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NH Rev Stat § 228:60-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:60-b - Purchase Price for Rail Properties.

    228:60-b Purchase Price for Rail Properties. –||I. All rail properties within the state offered for sale by any railway corporation after July 1, 1990, shall be offered for sale in writing to the commissioner in the first instance. In no event shall a railroad corporation offer to sell or otherwise dispose of rail properties to any person or entity on terms or conditions more favorable than those offered to the state. The state of New Hampshire acting through the commissioner shall notify such railroad corporation in writing of its acceptance or rejection of an offer within 90 calendar days of receipt of such offer. When the commissioner accepts an offer, he or she shall promptly notify the governor and the governor's council.||II. When the governor receives notice of the commissioner's acceptance of an offer to purchase rail property, he or she shall schedule the offer for consideration by the council within 90 days of the date on the notice. The state of New Hampshire, acting through the commissioner with the approval of governor and council, may match any verifiable bona fide offer made for any rail properties within the limits of funds available to the commissioner for this purpose. In the event that the property offered for sale to the commissioner is to be purchased for other transportation purposes, including recreational trails, funds for such purchase shall be identified and provided by the state agency or political subdivision requesting the commissioner to acquire the property. The state or a political subdivision thereof shall retain title to all land purchased under the right of first refusal. Cooperative use and management agreements with state agencies or political subdivisions providing acquisition funds shall be executed for parcels acquired with other than department of transportation funds. In the event that all or any part of the parcel so acquired is needed for transportation of goods or services of any kind or for any other purpose deemed necessary by the commissioner, the contributing entity shall be entitled to a refund of contribution or replacement land as determined by RSA 4:40. Any such right of first refusal shall be offered in writing to the commissioner who shall notify such railroad corporation in writing of acceptance or rejection of such an offer within 90 calendar days of receipt of such offer.||III. If the amount of any offer is unsatisfactory to the state, the commissioner may proceed to condemn such rail properties under RSA 228:59.|||Source. 1983, 100:1. 1985, 254:2. 1990, 200:2. 1993, 267:2. 2001, 114:1. 2005, 88:1, eff. Aug. 6, 2005.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:60-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:60-c - Railroad Right-of-Way Preservation.

    228:60-c Railroad Right-of-Way Preservation. –||I. The commissioner is authorized to enter into agreements, with owners of railroad rights-of-way on which railroad service has been abandoned, for preservation intact of railroad right-of-way corridors. Any such agreement shall provide:||(a) That a specifically identified railroad right-of-way including all tracks and bridges still in place shall remain intact and under single ownership for a period of at least 5 years; and||(b) Said railroad right-of-way may be used for recreational purposes in conjunction with the statewide trail system provided for in RSA 216-F, subject to its being made available for rail use if necessary; and||(c) During the period of the agreement, the railroad right-of-way shall not be subject to the tax established by RSA 82 and RSA 72:12 which would otherwise be attributable to it; and||(d) The owner of said railroad right-of-way shall be relieved from civil liability for any personal injury or property damage occurring on said right-of-way during the period of the agreement; and||(e) Whatever additional terms the commissioner deems necessary or desirable.||II. Any railroad right-of-way which is the subject of a railroad right-of-way preservation agreement pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be held for railroad use and in continuation of the railroad easement and shall not revert by operation of law to any other ownership.||III. The railroad right-of-way preservation agreements authorized by this section shall become lawful contracts of the state of New Hampshire and shall supersede any contrary state statute or common law when signed by the commissioner, approved as to form and execution by the attorney general and approved by the governor and council.|||Source. 1983, 330:1, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:61 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:61 - Cooperation Between States.

    228:61 Cooperation Between States. –||The commissioner is authorized to cooperate with other states in connection with the purchase of any rail properties within the state of New Hampshire. The commissioner is also authorized to acquire trackage rights in other states and rail properties lying in other states in order to carry out the intention and purposes of this subdivision. In carrying out the authority conferred by this section, the commissioner shall have the right to enter general contractual arrangements for such purposes, including joint purchase of rail properties with other states and entering into leases jointly with other states affected thereby.|||Source. 1981, 568:55, eff. July 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:62 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:62 - Planning Authority.

    228:62 Planning Authority. –||The commissioner shall have the power and authority to develop and promulgate plans for the development and continuation of railroad systems within the state of New Hampshire. The commissioner shall have the duty and responsibility for establishing a state plan as referred to in the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, including sections 401, 402 and 403 thereof, or any other pertinent federal legislation.|||Source. 1981, 568:55, eff. July 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:62-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:62-a - Railroad Police.

    228:62-a Railroad Police. –||The commissioner may recommend one or more of the employees of the division to the commissioner of safety for appointment as railroad police officers pursuant to RSA 381:2. All employees recommended for appointment shall meet the qualifications for commission set forth in RSA 381:4.|||Source. 1981, 568:55, eff. July 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:63 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:63 - Federal Funds; Appropriations.

    228:63 Federal Funds;  Appropriations. –||The commissioner is also authorized to apply for, with the approval of governor and council, loans, grants and such funds available under the provisions of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 or other pertinent federal legislation. The commissioner may utilize federal funds, such other grants, gifts or donations as may become available and such sums as are appropriated for the purpose of acquiring rail properties and for all other purposes set forth in this subdivision.|||Source. 1981, 568:55, eff. July 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:64 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:64 - Delinquent Railroad Taxes.

    228:64 Delinquent Railroad Taxes. –||Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, there are hereby appropriated to the department and the commissioner may utilize, any delinquent state taxes and the interest due thereon to the date of acquisition from any railroad entity only as an offset against the purchase cost of any railroad property purchased from that railroad entity. Such taxes and interest hereby appropriated shall be in addition to any other funds available for the purposes of this subdivision.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 1985, 402:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:65 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:65 - Purchase of Rolling Stock, Equipment and Machinery.

    228:65 Purchase of Rolling Stock, Equipment and Machinery. –||The commissioner is authorized to purchase such railroad rolling stock, equipment and machinery as may be necessary for the operation and maintenance of any rail properties purchased by him on behalf of the state, with any funds made available for such purposes. In furtherance of such authority, the commissioner is authorized to acquire and have available a pool of equipment and machinery which may be utilized by the operators of any such rail properties for the purpose of track maintenance and other related railroad activities, upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner may determine with approval of the governor and council.|||Source. 1981, 568:55, eff. July 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:66 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:66 - Rebuilding, Modernization and Maintenance of Rail Properties.

    228:66 Rebuilding, Modernization and Maintenance of Rail Properties. –||The commissioner is authorized to contract for the rebuilding of any rail properties, either publicly or privately owned. The commissioner is further authorized to spend any sums appropriated for such purpose as well as any other available funds for the modernization and rebuilding of any rail properties. The commissioner is also authorized to do such maintenance on any rail properties as appears necessary in the public interest. All state or federal funds appropriated for privately owned rail lines shall be expended only if the following procedures and conditions are fulfilled and incorporated into binding agreements executed by and among the state, the owner of the affected rail line, and the shippers or users who utilize said lines and who participate in the performance of the following:||I. All state funds shall be matched by the owner, shipper, or user in cash, labor, or materials in an amount equal to 20 percent of the total amount provided. All federal funds shall be matched by the owner, shipper or user in cash, labor, or materials in an amount equal to the percentage established by the Federal Railroad Administration of the total amount provided for the particular project.||II. Shippers or users participating pursuant to paragraph I shall be required to furnish assurance by signed agreement with the state to continue utilization of the line involved on an annual basis at a tonnage level of at least 80 percent of their annual tonnage average over the 3 years preceding the agreement, provided that enforcement of such assurance shall be preceded by a finding by the commissioner that any shipping rate increases during such period are reasonable.||III. Shippers or users shall make commitments to use appropriate volume and usage levels on the line.||IV. The railroad operator and its successors and assigns shall make commitments to continue service and maintenance on the lines appropriate to the volume and usage levels committed under paragraph II and at the classification level to which the lines had been rehabilitated.||V. A lien on the improved property shall be created in favor of the state in an amount which equals all, or the pro rata share, of the improvements made. The lien shall expire 10 years from the date the improvements are completed; provided that the lien shall be recorded in the registry of deeds of the county or counties in which the improved property is situated and shall not supersede any lien created by a mortgage affecting such property. The lien shall only expire if the line upon which the improvements have been made is operated and maintained for normal use for a period of 10 years subsequent to the completion of the improvements.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 1990, 200:3. 1993, 116:1, 2, eff. July 16, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:67 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:67 - Disposition of Acquired or Abandoned Rail Properties.

    228:67 Disposition of Acquired or Abandoned Rail Properties. –||Whenever the commissioner determines that certain acquired or abandoned rail properties owned by the state pursuant to RSA 228:60-a, II; 228:60-a, VI; 228:60-b; or any other means are no longer needed, the commissioner may transfer or sell such rail properties to any other state department or agency, or political subdivision of the state, which will utilize such properties for public uses and, if no state department or agency, or political subdivision, wants such properties, the commissioner may sell them, in accordance with RSA 4:40 with the proceeds from the sale deposited into the special fund established in RSA 228:68. Such transfer or sale shall require approval of the long range capital planning and utilization committee and the governor and council.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 1986, 217:4. 1990, 94:1. 2001, 114:2. 2006, 324:21, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:68 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:68 - Special Fund Established.

    228:68 Special Fund Established. –||The state treasurer shall establish a non-lapsing special fund to be known as the special railroad fund. He shall deposit in said fund proceeds from the sale or lease of any rail properties and income derived by the commissioner as a result of action taken pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, and any special gifts, grants other than grants or portions of grants which are appropriated for a specific purpose, or donations for the purpose of this subdivision.|||Source. 1981, 568:55, eff. July 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:69 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:69 - Appropriation and Use of Special Railroad Fund.

    228:69 Appropriation and Use of Special Railroad Fund. –||I. All moneys including moneys received from the railroad tax imposed by RSA 82:31, operating agreements, rentals, and permit, application, and renewal fees shall be deposited in the special railroad fund established by RSA 228:68, and are hereby appropriated to be expended by the commissioner as follows:||(a) Twenty percent of the state's receipts from each railroad operating agreement shall be distributed annually to the cities and towns through which the active state-owned railroad lines used in each such agreement pass in proportion to the active state-owned trackage present in each such city or town.||(b) With the approval of the fiscal committee and governor and council, for the purchase, operation, or maintenance of railroad properties acquired or to be acquired pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision.||(c) To provide funding for the Boston to Montreal High Speed Rail Planning and Feasibility Study for the high speed rail connection between Boston and Montreal in an amount not to exceed $85,000.||II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, the commissioner may expend up to $5,000 for each project involving the operation and maintenance of railroad properties without a special appropriation or the approval of the fiscal committee and governor and council.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 1986, 217:3. 1993, 116:3. 1996, 77:1. 1999, 304:5. 2002, 259:3. 2004, 250:7, eff. June 15, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:70 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:70 - Authorized to Employ Consultants.

    228:70 Authorized to Employ Consultants. –||The commissioner may, in support of his actions as herein authorized, engage the services of consultants for the purpose of preparing estimates for plant rehabilitation costs. Further, he may engage, as he considers necessary, the services of qualified independent consultants to perform economic feasibility studies, appraisals, title searches and legal counsel, or as otherwise necessary in carrying out the responsibilities of this subdivision.|||Source. 1981, 568:55, eff. July 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:72 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:72 - Discontinuances of Service.

    228:72 Discontinuances of Service. –||Whenever any operator of a public mass transportation system shall file with the department a petition requesting authorization to discontinue service, it shall be the duty of the commissioner, after hearing, to determine if it is in the public interest to discontinue such service, and if it shall be found that it is not in the public interest that such service be discontinued, the commissioner shall so order and prepare a plan for the continued operation or acquisition of such system. If it is found to be in the public interest for such service to be discontinued, the commissioner may so order.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 1985, 402:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:73 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:73 - Statutes Not Applicable.

    228:73 Statutes Not Applicable. –||Any regular route passenger transportation operation conducted directly by the department or by contract with the department shall not be subject to the requirements of RSA 376, provided, however, that such operations shall be subject to all safety and insurance standards as set forth by the department for similar operations.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 1985, 402:13. 1992, 150:2, eff. July 5, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:74 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:74 - Exemptions for Property.

    228:74 Exemptions for Property. –||All property of the department and all property held in the name of the state and under the jurisdiction of the department shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, no property, real or personal, held by the department or the state pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision, shall be subject to any state, county or local tax.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 1985, 402:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:74-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:74-a - Carry-Over of Federal Funds.

    228:74-a Carry-Over of Federal Funds. –||All Urban Mass Transportation Administration funds assigned to a New Hampshire program, which are obligated to that program until its completion, shall be carried over from one state fiscal year to the next. The length of time such funds may be carried over shall be governed by the obligated time limit assigned to the funds by the federal government.|||Source. 1989, 27:1, eff. April 4, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:75 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:75 - Funding of Legal Services.

    228:75 Funding of Legal Services. –||Such sums as may be appropriated for use by the department of justice for the benefit of the department and such federal funds as may be available to the department for legal services and as may be transferable to the department of justice for the provision of legal services, may be expended by the attorney general for retention of outside counsel and to offset the costs of legal services provided by the attorney general, in such proportions as the attorney general and the commissioner may agree.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 1985, 402:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:76 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:76 - Authority to Issue Securities.

    228:76 Authority to Issue Securities. –||A common carrier by rail lawfully engaged in business in this state may, with the approval of the department, but not otherwise, issue and sell its stock, bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness payable more than 12 months after the date thereof for lawful corporate purposes. The proposed issue and sale of securities shall be approved by the department when it finds that the same is consistent with the public good. Such approval shall extend to the amount of the issue authorized and the purpose or purposes to which the securities or the proceeds thereof are to be applied, and shall be subject to such reasonable terms and conditions as the department may find to be necessary in the public interest; provided, however, that the provisions of RSA 293-A shall be observed by corporations organized under the laws of this state in respect of the corporate authorization required and of other formalities to be observed.|||Source. 1985, 402:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:77 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:77 - Mortgages.

    228:77 Mortgages. –||A common carrier by rail may, with the approval of the department but not otherwise, mortgage its present and future property, tangible and intangible, including franchises, to secure the payment of its bonds or notes, including any bonds or notes to be thereafter issued under the provisions of such mortgage; provided, however, that no such approval shall be required for any mortgage of property pursuant to after-acquired clauses of mortgages securing the payment of bonds or notes issued prior to September 1, 1951.|||Source. 1985, 402:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:78 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:78 - Application for Leave To Issue.

    228:78 Application for Leave To Issue. –||Any such common carrier by rail which may apply to the department for authority to issue such securities shall file with its application a statement in reasonable detail, showing the actual cost already incurred and the estimated cost to be incurred for any of the purposes for which such securities are to be issued and the actual cost already incurred and the estimated cost to be incurred for such purposes.|||Source. 1985, 402:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:79 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:79 - Authorization.

    228:79 Authorization. –||The department, after such hearing or investigation as it may deem proper, shall determine the actual or probable cost incurred or to be incurred; and, if in its judgment the issue of such securities upon the terms proposed is consistent with the public good, it shall authorize the same to an amount sufficient, at the price fixed in accordance with the laws applicable thereto, to provide funds for defraying the cost as so determined.|||Source. 1985, 402:14.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:80 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:80 - Certificate.

    228:80 Certificate. –||Within 30 days after a final order authorizing an issue of securities, the department shall file in the office of the secretary of state a certificate setting out the amount of the securities which it has authorized and the purposes for which the proceeds thereof may be used.|||Source. 1985, 402:14.|