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NH Rev Stat § 217-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:1 - Title.

    217-A:1 Title. –||This chapter shall be known and may be cited as "The New Hampshire Native Plant Protection Act of 1987".|||Source. 1987, 220:1, eff. May 18, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:2 - Findings and Declarations.

    217-A:2 Findings and Declarations. –||Because there are no laws protecting any of our native plants, every year hundreds of our native plants are dug up and removed without permission from public and private property. Many of these are taken out-of-state and sold for profit. Therefore, the legislature finds and declares that:||I. For human needs and enjoyment, the interests of science, and the economy of the state, native plants and natural communities throughout this state should be protected and conserved; and that native plant numbers should be maintained and enhanced to insure their perpetuation as viable components of their ecosystems for the benefit of the people of New Hampshire.||II. Native species of plants within this state and the nation that are endangered, threatened, or otherwise reduced in number or may become so because of loss, modification, or severe curtailment of their habitats, or because of exploitation for commercial, scientific, educational, or private use, should be accorded protection as is necessary to maintain and enhance their numbers.||III. This state shall assist in the protection of species of plants that are determined to be endangered or threatened by prohibiting the taking, possession, transportation, processing, sale or offer for sale, exportation from this state, or shipment within this state of such species without required and valid federal and state permits.||IV. The commercial sale of seeds, plants, and nursery stock is regulated by the New Hampshire department of agriculture, markets, and food under RSA 433.|||Source. 1987, 220:1. 1995, 130:4. 2010, 343:1, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:4 - Investigation and Research.

    217-A:4 Investigation and Research. –||The department shall conduct investigations on all species of plants and natural communities indigenous to and throughout this state necessary to develop information relating to population, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors, and other biological and ecological data, and to determine protective measures and requirements necessary for their survival. The department may, at its discretion, withhold from any person information about the location and population of a species or natural community if it determines that disclosures of such information would threaten the survival of that or another species or natural community in any way.|||Source. 1987, 220:1. 2010, 343:3, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:5 - Natural Heritage Inventory of Species Requiring Protection; Rulemaking.

    217-A:5 Natural Heritage Inventory of Species Requiring Protection;  Rulemaking. –||I. The commissioner of the department shall, on the basis of research and investigations and other available scientific data on plant species, and after public hearing, adopt, pursuant to RSA 541-A, an inventory of plant species occurring in the state which are threatened by the loss, drastic modification, or severe curtailment of their habitats, their over-collection for aesthetic, commercial, educational, recreational, or scientific purposes, the effect on such species of disease, pollution, or predation, or other factor or combination of factors, natural or manmade.||II. The department, with the advice of the Natural Areas Council, shall make determinations required by paragraph I solely on the basis of the best scientific and commercial information available and after appropriate consultation with federal agencies, other interested state agencies, other states which have a common interest in the species, and interested persons and organizations. In determining whether any species of plant shall be a protected species, the department shall consider any present or future actions by the federal government, other states, agencies or political subdivisions of this state, or by any other person that may affect the species under consideration.||III. The department shall, by September 1, 1994, publish the rules adopted under RSA 541-A, including the natural heritage inventory. Such a list shall refer to the listed species by scientific and common name or names, if any.||IV. Excepting those species of plants determined to be endangered or threatened pursuant to the Endangered Species Act, the department shall determine whether any plant species should be listed as a protected species upon presentation of substantial evidence in the petition of any interested party. The department shall review each species listed as an endangered species or as a threatened species every 5 years to determine if the conditions that led to the original listing are still present.|||Source. 1987, 220:1. 1993, 250:5, eff. June 15, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:6 - Conservation Programs.

    217-A:6 Conservation Programs. –||I. The commissioner shall establish programs for the protection of species listed under RSA 217-A:5 and for exemplary natural communities. These programs may include methods for the acquisition of land and interests in land that the commissioner determines is necessary for the protection of such listed species or exemplary natural communities.||II. To administer this chapter, the department may enter into agreements with federal agencies, other states, agencies or political subdivisions of this state, or individuals or private organizations for administration and management of any program established under this section or utilized for the protection of listed plant species or exemplary natural communities.||III. The department is authorized to receive and expend funds, donations, grants, or other moneys, gifts, or bequests not exceeding $5,000, or exceeding $5,000 with the approval of the governor and council, to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.||IV. The department is authorized to acquire, by purchase or gift and after the approval of governor and council, real property for the purposes of this chapter.|||Source. 1987, 220:1. 1993, 250:6. 2010, 343:4, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:7 - Cooperation with Other State Agencies.

    217-A:7 Cooperation with Other State Agencies. –||All state agencies, consistent with their authority and responsibilities, shall assist and cooperate with the commissioner to carry out the purposes of this chapter. To the extent possible actions funded or carried out by state agencies shall not jeopardize the continued existence of any protected plant species or exemplary natural community.|||Source. 1987, 220:1. 1993, 250:7. 2010, 343:5, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-A:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:7-a - Natural Heritage Bureau Fund Established.

    217-A:7-a Natural Heritage Bureau Fund Established. –||I. The commissioner may charge a fee for screening department records for instances of protected species or environmental review, for using inventory and information services, and for publications and reports to recover the costs of providing products and services and a reasonable portion of the costs associated with building and maintaining the database.||II. Fees shall be sufficient to cover the costs of providing services and producing and providing products authorized by this chapter.||III. Fees shall be fixed in a schedule prepared and revised as necessary by the natural heritage bureau, approved by the commissioner, and established in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A. The fees charged under this paragraph shall be deposited in the fund established in paragraph IV.||IV. There is hereby established in the office of the state treasurer a fund to be known as the natural heritage bureau fund. Moneys collected under this section and RSA 217-A:6, III shall be deposited in this fund. The fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of providing environmental reviews, for the costs of providing publications or reports to the public, for the costs of providing inventory and information services, and to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.|||Source. 2005, 236:7. 2010, 343:6, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:8 - Rulemaking.

    217-A:8 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner of the department shall adopt rules, after public hearing and under RSA 541-A, relative to:||I. Criteria and procedures for listing endangered and threatened species under RSA 217-A:5.||II. Procedures for identifying exemplary natural communities.||III. Procedures for requests by persons or agencies for listing of plant species as endangered or threatened.||IV. Procedures for requests by persons or agencies for designating communities as exemplary.||V. Procedures for releasing information on listed plant species and exemplary natural communities.||VI. Conservation programs to protect endangered or threatened species and exemplary natural communities.||VII. Form and content of agreements with persons to protect endangered or threatened species and exemplary natural communities.||VIII. Procedures for application for and acceptance of funds for programs to protect endangered or threatened species and exemplary natural communities.||IX. Procedures for purchasing or accepting gifts of real property for purposes of this chapter.||X. Purposes for which exemptions may be granted under RSA 217-A:10, III.||XI. Administration of the fund established in RSA 217-A:7-a.|||Source. 1987, 220:1. 1993, 250:8. 2005, 236:3. 2010, 343:7, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:9 - Prohibited Acts.

    217-A:9 Prohibited Acts. –||I. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person, other than the owner of private property on which the species listed under RSA 217-A:5 is located to:||(a) Export any protected species from the state.||(b) Import any protected species into the state.||(c) Transport any protected species within the state.||(d) Take, possess, sell, offer for sale, deliver, carry, transport or ship, by any means, any protected species from public highways, public property, waters of the state or from property of another without required and valid state or federal permits.||(e) Otherwise violate any rule adopted under RSA 217-A:8, relative to the conservation or protection of any species listed under RSA 217-A:5.||II. Nothing in this section shall limit the rights of private property owners to take state protected species or exemplary natural communities on their own lands.||III. The natural heritage bureau, except as provided in RSA 217-A:9, I shall act as an information resource program to assist and advise state and local agencies, and private sector development projects upon request.|||Source. 1987, 220:1. 1993, 250:9. 2005, 236:4. 2010, 343:8, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-A:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:10 - Exemption.

    217-A:10 Exemption. –||I. Nothing in this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter shall interfere with any act authorized, permitted, or exempted by the Endangered Species Act or any regulation promulgated under that act.||II. Any protected plant species may be transported to, possessed at, and sold from a location certified by the New Hampshire department of agriculture, markets, and food under RSA 433:29, or a similar certification issued under the laws of another state.||III. The department may permit, under such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, any act otherwise prohibited by RSA 217-A:9 for scientific purposes, to enhance the propagation or survival of the affected species, or for the conservation of exemplary natural communities.||IV. No rule adopted by the department under the provisions of this chapter shall cause undue interference with normal agriculture or silvicultural practices.|||Source. 1987, 220:1. 1995, 130:4. 2008, 9:1. 2010, 343:9, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-A:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:11 - Penalty.

    217-A:11 Penalty. –||Any person violating the provisions of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a violation. Each such prohibited act with respect to each plant shall constitute a separate violation.|||Source. 1987, 220:1, eff. May 18, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-A:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-A - New Hampshire Native Plant Protection|Section 217-A:12 - Enforcement.

    217-A:12 Enforcement. –||I. Any peace officer shall have the authority to enforce this chapter, and may:||(a) Conduct searches as provided by law, and execute a warrant to search for and seize any equipment, business records, merchandise, or plants taken, possessed, transported, sold, offered for sale, bartered, shipped, or otherwise used in connection with any violation of this chapter.||(b) Arrest any person, without a warrant, who the officer has probable cause to believe is violating this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter.||(c) At the time of arrest of any person in connection with any violation, search the person, premises, or business records and seize any plants, records, or property taken or used in connection with any alleged violation.||II. Any warrant for the arrest of a person shall be issued upon sworn complaint as in other criminal cases, and any search warrant shall be issued only upon a written showing of probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, describing the places to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.||III. Equipment, merchandise, plants, or records seized under paragraph I shall be held by any peace officer pending disposition of court proceedings, and thereafter shall be forfeited to the state for disposition as the department may deem appropriate. The department may direct the transfer of plants so seized to a qualified biological or to a botanical, educational, or scientific institution for identification, safekeeping, and preservation for court proceedings. Upon conviction of the person or persons from whom the seizure was made, the court shall assess the costs of transfer and safekeeping on the convicted person and shall declare all plant materials seized forfeited to this state. Such items shall be deposited in a herbarium approved by the department, or, if alive, shall be used for scientific, propagative, or educational purposes or returned to their wild habitat.|||Source. 1987, 220:1, eff. May 18, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-B - Freedom's Way Heritage Area and Commission|Section 217-B:1 - Freedom's Way Heritage Area Established.

    217-B:1 Freedom's Way Heritage Area Established. –||There is hereby established the freedom's way heritage area, hereinafter referred to as the area, which shall include the cities and towns of Amherst, Brookline, Greenville, Hollis, Mason, Milford, Merrimack, Nashua, and New Ipswich. The purpose of such designation shall be to recognize the significant historic, cultural, and natural resources of the area and to preserve and interpret them for the education and inspiration of present and future generations. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the rights of private property owners or of the cities and towns in the area to develop the lands, buildings, and resources in the manner they determine appropriate. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide a management framework to assist the state and the area's municipalities in the development and implementation of integrated cultural, historical, land, and water resource management programs in cooperation with the federal government and the state in order to retain, enhance, and interpret the significant values of the natural and cultural resources in the area.|||Source. 2007, 61:1, eff. June 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 217-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 217-B - Freedom's Way Heritage Area and Commission|Section 217-B:2 - to 217-B:4 Repealed by 2010, 368:1(25), eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

    217-B:2 to 217-B:4 Repealed by 2010, 368:1(25), eff. Dec. 31, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 218:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 218 - Director of Parks and Recreation|Section 218:1 - to 218:4 Repealed by 1961, 223:7, IV.

    218:1 to 218:4 Repealed by 1961, 223:7, IV. –|
NH Rev Stat § 218:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 218 - Director of Parks and Recreation|Section 218:5 - Repealed by 1995, 299:19, V, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

    218:5 Repealed by 1995, 299:19, V, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. –|
NH Rev Stat § 218:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 218 - Director of Parks and Recreation|Section 218:5-a - Repealed by 1985, 389:8, eff. June 25, 1985.

    218:5-a Repealed by 1985, 389:8, eff. June 25, 1985. –|
NH Rev Stat § 218:5-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 218 - Director of Parks and Recreation|Section 218:5-b - Discounts; Division of Parks and Recreation.

    218:5-b Discounts;  Division of Parks and Recreation. –||The director of the division of parks and recreation is hereby instructed to issue day use coupon books reflecting a 20 percent discount from the usual rates charged at state parks during the summer months.|||Source. 1973, 503:1. 1977, 384:3, eff. Sept. 3, 1977.|
NH Rev Stat § 218:5-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 218 - Director of Parks and Recreation|Section 218:5-c - Admission Without Charge.

    218:5-c Admission Without Charge. –||Any person who is a resident of this state and who has attained the age of 65 shall, upon proper identification, be admitted to any state recreation area, including but not limited to parks, historical sites, beaches, and state-operated ski areas, without charge. Persons qualifying under this section shall be allowed to use any state owned facility within the recreation area without charge for the use of the facility, except persons qualifying under this section shall be charged the usual fee for the use of so-called "uphill devices" on Saturdays and Sundays. Provided further that other special charges at state owned recreation areas, such as fees charged for parking at parking meters, shall be charged persons qualifying under this section at the usual rates. The provisions of this section shall not apply to state owned campsites or camping areas or state-owned ski areas operated by a lessee.|||Source. 1977, 384:4. 1998, 134:1, eff. June 5, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 218:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 218 - Director of Parks and Recreation|Section 218:6 - Procuring Insurance.

    218:6 Procuring Insurance. –||The director of the division of parks and recreation, subject to the approval of the commissioner of natural and cultural resources, shall have power to protect merchandise purchased for resale situated in the forestry and recreation building at Franconia Notch, Franconia, New Hampshire, against fire and water damage, and such insurance shall be purchased through the department of administrative services, division of procurement and support services.|||Source. 1951, 98:1. RSA 218:6. 1994, 158:13, eff. May 23, 1994. 2014, 327:56, eff. Aug. 2, 2014. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 218:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 218 - Director of Parks and Recreation|Section 218:7 - to 218:15 Repealed by 1995, 299:19, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

    218:7 to 218:15 Repealed by 1995, 299:19, VI, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. –|
NH Rev Stat § 218:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 218 - Director of Parks and Recreation|Section 218:16 - Passes.

    218:16 Passes. –||In recognition of promotional or reciprocal cooperation, the director of parks and recreation, with the approval of the commissioner, may grant or permit the Cannon Mountain manager to grant special daily or seasonal passes to persons to use recreational or other areas under his or her jurisdiction under the following conditions: no more than one such pass, including not more than one other person, shall be assigned to an individual and use of the same shall not be transferable to others than members of the family of said recipient. Any pass of seasonal duration shall include individualized identification. The commissioner shall establish other conditions for the issuance of said passes and the director shall cancel said passes for any violation of said conditions.|||Source. 1967, 352:3, eff. July 3, 1967. 2016, 207:6, eff. June 6, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 219:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 219 - Purchasing Authority; Expenses|Section 219:1 - to 219:6 Repealed by 1995, 299:19, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

    219:1 to 219:6 Repealed by 1995, 299:19, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. –|
NH Rev Stat § 219:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 219 - Purchasing Authority; Expenses|Section 219:7 - Repealed by 1983, 422:17, IV, eff. June 24, 1983.

    219:7 Repealed by 1983, 422:17, IV, eff. June 24, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 219:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 219 - Purchasing Authority; Expenses|Section 219:7-a - Repealed by 1995, 299:19, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

    219:7-a Repealed by 1995, 299:19, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. –|
NH Rev Stat § 219:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 219 - Purchasing Authority; Expenses|Section 219:8 - Repealed by 1995, 299:19, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

    219:8 Repealed by 1995, 299:19, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. –|
NH Rev Stat § 219:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 219 - Purchasing Authority; Expenses|Section 219:8-a - Repealed by 1983, 422:17, V, eff. June 24, 1983.

    219:8-a Repealed by 1983, 422:17, V, eff. June 24, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 219:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 219 - Purchasing Authority; Expenses|Section 219:9 - Repealed by 1995, 299:19, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

    219:9 Repealed by 1995, 299:19, VII, eff. Jan. 1, 1996. –|
NH Rev Stat § 219:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 219 - Purchasing Authority; Expenses|Section 219:10 - Repealed by 1961, 263:9, eff. Sept. 4, 1961.

    219:10 Repealed by 1961, 263:9, eff. Sept. 4, 1961. –|
NH Rev Stat § 219:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX - Public Recreation|Title 219 - Purchasing Authority; Expenses|Section 219:11 - Omitted.

    219:11 Omitted. –|