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NH Rev Stat § 231:59 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:59 - Expenditure.

    231:59 Expenditure. –||The money so raised and collected shall be expended in repairing class IV and class V highways by the agents elected or appointed for the purpose, under the direction of the selectmen.|||Source. RS 55:12. CS 59:13. GS 66:22. GL 72:22. PS 73:6. 1899, 29:3. PL 80:3. RL 96:3. 1945, 188:1, part 16:3. RSA 245:3. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:59-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:59-a - Emergency Lanes.

    231:59-a Emergency Lanes. –||I. Notwithstanding RSA 231:59 or any other provision of law, a town may raise and appropriate, and the selectmen may expend, money for the repair of any class VI highway or private way which has been declared an emergency lane under paragraph II. Such repair may include removal of brush, repair of washouts or culverts, or any other work deemed necessary to render such way passable by firefighting equipment and rescue or other emergency vehicles. A capital reserve fund under RSA 35 or a trust fund under RSA 31:19-a may be established for this purpose.||II. No expenditures shall be made under paragraph I unless the selectmen, following a public hearing, declare the relevant class VI highway, private way, or portion thereof, as an emergency lane, and make written findings, recorded in the minutes of the meeting, that the public need for keeping such lane passable by emergency vehicles is supported by an identified public welfare or safety interest which surpasses or differs from any private benefits to landowners abutting such lane.||III. In the case of a private way, notice shall be mailed to all persons known to have a legal interest in the way, 10 days prior to the hearing, and the emergency lane shall not be declared if permission is denied by any person with a legal right to deny such permission. Neither the appearance nor non-appearance of such persons at the hearing shall prevent such permission from later being denied or withdrawn.||IV. A declaration under this section may be rescinded or disregarded at any time without notice. This section shall not be construed to create any duty or liability on the part of any municipality toward any person or property. Utilization of this section shall be at the sole and unfettered discretion of a town and its officials, and no landowner or any other person shall be entitled to damages by virtue of the creation of emergency lanes, or the failure to create them, or the maintenance of them, or the failure to maintain them, and no person shall be deemed to have any right to rely on such maintenance. This section shall not be deemed to alter the classification or legal status of any highway or private way, or to limit or restrict the authority of towns to regulate the use of class VI highways pursuant to such statutes as RSA 41:11, RSA 236:9-13, and RSA 674:41, or to authorize any person to pass over any private way when permission has been denied. This section shall not be deemed to alter the duties or powers of any party under RSA 227-L concerning forest fires.|||Source. 1994, 80:1. 1995, 299:12, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:60 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:60 - Insufficiency of Taxes.

    231:60 Insufficiency of Taxes. –||If the highway taxes in any town are insufficient for the suitable repair of highways and bridges therein the selectmen may cause them to be put in repair at the expense of the town.|||Source. RS 55:11. CS 59:11. GS 66:15. GL 72:15. PS 73:19. 1899, 29:9. PL 80:24. RL 96:24. 1945, 188:1, part 16:4. RSA 245:4. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:61 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:61 - Repair by Contract.

    231:61 Repair by Contract. –||Towns may, by vote or bylaw, authorize their selectmen to contract for keeping their highways and bridges, or any part thereof, in repair for a term not exceeding 5 years.|||Source. 1858, 2110. GS 66:25. GL 72:25. PS 73:7. PL 80:7. RL 96:7. 1945, 188:1, part 16:5. RSA 245:5. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:62 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:62 - Highway Agents.

    231:62 Highway Agents. –||Unless the town votes to establish a board of public works commissioners under RSA 38-C to perform the duties of highway agents, at the annual meeting, or less often if a town has so provided pursuant to RSA 231:62-a or 231:62-b, each town shall elect by ballot, or by major vote authorize the selectmen to appoint, one or more highway agents, who, under the direction of the selectmen, shall have charge of the construction, maintenance, and repair of all town highways and bridges and the maintenance and repair of all sidewalks within the town, except as provided in the laws pertaining to state aid for highways and bridges and town road and bridge aid, and shall have authority to employ the necessary men and equipment, and purchase timber, planks, and other material for construction and repair of such highways and bridges; and they may remove gravel, rocks, or other materials from one part of the town to another, doing no damage to adjoining land, for the purpose of grading or otherwise repairing the same. A vote authorizing appointment of highway agents shall continue in effect until changed by major vote at an annual or special meeting.|||Source. 1893, 29:3. 1895, 111:1. 1913, 14:1. 1915, 171:1. 1917, 49:1. 1923, 3:1. PL 80:9, 16. 1929, 126:1. 1931, 95:1. RL 96:9, 16. 1945, 188:1, part 16:6. RSA 245:6. 1981, 87:1. 1983, 164:1. 1996, 197:3, eff. Aug. 2, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:62-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:62-a - Terms of 2 or 3 Years.

    231:62-a Terms of 2 or 3 Years. –||I. At any annual town meeting under an article in the warrant placed there by petition or by the selectmen, the voters may vote, by ballot, to determine if they are in favor of having a 2 or 3-year term for each town highway agent. If a majority of those voting on the question vote in favor of a longer term, at the next annual meeting after the vote of approval, the town shall choose, by ballot, or the selectmen shall appoint, one or more town agents for the designated term of years.||II. After a 2 or 3-year term for town highway agent has been established, at any annual town meeting held the year before the end of the 2 or 3-year term, under an article in the warrant placed there by petition or by the selectmen, the voters may vote, by ballot, to determine if they are in favor of continuing to have a 2 or 3-year term for each town highway agent. The voters may choose to return to a one-year term as provided in RSA 231:62 or to increase the term from 2 years to 3 years as provided in paragraph I or to reduce the term from 3 years to 2 years as provided in paragraph I.|||Source. 1983, 164:2, eff. June 10, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:62-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:62-b - Large Towns.

    231:62-b Large Towns. –||I. At any annual town meeting under an article in the warrant placed there by petition or by the selectmen, the voters may vote to determine if they are in favor of having a 2 or 3-year term for each highway agent. If the town has adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the following question to be printed on said ballot: "Are you in favor of increasing the term of a town highway agent from one (2) year(s) to 2 (3) years, beginning with the term of each town highway agent who shall be elected at next year's regular town meeting or appointed by the selectmen elected at said meeting?" Said question shall be printed in the form prescribed by RSA 656:13. If the town has not adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the same question to be printed upon special ballots which shall be used to determine the vote of the town. If a majority of those voting on the question vote in favor of a 2 or 3-year term at the next annual meeting after the vote of approval, the town shall elect or provide for the appointment of one or more highway agents for the longer term.||II. After a 2 or 3-year term for town highway agent has been established, at any annual town meeting held the year before the end of the 2 or 3-year term, under an article in the warrant placed there by petition or by the selectmen, the voters may vote to determine if they are in favor of continuing to have the longer term for each town highway agent. If the town has adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the following question to be printed on said ballot: "Are you in favor of reducing the term of a town highway agent from 2 (3) years to 1 (2) year(s), beginning with the term of each town highway agent who shall be elected at next year's regular town meeting or appointed by the selectmen elected at said meeting?" Said question shall be printed in the form prescribed by RSA 656:13. If the town has not adopted an official ballot, the clerk shall cause the same question to be printed upon special ballots which shall be used to determine the vote of the town. If a majority of those voting on the question do not vote in favor of continuing the longer term, at the next annual town meeting, the voters shall elect or provide for the appointment of one or more highway agents under RSA 231:62 for shorter terms.||III. The provisions of this section shall apply to any town having a population of 4,500 inhabitants or over.|||Source. 1983, 164:2, eff. June 10, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:63 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:63 - Additional Duties.

    231:63 Additional Duties. –||Any town may vote to require a highway agent, in addition to his usual duties as highway agent, to have charge, under the direction of the selectmen, of the care and maintenance of any one or more of the following: collection of waste, refuse and garbage; care of public dumps; care of public parks and cemeteries; public beaches; public forests; public playgrounds; shade and ornamental trees.|||Source. 1953, 161:1. RSA 245:7. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:64 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:64 - Expert Agent.

    231:64 Expert Agent. –||The town may vote at the annual meeting to instruct its selectmen to appoint an expert highway agent, who, under the direction of the selectmen, shall have the same power and perform the same duties as a highway agent elected by the town.|||Source. 1913, 14:1. 1915, 171:1. PL 80:10. RL 96:10. 1945, 188:1, part 16:7. RSA 245:8. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:65 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:65 - Oath; Bond; Supervision.

    231:65 Oath;  Bond;  Supervision. –||Highway agents and expert highway agents shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duty, give bonds to the satisfaction of the selectmen for the faithful performance of the duties of the office, and be responsible to them for the expenditure of money and the discharge of their duties generally. The selectmen may supervise the methods and manner of performance of such agents. If any highway agent shall intentionally or deliberately refuse or neglect to comply with lawful instructions of the selectmen, or shall intentionally or deliberately refuse or neglect to carry out the duties prescribed by law for highway agents after written request by the selectmen, the selectmen may remove such agent from office. The selectmen shall file a copy of any such order of removal, under their hands, with the town clerk.|||Source. 1893, 29:3. 1913, 14:1. 1915, 171:1. PL 80:11. RL 96:11. 1945, 188:1, part 16:8. 1947, 170:1. RSA 245:9. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:66 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:66 - Compensation; Statements.

    231:66 Compensation;  Statements. –||The compensation of such agents shall be fixed by the town or selectmen, and they shall render to the selectmen weekly statements of their expenditures, and shall receive money from the treasurer only on the order of the selectmen.|||Source. 1893, 29:3. 1913, 14:1. 1915, 171:1. 1917, 49:1. PL 80:12. RL 96:12. 1945, 188:1, part 16:9. RSA 245:10. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:67 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:67 - Temporary Absence.

    231:67 Temporary Absence. –||In the event of a temporary absence or disability in the office of highway agent, the selectmen may appoint some competent person for the period of such disability or absence.|||Source. 1893, 29:5. PL 80:13. RL 96:13. 1945, 188:1, part 16:10. RSA 245:11. 1979, 410:13. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:68 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:68 - Accounts.

    231:68 Accounts. –||Highway agents shall keep accurate accounts, showing in detail all moneys received by them, from whom and when received and all moneys paid out by them, to whom and for what purpose. They shall settle their accounts before January 1 annually, and the same shall be printed in the annual town report in detail.|||Source. 1893, 29:6; 70:1. PL 80:14. RL 96:14. 1945, 188:1, part 16:11. RSA 245:12. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:69 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:69 - Gravel May Be Taken.

    231:69 Gravel May Be Taken. –||When there shall be occasion for soil, gravel or hardpan to repair the highways maintained by any town, and the same cannot be obtained by agreement with the owner thereof, a lot not exceeding 1/2 an acre may be taken by the selectmen, upon petition for that purpose, for the use of the town, in the same way and manner and with the same right of appeal to the landowner as in the case of land taken by selectmen for a highway.|||Source. GS 66:18. GL 72:18. PS 73:22. PL 80:27. RL 96:27. 1945, 188:1, part 16:13. RSA 245:14. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:70 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:70 - Obstruction During Repairs.

    231:70 Obstruction During Repairs. –||In repairing highways no uncovered trench or ditch shall be made by the side of the traveled part thereof, next and opposite to a dwelling house, yard or private way leading into any field, land, or inclosure on the highway unless a way is provided over and across such trench or ditch; nor shall the highway be repaired in any other manner to obstruct the passage to such house, yard, or private way unless a way is provided over and across such obstruction.|||Source. RS 55:15. CS 59:16. GS 66:19. GL 72:19. PS 73:23. PL 80:28. 1927, 78:1. RL 96:28. 1945, 188:1, part 16:14. RSA 245:15. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:71 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:71 - Village Districts.

    231:71 Village Districts. –||All village districts, and chartered highway districts, shall remain unimpaired, to the extent that they may raise additional sums to be expended solely on the highways within the district in the manner prescribed by the act creating them.|||Source. 1893, 41:1. PL 80:17. RL 96:17. 1945, 188:1, part 16:15. RSA 245:16. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:72 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:72 - Contribution by County to Repairs.

    231:72 Contribution by County to Repairs. –||The superior court, on petition and notice to the county commissioners, may order any part of the expense of repairing a highway to be paid by the county, when the whole would be burdensome to the town, or when the county convention has recommended such order.|||Source. RS 55:18. CS 59:19. GS 66:2. GL 72:2. PS 73:2. PL 80:4. RL 96:4. 1945, 188:1, part 16:16. RSA 245:17. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:73 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:73 - Procedure.

    231:73 Procedure. –||The court may order such part of the expense to be paid to the town, or cause the highway to be put in repair in such manner as it thinks proper, and draw its order for such part upon the county treasurer.|||Source. RS 55:19. CS 59:20. GS 66:3. GL 72:3. PS 73:3. PL 80:5. RL 96:5. 1945, 188:1, part 16:17. RSA 245:18. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:74 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:74 - Contribution by Another Town.

    231:74 Contribution by Another Town. –||When the expense of rebuilding or repairing a highway would be excessively burdensome to the town in which it is situate, and another town is greatly benefited by the highway, the superior court, upon petition and proceedings thereon as in the case of laying out a highway, may order a portion of the expense to be paid by such other town.|||Source. GS 66:4. GL 72:4. PS 73:4. PL 80:6. RL 96:6. 1945, 188:1, part 16:18. RSA 245:19. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:76 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:76 - Petition to Court; Remedy Exclusive.

    231:76 Petition to Court;  Remedy Exclusive. –||I. If an owner is aggrieved by a decision of the selectmen under RSA 231:75, such owner may appeal to the superior court in accordance with the appeals of highway layout decisions, as set forth in RSA 231:34.||II. The question of the public need for the change of grade or drainage, and the reasonableness of the methods chosen shall be reviewed by the court only for an abuse of discretion, and there shall be no right to a jury trial on that question. The amount of damages, if any, shall be determined by jury, or by trial without jury if jury trial is waived.||III. So long as the notice provisions in RSA 231:75 have been followed, the remedy provided in this subdivision shall be the exclusive remedy to a landowner aggrieved by a change in grade or drainage made by a town in the repair of a town highway. This subdivision shall be deemed an exception to the otherwise-applicable limits on municipal liability arising from repair of public highways, as set forth in RSA 231:92.|||Source. 1848, 725:3. CS 52:20. GS 66:21. GL 72:21. PS 73:25. PL 80:33. RL 96:33. 1945, 188:1, part 16:20. RSA 245:21. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981. 2013, 16:3, eff. July 8, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:77 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:77 - Repealed by 2013, 16:4, eff. July 8, 2013.

    231:77 Repealed by 2013, 16:4, eff. July 8, 2013. –|
NH Rev Stat § 231:78 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:78 - Payment of Damages and Basis of Liability Defined.

    231:78 Payment of Damages and Basis of Liability Defined. –||Damages assessed for change of grade under the provisions of this subdivision shall be paid by the town in which the change of grade is made; provided, however, that no highway shall be deemed to have been repaired by the authority of the town unless the town participated directly in the repair of the said highway other than financially, or unless the town in some manner exercised control over the manner in which the highway construction or maintenance was performed, or unless town employees, as defined in RSA 235:38, were employed in the said construction or maintenance work involved in the repair or construction of said highway.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 16:22. RSA 245:23. 1955, 167:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:79 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:79 - Highways to Summer Cottages; Exemption.

    231:79 Highways to Summer Cottages;  Exemption. –||Towns shall be exempt from keeping open and repairing highways to summer cottages from December 10 to April 10, subject to RSA 231:81, IV.|||Source. 1893, 4:1. PL 80:34. RL 96:34. 1945, 188:1, part 16:23. RSA 245:24. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981. 2019, 187:1, eff. Sept. 8, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:80 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:80 - Notice.

    231:80 Notice. –||The selectmen shall seasonably post or cause to be posted at the entrances of such highways notices of the closing and opening thereof.|||Source. 1893, 4:2. PL 80:35. RL 96:35. 1945, 188:1, part 16:24. RSA 245:25. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 231:81 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 231 - Cities, Towns and Village District Highways|Section 231:81 - Keeping Open Highways to Summer Cottages.

    231:81 Keeping Open Highways to Summer Cottages. –||I. For the purposes of RSA 231:79-81, a highway to summer cottages may be designated:||(a) By the selectmen, upon petition, pursuant to RSA 231:8-12, to lay out a new highway or alter an existing highway; or||(b) By a majority vote of the town to designate an existing class V highway as a highway to summer cottages.||II. A highway which has been designated a highway to summer cottages may be opened, maintained and repaired the entire year:||(a) By the selectmen, upon petition, pursuant to the procedures of RSA 231:8-12; or||(b) By majority vote of the town.||III. The designation of a highway to summer cottages shall not be deemed altered by any change of use of land served by said highway, in the absence of action pursuant to paragraph II.||IV. By a majority vote of the legislative body, a town may extend the exemption period in RSA 231:79 for all highways to summer cottages within the town, but in no event may the period begin earlier than November 15 or end later than April 30. The extended period shall remain in effect until amended or rescinded by majority vote of the legislative body.|||Source. 1893, 4:3. PL 80:36. RL 96:36. 1945, 188:1, part 16:25. RSA 245:26. 1981, 87:1. 1989, 299:1, eff. July 28, 1989. 2019, 187:2, eff. Sept. 8, 2019.|