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NH Rev Stat § 4:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:15 - Department Expenditures.

    4:15 Department Expenditures. –||The expenditure of any moneys appropriated or otherwise provided to carry on the work of any department of the state government shall be subject to the approval of the governor, with the advice of the council, under such general regulations as the governor and council may prescribe with reference to all or any of such departments, for the purpose of securing the prudent and economical expenditures of the moneys appropriated. Heads of departments, assistants and employees thereof shall not be allowed as expenses travel between their places of residence and their department offices, nor shall they be allowed board or lodging while in the place in which their offices are located. Notwithstanding the preceding provision, the governor and council may by general regulation provide for the allowance of travel expenses where the department head, assistant or employee has a work assignment away from the place where his department office is located and it is more efficient for such person to proceed directly from his place of residence to such work assignment without reporting at his office.|||Source. 1915, 49:1. PL 19:11. 1927, 131:1. 1941, 31:1. RL 27:17. RSA 4:15. 1969, 256:1, eff. Aug. 19, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:16 - Incidental Expenses.

    4:16 Incidental Expenses. –||The governor and council are authorized to audit and allow, as incidental expenses of the state, all bills for postage, stationery, necessary department supplies, and other necessary incidental expenses of the state, and the governor is authorized to draw his warrant for the payment of the same out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.|||Source. 1879, 57:43. PS 20:6. 1901, 74:1. PL 19:10. RL 27:16.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:17 - Purchases of Surveyors' Maps, and Other Records.

    4:17 Purchases of Surveyors' Maps, and Other Records. –||The governor and council may expend a sum not to exceed $5,000 in any calendar year for the purpose of purchasing from the estates of deceased surveyors and civil engineers such field notes, maps, and other records prepared by them as will be of value in preserving real estate records of the state, and may direct the highway commissioner or other engineers to examine such records as are for sale for the purpose of ascertaining their value to the public. The governor is authorized to draw his warrant for the payment of the same out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.|||Source. 1935, 30:1. RL 27:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:18 - Emergency Fund.

    4:18 Emergency Fund. –||There shall be an emergency fund consisting of such sums as may be appropriated for that purpose by the general court, which may be expended by the governor, with the consent of the council, to aid any state department in any emergency which may arise in carrying on the essential functions of state government and in protecting the interests of the state which have been impaired by said emergency.|||Source. 1879, 59:1. PS 286:2. 1925, 174:13. PL 19:35. 1927, 36:1. RL 27:44. 1949, 321:2. 1953, 17:1, eff. Feb. 26, 1953.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:19 - Emergency Repairs.

    4:19 Emergency Repairs. –||In case of emergency occasioned by the partial or total destruction, failure, or damage, by fire or otherwise, of any building or any other property belonging to the state, or used by any state department, or in the case of destruction or failure of, or damage to, the physical or technological infrastructure of any department or other state entity, the governor, with the consent of the council, may provide by contract for such repairs, new building, new property, or new equipment or may provide by contract for such temporary accommodation as he or she may deem necessary to replace those destroyed, damaged, or which have failed, and may draw warrants in payment for the same from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.|||Source. 1909, 176:2. PL 19:30. RL 27:36. 2009, 162:1, eff. Sept. 6, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:20 - Borrowing for.

    4:20 Borrowing for. –||In case there shall not be sufficient funds in the treasury available for the payment of warrants so drawn the treasurer, under the direction of the governor and council, is authorized to borrow on the state's credit for a period of not more than 5 years, at the lowest rate of interest obtainable, such sums as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid.|||Source. 1909, 176:3. PL 19:31. RL 27:37. RSA 4:20. 1993, 31:1, eff. June 7, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:21 - Petitions for Pardon or Commutation of Sentence.

    4:21 Petitions for Pardon or Commutation of Sentence. –||On all petitions to the governor and council for pardon or commutation of sentence written notice thereof shall be given to the state's counsel, and such notice to others as the governor may direct; and the prosecuting officer may be required to furnish a concise statement of the case as proved at the trial and any other facts bearing on the propriety of granting the petition.|||Source. GS 18:3. GL 19:3. PS 20:3. PL 19:4. RL 27:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:22 - Commissioner of Corrections to Report on.

    4:22 Commissioner of Corrections to Report on. –||In all cases where the petition is for the pardon of a person serving a sentence in the state prison, the commissioner of corrections shall make a report upon the petition before it is referred to the council.|||Source. 1931, 117:1. RL 27:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:23 - Commutation.

    4:23 Commutation. –||The governor, with advice of the council, upon application of any convict under sentence of death may grant him a pardon on condition that he shall be imprisoned for life or any term of years expressed in the pardon, and upon such further conditions as may be thought just; and the governor's warrant, reciting such conditions, shall be sufficient authority to all officers to carry into effect such conditions, as if the same were the original sentence.|||Source. GS 18:4. GL 19:4. PS 20:4. PL 19:5. RL 27:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:24 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:24 - Respite.

    4:24 Respite. –||The governor, with the advice of the council, may respite from time to time, for stated periods, the execution of a sentence of death upon a convict while proceedings are pending that may result in a new trial, or if they regard further time necessary for a proper investigation and consideration of facts bearing upon a question of absolute or conditional pardon pending before them, or if it appears to their satisfaction that the convict has become insane, or, being a female, is quick with child, until they have had sufficient time and opportunity for such investigation and consideration or the cause is removed.|||Source. PS 20:5. PL 19:6. RL 27:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:25 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:25 - Conditional Pardons.

    4:25 Conditional Pardons. –||The governor, with the advice of the council, may, upon petition of a prisoner, grant him a pardon subject to such conditions as the governor considers proper, but a prisoner so pardoned shall, during the unexpired term of his sentence, violate no law, and he shall be in the custody of the state parole officer. The governor may issue his warrant to all proper officers to carry such pardon into effect and such warrant shall be obeyed and executed instead of the sentence originally imposed.|||Source. 1931, 117:1. RL 27:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:26 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:26 - Breach of Condition.

    4:26 Breach of Condition. –||If a prisoner violates any of the conditions of his pardon, the warden, superintendent, or keeper of the institution in which the prisoner was confined shall forthwith cause him to be arrested and shall give written notice to the governor and council of such arrest.|||Source. 1931, 117:1. RL 27:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:27 - Procedure After Arrest.

    4:27 Procedure After Arrest. –||The prisoner so arrested shall be returned forthwith to the institution from which he was released, and there confined for the unexpired term of his sentence unless the governor, with the advice of the council, after a hearing at the prisoner's request, shall otherwise order.|||Source. 1931, 117:1. RL 27:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:27-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:27-a - Repealed by 1977, 595:4, eff. July 1, 1977.

    4:27-a Repealed by 1977, 595:4, eff. July 1, 1977. –|
NH Rev Stat § 4:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:28 - Summoning of Witnesses.

    4:28 Summoning of Witnesses. –||The governor may summon or cause to be summoned witnesses to appear before the governor and council to testify at hearings before them, and may require such witnesses to bring with them and produce at such hearings any books, papers or other memoranda or documents.|||Source. 1911, 176:1. PL 19:7. RL 27:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:29 - By Purchase.

    4:29 By Purchase. –||The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, may acquire on behalf of the state, either by purchase or otherwise, as hereinafter provided, any real estate within the state which he may deem necessary for any military purpose, for public parks, public buildings, or for any other public improvement purposes and to accept deeds thereof in the name of the state; provided, however, that 60 days before a purchase of any real estate within the city of Concord or the Concord region, the governor shall provide written notice of such proposed purchase to the state-capitol-region planning commission. No dam or any real property appurtenant thereto or any rights and easements in either may be acquired pursuant to the authority of this section or any other provision of law except an act of the legislature which authorizes the acquisition of a particular dam, real property, or right or easement.|||Source. 1917, 221:1. 1921, 131:1. PL 19:18. 1937, 180:1. RL 27:23. RSA 4:29. 1969, 399:1. 1991, 116:1, eff. July 13, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:30 - By Eminent Domain.

    4:30 By Eminent Domain. –||The governor and council, for the purposes aforesaid, are empowered to take and appropriate any such real estate for the use of the state in accordance with RSA 498-A; provided, however, that 60 days before a taking in the city of Concord or the Concord region, the governor shall provide written notice of such proposed taking to the state-capitol-region planning commission.|||Source. 1917, 221:2. PL 19:19. RL 27:24. RSA 4:30. 1983, 297:12. 1991, 116:2, eff. July 13, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:30-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:30-b - Acquisition of Substitute Recreation Land.

    4:30-b Acquisition of Substitute Recreation Land. –||If the state, under the provisions of RSA 230 or any other statute, converts state property acquired or developed with federal assistance under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, to other than public outdoor recreation uses, the state may acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, other property of at least equal fair market value and of reasonably equivalent usefulness and location for substitution as required under said act.|||Source. 1981, 341:1, eff. Aug. 16, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:31 - Repealed by 1983, 297:13, I, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.

    4:31 Repealed by 1983, 297:13, I, eff. Aug. 17, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 4:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:32 - Repealed by 1983, 297:13, II, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.

    4:32 Repealed by 1983, 297:13, II, eff. Aug. 17, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 4:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:33 - Repealed by 1983, 297:13, III, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.

    4:33 Repealed by 1983, 297:13, III, eff. Aug. 17, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 4:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:34 - Repealed by 1983, 297:13, IV, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.

    4:34 Repealed by 1983, 297:13, IV, eff. Aug. 17, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 4:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:35 - Repealed by 1983, 297:13, V, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.

    4:35 Repealed by 1983, 297:13, V, eff. Aug. 17, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 4:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:36 - Repealed by 1983, 297:13, VI, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.

    4:36 Repealed by 1983, 297:13, VI, eff. Aug. 17, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 4:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:37 - Attorney General to Act.

    4:37 Attorney General to Act. –||Any such takings and appropriations shall be prosecuted or defended on the part of the state by the attorney general under the advice of the governor and council.|||Source. 1917, 221:2. PL 19:26. RL 27:31. RSA 4:37. 1983, 297:14, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:38 - Payment.

    4:38 Payment. –||The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, is authorized to draw his warrant upon any money in the treasury available for military purposes or not otherwise appropriated, in payment for real estate acquired for military purposes under the provisions of this chapter, or, if land is so acquired for other public purposes, only upon money appropriated for such purposes.|||Source. 1917, 221:3. 1921, 131:2. PL 19:27. RL 27:32.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:39 - Property, How Held.

    4:39 Property, How Held. –||All real estate acquired under the provisions of this chapter shall be held by the state for the purposes for which it was acquired, until otherwise ordered by the legislature.|||Source. 1917, 221:4. PL 19:28. RL 27:33.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:39-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:39-a - New Hampshire Hospital Real Estate.

    4:39-a New Hampshire Hospital Real Estate. –||The area in the city of Concord bounded by Pleasant, Fruit, Clinton, and South Spring streets, excluding any privately owned land and buildings, and also excluding the 2 stand-alone parcels known presently as city of Concord tax map 37, block 6, lots 17 and 19 together with the buildings and other improvements situated on such parcels, and known as the main campus of the New Hampshire hospital shall remain in its entirety the property of the state of New Hampshire, except such land as determined necessary for use by the city of Concord for approved municipal services may be conveyed in accordance with RSA 10:4 unless RSA 227-C:6 applies. If RSA 227-C:6 applies, such land shall be conveyed in accordance with RSA 227-C:9. The commissioner of administrative services, with the approval of the long range capital planning and utilization committee, shall designate the use of and be responsible for maintaining, with the exception of the interior maintenance and maintenance of grounds of certain properties pursuant to RSA 21-I:11, I(c)(1), and leasing any buildings on the main campus of the New Hampshire hospital in accordance with the following priorities: (1) department of health and human services and its lessees, (2) state departments, and (3) other government or nonprofit organizations performing a state-related function. RSA 10 shall not apply to the 2 stand-alone parcels known presently as city of Concord tax map 37, block 6, lots 17 and 19 or any building or other improvements situated on such parcels, and any proposed disposal of either or both of such parcels shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 4:40.|||Source. 1987, 381:1. 1995, 310:181. 2005, 291:22. 2012, 254:2, eff. June 18, 2012. 2014, 327:37, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:39-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:39-b - Approval of State Agency Leases Exceeding 5 Years.

    4:39-b Approval of State Agency Leases Exceeding 5 Years. –||Any lease of land, buildings, or space to be used by any state agency, as defined in RSA 21-G:5, III, and which exceeds a term of 5 years, including all options, shall be reviewed and approved by the long range capital planning and utilization committee established in RSA 17-M prior to submission to the governor and council for approval.|||Source. 1998, 276:5, eff. June 26, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:39-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:39-c - Disposal of Highway, Federal, or Turnpike Funded Real Estate.

    4:39-c Disposal of Highway, Federal, or Turnpike Funded Real Estate. –||Disposal of real estate purchased with state or federal highway funds, or both, or with turnpike funds shall occur as follows:||I. Upon recommendation of the commissioner of the department of transportation to dispose of or lease property purchased with state or federal highway funds or both, or turnpike funds, the request for disposal or leasing shall be reviewed and approved by the long range capital planning and utilization committee before submission to the governor and council for approval. Upon determination that the property is no longer needed by the state, the governor and council shall first offer it to the government of the town, city, or county in which the property is located. If the town, city, or county refuses the offer, the governor and council may sell, convey, transfer, or lease the real property.||II. Sales of real property under this section shall be at not less than current market value of the subject property, as may be determined by the governor and council. If the town, city, or county decides to resell the property, it shall first offer the property to the state at the market value at the time of sale.||III. The proceeds from a sale, conveyance, transfer, or lease under this section shall be credited to either the highway fund, restricted federal fund, or the turnpike fund, whichever fund provided money for the original purchase. Proceeds from a sale that results from money provided by the highway fund for payback of real property purchased with federal funds shall be credited to the department and shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the department for the purposes of meeting federal obligations or reimbursing the highway fund for payment of federal obligations.||IV. This section shall not apply to the exchange of state-owned lands, which are under the jurisdiction of the department of transportation, for other lands of equal or greater value, during right-of-way negotiations, or to the sale of buildings that need to be moved to clear such rights-of-way for public projects found necessary under other state laws.|||Source. 2005, 12:1. 2007, 100:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2007. 2019, 92:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2019. 2021, 91:136, 137, eff. July, 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 4:39-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 4 - Powers of the Governor and Council in Certain Cases|Section 4:39-e - Real Property Owned by State Agencies; Reporting Requirement.

    4:39-e Real Property Owned by State Agencies;  Reporting Requirement. –||I. On or before July 1, 2013, and biennially thereafter, each state agency, as defined in RSA 21-G:5, III, shall make a report identifying all real property owned by the agency. For each parcel of land owned by the agency, the report shall include any reversionary provisions or other deed restrictions, conservation or other easements, lease arrangements with third-party tenants, and any other agreement or encumbrance that may affect the future sale of the property, but only to the extent known by the agency or as may be determined through reasonable efforts. For each building or parcel of land leased to a third party by the agency, the report shall include the lease term. This section shall not apply to infrastructure properties used as the public rights-of-way for roads, highways, bridges, railroads, rail trails, rest areas, park and rides, or turnpike toll operations.||II. Each state agency shall file the report with the commissioner of the department of administrative services. The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall compile the reports from each agency and file a consolidated set of agency reports with the governor, the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairperson of the senate capital budget committee, the chairperson of the house public works and highways committee, and the chairperson of the long range capital planning and utilization committee established in RSA 17-M:1.||III. The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall develop a standard format for agencies to use in submitting the report required under this section. The form of the report shall not be considered a rule subject to the provisions of RSA 541-A.|||Source. 2012, 254:1, eff. June 18, 2012. 2019, 91:1, eff. Aug. 17, 2019.|