36-A:1 Method of Adoption. – Any city by vote of its city council, and any town at any duly warned meeting, may adopt or rescind the provisions of this chapter. Source. 1963, 168:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1963. 2008, 317:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.
36-A:2 Conservation Commission. – A city or town which accepts the provisions of this chapter may establish a conservation commission, hereinafter called the commission, for the proper utilization and protection of the natural resources and for the protection of watershed resources of said city or town. Such commission shall conduct researches into its local […]
36-A:3 Composition of Commission. – The commission shall consist of not less than 3 nor more than 7 members. In a town which has a planning board, one member of the commission may also be on the planning board. In a city which has a planning board, one member of the commission may be […]
36-A:4 Powers. – I. Said commission may receive gifts of money, personal property, real property, and water rights, either within or outside the boundaries of the municipality, by gift, grant, bequest, or devise, subject to the approval of the local governing body, such gifts to be managed and controlled by the commission for the […]
36-A:4-a Optional Powers. – I. The legislative body of a city or town may vote at an annual meeting to authorize the conservation commission to: (a) Expend funds for the purchase of interests in land outside the boundaries of the municipality, subject to the approval of the local governing body; and (b) Expend funds […]
36-A:5 Appropriations Authorized. – I. A town or city, having established a conservation commission as authorized by RSA 36-A:2, may appropriate money as deemed necessary for the purpose of this chapter. The whole or any part of money so appropriated in any year and any gifts of money received pursuant to RSA 36-A:4 may […]
36-A:6 Commissioner of Resources and Economic Development. – The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources may establish a program to assist, at their request, the cities and towns which have adopted the provisions of this chapter, in acquiring land and in planning of use and structures as described in RSA 36-A:2. […]
