RSA 485-J:1 Soil and Water Contamination Settlement Trust Fund Established.

I. There is hereby established the New Hampshire soil and water contamination settlement trust fund that shall be kept distinct and separate from all other state funds. Any funds or proceeds received by the attorney general on behalf of the state or its citizens as a result of any civil judgment or settlement of a claim, suit, petition, or other action regarding damages from environmental contamination of soil and water shall be deposited into the trust fund. All moneys in the fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the department of environmental services for the purposes of this chapter. All moneys in the fund shall be exempt from the 10 percent disposition in RSA 7:6-e.
II. Once the funds have been deposited, the attorney general shall promptly report to th