Section 227-M:9 – Acquisition, Restoration, and Protection Criteria and Guidelines.
227-M:9 Acquisition, Restoration, and Protection Criteria and Guidelines. – I. The criteria and guidelines adopted pursuant to RSA 227-M:5, II for acquiring resource assets shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following: (a) Imminence of threat to the land or property, such that the preservation of endangered structures and land conservation projects […]
Section 227-M:10 – Management.
227-M:10 Management. – Any owner of a resource asset acquired in fee simple under this chapter or for which program funds have been expended for restoration or rehabilitation work, shall manage such asset in accordance with any stewardship plan approved for the asset and any legal obligations entered into under this chapter pertaining to […]
Section 227-M:11 – Stewardship.
227-M:11 Stewardship. – All applications submitted for funding resource asset acquisitions or restoration or rehabilitation projects must contain a stewardship plan. Applicants shall be allowed flexibility in devising such plans, but the authority shall make an affirmative finding that the stewardship plan is acceptable before awarding funds. Applications to the program for activities such […]
Section 227-M:12 – Monitoring Endowment.
227-M:12 Monitoring Endowment. – I. For every eligible resource protected under this chapter by an easement interest, a percentage of funds from the program or contributions from the applicant, as specified by the authority, shall be provided to the monitoring endowment established under RSA 162-C:8. II. Funds added to the monitoring endowment pursuant to […]
Section 227-M:13 – Road Expansion.
227-M:13 Road Expansion. – I. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the New Hampshire land and community heritage authority shall recognize that the public interest and public safety and welfare may, from time to time, require minor expansion, minor modification, or minor alteration of existing roads within the state highway system. After review […]
Section 227-M:14 – Public Trust.
227-M:14 Public Trust. – Resource assets acquired under this chapter through the use of the trust fund for the program shall be held in public trust and used and applied for the purposes of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the disposal of publicly-owned real estate, no deviation in the […]
Section 227-M:15 – Public Access; Liability.
227-M:15 Public Access; Liability. – Lands and interests in lands purchased with funds from this program by any eligible applicant shall be open in perpetuity for passive recreational purposes or shall be for the term of any farm viability term easement. Language to be used in easement interests secured through the program shall approximate […]
Section 227-M:16 – Recapture.
227-M:16 Recapture. – If property is sold, by a seller who has received funds under this program regarding such property, to a non-eligible applicant, the program trust fund’s cash investment in the property shall be returned to the program trust fund by the property seller. This section shall not apply to a sale between […]
Section 227-M:17 – Receipt of Grant Recorded in Registry of Deeds.
227-M:17 Receipt of Grant Recorded in Registry of Deeds. – Receipt of a grant award under this program and conditions of such award shall be recorded in the registry of deeds for the county in which the property is located. Source. 2000, 245:1, eff. June 8, 2000.
Section 227-M:1 – Purpose.
227-M:1 Purpose. – The general court finds that in order to maintain New Hampshire’s quality of life and economic vitality for its citizens, growth and development should be balanced with careful protection of the state’s most important natural, cultural, and historical resources. Permanent protection of these resources, through acquisition of lands, buildings, and other […]