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 […]
Section 227-L:27 – When Effective.
227-L:27 When Effective. – When the governor shall have executed said compact on behalf of this state and caused a certified copy thereof to be filed in the office of the secretary of state, as required by RSA 227-L, and said compact shall have been ratified by one or more of the states named […]
Section 227-L:28 – Commission.
227-L:28 Commission. – After the aforesaid compact shall become operative and effective as provided for in RSA 227-L:27, the governor shall appoint 3 members hereinafter called commissioners of the Northeastern Forest Fire Protection Commission. One of such commissioners shall always be the director of the division of forests and lands, department of natural and […]
Section 227-L:29 – Compensation.
227-L:29 Compensation. – The commissioners shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.
Section 227-L:30 – Report.
227-L:30 Report. – The commissioners on the part of the state shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the governor on or before the seventh day of January annually, setting forth in detail the transactions of the commission during the preceding calendar year, and shall include in said […]
Section 227-L:31 – Powers.
227-L:31 Powers. – There is hereby granted to the commission and the commissioners thereof all the powers provided for in the said compact and all the powers necessary or incidental to the carrying out of said compact in every particular. All officers of the state of New Hampshire are hereby authorized and directed to […]
Section 227-L:32 – Payment by State.
227-L:32 Payment by State. – Upon recommendation of the director of the division of forests and lands, department of natural and cultural resources, and upon warrant of the governor with the approval of the council, the state treasurer shall pay out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated to any state giving […]
Section 227-L:33 – Reimbursement by Towns.
227-L:33 Reimbursement by Towns. – Each town receiving aid under the provisions of this chapter shall reimburse the state for payments made by the state under RSA 227-L:32 in the same proportion and to the same extent that such town would be required under RSA 227-L:22 to bear such expense if it had been […]
Section 227-L:34 – Reimbursement Procedure.
227-L:34 Reimbursement Procedure. – When the state has made any payment under RSA 227-L:32, the director of the forests and lands shall, in writing, notify all towns involved, of the amount of their liability as provided in RSA 227-L:33, and within 60 days of the receipt of such notice, the respective towns shall remit […]
Section 227-L:35 – Distribution to Towns.
227-L:35 Distribution to Towns. – When the state receives payment from another state for aid given by towns under the provisions of this chapter, the director of the division of forests and lands shall advise the state treasurer the amount due each town involved, and the state treasurer shall distribute the amounts due, to […]