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NH Rev Stat § 31:133 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:133 - Liability Limitation.

    31:133 Liability Limitation. –|| A municipality shall employ the highest standards in record management practices. However, a municipality's liability for loss, damage, delay, improper delivery, or non-delivery shall be limited to the actual value of the storage container and the value of the paper contained within the storage container.|||Source. 2004, 62:1, eff. May 3, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:134 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:134 - Statement of Purpose.

    31:134 Statement of Purpose. –||The establishment of water and/or sewer utility districts will enable municipalities to provide property services at a more intensive level than is provided in the balance of the municipality; provide funds for capital expenditures towards constructing and maintaining those utilities; provide funds for the operation and maintenance of those utilities; and authorize the establishment of charges to owners and users of property within such water and/or sewer utility districts in an amount not to exceed the costs to the municipality of providing such utility services at levels over and above those provided in the balance of the municipality.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:135 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:135 - Definition.

    31:135 Definition. –||In this subdivision, "water and/or sewer utility" means an entity established for the acquisition, operation, and management of water and sewer infrastructure.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:136 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:136 - Water and/or Sewer Utility Authorized; Intermunicipal Agreement.

    31:136 Water and/or Sewer Utility Authorized;  Intermunicipal Agreement. –||I. For the purposes of this subdivision, the legislative body of any city or town shall have the authority by a majority vote to establish one or more water and/or sewer utility districts and designate a water and/or sewer utility commission to be the governing body to manage the activities of the district.||II. In the case where a utility district encompasses land within more than one municipality, the district may be authorized by majority vote of the legislative bodies within each affected jurisdiction in accordance with the terms of an intermunicipal agreement under RSA 53-A:3. Such agreement shall be contingent upon approval of the legislative bodies of each of the parties to the agreement, and shall, in addition to the requirements of RSA 53-A:3, II, specify the following:||(a) The source of the water.||(b) The disposition of sewage.||III. For a water and/or sewer utility that encompasses more than one municipality, the intermunicipal agreement shall create the water and/or sewer utility commission and representation on such commission shall be proportional to the number of the owners or users, or both, of properties in the water and/or sewer utility district as defined by the intermunicipal agreement.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:137 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:137 - Commissioners.

    31:137 Commissioners. –||For the convenient management of any water and/or sewer utility district, a municipality shall vest the construction, management, control, and direction of such district in a board of commissioners to consist of 3, 5, or 7 citizens of each municipality, the commissioners to have such powers and duties as the municipality may prescribe. Their term of office shall be for 3 years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The first board of commissioners may be chosen for terms of one, 2, and 3 years, respectively.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:138 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:138 - Election or Appointment.

    31:138 Election or Appointment. –||I. The board of commissioners may be elected by the legal voters of the municipality at any meeting or election at which the provisions of this subdivision are accepted, or at any special meeting or election thereafter called for that purpose, and their successors shall be elected at each annual meeting or election thereafter in the manner or form as the municipality may determine.||II. The board of commissioners may be appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen or city council or by the selectmen of the town in the manner or form as the municipality may determine.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:139 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:139 - Services Provided; Cost.

    31:139 Services Provided;  Cost. –||I. The services provided by a water and/or sewer utility district under this subdivision may include property-related services, including but not limited to providing public drinking water and water for domestic uses; water for fire suppression; and wastewater management; related construction, operation, and maintenance of capital facilities needed in the performance of these services; and other business development services and activities related to the maintenance of an attractive, useful, and economically viable business environment within the district. These services and activities may be either those of a routine nature provided for all properties, or may be particular to those in the water and/or sewer utility district.||II. The legislative body of each municipality shall define the water and/or sewer utility district, select specific services and levels of services to be provided, and, subject to RSA 31:137, authorize the department, agency, or other party that is to undertake the work.||III. The costs of providing services in the water and/or sewer utility district shall be those accruing to the municipality, which result exclusively from the provision of services in the district, and which exceed those being provided in the balance of the municipality.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:140 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:140 - Method of Appropriation.

    31:140 Method of Appropriation. –||Each municipality shall adopt a budgetary appropriation for capital and operating expenditures including replacement and upgrades, or services to be performed in a water and/or sewer utility district as part of its budget process. The expense of constructing and maintaining the facilities needed to perform the authorized services to the district, or paying off any capital debt or interest incurred in constructing or maintaining the district on an annual basis shall be included in the budgetary appropriation. At the end of each fiscal year, a full accounting of expenditures shall be made.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:141 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:141 - Assessments and Fees.

    31:141 Assessments and Fees. –||Upon adoption of the budgetary appropriation, the municipality may levy assessments or fees, or both, in an amount not greater than the net appropriation to a water and/or sewer utility district fund. The assessments and fees shall be made against the owners or users, or both, of properties in the water and/or sewer utility district and shall be based upon a formula determined by the municipality to be in relative proportion to benefits received by each property owner or user, or both, in the water and/or sewer utility district. Assessments and fees shall be billed and collected as specified by ordinance adopted by majority vote of the governing body of the municipality after a public hearing or in accordance with the terms of the intermunicipal agreement. Government property and non-profit organizations within the district shall be subject to the assessment and fees. Interest and other collection procedures shall be made by the tax collector or other official responsible for property tax collection. Enforcement powers for nonpayment shall be the same as those provided under RSA 80 relative to property tax collection.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:142 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:142 - Limit on Liability.

    31:142 Limit on Liability. –||The provisions of RSA 507-B relative to bodily injury actions against governmental units shall apply to all municipal activities performed in connection with a water and/or sewer utility district.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:143 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:143 - Authority to Incur Capital Debt.

    31:143 Authority to Incur Capital Debt. –||The commission shall have the authority to issue bonds under RSA 33 or RSA 33-B, as approved by the governing body of the municipality or, if intermunicipal, in accordance with the terms of the intermunicipal agreement.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:144 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:144 - Assessment Funds.

    31:144 Assessment Funds. –||I. The funds received from the collection of water and/or sewer assessments and fees shall be kept as separate and distinct funds to be known as the water assessment fund and the sewer assessment fund respectively. Such funds shall be allowed to accumulate from year to year, shall not be commingled with municipal tax revenues, and shall not be deemed part of the municipality's general fund accumulated surplus. Such funds shall be expended only for the purposes of this subdivision as it relates to public drinking water and domestic supplies or the previous expansion or replacement of water lines or water treatment facilities; or for wastewater or the previous expansion or replacement of sewage lines or sewage treatment facilities.||II. Except when a capital reserve fund is established pursuant to paragraph III, all assessment funds shall be held in the custody of the municipal treasurer. Estimates of anticipated assessments or fees and anticipated expenditures from the assessment funds shall be submitted to the governing body under RSA 32:6 if applicable, and shall be included as part of the municipal budget submitted to the legislative body for approval. Notwithstanding RSA 41:29 or RSA 48:16, the treasurer shall pay out amounts from the assessment funds only upon order of the governing body of the district. Expenditures shall be within amounts appropriated by the legislative body.||III. At the option of the governing body of the district, all or part of any surplus in the assessment funds may be placed in one or more capital reserve funds under RSA 35:7 and placed in the custody of the trustees of trust funds. If such a reserve fund is created, then the governing body of the district 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 31:148. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the establishment of other capital reserve funds for any lawful purpose relating to municipal water.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:145 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:145 - District Utility Fund.

    31:145 District Utility Fund. –||Notwithstanding RSA 31:144, the local legislative body upon establishing a utility district may vote to establish a separate and distinct fund to be known as the district utility fund to serve as a collective operating fund for the district, or to administer funds common to the district that are not directly attributable to water or wastewater services. 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 shall function as a collective water and sewer fund and shall be authorized to be managed in the same ways as water or sewer funds are used under RSA 31:144.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:146 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:146 - Abatement and Appeal of Assessments and Fees.

    31:146 Abatement and Appeal of Assessments and Fees. –||I. Any person aggrieved by an assessment or fee made under this subdivision may, within 2 months of the notice of assessment, apply in writing to the governing body of the district for an abatement of such assessment or fee.||II. Upon receipt of an application under paragraph I, the governing body of the district shall review the application and shall, in writing, grant or deny the application in whole or in part to correct any error in the assessment or fee within 6 months after the notice of assessment or imposition of the fee.||III. If the governing body of the district neglects or refuses to abate the assessment or fee, any person aggrieved may petition the superior court in the county where the property is located within 8 months of the notice of assessment or imposition of the fee.||IV. For purposes of this section, "notice of assessment" means the date shown on the assessment bill.||V. Each assessment bill or fee shall require a separate request and appeal.||VI. For good cause shown, the governing body of the district may abate any such assessment or fee made by them or by their predecessors.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:147 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:147 - Liens and Collection of Assessments.

    31:147 Liens and Collection of Assessments. –||In the collection of assessments and fees under RSA 31:141, 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. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:148 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:148 - Reports.

    31:148 Reports. –||In municipalities adopting this subdivision, the governing body of the district shall annually, at the time other municipal officers report, make a report to the municipality of the condition of the plant financially and otherwise, showing the funds of the district, the expenses and income thereof, and all other material facts. This report shall be published in the annual report of the municipality.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:149 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:149 - Local Option.

    31:149 Local Option. –||Any city or town may adopt this subdivision and shall thereafter have all the authority, powers, duties, and responsibilities set forth in this subdivision.||I. A city may adopt this subdivision by majority vote of the legislative body of the city after notice and hearing.||II. A town may adopt this subdivision by majority vote of the voters present and voting at any legal town meeting under a proper article after notice and hearing.|||Source. 2013, 214:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 31-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31-A - Return of Revenue to Cities and Towns|Section 31-A:1 - Return of Revenue.

[RSA 31-A:1 suspended by 2021, 91:48 for the biennium ending June 30, 2023.]|    31-A:1 Return of Revenue. –||Commencing in 1970 and in each year thereafter, a portion of the general revenue of the state shall be returned to each city and town of the state.|||Source. 1970, 5:16, eff. April 22, 1970.|
NH Rev Stat § 31-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31-A - Return of Revenue to Cities and Towns|Section 31-A:2 - Calculation and Certification of Basis for Return of Revenue.

[RSA 31-A:2 suspended by 2021, 91:48 for the biennium ending June 30, 2023.]|    31-A:2 Calculation and Certification of Basis for Return of Revenue. –||Prior to October 1, 1970 the tax commission shall calculate and certify to the state treasurer the amounts collected by each city and town under 1969 assessments of the following taxes: the tax on machinery under RSA 72:7; the tax on stock in trade under RSA 72:15, I; the tax on neat stock under RSA 72:15, V; the tax on poultry under RSA 72:15, VII; the tax on motor vehicle fuel pumps and tanks under RSA 72:15, VIII; the tax on certain machinery under RSA 72:15, IX; the tax on domestic rabbits under RSA 72:15, X; the tax on fur bearing animals under RSA 72:16; the tax on portable mills under RSA 72:17; the tax on studhorses and jackasses under RSA 73:26; the tax on forest products under RSA 73:11 through 16 inclusive.|||Source. 1970, 5:16, eff. April 22, 1970; 57:13, eff. May 4, 1970.|
NH Rev Stat § 31-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31-A - Return of Revenue to Cities and Towns|Section 31-A:3 - Determination of Amounts Returnable in 1970.

[RSA 31-A:3 suspended by 2021, 91:48 for the biennium ending June 30, 2023.]|    31-A:3 Determination of Amounts Returnable in 1970. –||The state treasurer shall determine the amount of revenue returnable to each city or town in 1970 by increasing the amounts certified to him under RSA 31-A:2 by 10 percent.|||Source. 1970, 5:16, eff. April 22, 1970.|
NH Rev Stat § 31-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31-A - Return of Revenue to Cities and Towns|Section 31-A:4 - Determination of Amounts Returnable.

[RSA 31-A:4 suspended by 2021, 91:48 for the biennium ending June 30, 2023.]|    31-A:4 Determination of Amounts Returnable. –||The state treasurer shall distribute to the cities and towns each year the amount appropriated by the general court according to an equalized formula calculated by taking for each city and town the amount of local property taxes assessed, including current distributions of state revenues to local governments, exclusive of educational funds; dividing that sum by the local equalized valuation as determined by the department of revenue administration; and multiplying the result by the local population to produce an equalizing factor for each city and town. Such equalizing factors shall be added together to produce a total state sum. Each local equalizing factor shall be divided by the total state sum to produce for each city and town a normalized factor. Each such normalized factor shall be multiplied by the total amount to be distributed to the cities and towns to produce the annual share of each city or town. Under no circumstances shall the amount appropriated under this section be less than $47,300,000 annually. Provided, however, that no city or town shall receive under the provisions of this section an amount less than the sum of:||I. Its 1978 distribution under RSA 31-A plus its share under the equalized formula of an annual increase of 5 percent in the previous year's aggregate distribution, through the year 1981, excluding revenue derived from RSA 77-A:20. The amount of money which is removed from the formula for deposit in the education trust fund shall not affect the remaining municipal revenue sharing distribution. The same amount distributed to each municipality in fiscal year 1998, excluding the amount apportioned to the school district in the 1998 property tax calculations, shall be distributed to each municipality in fiscal year 1999 and each year thereafter until the legislature revises the formula or provides additional appropriations that will affect the distribution amount.||II. Its 1982 distribution under the interest and dividends tax.||III. Its 1982 distribution under the savings bank tax.||IV. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1970, 5:16. 1971, 557:73. 1977, 593:6. 1981, 568:122, I. 1983, 469:51. 1993, 352:2, 3, eff. July 1, 1994. 1999, 17:10, eff. April 29, 1999.|