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NH Rev Stat § 162-G:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-G - Acquisition, Development and Disposal of Industrial Land and Facilities|Section 162-G:14 - Tax Exemption.

    162-G:14 Tax Exemption. –||Any business and industrial facility while owned by a governmental unit or by a voluntary, nonprofit corporation acting in behalf of the governmental unit is declared to be public property and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or any political subdivision thereof; provided, that when such facilities are being operated under a lease they shall be subject to taxation in the same manner as any other real property.|||Source. 1972, 57:1. 2000, 161:3, eff. July 22, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-G:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-G - Acquisition, Development and Disposal of Industrial Land and Facilities|Section 162-G:15 - Voluntary Nonprofit Corporations; Authorities.

    162-G:15 Voluntary Nonprofit Corporations;  Authorities. –||Any voluntary, nonprofit corporation or association formed under RSA 292:1 for the purpose of taking advantage of this chapter shall be a body politic and corporate constituting a public corporation. The governmental unit may loan money to such corporation or association or an authority established under RSA 162-G:15-a, with proper security. Such corporation or association shall have all the authority and powers granted to a governmental unit by this chapter to act in behalf of the governmental unit except the powers to execute trust indentures and issue bonds. Sums of money may be advanced to such corporation or association or an authority established under RSA 162-G:15-a by the governmental unit to meet operating and maintenance costs and shall be repaid by it, if the governmental unit so requires at the time of making such advances.|||Source. 1972, 57:1. 1975, 481:11, eff. Aug. 22, 1975.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-G:15-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-G - Acquisition, Development and Disposal of Industrial Land and Facilities|Section 162-G:15-a - Action Through Business and Industrial Development Authority.

    162-G:15-a Action Through Business and Industrial Development Authority. –||I. The powers and duties granted by this chapter, unless otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, may be exercised by one or more governmental units acting through one or more business and industrial development authorities established under this section.||II. The legislative bodies in one or more governmental units may establish one or more business and industrial development authorities to exercise such powers and duties in the following manner:||(a) An authority shall consist of a board of directors of not less than 9 nor more than 15 members appointed for 3-year terms. If an authority is formed by a single governmental unit, a majority of the board members shall reside within the boundaries of that governmental unit. If an authority is formed by 2 or more governmental units, each such governmental unit shall be represented on the board, and a majority of the board members shall reside within the boundaries of those governmental units forming such authority. The board members from towns shall be appointed by the board of selectmen or the town council; board members from cities shall be appointed by the mayor subject to the provisions of the city charter. The terms of the initial members of any board so established shall be staggered so that 1/3, or as close to 1/3 as possible, of the board members will be appointed each year.||(b) Each legislative body may provide that such municipal officers as it designates shall serve as ex officio nonvoting members of the board of an authority in addition to those members appointed under subparagraph (a).||III. All actions by an authority under this chapter shall be authorized by resolutions of the board passed on the affirmative votes of at least 2/3 of the board members present and voting, the majority of whom shall reside within the boundaries of the governmental unit or units forming such authority.||IV. Any governmental unit may form and have in operation more than one business and industrial development authority at any time.|||Source. 1975, 481:12. 1992, 262:33. 1994, 331:13. 2000, 161:4, eff. July 22, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-G:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-G - Acquisition, Development and Disposal of Industrial Land and Facilities|Section 162-G:16 - Construction and Effect of Other Laws.

    162-G:16 Construction and Effect of Other Laws. –||I. The powers conferred by this chapter are supplemental and alternative to other powers conferred by law, and this chapter is intended to be an independent and comprehensive conferral of powers to accomplish the purposes set forth in RSA 162-G:2.||II. No notice, proceedings, or approval shall be required with respect to any action taken under this chapter except as provided in this chapter and in RSA 91-A.||III. Purchases and contracts required for the establishment or expansion of a business and industrial facility may be made or let without regard to any provision of law relating to public purchases or contracts.||IV. The provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effect its purposes.||V. If any provision of this chapter shall be held invalid in any circumstance, such invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or circumstances.||VI. This chapter shall be construed in all respects so as to meet all constitutional requirements. In carrying out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, all steps shall be taken which are necessary to meet constitutional requirements whether or not such steps are required by statute.|||Source. 1972, 57:1. 1975, 481:16. 2000, 161:4, eff. July 22, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-G:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-G - Acquisition, Development and Disposal of Industrial Land and Facilities|Section 162-G:17 - Water Facilities.

    162-G:17 Water Facilities. –||I. Any municipality or other political subdivision enabled to adopt the provisions of RSA 162-G may, by similar action, adopt the provisions of this section. Any such municipality or other political subdivision which adopts the provisions of this section may engage in projects under RSA 162-G which have as their purpose the improvement of the furnishing of water for domestic, industrial, agricultural, or other uses, if the water for such uses is to be available on reasonable demand to members of the general public.||II. For the purposes of this section: "business and industrial facility" shall include and mean any facility suitable for collecting, purifying, storing, or distributing water for the aforesaid uses and shall hereinafter be called a "water facility"; "lease" shall include any conveyance or contract, however titled or described, providing for the use and operation of a water facility; "tenant" shall mean any corporation which is organized under the laws of this state for the purpose of furnishing water for any one or more of the uses described above and which is responsible for the use and operation of a water facility under a lease; and "trust indenture" shall include any conveyance, contract, or assignment to a trustee or other person to secure bonds issued to finance a water facility. A trust indenture may include a pledge of system revenues in whole or in part. A lease and a trust indenture may be combined as one instrument.||III. No such municipality or other political subdivision acting by itself, or through a business and industrial development authority pursuant to RSA 162-G:15-a, shall be required hereby to have any ownership or other possessory interest in a water facility. In making findings under RSA 162-G:8 when acting under this section, the governing body, instead of making the findings required by subparagraphs I(b) and I(c) of RSA 162-G:8, shall find that the tenant has the necessary powers and franchises to construct and operate the proposed water facility and that the proposed water facility is suitable for the furnishing of water for the uses for which it is intended.|||Source. 1978, 40:31. 2000, 161:4, eff. July 22, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:1 - Declaration of Purpose.

    162-H:1 Declaration of Purpose. –||The legislature recognizes that the selection of sites for energy facilities may have significant impacts on and benefits to the following: the welfare of the population, private property, the location and growth of industry, the overall economic growth of the state, the environment of the state, historic sites, aesthetics, air and water quality, the use of natural resources, and public health and safety. Accordingly, the legislature finds that it is in the public interest to maintain a balance among those potential significant impacts and benefits in decisions about the siting, construction, and operation of energy facilities in New Hampshire; that undue delay in the construction of new energy facilities be avoided; that full and timely consideration of environmental consequences be provided; that all entities planning to construct facilities in the state be required to provide full and complete disclosure to the public of such plans; and that the state ensure that the construction and operation of energy facilities is treated as a significant aspect of land-use planning in which all environmental, economic, and technical issues are resolved in an integrated fashion. In furtherance of these objectives, the legislature hereby establishes a procedure for the review, approval, monitoring, and enforcement of compliance in the planning, siting, construction, and operation of energy facilities.|||Source. 1991, 295:1. 1998, 264:1. 2009, 65:1, eff. Aug. 8, 2009. 2014, 217:1, eff. July 1, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:3-a - Administrator and Other Committee Support.

    162-H:3-a Administrator and Other Committee Support. –||There is hereby established within the site evaluation committee the position of administrator who shall be an unclassified state employee. In the alternative, the position may be filled by an independent contractor. The administrator shall be hired by and under the supervision of the chairperson. The administrator, or chairperson in the absence of an administrator, with committee approval, may engage additional technical, legal, or administrative support to fulfill the functions of the committee as necessary. Any person to be hired by the administrator shall be approved by the chairperson.|||Source. 2014, 217:7, eff. July 1, 2014. 2015, 219:3, eff. July 8, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:4-a - Subcommittees.

    162-H:4-a Subcommittees. –||I. The chairperson may establish subcommittees to consider and make decisions on applications, including the issuance of certificates, or to exercise any other authority or perform any other duty of the committee under this chapter, except that no subcommittee may approve the budgetary requirements of the committee, approve any support staff positions, or adopt initial or final rulemaking proposals. For purposes of statutory interpretation and executing the regulatory functions of this chapter, the subcommittee shall assume the role of and be considered the committee, with all of its associated powers and duties in order to execute the charge given it by the chairperson.||II. When considering the issuance of a certificate or a petition of jurisdiction, a subcommittee shall have no fewer than 7 members. Two public members shall serve on each subcommittee with the remaining 5 or more members selected by the chairperson from among the state agency members of the committee. Each selected agency member may designate a senior administrative employee or staff attorney from his or her respective agency to sit in his or her place on the subcommittee. The chairperson shall designate one member or designee to be the presiding officer who shall be an attorney whenever possible. Five members of the subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting the subcommittee's business.||III. In any matter not covered under paragraph II, the chairperson may establish subcommittees of 3 members, consisting of 2 state agency members and one public member. Each state agency member may designate a senior administrative employee or staff attorney from his or her agency to sit in his or her place on the subcommittee. The chairperson shall designate one member or designee to be the presiding officer who shall be an attorney whenever possible. Two members of the subcommittee shall constitute a quorum. Any party whose interests may be affected may object to the matter being assigned to a 3-person subcommittee no less than 14 days before the first hearing. If objection is received, the chairperson shall remove the matter from the 3-person subcommittee and either assign it to a subcommittee formed under paragraph II or have the full committee decide the matter.|||Source. 2014, 217:11, eff. July 1, 2014. 2015, 219:9, eff. July 8, 2015. 2018, 216:2, eff. Aug. 7, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:4-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:4-b - Public Members.

    162-H:4-b Public Members. –||I. The governor, with the consent of the council, shall appoint 5 public members to serve on the committee or subcommittees as prescribed in this section. Such public members shall be residents of the state of New Hampshire with expertise or experience in one or more of the following areas: public deliberative or adjudicative proceedings; business management; environmental protection; natural resource protection; energy facility design, construction, operation, or management; community and regional planning or economic development; municipal or county government; or the governing of unincorporated places.||II. The public members shall serve 4-year terms and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Initial terms shall be staggered so that no more than 2/5 of the members' terms shall expire in the same year. Any public member chosen to fill a vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the member who is succeeded.||III. At the time of appointment under paragraph I, 2 of the public members shall be designated as full committee members, as provided in RSA 162-H:3, I(f), at least one of whom shall be a member in good standing of the New Hampshire Bar Association. The terms of full members shall expire 2 years apart.||IV. All of the public members shall constitute a pool from which the chairperson of the committee shall draw for purposes of paragraphs V and VI. The chairperson may publish an impartial methodology that shall be used to determine when the chairperson may remove a public member from the pool for a particular draw based on criteria aimed at distributing the workload among public members. The development of such methodology shall not be subject to RSA 541-A.||V. When forming a subcommittee, the chairperson shall select from the pool, by a random draw, the one or 2 public members required to be on the subcommittee, as prescribed in RSA 162-H:4-a.||VI. If at any time a public member must recuse himself or herself from a matter before the committee or a subcommittee or is not otherwise available for good reason, the chairperson shall replace such member with another public member by means of a random draw from the pool of public members.||VII. No public member nor any member of his or her family shall receive income from energy facilities within the jurisdiction of the committee. The public members shall comply with RSA 15-A and RSA 15-B.||VIII. Any public member may be removed from office by the governor and council for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct or malfeasance in office, after being given a written statement of the charges and an opportunity to be heard.|||Source. 2018, 216:3, eff. Aug. 7, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:5 - Prohibitions and Restrictions.

    162-H:5 Prohibitions and Restrictions. –||I. No person shall commence to construct any energy facility within the state unless it has obtained a certificate pursuant to this chapter. Such facilities shall be constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with the terms of the certificate. Such certificates are required for sizeable changes or additions to existing facilities. Such a certificate shall not be transferred or assigned without approval of the committee.||II. Facilities certified pursuant to RSA 162-F or RSA 162-H prior to January 1, 1992, shall be subject to the provisions of those chapters; however, sizable changes or additions to such facilities shall be certified pursuant to this chapter.||III. The applications shall be governed by the applicable laws, rules and regulations of the agencies and shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 162-F or RSA 162-H in effect on the date of filing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an applicant may request the site evaluation committee to assume jurisdiction and in the event that the site evaluation committee agrees to assert jurisdiction, the facility shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.||IV. [Repealed.]|||Source. 1991, 295:1. 1998, 264:3. 2009, 65:9, 24, V, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:6 - Repealed by 2009, 65:24, VI, eff. Aug. 8, 2009.

    162-H:6 Repealed by 2009, 65:24, VI, eff. Aug. 8, 2009. –|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:6-a - Repealed by 2014, 217:28, II, eff. July 1, 2014.

    162-H:6-a Repealed by 2014, 217:28, II, eff. July 1, 2014. –|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:8 - Disclosure of Ownership.

    162-H:8 Disclosure of Ownership. –||Any application for a certificate shall be signed and sworn to by the person or executive officer of the association or corporation making such application and shall contain the following information:||I. Full name and address of the person, association, or corporation.||II. If an association, the names and residences of the members of the association.||III. If a corporation, the name of the state under which it is incorporated with its principal place of business and the names and addresses of its directors, officers and stockholders.||IV. The location or locations where an applicant is to conduct its business.||V. A statement of assets and liabilities of the applicant and other relevant financial information of such applicant.|||Source. 1991, 295:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:9 - Counsel for the Public.

    162-H:9 Counsel for the Public. –||I. Upon notification that an application for a certificate has been filed with the committee in accordance with RSA 162-H:7, the attorney general shall appoint an assistant attorney general as a counsel for the public. The counsel shall represent the public in seeking to protect the quality of the environment and in seeking to assure an adequate supply of energy. The counsel shall be accorded all the rights and privileges, and responsibilities of an attorney representing a party in formal action and shall serve until the decision to issue or deny a certificate is final.||II. This section shall not be construed to prevent any person from being heard or represented by counsel; provided, however, the committee may compel consolidation of representation for such persons as have, in the committee's reasonable judgment, substantially identical interests.|||Source. 1991, 295:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-H:10-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-H - Energy Facility Evaluation, Siting, Construction and Operation|Section 162-H:10-a - Wind Energy Systems.

    162-H:10-a Wind Energy Systems. –||I. To meet the objectives of this chapter, and with due regard for the renewable energy goals of RSA 362-F, including promoting the use of renewable resources, reducing greenhouse gas and other air pollutant emissions, and addressing dependence on imported fuels, the general court finds that appropriately sited and conditioned wind energy systems subject to committee approval have the potential to assist the state in accomplishing these goals. Accordingly, the general court finds that it is in the public interest for the site evaluation committee to establish criteria or standards governing the siting of wind energy systems in order to ensure that the potential benefits of such systems are appropriately considered and unreasonable adverse effects avoided through a comprehensive, transparent, and predictable process. When establishing any criteria, standard, or rule for a wind energy system or when specifying the type of information that a wind energy applicant shall provide to the committee for its decision-making, the committee shall rely upon the best available evidence.||II. For the adoption of rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the siting of wind energy systems, the committee shall address the following:||(1) Visual impacts as evaluated through a visual impact assessment prepared in accordance with professional standards by an expert in the field.||(2) Cumulative impacts to natural, scenic, recreational, and cultural resources from multiple towers or projects, or both.||(3) Health and safety impacts, including but not limited to, shadow flicker caused by the interruption of sunlight passing through turbine blades and ice thrown from blades.||(4) Project-related sound impact assessment prepared in accordance with professional standards by an expert in the field.||(5) Impacts to the environment, air and water quality, plants, animals and natural communities.||(6) Site fire protection plan requirements.||(7) Site decommissioning, including sufficient and secure funding, removal of structures, and site restoration.||(8) Best practical measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate adverse effects.|||Source. 2014, 310:5, eff. Aug. 1, 2014.|