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NH Rev Stat § 53-B:6-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:6-a - Solid Waste Management District Agreements.

    53-B:6-a Solid Waste Management District Agreements. –||The business affairs and actions of a district shall be conducted and governed pursuant to the terms, conditions, and provisions of its district agreement. The agreement shall include but not be limited to the following:||I. A list of the municipalities included in the district.||II. Provisions for the sharing of planning, construction, operating, maintenance, and closing costs of one or more facilities, if any.||III. The method of selection and method of removal of representatives to the district committee, whether by legislative or governing bodies; the number of representatives and the weight of each representative's vote; the terms of office of the representatives; and, except as provided otherwise by law, the powers, duties and authorities of the district committee officers.||IV. A description of the facilities and sites, if applicable.||V. The terms by which other municipalities may be admitted to the district or a member municipality may withdraw from the district before or after debt has been incurred.||VI. The method by which the district agreement may be amended including conditions under which an amendment must be approved by the governing or legislative bodies of member municipalities.||VII. The procedure for dissolution of the solid waste management district before or after debt has been incurred.||VIII. Provisions for varied levels of participation by member municipalities in multiple facilities, if applicable.||IX. The procedure for the preparation and adoption of the annual budget, including the apportionment of district expenses and a schedule of payments, and other procedures relative to governing the district's fiscal affairs in accordance with RSA 53-B:9.||X. The remedies and penalties which the district committee may assert against a member which defaults in its obligations to the district, if any.||XI. Any debt incurrences by the district for specified purposes that are exempt from the debt rejection provisions of RSA 53-B:7, VI(a) and (c).||XII. Any long-term contracts entered into by the district for specified purposes that are exempt from the contract rejection provisions under RSA 53-B:7, XX(a) and (c) and the term of contract to be subject to such provision if different from 5 years.||XIII. The powers delegated to the district by member municipalities to enact bylaws and regulations concerning solid waste management, as provided in RSA 53-B:7, XV.||XIV. The procedure, if any, for establishing the district when not all of the legislative bodies vote to approve the district agreement, as provided in RSA 53-B:6, II.|||Source. 1994, 367:6, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-B:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:7-a - Repealed by 1994, 367:17, IV, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.

    53-B:7-a Repealed by 1994, 367:17, IV, eff. Aug. 8, 1994. –|
NH Rev Stat § 53-B:7-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:7-b - Project Financing.

    53-B:7-b Project Financing. –||I. Bonds or notes issued pursuant to this chapter may be secured by any assets or revenues, or both, of the district. The district may mortgage a facility and grant security interests in such other assets or rights to receive money as the district committee may determine. Such bonds or notes may, but need not be, the full faith and credit obligation of the district, provided that bonds or notes which are not the full faith and credit obligation of the district shall so state in a conspicuous manner on their face.||II. A district may use the proceeds of bonds or notes to acquire land and to plan, construct and equip, or purchase or otherwise acquire the use of, one or more facilities, or to close one or more facilities, and to create such reserve funds and to pay such costs of financing and capitalized interest as the district committee deems appropriate, or it may loan such proceeds to any person for such purposes in connection with a facility which by contract it has the right to use or which by contract will provide management services to the district for a period at least equal to the period of the bonds or notes.|||Source. 1982, 23:2. 1994, 367:8, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-B:7-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:7-c - Member Municipality Obligations.

    53-B:7-c Member Municipality Obligations. –||Any member municipality that withdraws from a district shall be liable for its share of existing debt and contractual obligations, and any existing operating and capital costs its withdrawal would impose on remaining members. All liabilities, obligations, and indebtedness of the district incurred by it through the exercise of its powers and duties shall be full faith and credit obligations of the individual member municipalities except to the extent that the district agreement otherwise provides.|||Source. 1994, 367:9, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:8 - District Committee.

    53-B:8 District Committee. –||I. The powers, duties, and liabilities of a district shall be vested in and exercised by a district committee organized in accordance with the district agreement. The district committee shall authorize and govern all actions of a district, and the district committee's actions which are consistent with the district agreement and this chapter are binding on member municipalities without any additional action by the governing or legislative bodies of those municipalities. A majority of district committee representatives shall constitute a quorum, unless the district agreement provides for weighted voting, in which case a quorum shall consist of representatives holding more than 50 percent of the voting power. A simple majority of the voting authority present shall be sufficient to approve an action by the committee except as otherwise provided in the district agreement and with the following exceptions. An affirmative 2/3 vote of the total votes of the district committee shall be required to authorize the incurrence of long-term debt or the dissolution of the district.||II. The committee shall choose a chairman by ballot from its membership. It shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who may be the same person, but who need not be members of the committee, and such other officers as may be provided for in the district agreement. The treasurer shall receive and take charge of all money belonging to the district and shall pay any debt of the district which has been approved by the committee. The treasurer may, by vote of the committee, be compensated for his services. Proceedings of the committee shall be held in accordance with RSA 91-A.||III. The committee shall send to the member municipalities, by January 31 of each year, an annual report on the general activities and affairs of the district, including a detailed financial report.|||Source. 1967, 331:1. 1994, 367:10, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-B:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:8-a - Capital Reserve Fund.

    53-B:8-a Capital Reserve Fund. –||I. A district may establish a capital reserve fund for the orderly replacement and closure of any existing facility, including associated buildings and equipment, which has been approved under RSA 53-B:7, VI. The district committee shall invest all monies in said fund in the same manner as capital reserve funds of towns are invested pursuant to the requirements of RSA 35:9. The members of said committee shall serve as the trustees of the capital reserve fund. The trustees of the fund shall post bond in such amount and in such form as the New Hampshire commissioner of revenue administration shall prescribe.||II. The proposed annual contributions to the capital reserve fund shall be set forth in the budget of the district, and the trustees shall annually within 3 months of the close of the fiscal year of the district file an account with the selectmen of the towns and the city council of the cities comprising the district setting forth the amounts held by the trustees, the manner in which they are invested, and the purposes for which they are held. The trustees may, from time to time, vote to expend any funds held by them for the replacement or closure of any existing facility, including associated buildings and equipment, required by the district without further vote of the municipalities comprising the district.|||Source. 1977, 302:1. 1994, 367:11, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:9 - Adoption of Budget; Apportionment of Expenses.

    53-B:9 Adoption of Budget;  Apportionment of Expenses. –||Annually, the district committee shall determine the amounts necessary to be raised to maintain and operate the district during the next calendar year, and the amounts required for payment of debt and interest incurred by the district that will be due in the next year. The committee shall adopt a budget for the upcoming year no later than December 31. The committee shall prepare a budget and make a preliminary apportionment of the amount so determined among the member municipalities in accordance with the terms of the district agreement. Prior to December 31 of each year the district committee shall hold at least one public hearing at some convenient place in the district on the amounts required in the budget and the preliminary apportionment of the amounts listed in the budget. At least 7 days' notice of the meeting shall be given by publication of the budget and apportionment in a newspaper of general circulation within the district, and by posting a copy of the budget and apportionment in a public place in each municipality in the district. After the hearing the committee shall adopt a budget and make a final determination of the apportionment among the member municipalities. After the committee has adopted the budget and determined the apportionment of the expenses, the district treasurer shall certify to the governing body of each member municipality the amount of money assessed each member municipality. The governing body of each member municipality shall seasonably assess the taxes to be raised to pay the apportionments. The municipal treasurer shall pay to the district the amount so apportioned at the times specified in the district agreement.|||Source. 1967, 331:1. 1994, 367:12, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:10 - Audits.

    53-B:10 Audits. –||The district committee shall hire a certified public accountant or a public accountant licensed by the state under RSA 309-A:8 to conduct a financial audit, in accordance with generally accepted governmental auditing standards as adopted by the U.S. General Accounting Office and applicable state statutes, to be completed within 6 months after the close of each fiscal year. Upon completion of an audit, the district committee shall review and vote on acceptance of the audit and send a copy of the audited financial statements, the auditor's opinion on those statements, a report on internal control, a report on compliance, and any other auditor reports to the governing body of each of the member municipalities and to the department of revenue administration. At least every 2 years, the district committee shall vote on whether to contract for a performance audit of the district in accordance with the generally accepted governmental auditing standards. Upon completion of a performance audit, the committee shall review and vote on acceptance of the audit and send a copy of the resulting materials to the governing body of each of the member municipalities and to the department of revenue administration.|||Source. 1967, 331:1. 1973, 544:10. 1975, 439:23. 1989, 50:3. 1994, 367:13, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-B:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:11 - Repealed by 1994, 367:17, V, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.

    53-B:11 Repealed by 1994, 367:17, V, eff. Aug. 8, 1994. –|
NH Rev Stat § 53-B:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:12 - Tax Exemption.

    53-B:12 Tax Exemption. –||All bonds and notes, and the interest thereon, heretofor or hereafter issued by a district formed under the provisions of RSA 53-B or of any general or special act, heretofor and hereafter enacted, shall be exempt from taxation in the state of New Hampshire.|||Source. 1994, 367:14, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-B:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:13 - Severability.

    53-B:13 Severability. –||If any portion of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.|||Source. 1994, 367:14, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-B:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-B - Solid Waste Management Districts|Section 53-B:14 - Existing Districts.

    53-B:14 Existing Districts. –||Districts formed by municipalities under prior law shall continue to operate under the prior law and existing district agreements. A district may utilize any additional provisions of this chapter by amending its district agreement in accordance with the amendment process contained in its district agreement.|||Source. 1994, 367:14, eff. Aug. 8, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:1 - Definitions.

    53-C:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Cable television system" means facilities by which television signals are received at a central location and for consideration are transmitted to customers or subscribers by means of cables or wires.||II. "Company" means any person, partnership, association, or corporation, including a municipality, owning or operating a cable television system, except for any nonprofit system serving fewer than 100 subscribers.||III. "Franchise" means an initial or renewed authorization issued by a franchising authority to construct or operate a cable system.||IV. "Franchising authority" means any governmental entity empowered by federal, state, or local law to grant a franchise.||V. "Master antenna television system" means a cable television system which serves only the residents of one or more apartment dwellings under common ownership, control or management, and any commercial establishment located on the premises of such apartment house and which transmits only signals broadcast over the air by stations which may be viewed normally or heard locally without objectionable interference, and which does not provide any additional service over its facilities.||VI. "Municipality" means a city or town.||VII. "Privately owned utility pole" means a utility pole which is owned by a person or entity other than a public utility or municipal corporation providing electric or telecommunications services.|||Source. 1974, 23:1. 1989, 338:1. 2007, 197:1, eff. July 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:2 - Franchise Required.

    53-C:2 Franchise Required. –||I. No company shall construct, commence construction, or operate a cable television system in any municipality without first obtaining a written franchise from the franchising authority of each municipality in which such system is installed or to be installed.||II. Nothing in this chapter shall prevent municipalities from cooperating to jointly exercise franchising authority in accordance with RSA 53-A.|||Source. 1974, 23:1. 1989, 338:2. 1996, 72:1, eff. July 12, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:3 - Authority to Grant Franchises.

    53-C:3 Authority to Grant Franchises. –||Municipalities are hereby authorized to grant, renew, amend or rescind for cause franchises for the installation and operation of cable television systems in accordance with the provisions of this chapter within the geographical limits of its respective town or city.|||Source. 1974, 23:1. 1996, 72:2, eff. July 12, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:3-a - Franchise Applicant Considerations.

    53-C:3-a Franchise Applicant Considerations. –||No municipality shall grant a franchise for cable service to a cable system within its jurisdiction without first, at a duly noticed public hearing, having considered:||I. The financial ability of the franchise applicant to perform.||II. The ability of the applicant to provide adequate and technically sound facilities, equipment and signal quality.||III. Adequate channel capacity and appropriate facilities for public, educational, or governmental use, taking into account available technology, subscriber interest, and cost.||IV. The prohibition of discrimination among customers of basic service.||V. Reasonable service quality in terms of available technology, subscriber interest, and cost.||VI. Construction and installation which conforms to all applicable state and federal laws and regulations and the National Electric Safety Code.||VII. A competent staff able to provide prompt, adequate service and to respond comprehensively to customer complaints or problems.||VIII. Reasonable rules and policies for line extensions and disconnects, customer deposits, and billing practices.|||Source. 1989, 338:3, eff. Aug. 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:3-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:3-b - Franchises; Administration by Municipality.

    53-C:3-b Franchises;  Administration by Municipality. –||I. All franchises shall be nonexclusive. No municipality shall grant any additional franchises to cable service within its jurisdiction on terms or conditions more favorable or less burdensome than those in any existing franchise within such municipality.||II. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any municipality considering the approval of an additional cable service franchise in all or any part of the area of such municipality from imposing additional terms and conditions upon the granting of such franchises as such municipality shall in its sole discretion deem necessary or appropriate.||III. All cable service franchises in existence as of May 1, 1989, shall remain in full force and effect according to their existing terms.|||Source. 1989, 338:3, eff. Aug. 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:3-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:3-c - Credits and Refunds for Interruption of Service.

    53-C:3-c Credits and Refunds for Interruption of Service. –||Every franchisee shall agree to the following:||I. In the event its service to any subscriber is interrupted for 24 or more consecutive hours, it will, upon request, grant such subscriber a pro rata credit or rebate.||II. It will maintain an office which shall be open during usual business hours, have a listed toll-free telephone number, and be capable of receiving complaints, requests for adjustments, and service calls.|||Source. 1989, 338:3, eff. Aug. 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:3-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:3-d - Notice to Subscribers Regarding Quality of Service.

    53-C:3-d Notice to Subscribers Regarding Quality of Service. –||I. Annually, every cable television system operator shall mail to each of its subscribers a notice which:||(a) Informs subscribers how to communicate their views to the cable company and to the office of the attorney general, consumer protection and antitrust bureau;||(b) States the responsibility of the office of the attorney general, consumer protection and antitrust bureau to receive and act on consumer complaints.||II. Such notice shall be in nontechnical language, understandable by the general public, and in a convenient format. On or before January 30 of each year, the operator shall certify to the franchising authority and to the office of the attorney general, consumer protection and antitrust bureau that it has distributed the notice as provided in this section during the previous calendar year as required by this section.|||Source. 1989, 338:3, eff. Aug. 1, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 53-C:3-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 53-C - Franchising and Regulation of Cable Television Systems by Cities and Towns|Section 53-C:3-e - Recording of Subscriber Complaints.

    53-C:3-e Recording of Subscriber Complaints. –||I. Every cable television system operator shall keep a record or log of all written complaints received regarding quality of service, equipment malfunctions, billing procedure, employee relations with customers and similar matters. Such records shall be maintained for a period of 2 years.||II. Such record shall contain the following information for each complaint received:||(a) Date, time, nature of complaint;||(b) Name, address, telephone number of complainant;||(c) Investigation of complaint;||(d) Manner and time of resolution of complaint; and||(e) If the complaint regards equipment malfunction or the quality of reception, a report indicating corrective steps taken, with the nature of the problem stated. Every cable television system operator shall make the logs or records, or both, of such complaints available to any authorized agent of the franchising authority upon request during normal business hours for on-sight review.|||Source. 1989, 338:3, eff. Aug. 1, 1989.|