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NH Rev Stat § 149-I:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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 be deemed part of the municipality's general fund accumulated surplus. Such fund may be expended only for stormwater treatment, conveyance, and discharge systems.||II. Except when a capital reserve fund is established pursuant to paragraph III, all stormwater utility funds shall be held in the custody of the municipal treasurer. Estimates of anticipated revenues and anticipated expenditures from the stormwater utility fund shall be submitted to the governing body as set forth in RSA 32:6 if applicable, and shall be included as part of the municipal budget submitted to the local legislative body for approval. If the municipality has a properly established stormwater utility commission, then notwithstanding RSA 41:29 or RSA 48:16, the treasurer shall pay out amounts from the stormwater utility fund only upon order of the stormwater utility commission. Expenditures shall be within amounts appropriated by the local legislative body.||III. At the option of the local governing body, or of the stormwater utility commission if any, all or part of any surplus in the stormwater utility fund may be placed in one or more capital reserve funds and placed in the custody of the trustees of trust funds pursuant to RSA 35:7. If such a reserve fund is created, then the governing body, or stormwater utility commission if any, may expend such funds pursuant to RSA 35:15 without prior approval or appropriation by the local legislative body, but all such expenditures shall be reported to the municipality pursuant to RSA 149-I:25. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the establishment of other capital reserve funds for any lawful purpose relating to municipal water systems.|||Source. 2008, 295:8, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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, 5:3. 1872, 25:1. 1875, 36:3. GL 78:3, 8. PS 79:5. PL 95:6. 1933, 98:3. RL 119:9. 1945, 188, part 22:10. 1949, 80:1. RSA 252:12. 1981, 87:2. 1985, 110:2. 1991, 269:12, eff. July 1, 1991. 2008, 295:9, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|Section 149-I:12 - Repealed by 1985, 110:5, I, eff. July 9, 1985.

    149-I:12 Repealed by 1985, 110:5, I, eff. July 9, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|Section 149-I:13 - Repealed by 1985, 110:5, II, eff. July 9, 1985.

    149-I:13 Repealed by 1985, 110:5, II, eff. July 9, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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 the new assessment as to the original.||II. If any error is made in any assessment under RSA 149-I:6-c or RSA 149-I:7, it may be corrected by the governing body by making an abatement or a new assessment, or both. The same lien, rights, liabilities, and remedies shall attach to the new assessment as to the original.|||Source. PS 79:6. PL 95:9. RL 111:12. 1945, 188, part 22:13. RSA 252:15. 1981, 87:2. 1985, 110:3, eff. July 9, 1985. 2008, 295:10, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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 as justice may require.|||Source. PS 79:7. PL 95:10. RL 111:13. 1945, 188, part 22:14. RSA 252:16. 1981, 87:2. 1985, 110:4, eff. July 9, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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 on account of which it is made and the lien of each installment so assessed shall continue for one year from October 1 of the year such installment becomes due.|||Source. 1909, 24:1. PL 95:11. 1933, 98:4. RL 111:14. 1945, 188, part 22:15. 1949, 80:2. RSA 252:17. 1981, 87:2, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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 by such city.|||Source. 1870, 5:5. GL 78:10. PS 79:8. PL 95:12. RL 111:15. 1945, 188, part 22:16. RSA 252:18. 1961, 120:8. 1981, 87:2, eff. April 20, 1981. 2008, 295:11, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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 otherwise hereby conferred upon the selectmen.|||Source. 1923, 16:1. PL 95:13. PL 111:16. 1945, 188, part 22:17. RSA 252:19. 1981, 87:2, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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 office for 3 years; provided, that such election shall be by plurality vote in towns or districts which, under existing laws, elect officers in that manner.|||Source. 1923, 16:1. PL 95:14. RL 111:17. 1945, 188, part 22:18. RSA 252:20. 1981, 87:2, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:20-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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. April 20, 1981. 2012, 138:2, eff. Aug. 4, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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 be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1870, 5:7. GL 78:12. PS 79:9. PL 95:17. RL 111:20. 1945, 188, part 22:21. RSA 252:23. 1973, 531:84. 1981, 87:2, eff. April 20, 1981. 2008, 295:13, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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 a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1945, 188, part 22:22. RSA 252:24. 1973, 529:44. 1981, 87:2, eff. April 20, 1981. 2008, 295:14, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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 may be, conferred by this chapter upon the mayor and aldermen, and the rights of all parties interested shall be settled in the same way.|||Source. 1870, 5:8. 1873, 29:1. GL 78:14. 1883, 77:1. PS 79:10. 1923, 16:1. PL 95:18. RL 111:21. 1945, 198, part 22:23. RSA 252:25. 1981, 87:2, eff. April 20, 1981. 2008, 295:12, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-I:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-I - Sewers|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 the funds of the department, the expenses and income thereof, and all other material facts. This report shall be published in the annual report of the municipality.|||Source. 1994, 95:6, eff. July 8, 1994. 2008, 295:15, eff. Aug. 26, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:1 - Statement of Purpose.

    149-M:1 Statement of Purpose. –||It is the declared purpose of the general court to protect human health, to preserve the natural environment, and to conserve precious and dwindling natural resources through the proper and integrated management of solid waste.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:2 - Solid Waste Disposal Reduction Goal.

    149-M:2 Solid Waste Disposal Reduction Goal. –||I. The general court declares its concern that there are environmental and economic issues pertaining to the disposal of solid waste in landfills and incinerators. It is important to reserve landfill and incinerator capacity for solid wastes which cannot be reduced, reused, recycled or composted. The general court discourages the disposal of recyclable materials in landfills or processing of recyclable materials in incinerators.||II. The general court further declares a goal to reduce the quantity by weight of solid waste disposed by 25 percent by the year 2030, and by 45 percent by the year 2050. For the purposes of this goal, disposal reduction targets shall apply, on a combined basis, to disposal of municipal solid waste and construction and demolition debris, and shall be measured against baseline quantities of these wastes disposed of in the year 2018. For the purposes of this goal only, municipal solid waste means solid waste generated at residences, commercial or industrial establishments, and institutions, but excludes automobile scrap and other motor vehicle waste, infectious waste, asbestos waste, contaminated soil and other absorbent media, sludge, industrial process waste, and ash other than ash from household stoves. Disposal reduction may be achieved through source reduction as well as diversion including but not limited to reuse, recycling, and composting. For the purposes of this section "goal" shall not establish a mandate.||III. In exercising any and all powers conferred upon the department under this chapter, the department shall use and consider criteria relevant to the disposal reduction goal and solid waste management hierarchy established in this section and RSA 149-M:3. The department shall not take any action relative to the reduction goal which causes the municipalities organized under RSA 53-A and 1986, 139 or RSA 53-B to violate or incur penalties under legal obligations existing on June 26, 1990.|||Source. 1996, 251:2. 251:27; 261:2. 1999, 43:1, eff. July 20, 1999. 2021, 188:5, eff. Oct. 9, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:3 - Achieving Goals; Hierarchy.

    149-M:3 Achieving Goals;  Hierarchy. –||The general court supports integrated solid waste disposal solutions which are environmentally safe and economically sound. The general court endorses, in order of preference, the following waste management methods:||I. Source reduction.||II. Recycling and reuse.||III. Composting.||IV. Waste-to-energy technologies (including incineration).||V. Incineration without resource recovery.||VI. Landfilling.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:5 - Administration and Enforcement.

    149-M:5 Administration and Enforcement. –||The department shall administer and enforce this chapter. The department is hereby named as the state agency for planning and regulating solid waste management.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996; 251:28, eff. Aug. 9, 1996 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:7 - Rulemaking.

    149-M:7 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall have the responsibility and authority to adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to this chapter, including rules relative to:||I. Criteria for approving town and district solid waste plans.||II. Criteria for all types of facilities, including standards for the proper receipt, reclamation, or disposal of separated motor vehicle wastes.||III. Administration of a permit system, including the terms, conditions, and time frames under which the department shall issue, modify, suspend, revoke, deny, approve, or transfer permits required by this chapter, and means of noticing the public about such permits including, but not limited to, using electronic means via notice on the department's Internet website, and communicating permitting information with affected municipalities.||IV. A schedule of permit fees.||V. Standards for granting any exemptions or notice waivers from RSA 149-M:9.||VI. Administration of a solid waste facility operator training program pursuant to RSA 149-M:9, VI.||VII. Administration of and standards for the assessment and collection of the out-of-state solid waste surcharge pursuant to RSA 149-M:6, XI.||VIII. Standards and procedures for the treatment and disposal of special waste.||IX. Administrative fines as provided in RSA 149-M:16.||X. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under this section for violation of this chapter as provided in paragraph IX.||XI. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine.||XII. Administration of the aid to municipalities program provided in RSA 149-M:41 through 50.||XIII. Toxics reduction provided in RSA 149-M:32-40.||XIV. Establish minimum standards for closing all solid waste facilities according to type of waste disposed of, and establish state closure guidelines for all facility owners and operators which shall include, but not be limited to, monitoring, restoration, and correction and compliance procedures which may be necessary in the maintenance of a closed landfill facility.||XV. Requirements and best practices for facilities that compost organics, including vegetable matter, meat, meat byproducts, dairy products, or dairy product derivatives.||XVI. Such other rules as are deemed necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996; 251:28, eff. Aug. 9, 1996 at 12:01 a.m. 2007, 138:4, eff. Aug. 17, 2007. 2015, 107:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2015. 2019, 270:2, eff. Sept. 17, 2019. 2021, 17:1, eff. July 5, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:8 - Appeals.

    149-M:8 Appeals. –||Administrative appeals from decisions of the department made under the provisions of this chapter shall be heard by the waste management council under RSA 21-O:9, V.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996; 251:28, eff. Aug. 9, 1996 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:10 - Disclosure of Ownership.

    149-M:10 Disclosure of Ownership. –||I. Any application for a permit under RSA 149-M:9 shall be signed under oath by a representative of the applicant and shall contain the following information:||(a) Name and address of the applicant.||(b) If the applicant is a corporation, the state of incorporation, the address of its principal place of business, and the names and addresses of its directors, officers, and shareholders; if the applicant is a partnership, the state of formation, the address of its principal place of business, and the names and addresses of its partners, whether general or limited; and if the applicant is any other kind of association, the state of formation, the address of its principal place of business, and the names and addresses of its principals, members or participants.||(c) The exact location where the applicant intends to conduct the business for which it is seeking the permit.||(d) Such financial information as the department may require under RSA 149-M:9.||II. All commercial solid waste haulers and municipalities holding a permit under RSA 149-M shall cause trash collection containers within their possession or control to be prominently marked with an identification name or logo.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996; 251:28, eff. Aug. 9, 1996 at 12:01 a.m.; 261:9, eff. July 1, 1996 at 12:01 a.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:12 - Criteria for Approval, Suspension, or Revocation.

    149-M:12 Criteria for Approval, Suspension, or Revocation. –||I. The department shall approve an application for a permit only if it determines that the facility or activity for which the permit is sought will:||(a) Comply with this chapter and all rules adopted under it;||(b) Be consistent with the provisions of the state, district, and local plans; and||(c) Comply with federal and state air or water pollution statutes, regulations, and rules.||II. The department may suspend or revoke any permit issued under this chapter if, following an opportunity for hearing, it determines that:||(a) The permit holder has committed a violation of this chapter, or any rule, plan, order, or permit conditions in force under it; or||(b) The facility or activity covered by the permit presents an immediate and substantial threat to human health or the environment.||III. In processing applications for a permit under this chapter, the department shall comply with time limits prescribed in RSA 541-A:29, except the department shall not be required to issue a final decision on any application until 30 days after a public hearing held pursuant to RSA 149-M:11, IV(a) in order to assure proper consideration of public concerns.|||Source. 1996, 251:2; 251:28. 1999, 54:2, eff. July 20, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:16 - Administrative Fines.

    149-M:16 Administrative Fines. –||The commissioner, after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter, including any rule adopted under the provisions of this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner under this section shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties under this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under this section for violations of this chapter as provided above.||II. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 149-M:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title X - Public Health|Title 149-M - Solid Waste Management|Section 149-M:18 - Town Reclamation Trust Funds.

    149-M:18 Town Reclamation Trust Funds. –||A town which collects an additional fee under RSA 261:153, V shall create a town reclamation trust fund to receive the town share of such fee, to be used to pay the fees for the collection and disposal of the town's motor vehicle waste and to pay for the recycling and reclamation of other types of solid waste. For the purposes of this section, "motor vehicle waste" means used residential motor oil, residential motor vehicle batteries, and tires from residential motorized vehicles. "Residential", for the purposes of this paragraph, means any motor vehicle registered in a municipality which collects the fee assessed under RSA 261:153, V.|||Source. 1996, 251:2, eff. Aug. 9, 1996. 2013, 168:1, eff. July 1, 2013.|