Section 485-A:30 Fees. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. Any person submitting plans and specifications for a subdivision of land shall pay to the department a fee of $300 per lot. Said fee shall be for reviewing such plans and specifications and making site inspections. Any person submitting plans and specifications for sewage or waste disposal systems shall pay to the department a fee of $290 for each system. Said fee shall be for reviewing such plans and specifications, making site inspections, the administration of sludge and septage management programs, and for establishing a system for electronic permitting for waste disposal systems, subdivision plans, and for permits and approvals under the department's land regulation authority. The fees required by this paragraph shall be paid at the time said plans and specifications are submitted and shall be deposited in the subsurface systems fund established in paragraph I-b. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term ""lot'' shall not include tent sites or travel trailer sites in recreational parks which are operated on a seasonal basis for not more than 9 months per year.
   I-a. In addition to fees required under paragraph I, any person submitting plans and specifications for sewage or waste disposal systems shall pay to the department a fee of $10 for each system for use in the septage handling and treatment facilities grant program to municipalities under RSA 486:3, III. Until July 1, 2010, the fees required by this paragraph shall be paid at the time said plans and specifications are submitted and shall be deposited in the subsurface systems fund established in paragraph I-b. After July 1, 2010, the fees required by this paragraph shall be paid at the time said plans and specifications are submitted and shall be deposited in the septage management fund established in paragraph I-c.
   I-b. There is hereby established the subsurface systems fund into which the fees collected under paragraph I shall be deposited. The fund shall be a separate, nonlapsing fund, continually appropriated to the department for the purpose of paying all costs and salaries associated with the subsurface systems program.
   I-c. There is hereby established the septage management fund into which the fees collected under paragraph I-a shall be deposited. The fund shall be a separate, nonlapsing fund, continually appropriated to the department for the purpose of paying costs associated with the septage handling and treatment facilities grant program or for research, engineering analysis, or septage sampling and analysis by the department to advance septage management in the state of New Hampshire.
   II. [Repealed].
   III. Any person submitting plans and specifications as a resubmission for reapproval of such shall not be required to pay any additional fee under RSA 485-A:30, I or I-a if changes to such plans and specifications would not constitute a new subdivision under the provisions of RSA 485-A:2, XIII.

Source. 1989, 339:1. 1990, 252:15. 1991, 379:3. 1994, 198:2. 1996, 228:106, eff. July 1, 1996; 233:5, 7, II, eff. July 1, 2000; 233:8, eff. July 1, 1996, at 12:01 A.M. 2001, 128:2, 3, eff. July 1, 2001. 2003, 246:2, eff. July 1, 2003. 2005, 141:1, eff. Aug. 16, 2005. 2009, 144:43, eff. July 1, 2009.