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Committee hears bill to let DES waive removal on some dwellings over water
Summary
A Senate bill would let the Department of Environmental Services grant case-by-case waivers to avoid tearing down some older dwellings or improvements that extend over public waters; DES told the committee it wants interim study and clearer legislative guidance.
Tricia Malillo, Senate majority caucus director, presented Senate Bill 27 to the House Resources, Recreation and Development Committee as the sponsor could not attend. "It simply would specify how improvements can be made to dwellings over water," Malillo said, explaining the measure would align certain improvements with state building codes.
Attorney John Cronin, who described the proposal as coming out of a particular court case involving Newcomb family property, told the committee the bill would give the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (DES) limited flexibility to approve exterior improvements "in appropriate circumstances" rather than ordering removal. "We're looking to give waiver power, not in every circumstance, but in the appropriate circumstances when the DES looks at a situation and says it doesn't make any sense for the state and the taxpayers to spend thousands of dollars ... to order someone to tear down an…
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