47:1 In General. – All the powers vested by law in towns, or in the inhabitants thereof, shall be exercised by the city councils by concurrent vote, each board having a negative on the other. Source. 1846, 384:14. 1855, 1699:16. GS 44:1. GL 48:1. PS 50:1. PL 54:1. RL 66:1.
47:1-a Contracts With Firefighting Units. – Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no city council shall contract with any private firefighting unit unless said unit has been certified by the state fire marshal pursuant to RSA 153:4-a. Source. 1983, 101:1, eff. May 24, 1983.
47:1-b Special Revenue Funds. – Cities may, pursuant to RSA 47:1-c, vote to restrict revenues from a specific source to expenditures for specific purposes. Such revenues and expenditures shall be accounted for in a special revenue fund separate from the general fund. Any surplus in such fund shall not be deemed part of the […]
47:1-c Procedure for Adoption. – I. Any city may adopt the provisions of RSA 47:1-b to restrict revenues from a specific source to expenditures for specific purposes in the following manner: (a) The legislative body may consider and act upon the question in accordance with their normal procedures for passage of resolutions, ordinances, and […]
47:10 City Report. – The city councils shall, once in every year at least, publish, for the use and information of the inhabitants, a particular account of the receipts and expenditures of the city and a schedule of its debts and property. Source. 1846, 384:18. 1855, 1699:18. GS 44:7. GL 48:7. PS 50:7. PL […]
47:11 Sewers. – The city councils shall have power to construct drains and common sewers through highways, streets or private lands, paying the owners such damages as they shall sustain thereby, the damages to be assessed by the mayor and aldermen in the same manner and with the same right of appeal from their […]
47:11-a Mass Transportation for Cities. – I. Power to Appropriate. The governing body of any city may, subject to the provisions of paragraphs II and III, raise and appropriate such sums of money as public convenience or necessity may require, to aid or to contribute to a mass transportation system. II. Optional Referendum. If […]
47:11-b Group Homes. – The city councils may appropriate money to support or aid group homes. For the purposes of this section, a group home is an institution or home which is supervised and licensed pursuant to the provisions of RSA 161:2, IV, and provides residential and counseling services to persons under the age […]
47:11-c Geographic Information Systems. – Any city may establish computer-based geographic information systems and control the distribution of that information, subject to RSA 91-A. The city may finance the completion and perpetuation of the system through establishing a special revenue fund under RSA 47:1-b and 47:1-c or through nonprofit corporations. The city may charge […]
47:12 Health. – All the powers vested in the board of health of towns shall be vested in the city councils, and shall be carried into execution in such manner, by such officers and with such powers, as the city councils shall determine. Source. 1846, 384:20. 1855, 1699:20. GS 44:10. GL 48:9. PS 50:9. […]
47:12-a Life and Health Insurance. – The city councils may appropriate money to provide, wholly or in part, group plan life, accident, medical, surgical and hospitalization insurance benefits, or any combinations of such benefits, for all regular employees of the city and their dependents. Any provision in a city charter inconsistent with the provisions […]
47:13 Executive Powers. – The executive powers of the city and the administration of police, except where vested in the mayor, shall be exercised by the mayor and aldermen; and they shall have the powers, and do and perform all the duties, which the selectmen of towns have, and are authorized or required to […]
47:14 Appointive Officers. – They shall appoint a city marshal, and one or more assistant marshals if they think it necessary, a collector of taxes, constables, police officers and watchmen, and may remove them from office for sufficient cause; and may require the marshal and constables, before entering on their duties, to give bonds, […]
47:15 Police Uniform. – It shall be the duty of the mayor and aldermen to fix and determine a suitable and appropriate uniform for the marshal, assistant marshal and police officers by them appointed, and to designate such badges and other marks of their official character as they may deem expedient. Source. 1872, 20:1. […]
47:16 General Meeting. – The mayor and aldermen shall issue their warrant for a general meeting of the voters, for any constitutional or legal purpose, whenever requested to do so, in writing, by 100 legal voters. Source. 1846, 384:12. GS 42:17. GL 46:18. PS 48:17. PL 52:14. RL 64:14. 2003, 289:8, eff. Sept. 1, […]
47:17 Bylaws and Ordinances. – The city councils shall have power to make all such salutary and needful bylaws as towns and the police officers of towns and engineers or firewards by law have power to make and to annex penalties, not exceeding $1,000, for the breach thereof; and may make, establish, publish, alter, […]
47:17-a Ordinances Affecting Forestry Activities. – I. In this section, " forestry activities " means developing, caring for, or cultivating forests; timber harvesting; silviculture; and customary management and supporting activities. II. Before enacting any ordinance, bylaw, rule, or other regulatory provision that is likely to affect forestry activities, a municipality shall consider the possible […]
[There is no RSA 47:17-a.] 47:17-b Enforcement of Bylaws and Ordinances. – In addition to any other enforcement procedure authorized by law, any city code, ordinance, bylaw, or regulation may be enforced pursuant to the procedures established in RSA 31:39-c, RSA 31:39-d, or both, subject to the provisions and limitations thereof. Source. 2009, 270:4, […]
47:18 Notice and Publication of Ordinances. – All proposed city bylaws and ordinances and all adopted city bylaws and ordinances shall be kept on file at the office of the city clerk and at such other public place as the city council may designate. Notice of proposal and of adoption of a bylaw or […]
47:19 Fines and Forfeitures for Violation of Ordinances. – All fines and forfeitures for the violation of any bylaw or ordinance of a city shall be recovered by complaint before the municipal court of said city, and shall enure to such uses as the city councils may direct. Source. 1846, 384:17. GS 44:13. GL […]
