Section 227-M:3 – Land and Community Heritage Investment Program Established.
227-M:3 Land and Community Heritage Investment Program Established. – There is hereby established the New Hampshire land and community heritage investment program. The program shall acquire resource assets, through voluntary negotiations with property owners and utilization of all available federal, state, local, private, and other matching funds and incentives. The program shall also provide […]
Section 227-M:4 – New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Authority Established; Board of Directors.
227-M:4 New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Authority Established; Board of Directors. – I. There is hereby established the New Hampshire land and community heritage investment authority, a body corporate and politic. The authority is constituted a public instrumentality of the state. The exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this chapter […]
Section 227-M:5 – Powers and Duties of the Authority.
227-M:5 Powers and Duties of the Authority. – The authority shall have all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter and shall: I. Adopt bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business. II. Adopt criteria and guidelines for: (a) […]
Section 227-M:6 – Executive Director.
227-M:6 Executive Director. – The board of directors shall nominate one or more persons for appointment by the governor and council to serve as executive director. The executive director shall serve a term of 5 years, with reappointment or a vacancy to be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. At the […]
Section 227-M:6-a – Status of Employees.
227-M:6-a Status of Employees. – I. The authority may hire, fix, and pay compensation, prescribe duties and qualifications, and establish personnel policies without regard to any personnel or civil service law or personnel or civil service rule of the state. The employees of the authority shall not be classified employees of the state within […]
Section 227-M:7 – Trust Fund Established; Administration.
227-M:7 Trust Fund Established; Administration. – I. There is established in the office of the state treasurer the trust fund for the New Hampshire land and community heritage investment program. Moneys in the fund and any interest earned on the fund shall be used for the purpose of this chapter and shall not be […]
Section 227-M:7-a – Administrative Fund.
227-M:7-a Administrative Fund. – I. There is established in the office of the New Hampshire land and community heritage investment authority a fund to be known as the land and community heritage investment program administrative fund into which the commissioner of safety shall credit any revenue generated pursuant to RSA 261:97-b, I-a. There shall […]
Section 227-M:8 – Program Administration; Eligible Applicants; Matching Funds.
227-M:8 Program Administration; Eligible Applicants; Matching Funds. – I. The authority shall distribute funds to further the purposes of this chapter only to eligible applicants. Eligible applicants shall include: (a) Municipalities or other political subdivisions of the state; and (b) Publicly-supported nonprofit corporations exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c) of the Internal […]
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 […]
Section 227-L:26 – Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact.
227-L:26 Northeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact. – Article I. The purpose of this compact is to promote effective prevention and control of forest fires in the northeastern region of the United States and adjacent areas in Canada by the development of integrated forest fire plans, by the maintenance of adequate forest fire fighting […]