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NH Rev Stat § 236:79 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:79 - Removal.

    236:79 Removal. –||After an order for removal has become final, the owner of the advertising device may remove it at his own expense. If such device has not been removed within 30 days after such an order has become final, the commissioner of transportation, or his duly authorized agents, may enter upon the property where it is located and remove it without incurring any liability by reason of such entry and at the expense of such owner.|||Source. RSA 249-A:10. 1961, 269:1. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:80 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:80 - Just Compensation.

    236:80 Just Compensation. –||I. Just compensation shall be paid to the owner of the advertising device and to the owner of the land upon which it is located upon the removal, on or after January 1, 1970, of any such device required to be removed by reason of nonconformity with the provisions of this subdivision which is lawfully existing on January 1, 1970 or lawfully erected thereafter, provided no compensation shall be paid to the owner of any advertising device or to the owner of the land on which it is located if the reason for removal was failure to obtain a license or permit pursuant to RSA 236:71 and 72.||II. Each such removal, whether by the owner of the advertising device, by the commissioner of transportation, or otherwise, shall be deemed to constitute a taking by the state of the following:||(a) From the owner of such device, all right, title and interest in and to such device, and his leasehold related thereto.||(b) From the owner of the real property on which such device is located, the right to erect and maintain such device.||III. The foregoing right to compensation of the owner of land shall be in lieu of any right to receive or retain rental from the owner of such device for the sign location for the period after removal of such device, and such right to receive or retain rental shall terminate upon such removal.||IV. Such compensation shall be paid to the person or persons entitled thereto upon presentation to the commissioner of such information as he may reasonably require, provided that the claim for compensation is filed within 90 days after removal is completed.||V. If the commissioner and a claimant do not reach agreement on the amount of compensation payable to such claimant in respect to any removal within 120 days after the filing of such claim, the claimant may institute an action to have such compensation determined as an assessment of damages suffered by the claimant as of the date of the removal. Such an action shall be instituted by filing a petition for assessment of damages in the superior court, in the county wherein the advertising device and land are located, or wherein the claimant resides or has its principal place of business in this state. The petition shall be filed no later than one year after the filing with the commissioner of such compensation claim. The court shall assess the damages by jury, or by the court without the jury, and award interest from the date as of which damages are assessed, and costs, to the claimant.||VI. If funds become available, the commissioner of transportation is authorized to negotiate the removal of advertising devices prior to the end of the 5-year period and is authorized to pay just compensation.||VII. The provisions of RSA 498-A relative to eminent domain procedures shall not apply to this subdivision.|||Source. RSA 249-A:11. 1961, 269:1. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1973, 231:1, 2. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:81 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:81 - Penalty.

    236:81 Penalty. –||Whoever erects or maintains an advertising device in violation of the provisions hereof and required to be removed shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. RSA 249-A:12. 1961, 269:1. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1973, 529:43. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:81-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:81-a - Injunctive Relief.

    236:81-a Injunctive Relief. –||In addition to any other remedy provided by this subdivision or by law, the commissioner of the department of transportation may obtain a mandatory injunction to enjoin the violation of any provision of this subdivision relative to outdoor advertising control.|||Source. 1988, 245:10, eff. June 29, 1988.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:82 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:82 - Acceptance of Federal Funds.

    236:82 Acceptance of Federal Funds. –||The commissioner of transportation may accept any allotment of funds by the United States, or any department or agency thereof, for the foregoing purposes.|||Source. RSA 249-A:13. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:83 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:83 - Agreement With United States Secretary of Transportation Relating to the Erection of Advertising Devices.

    236:83 Agreement With United States Secretary of Transportation Relating to the Erection of Advertising Devices. –||The commissioner of transportation may enter into agreements with the Secretary of Transportation or appropriate federal official of the United States as provided by section 131 of Title 23, United States Code, provided that any such agreement shall be consistent with, and not more restrictive than, the provisions of this subdivision, except that the reclassification of the federal aid systems from time to time shall not be considered more restrictive than the provisions of this subdivision, and except that the agreement executed by the former commissioner of public works and highways and the federal highway administrator on June 14, 1963, under the provisions of this subdivision is hereby reaffirmed so that the commissioner of transportation may maintain the control required to receive and to continue to receive bonus payments from the federal government with respect to the control of outdoor advertising on the interstate system. Any expenditures of money by the commissioner in connection with agreements authorized by the section shall be payable from any funds available to the commissioner.|||Source. RSA 249-A:14. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1987, 209:6, eff. July 14, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:84 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:84 - Rulemaking.

    236:84 Rulemaking. –||I. The commissioner of transportation may adopt rules under RSA 541-A which are reasonable and consistent with, but not more restrictive than, the provisions of this subdivision relative to:||(a) Informational and directional signs; provided that the commissioner shall adopt rules relative to signs for churches.||(b) Applications for sign licenses.||(c) Applications for sign permits.||(d) Procedures relative to signs placed in accordance with RSA 236:88-a.||(e) Any other matters required in administering this subdivision.||II. The reclassification of a highway to or from the interstate, federal aid primary, or federal aid secondary system, or the designation of a highway to or from the turnpike system, shall not constitute the adoption of a rule under this section.|||Source. RSA 249-A:15. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1987, 209:7. 2000, 65:1. 2001, 200:1, eff. Sept. 3, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:85 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:85 - Separability.

    236:85 Separability. –||If any provisions of this subdivision or the application of such provisions to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this subdivision and applicability of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.|||Source. RSA 249-A:16. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:86 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:86 - Information Sites.

    236:86 Information Sites. –||I. The commissioner of transportation shall, in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation or appropriate federal official of the United States as provided by subsection (f) of section 131 of Title 23, United States Code, provide within the rights-of-way for areas at appropriate distances from interchanges on the interstate system, on which signs, displays and devices giving specific information in the interest of the traveling public may be erected and maintained. Such signs shall conform to national standards.||II. The development of a cooperative information service at any rest area is authorized, subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation or appropriate federal official, where applicable, in accordance with subsection (i) of section 131, of Title 23, United States Code. Such service shall be coordinated and controlled through the division of travel and tourism development, department of business and economic affairs, with the cooperation of the department of transportation, and these agencies shall have the responsibility of training any personnel which may be hired. Expanded information services may include, but not necessarily be limited to, sign plazas, racks of advertising brochures, computers, and equipment deemed by the division of travel and tourism development as necessary for the distribution of tourist-related information to the traveling public.||III. The fees collected pursuant to RSA 230:52, II shall be deposited in a special account for the division of travel and tourism development to be expended to create and maintain the cooperative information services, and for this purpose are hereby continually appropriated.||IV. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs II and III, the division of travel and tourism development may utilize funds from the sale of posters, advertising, and promotional materials to purchase additional materials for resale. Any profit accruing from these sales shall be deposited to unrestricted general fund revenue.||V. Individual businesses and organizations may assist in development of an information service plan, with final approval given by and design designated by the division of travel and tourism development, and subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation or appropriate federal official, where applicable, in accordance with subsection (i) of section 131, of Title 23, United States Code.|||Source. RSA 249-A:17. 1969, 429:1. 1971, 245:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1987, 209:2. 1999, 250:2, eff. July 9, 1999; 317:12, eff. July 1, 1999. 2017, 156:14, II, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:87 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:87 - School Bus Shelters.

    236:87 School Bus Shelters. –||School bus shelters for school children where used for or constructed to carry advertising matter, when approved by the superintending school committee of the town in which they are located, and upon payment of applicable license and permit fees may be placed or maintained outside the right-of-way and carry not more than 2 panels each thereon for the identification of sponsors. No such panel shall exceed 32 square feet or extend beyond the sides of such shelter and at least 60 percent of its area must be devoted to public service, safety or other noncommercial use. Each such shelter shall, to the satisfaction of the superintending school committee, be constructed of durable material, with concrete floor raised above ground level, kept clean, well painted or otherwise suitably maintained at all times and kept free from snow, or the commissioner may order its removal.|||Source. RSA 249-A:18. 1971, 245:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:88 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:88 - Advertising Devices Within Highway Rights-of-Way.

    236:88 Advertising Devices Within Highway Rights-of-Way. –||Except as provided in RSA 236:88-a, any advertising device so located as to be within the right-of-way of any interstate, federal aid primary, federal aid secondary, or turnpike highway shall be deemed to be illegally located. Removal and disposal of said device shall be effected after 10 days' written notice to the owner of said device, provided the identity and mailing address of the owner are displayed on the device, by the department of transportation.|||Source. RSA 249-A:19. 1971, 245:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(a)(7). 2001, 200:2, eff. Sept. 3, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:88-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:88-a - Location/Direction Signs for Businesses Within Highway Rights-of-Way.

    236:88-a Location/Direction Signs for Businesses Within Highway Rights-of-Way. –||I. Notwithstanding RSA 236:88 or any other provision of law to the contrary, a business owner whose property abuts upon and has legal driveway access to the right-of-way of any class I, class II, or class III highway may, upon obtaining the approval of the department, place a sign within the adjacent right-of-way of his or her business being conducted at that location. The placement of such sign shall be in accordance with the Roadside Design Guide published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).||II. Any such sign shall comply with all local municipal rules, regulations, and other requirements.||III. Any such sign shall:||(a) Not impose a danger to the traveling public.||(b) Not unreasonably interfere with the maintenance of the state right-of-way.||(c) Be permanently affixed to the ground.||(d) Meet reasonable size, style, and lighting standards consistent with the state of development and commercial activity in the area.||(e) Be removed if the business activity is no longer conducted at that location.||IV. The cost of construction, installation, maintenance, disposal, moving, and removing of such sign shall be at the expense of the business owner.||V. A sign placed in accordance with this section shall not be construed to give its owner any property or other rights in its location, and if the state changes or widens the highway, or redesigns its maintenance practices, the business owner shall move or remove the sign, as the department may determine necessary.||VI. The department shall be authorized to remove any sign if it determines that the provisions of this section have not been met; provided that 30 days' notice shall be given to the owner of the sign unless the sign constitutes a safety hazard.||VII. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, a municipality may place a sign within the right-of-way of any class I, class II, or class III highway if such sign meets the requirements of this section and with the approval of the department of transportation and the governing body of the municipality.||VIII. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the administration of this section.|||Source. 2001, 200:3, eff. Sept. 3, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:89 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:89 - Repealed by 1981, 476:1, eff. Jan. 30, 1984.

    236:89 Repealed by 1981, 476:1, eff. Jan. 30, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 236:90 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:90 - Policy.

    236:90 Policy. –||It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state and in the public interest to provide for effective control of the establishment, use, and maintenance of junk yards adjacent to the interstate and turnpike systems in order to protect the public investment in such highways, to promote the safety and recreational value of public travel, and to preserve natural beauty.|||Source. RSA 249-B:1. 1967, 252:1. 1971, 81:1. 1981, 87:1. 2008, 164:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:92 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:92 - Rules and Regulations.

    236:92 Rules and Regulations. –||The commissioner of transportation is authorized to issue reasonable rules and regulations to provide for effective control of junk yards and automotive recycling yards in conformance with rules and regulations issued by an appropriate department or agency of the United States and pursuant to the declared policy of the state as set forth in RSA 236:90. Such rules and regulations shall include a regulation that where 2 or more unregistered, or old motor vehicles, no longer intended or in condition for legal use on the highways, or used parts or materials from motor vehicles which, taken together, include in bulk 2 or more vehicles are held on the property of a person or persons not operating an establishment or place of business which is maintained, operated, or used for storing, keeping, buying or selling junk, or for the maintenance or operation of an automotive recycling yard in violation of RSA 236:111-129 the commissioner shall enforce the provisions of RSA 236:111-129.|||Source. RSA 249-B:3. 1967, 252:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1992, 88:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:93 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:93 - Requirements for Operation or Maintenance.

    236:93 Requirements for Operation or Maintenance. –||A person shall not operate, establish or maintain a junk yard or automotive recycling yard under the provisions of this subdivision until he (1) has obtained a license to operate a junk yard or automotive recycling yard business and (2) has obtained a certificate of approval for the location of the junk yard or automotive recycling yard. Application for the license and the certificate of approved location shall be made in writing to the commissioner of transportation or his agent. The application must contain a description of the land to be included within the junk yard or automotive recycling yard, by reference to so-called permanent boundary markers.|||Source. RSA 249-B:4. 1967, 252:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1992, 88:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:94 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:94 - Hearing.

    236:94 Hearing. –||A hearing on the application shall be held within the municipality. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the applicant by mail, postage prepaid, to the address given in the application and the notice shall be published once in a newspaper having a circulation within the municipality, which publication shall be not less than 7 days before the date of the hearing.|||Source. RSA 249-B:5. 1967, 252:1. 1981, 87:1. 2008, 164:4, eff. Aug. 5, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:95 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:95 - License Requirements.

    236:95 License Requirements. –||At the time and place set for hearing, the commissioner of transportation or his agent shall hear the applicant and all other persons wishing to be heard on the application for a license to operate, establish, or maintain the junk yard or automotive recycling yard. In passing upon the application, he shall take into account the suitability of the applicant with reference to his ability to comply with the fencing requirements or other reasonable regulations concerning the proposed junk yard or automotive recycling yard, and to any other matter within the purposes of the subdivision.|||Source. RSA 249-B:6. 1967, 252:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1992, 88:5, eff. Jan. 1, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:96 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:96 - Location Requirements.

    236:96 Location Requirements. –||At the time and place set for hearing, the commissioner of transportation or his or her agent shall hear the applicant and all other persons wishing to be heard on the application for certificate of approval for the location of the junk yard or automotive recycling yard. In passing upon the application, after proof of legal ownership or right to the use of the property by the applicant for the license period, he or she shall take into account the nature and development of surrounding property, such as the proximity of churches, schools, hospitals, public buildings or other places of public gathering; and whether or not the use of the proposed location can be reasonably prevented from affecting the public health, safety, or morals by reason of offensive or unhealthy odors or smoke, or of other causes. In no case may a license be granted for a new junk yard or automotive recycling yard located less than 1,000 feet from the nearest edge of the right-of-way lines and visible from the main traveled way of the interstate system.|||Source. RSA 249-B:7. 1967, 252:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1992, 88:6. 2008, 164:5, eff. Aug. 5, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:97 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:97 - Grant or Denial of Application; Appeal.

    236:97 Grant or Denial of Application;  Appeal. –||After the hearing the commissioner of transportation shall, within 2 weeks, make a finding as to whether or not the application should be granted, giving notice of his finding to the applicant by mail, postage prepaid, to the address given on the application. If approved by the commissioner of transportation, the license including the certificate of approved location shall be forthwith issued to remain in effect until the following April 1. License approval is personal to the applicant for a specific location and it is not assignable or transferable. Licenses shall be renewed annually thereafter on April 1, upon payment of the annual license fee without a hearing if all provisions of this subdivision are complied with during the license period, and if the applicant is not convicted of any type of larceny or of receiving stolen goods. A writ of certiorari lies from the denial of the application to the superior court of the county in which the proposed location is situated.|||Source. RSA 249-B:8. 1967, 252:1. 1971, 81:4. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:98 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:98 - License Fees.

    236:98 License Fees. –||The annual license fee is $35 to be paid at the time the application is made and annually thereafter on April 1 in the event of renewal. If the application is not granted, the fee shall be returned to the applicant. All fees shall be deposited in the highway fund.|||Source. RSA 249-B:9. 1967, 252:1. 1977, 563:47. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|