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Section 149-I:1 – Construction.

    149-I:1 Construction. – The mayor and aldermen of any city may construct and maintain all main drains or common sewers, stormwater treatment, conveyance, and discharge systems, sewage and/or waste treatment, works which they adjudge necessary for the public convenience, health or welfare. Such drains, sewers, and systems shall be substantially constructed of brick, stone, […]

Section 149-I:10 – Sewer Funds.

    149-I:10 Sewer Funds. – I. The funds received from the collection of sewer rentals shall be kept as a separate and distinct fund to be known as the sewer fund. Such fund shall be allowed to accumulate from year to year, shall not be commingled with town or city tax revenues, and shall not […]

Section 149-I:10-a – Stormwater Utility Fund.

    149-I:10-a Stormwater Utility Fund. – I. The funds received from stormwater utility fees shall be kept as a separate and distinct fund to be known as the stormwater utility fund. Such fund shall be allowed to accumulate from year to year, shall not be commingled with town or city tax revenues, and shall not […]

Section 149-I:11 – Liens and Collection of Sewer Charges.

    149-I:11 Liens and Collection of Sewer Charges. – In the collection of sewer charges or stormwater utility fees under RSA 149-I:7 and 149-I:8, municipalities shall have the same liens and use the same collection procedures as authorized by RSA 38:22. Interest on overdue charges shall be assessed in accordance with RSA 76:13. Source. 1870, […]

Section 149-I:14 – Correction of Assessments.

    149-I:14 Correction of Assessments. – I. If any error is made in any assessment under RSA 149-I:7 or RSA 149-I:8, it may be corrected by the mayor and aldermen by making an abatement and a new assessment, or either, as the case may require. The same lien, rights, liabilities and remedies shall attach to […]

Section 149-I:15 – Petition to Court.

    149-I:15 Petition to Court. – If the mayor and aldermen neglect or refuse to correct an assessment under RSA 149-I:14, any person aggrieved may apply by petition to the superior court for relief at any time within 90 days after notice of the assessment, and not afterwards. The court shall make such order thereon […]

Section 149-I:16 – Assessment Installments.

    149-I:16 Assessment Installments. – The mayor and aldermen of any city may, in their discretion, in making any assessment under this chapter, assess the same to be paid in annual installments extending over a period not exceeding 20 years, and in such case their assessment so made shall create a lien upon the land […]

Section 149-I:17 – Assessment Not Required.

    149-I:17 Assessment Not Required. – Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any city from providing, by ordinance or otherwise, that the whole or a part of the expense of constructing, maintaining and repairing main drains, common sewers, stormwater treatment, conveyance, and discharge system, or sewage and waste treatment facilities shall be paid […]

Section 149-I:18 – Abatement of Assessments.

    149-I:18 Abatement of Assessments. – For good cause shown, the mayor and aldermen may abate any such assessment made by them or by their predecessors. Source. PS 79:6. PL 95:8. RL 111:11. 1945, 188, part 22:12. RSA 252:14. 1981, 87:2, eff. April 20, 1981.

Section 149-I:19 – Establishment; Duties.

    149-I:19 Establishment; Duties. – Any town or village district which adopts the provisions of this chapter may, at the time of such adoption or afterwards, vote to establish a board of sewer commissioners, consisting of 3 members, which board shall perform all the duties and possess all the powers in the town or district […]

Section 149-I:2 – Taking Land.

    149-I:2 Taking Land. – Whenever it is necessary to construct such main drains or common sewers, stormwater treatment, conveyance, and discharge systems, sewage and/or waste treatment facilities across or on the land of any person and the city cannot obtain for a reasonable price any land or easement in land required by it, the […]

Section 149-I:20 – Election.

    149-I:20 Election. – At the annual town or district meeting when such board is established, there shall be chosen, by ballot and by major vote, 3 sewer commissioners, to hold office for 3 years, 2 years, and one year, respectively, and thereafter, at every annual meeting, one commissioner shall be so chosen to hold […]

Section 149-I:20-a – Appointment.

    149-I:20-a Appointment. – The commissioners may be appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen or city council, by the selectmen of the town, by the town council, or by the commissioners of the district if the municipality fails to elect or votes to provide for appointment. Source. 1996, 197:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1996.

Section 149-I:21 – Compensation.

    149-I:21 Compensation. – The compensation of such sewer commissioners and the sewer commission’s responsible portion of the municipal treasurer’s compensation shall be fixed in towns by the selectmen, and in village districts by the commissioners of the district. Source. 1923, 16:1. PL 95:16. RL 111:19. 1945, 188, part 22:20. RSA 252:22. 1981, 87:2, eff. […]

Section 149-I:22 – Entering Without Permit.

    149-I:22 Entering Without Permit. – Any person who digs or breaks up the ground in any street, highway, lane or alley in any city, for the purpose of laying, altering, repairing or entering any main drain, stormwater treatment, conveyance, and discharge system, or common sewer therein, without permission from the mayor and aldermen, shall […]

Section 149-I:23 – Malicious Injury; Penalty.

    149-I:23 Malicious Injury; Penalty. – Any person who shall wantonly or maliciously injure any part of any sewer system, stormwater treatment, conveyance, and discharge system, or sewage disposal plant shall be liable to pay treble damages to the owner thereof, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of […]

Section 149-I:24 – Application of Chapter.

    149-I:24 Application of Chapter. – The provisions of this chapter shall be in force in such town and village districts as may adopt the same by vote of the legislative body; and the governing body shall perform all the duties and possess all the powers in the town or the district, as the case […]

Section 149-I:25 – Reports.

    149-I:25 Reports. – In towns and village districts adopting this chapter, the selectmen or district commissioners, or board of sewer commissioners if any, or stormwater utility commission shall annually, at the time other town or district officers report, make a report to the municipality of the condition of the plant financially and otherwise, showing […]