action.
21 4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 482-A:3
Ought to Pass: 482-A:3
latest version: 482-A:3