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NH Rev Stat § 373:27 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:27 - Limitation.

    373:27 Limitation. –||Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed as altering the method of discontinuing highways now provided for by law wherein a crossing may be discontinued incidental to the closing of a highway.|||Source. 1935, 110:6. RL 299:44. 1951, 203:58 par. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 373:28 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:28 - Order to Establish.

    373:28 Order to Establish. –||The department of transportation, upon petition of the selectmen or of 20 or more legal voters of a town, after notice and hearing, may order a railroad to establish such stopping places or depots in the town as it finds that the public good requires, within a time by it limited, and to stop trains at such stopping places or depots.|||Source. 1850, 953:6. CS 150:61. GS 147:14. GL 161:14. PS 159:21. PL 249:37. RL 299:45. 1951, 203:58 par. 28. RSA 373:28. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(5).|
NH Rev Stat § 373:29 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:29 - Neglect.

    373:29 Neglect. –||A railroad shall forfeit $100 for each month's neglect to comply with such order, for the use of the town.|||Source. 1850, 953:6. CS 150:61. GS 147:15. GL 161:15. PS 159:22. PL 249:38. RL 299:46. 1951, 203:58 par. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 373:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:30 - Maintenance.

    373:30 Maintenance. –||Every railroad shall erect and maintain a sufficient fence upon each side of their road, except at the crossings of public highways; and, at every such crossing, they shall construct and maintain, upon each side of the highway, sufficient cattle guards or fences to prevent cattle from passing upon their road.|||Source. RS 146:6. CS 150:46. GS 148:1. 1868, 1:43. GL 162:1. PS 159:23. PL 249:39. RL 299:47. 1951, 203:58 par. 30, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 373:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:31 - By Landowner.

    373:31 By Landowner. –||If any railroad shall neglect to erect or maintain fences, as provided in RSA 373:30, the owner of adjoining land may give notice thereof to any agent of the railroad; and, if the fence is not erected or made sufficient within 20 days, such owner may build or repair it and recover of the railroad twice the expense of so doing in an action on the case.|||Source. RS 146:6. CS 150:46. GS 148:2. GL 162:2. PS 159:24. PL 249:40. RL 299:48. 1951, 203:58 par. 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 373:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:32 - Neglect to Repair.

    373:32 Neglect to Repair. –||If any person has agreed to repair or maintain such fence and neglects to do so, the railroad may rebuild the same and recover the expense of so doing of such person in an action on the case.|||Source. RS 146:7. CS 150:47. GS 148:3. GL 162:3. PS 159:25. PL 249:41. RL 299:49. 1951, 203:58 par. 32, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 373:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:33 - Establishing.

    373:33 Establishing. –||If the owner of land and a railroad are not agreed upon the place, number or kind of cattle guards, passes or crossings to be constructed for his accommodation, either party may apply to the department of transportation, which, after notice, hearing and examination, shall determine the number, places, time and manner of construction of the same.|||Source. 1850, 953:5. CS 150:45. GS 147:16. GL 161:16. 1889, 54:1. PS 159:19. PL 249:42. RL 299:50. 1951, 203:58 par. 33. RSA 373:33. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(5).|
NH Rev Stat § 373:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:34 - Failure to Construct.

    373:34 Failure to Construct. –||If the railroad does not construct such cattle guards, passes and crossings within the times limited by the department of transportation, and does not pay the costs adjudged to be paid by it, upon request, it shall be guilty of a violation for each month's neglect.|||Source. 1853, 1416:1. GS 147:17. GL 161:17. 1889, 54:1. PS 159:20. PL 249:43. RL 299:51. 1951, 203:58 par. 34. RSA 373:34. 1973, 531:111. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(5).|
NH Rev Stat § 373:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:35 - Alterations; Taking Land.

    373:35 Alterations;  Taking Land. –||The department of transportation may require the railroad to raise any railroad bridge or any overhead highway bridge and, in the case of a highway bridge, to change the approaches thereto so as to make them as nearly level as practicable. Whenever it is necessary, in complying with such requirement of the department of transportation to raise or lower or otherwise change the location of a highway outside the railroad location, any land needed for that purpose shall be taken, and the damage, if any, to landowners shall be appraised and paid in the manner described in RSA 372.|||Source. 1893, 39:1. PL 249:44, 45. RL 299:52, 53. 1951, 203:58 par. 35. RSA 373:35. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(5).|
NH Rev Stat § 373:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:36 - Notice.

    373:36 Notice. –||Proceedings under this subdivision shall only be had after due notice to the railroad, the town or city and the landowners.|||Source. 1893, 39:1. PL 249:47. RL 299:55. 1951, 203:58 par. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 373:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:37 - Orders.

    373:37 Orders. –||All orders and findings of the department of transportation shall be filed with the clerk of the town or city in which such bridge is located, and served upon the railroad.|||Source. 1893, 39:1. PL 249:48. RL 299:56. 1951, 203:58 par. 37. RSA 373:37. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(5).|
NH Rev Stat § 373:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:38 - Neglect to Comply.

    373:38 Neglect to Comply. –||Neglect by any railroad to comply with the orders of the department of transportation, within a reasonable time to be specified in such orders, shall be punished by a forfeiture of $50 a day, to be collected by the department of transportation, in the name and for the use of the state, in an action of debt.|||Source. 1893, 39:3. PL 249:49. RL 299:57. 1951, 203:58 par. 38. RSA 373:38. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(5).|
NH Rev Stat § 373:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:39 - Clearance of Bridges or Other Overhead Structures; Height of Cars.

    373:39 Clearance of Bridges or Other Overhead Structures;  Height of Cars. –||No overhead bridge or other structure shall hereafter be constructed across a railroad track in this state with less than 22 feet between the top of the rails and the lowest point of the overhead structure, except with the written consent of the department of transportation, and no railroad corporation shall receive or haul any freight car exceeding 16 feet in height from the rails to the top of the running board.|||Source. 1893, 39:2. PL 249:50. RL 299:58. 1951, 203:58 par. 39. RSA 373:39. 1957, 58:1. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(5).|
NH Rev Stat § 373:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:40 - Repealed by 1989, 52:1, I, eff. June 18, 1989.

    373:40 Repealed by 1989, 52:1, I, eff. June 18, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 373:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:41 - Repealed by 1989, 52:1, II, eff. June 18, 1989.

    373:41 Repealed by 1989, 52:1, II, eff. June 18, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 373:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 373 - Crossings, Stations, Fences, Cattle Guards, Bridges, and Bridge Guards|Section 373:42 - Repealed by 1989, 52:1, III, eff. June 18, 1989.

    373:42 Repealed by 1989, 52:1, III, eff. June 18, 1989. –|
NH Rev Stat § 374:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:1 - Service.

    374:1 Service. –||Every public utility shall furnish such service and facilities as shall be reasonably safe and adequate and in all other respects just and reasonable.|||Source. 1911, 164:4. PL 240:1. RL 289:1. 1951, 203:21, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:1-a - Exceptions.

    374:1-a Exceptions. –||Except as provided otherwise in this chapter, and except for RSA 374:2-a, RSA 374:28-a, RSA 374:34-a, RSA 374:48 through RSA 374:56, and RSA 374:59, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any end user of an excepted local exchange carrier, nor to any service provided to such end user.|||Source. 2012, 177:9, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:2 - Charges.

    374:2 Charges. –||All charges made or demanded by any public utility for any service rendered by it or to be rendered in connection therewith, shall be just and reasonable and not more than is allowed by law or by order of the public utilities commission. Every charge that is unjust or unreasonable, or in excess of that allowed by law or by order of the commission, is prohibited.|||Source. 1911, 164:4. PL 240:2. RL 289:2. 1951, 203:22, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:2-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:2-a - Alternative to Herbicide Use.

    374:2-a Alternative to Herbicide Use. –||Every public utility that uses herbicides to clear or maintain its rights-of-way shall offer, as an alternative to herbicide use, to cut back such vegetation, if requested by the owner of the land on which the right-of-way exists. The utility shall be permitted to charge the landowners who opt for the cutting of vegetation on their property an amount which has been approved by the public utilities commission and which reflects the increased cost the utility incurs in providing such an alternative. No utility shall indicate to any such landowner that such a charge may exist until the charge has been approved by the commission.|||Source. 1990, 27:1. 1997, 36:1, eff. July 4, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:3 - Extent of Power.

    374:3 Extent of Power. –||The public utilities commission and department of energy shall have the general supervision of all public utilities and the plants owned, operated or controlled by the same so far as necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this title.|||Source. 1911, 164:5. PL 240:3. RL 289:3. 1951, 203:20, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2021, 91:261, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:3-a - Alternative Forms of Regulation; Incentive Regulation.

    374:3-a Alternative Forms of Regulation;  Incentive Regulation. –||Upon petition of a regulated utility or upon its own initiative and after notice and hearing, the public utilities commission may approve alternative forms of regulation other than the traditional methods which are based upon cost of service, rate base and rate of return, provided that any such alternative results in just and reasonable rates and provides the utility the opportunity to realize a reasonable return on its investment.|||Source. 1994, 193:2, eff. July 23, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:4 - Duty to Keep Informed.

    374:4 Duty to Keep Informed. –||The commission and the department of energy shall have power, and it shall be their duty, to keep informed as to all public utilities in the state, their capitalization, franchises and the manner in which the lines and property controlled or operated by them are managed and operated, not only with respect to the safety, adequacy and accommodation offered by their service, but also with respect to their compliance with all provisions of law, orders of the commission and charter requirements.|||Source. 1911, 164:5. PL 240:4. RL 289:4. 1951, 203:23, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2021, 91:263, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:5 - Additions and Improvements.

    374:5 Additions and Improvements. –||For the purpose of enabling the commission and the department of energy to perform their duty to keep informed as provided in RSA 374:4, every public utility, before making any addition, extension, or capital improvement to its fixed property in this state, except under emergency conditions, shall report to the commission and the department of energy the probable cost of such addition, extension, or capital improvement whenever the probable cost thereof exceeds a reasonable amount to be prescribed by general or special order of the commission. For this purpose, the commission may classify public utilities according to the amount of their respective fixed capital accounts, and prescribe a reasonable limitation for each such classification. In no case shall the minimum amount prescribed be less than 1/4 of one percent of such fixed capital account as of December 31 of the preceding year, or $10,000, whichever is the smaller amount. Reports shall be filed in writing within such reasonable time as may be prescribed by the commission before starting actual construction on any addition, extension, or improvement. The commission shall have discretion to exclude the cost of any such addition, extension, or capital improvement from the rate base of said utility where such written report thereof shall not have been filed in advance as herein provided.|||Source. 1951, 203:24, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2021, 91:263, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:5-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:5-a - Power to Hire Consultants Firm.

    374:5-a Power to Hire Consultants Firm. –||The commission and the department of energy may utilize and employ a consultant firm to provide it with technical assistance in evaluating cost factors relating to the effective use of substantial investments of utilities regulated by the commission.|||Source. 1975, 327:1, eff. Aug. 6, 1975. 2021, 91:263, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:6 - Inspection of Railroads.

    374:6 Inspection of Railroads. –||The department of transportation shall have power, either through its members or duly authorized experts, to ride upon any locomotive or train of any railroad while in service for inspection purposes and to have, upon reasonable notice, a special locomotive and inspection car for a physical inspection once annually of all the lines and stations of each railroad in the state.|||Source. 1911, 164:5. PL 240:5. RL 289:5. 1951, 203:25. RSA 374:6. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(6).|
NH Rev Stat § 374:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:7 - Investigation of Other Utilities; Orders.

    374:7 Investigation of Other Utilities;  Orders. –||The commission and the department of energy shall have power to investigate and ascertain, from time to time, the quality of gas supplied by public utilities and the methods employed by public utilities in manufacturing, transmitting or supplying gas or electricity for light, heat or power, or in transmitting telephone and telegraph messages, or supplying water, and, after notice and hearing thereon, shall have power to order all reasonable and just improvements and extensions in service or methods.|||Source. 1911, 164:5. PL 240:6. RL 289:6. 1951, 203:26, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2021, 91:264, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:7-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:7-a - Violation.

    374:7-a Violation. –||I. Any person who knowingly or willfully violates any provision of RSA 370:2 or any standards or rules adopted under it by the public utilities commission or the department of energy, relative to gas pipelines and liquefied petroleum gas systems pursuant to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed the maximum civil penalty under 49 U.S.C. section 60122(a), as amended.||II. Any person who otherwise violates any provision of RSA 370:2 or any standards or rules adopted under it by the public utilities commission or the department of energy, relative to gas pipelines and liquefied petroleum gas systems pursuant to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed the maximum civil penalty under 49 U.S.C. section 60122(a), as amended.||III. The department of energy shall assess and enforce civil penalties related to this section. Any civil penalty assessed under this section may be appealed to the public utilities commission, and the commission may uphold, reverse, or compromise such civil penalty. In determining the amount of the penalty, the outcome of an appeal, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, the appropriateness of the penalty to the size of the business of the person charged, the gravity of the violation, the good faith of the person charged in attempting to achieve compliance, after notification of a violation, the degree of culpability of the person, the history of prior violations, the effect of the penalty on the person, and any other identifiable factor related to the circumstances of the person and the nature and circumstances of the violation, shall be considered. The amount of the penalty, when finally determined, or the amount agreed upon in compromise, may be deducted from any sums owing by the state to the person charged or may be recovered in a civil action in the state courts.|||Source. 1969, 280:1. 1989, 240:2. 2004, 148:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2005. 2014, 91:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2015. 2021, 91:264, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:8 - Accounting Systems.

    374:8 Accounting Systems. –||I. The commission may, whenever it deems it advisable, establish a system of accounts and records to be used by public utilities for their business within this state, may classify them and prescribe a system of accounts for each class, and may prescribe the manner in which said accounts shall be kept.||II. The uniform system of accounts for regulated utilities established under the provisions of this section shall be exempt from the requirements of RSA 541-A, the administrative procedure act. The commission shall file, however, in the office of legislative services a copy of all rules adopted, amended or repealed under this section by the commission.|||Source. 1911, 164:6. PL 240:7. RL 289:7. 1951, 203:27. RSA 374:8. 1994, 193:3, eff. July 23, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:9 - Limitation.

    374:9 Limitation. –||Nothing contained in RSA 374:8 shall be deemed to prevent public utilities from complying with any requirements made of them by the authority of the United States Government.|||Source. 1911, 164:6. PL 240:8. RL 289:8. 1951, 203:28, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:10 - Depreciation Account.

    374:10 Depreciation Account. –||Every public utility shall carry a proper and adequate depreciation account whenever the commission shall determine that such depreciation account can reasonably be required and shall so order. Every public utility shall conform its depreciation account to such rules, regulations and forms as may be prescribed by the commission.|||Source. 1913, 98:1. PL 240:9. RL 289:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:11 - Use of Depreciation Fund.

    374:11 Use of Depreciation Fund. –||The depreciation fund may be expended in new construction, extensions or additions to the property of the public utility, or invested and, if invested, the net income from the investment shall be added to the depreciation fund, unless the commission for good cause shown shall otherwise order. Such fund may be used only for new construction, extensions or additions to physical property or for renewing, restoring, replacing or substituting depreciated property in order to keep its plant and system in a state of repair and efficiency, or for paying debts incurred for such purposes.|||Source. 1913, 98:1. PL 240:10. RL 289:10. 1951, 203:29, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:12 - Declaring Dividends.

    374:12 Declaring Dividends. –||No public utility shall declare or pay any dividend except out of net corporate income, and except after setting aside such depreciation reserve, if any, as it may carry in compliance with the provisions of RSA 374:10; provided, that this section shall not prevent the payment of dividends in any year out of any undistributed balance of such net corporate income previously accumulated.|||Source. 1913, 98:1. PL 240:11. RL 289:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 374:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 374 - General Regulations|Section 374:13 - Form of Accounts and Records.

    374:13 Form of Accounts and Records. –||When the commission has prescribed the form of accounts and records to be kept by public utilities of any class, each public utility of that class shall thereafter keep the accounts and records so prescribed accurately and honestly and in the manner prescribed; and it shall be unlawful for it to keep any other accounts or records covering the matters included in the accounts and records prescribed, except those which it may be required to keep by the authority of the United States or of any other state.|||Source. 1913, 98:1. PL 240:12. RL 289:12. 1951, 203:30, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|