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Section 52:1 – Establishment.

    52:1 Establishment. – I. Upon the petition of 10 or more voters, persons domiciled in any village situated in one or more towns, the selectmen of the town or towns shall fix, by suitable boundaries, a district including such parts of the town or towns as may seem convenient, for any of the following […]

Section 52:1-a – Flood Control Projects.

    52:1-a Flood Control Projects. – Any village district organized under the provisions of this chapter may at a regular or special village district meeting vote to cooperate or act jointly with other village districts or with towns to defray expenses and take other appropriate action necessary to protect its interest in connection with federal […]

Section 52:11 – Fire Department Engineers.

    52:11 Fire Department Engineers. – The commissioners shall appoint a chief engineer and assistant engineers to serve in the fire department for the ensuing year, and may remove them, for cause, after notice and hearing. Source. 1849, 852:5, 6. CS 116:5, 6. GS 97:3. GL 107:3. PS 53:7. 1905, 99:1. PL 57:11. RL 70:11.

Section 52:11-a – Voting at District Meetings.

    52:11-a Voting at District Meetings. – Votes at district meetings shall be conducted according to the procedures established for town meetings in RSA 40:4-a, 4-b, and 6. Source. 1971, 524:4, eff. July 7, 1971.

Section 52:11-b – Public Body.

    52:11-b Public Body. – Every legislative body, governing body, board, commission, or committee of any village district established under this chapter shall be deemed a "public body" under RSA 91-A and shall be subject to all applicable provisions of that chapter. Source. 2021, 118:1, eff. Sept. 7, 2021.

Section 52:12 – Annual Meetings.

    52:12 Annual Meetings. – The annual meeting of each district shall be held between January 1 and May 1 of each year. In the case of a district formed for the purpose of impoundment of water, the annual meeting shall be held at another time of the year if so voted at a previous […]

Section 52:13 – Warning of Meetings.

    52:13 Warning of Meetings. – In case of a vacancy in the office of commissioners, or of their neglect or refusal to warn a meeting or insert an article in a warrant, or of failure to hold an annual meeting, a meeting of the district may be called and warned in the same manner […]

Section 52:14 – Special Meetings.

    52:14 Special Meetings. – The commissioners when calling a special district meeting shall, within one week after posting the warrant therefor, cause a copy of said warrant to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in said district. Source. 1945, 39:2, eff. Mar. 6, 1945.

Section 52:16 – Taxation, Procedure.

    52:16 Taxation, Procedure. – I. Whenever the district votes to raise money by taxation or otherwise for any of its purposes, the clerk shall, within 20 days thereafter, deliver a certified copy of such vote to the selectmen of each town which contains any part of the district and to the commissioner of revenue […]

Section 52:17 – Abatement of Assessments.

    52:17 Abatement of Assessments. – The power to abate and correct the assessment of such taxes shall belong to the board authorized to assess them; and aggrieved parties shall have the same remedies for relief as in case of town taxes. Source. 1849, 852:7. CS 116:7. GS 97:4. 1874, 11:1. GL 107:4. PS 53:11. […]

Section 52:18 – Taking Land.

    52:18 Taking Land. – If any such district cannot obtain for a reasonable price any land or easement in land required by it for its purposes it may, through its commissioners or other duly authorized agents, make and file in the town clerk’s office of each town in which such land is situated a […]

Section 52:18-a – Water Pollution.

    52:18-a Water Pollution. – Any district which shall have received an order by the department of environmental services under the provisions of RSA 147, 485, or 485-A shall proceed forthwith to acquire whatever easements and lands as are necessary to comply with said order provided that a majority of the voters vote in favor […]

Section 52:19 – Joint Board.

    52:19 Joint Board. – If a district, situated in 2 or more towns, adopts the provisions of RSA chapter 252 the selectmen of all the towns as a joint board shall have powers and perform the duties of selectmen in such case. Source. PS 53:13. PL 57:18. RL 70:18.

Section 52:2 – Meeting to Consider.

    52:2 Meeting to Consider. – Such selectmen shall also forthwith call a meeting of the voters domiciled in the district to see if they will vote to establish the district, and if so to choose necessary officers therefor. They shall call the meeting and give notice thereof as town meetings are called and warned, […]

Section 52:2-a – Budgetary Official Ballot.

    52:2-a Budgetary Official Ballot. – Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any village district may vote to raise and appropriate money for the support of the district by official ballot as provided for in RSA 49-D:3, II-a, by following the procedures set forth in RSA 49-B. The village district may also include within its […]

Section 52:20 – Reporting Appointments.

    52:20 Reporting Appointments. – The clerk of any district having firewards or engineers shall forthwith after their appointment from time to time report their names and post-office addresses to the town clerks of the town in which the district is situated; and if he fails to do so he shall be fined $20. Source. […]

Section 52:21 – Dissolution.

    52:21 Dissolution. – Any village district and any district now in existence having the rights and powers of a village district, may, at an annual meeting, by a 2/3 vote of its legal voters, terminate its existence and dispose of its corporate property. Upon the dissolution of any such district, the property, real and […]