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NH Rev Stat § 35-A:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 35-A - New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank|Section 35-A:40 - Public Utility Bonding.

    35-A:40 Public Utility Bonding. –||The bank shall have the authority to purchase, sell and hold public utility bonds subject to the terms pursuant to RSA 374-C. Such purchase and sale of public utility bonds shall be separate from the purchase and sale of municipal bonds under this chapter. All proceeds derived pursuant to RSA 374-C shall be maintained separately from the general fund and bond reserve fund established under this chapter. The bank's authority created under this chapter shall extend, wherever applicable, to the effective implementation of RSA 374-C.|||Source. 1979, 498:3, eff. Sept. 4, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 35-A:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 35-A - New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank|Section 35-A:41 - Educational Institution Bonding.

    35-A:41 Educational Institution Bonding. –||The bank shall have the authority to purchase, sell and hold educational institution bonds subject to the terms pursuant to RSA 195-F. Such purchase and sale of educational institution bonds shall be separate from the purchase and sale of municipal bonds under this chapter. All proceeds derived pursuant to RSA 195-F shall be maintained separately from the general fund and bond reserve fund established under this chapter. The bank's authority created under this chapter shall extend, wherever applicable, to the effective implementation of RSA 195-F.|||Source. 1982, 5:2, eff. Feb. 19, 1982.|
NH Rev Stat § 35-A:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 35-A - New Hampshire Municipal Bond Bank|Section 35-A:42 - Collective Municipal Economic Development Projects; Agreements.

    35-A:42 Collective Municipal Economic Development Projects;  Agreements. –||I. Any number of towns or cities may join collectively to exercise any rights available to a governmental unit under the provisions of this chapter, provided that such collective effort is limited to the raising of funds for economic development projects. For the purposes of this section "economic development projects" means existing or proposed projects designed in part to create, retain, or improve jobs within one or more of the towns or cities which collectively exercise any rights of a governmental unit under this chapter.||II. Once any number of towns or cities join together for the purposes described in paragraph I, such combination shall be known as a multi-governmental unit. Any multi-governmental unit may enter into such written agreements as the respective governing bodies of the various towns and cities involved shall approve concerning valuation and distribution of the benefits intended by the economic development project.|||Source. 1993, 328:4, eff. Aug. 23, 1993.|
NH Rev Stat § 35-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 35-B - Public Recreation and Parks|Section 35-B:1 - Establishment and Management.

    35-B:1 Establishment and Management. –||Any town, city, county, village district or school district acting through its governing body, may either independently or in conjunction with the United States, the state of New Hampshire, or any other political subdivision acquire land within or without its jurisdiction by gift, purchase or lease, for a public recreation and park area and may prepare, equip, and maintain said land for said purpose. Said town, city, county or district may establish a system of reasonable fees and charges thereon; may conduct and promote leisure-time activities thereon. In connection therewith, any such town, city, county, or district may construct, reconstruct, equip, operate, and maintain any recreation building or recreation support facility; and may employ an administrative officer and such other persons as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Any town, city, county or district shall have the power to jointly enter into any contract with any organization or organizations for the purpose of conducting leisure-time programs, acquiring recreational lands or facilities, or exercising any other power granted by this chapter.|||Source. 1979, 185:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 35-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 35-B - Public Recreation and Parks|Section 35-B:2 - Tax and Appropriations.

    35-B:2 Tax and Appropriations. –||Any town, city, county, village district or school district may raise annually revenues and appropriate funds for the purpose described in RSA 35-B:1 and also may raise such sums when the land upon which such activities are conducted belongs to or is leased by the state. The money necessary to pay for lands or other recreation purposes described in RSA 35-B:1 may be raised and appropriated by the board or body having control over the finances of a political subdivision by the following methods:||I. General taxation, as other taxes are raised and levied or by the issuance of temporary loan bonds or by the issuance of permanent bonds to the extent, and with the authority authorized by existing law.||II. By fees and charges for recreation park services and facilities. All revenue from such fees and charges may be deposited into a special fund established for such purposes pursuant to RSA 31:95-c, or into a recreation revolving fund established by vote of the legislative body. If such a recreation revolving fund is created, the money in the fund shall be allowed to accumulate from year to year, and shall not be considered part of the political subdivision's general surplus. The treasurer of the political subdivision shall have custody of all moneys in such fund, and shall pay out the same only upon order of the recreation or park commission, or other board or body designated by the local legislative body at the time the fund is created. Such funds may be expended only for the purposes of this chapter, and no expenditure shall be made in such a way as to require the expenditure of, or create a liability upon, other town funds which have not been appropriated to that purpose. If such recreation revolving fund is rescinded by vote of the legislative body, any remaining amounts in the fund shall become part of the general fund accumulated surplus.|||Source. 1979, 185:1. 1993, 161:1, eff. July 23, 1993. 2012, 181:3, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 35-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 35-B - Public Recreation and Parks|Section 35-B:3 - Officials and Powers.

    35-B:3 Officials and Powers. –||The power conferred by RSA 35-B:1 may be exercised by a recreation or park commission or any other board or commission as authorized by the governing body of the political subdivision and charged with the responsibility of providing leisure-time services within the political subdivisions' jurisdiction. These powers may be divided as directed by the governing body. The commission shall have powers as are necessary to carry out the purpose for which it is created. These powers may include but not be restricted to the power:||I. To acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property; provided, however, the disposal of any real property shall have prior approval of the appropriate legislative body.||II. To make contracts;||III. To grant concessions;||IV. To make charges for the use of facilities or for participation;||V. To make and enforce rules and regulations governing the use of property, facilities or equipment and the conduct of persons thereon;||VI. To contract with any municipal corporation, governmental or private agencies for the conduct of park and recreation programs;||VII. To operate jointly with other governmental units any facilities or property including participation in the acquisition; and||VIII. To hold trust or manage public property useful to the accomplishment of its objectives.|||Source. 1979, 185:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1979. 1997, 53:1, 2, eff. July 18, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 35-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 35-B - Public Recreation and Parks|Section 35-B:4 - Recreation or Park Commission.

    35-B:4 Recreation or Park Commission. –||If any town, city, county, or village district decides that the above powers shall be exercised by a recreation or park commission, it shall consist of citizens of such town, city, county, or village district. In cities the citizens shall be appointed by the mayor or city council, subject to provisions of the city charter; in towns by the selectmen; and in other political subdivisions by the governing body of the subdivision. The persons initially appointed to the commission shall serve staggered terms. Their successors shall be appointed under the same appointing procedure for 3 years. Vacancies as they occur shall be filled by the appointing authority for the unexpired term. Any city or town may by ordinance or resolution provide that the mayor or a selectman, or councilman, shall be an ex officio member of the commission.|||Source. 1979, 185:1. 1993, 29:1, eff. June 7, 1993. 1997, 53:3, eff. July 18, 1997. 2010, 226:5, eff. Aug. 27, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 35-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 35-B - Public Recreation and Parks|Section 35-B:5 - Organization and Procedures for Operation of Recreation or Park Commission.

    35-B:5 Organization and Procedures for Operation of Recreation or Park Commission. –||The commission shall from its own number elect a chairperson, secretary, and other necessary officers to serve one year, or until their successors are elected. The commission shall meet at least quarterly. All regular meetings of the commission shall be open to the public. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. Any action is not official unless authorized by a majority of the total membership. The commission shall also have the power to adopt other rules of procedure and prescribe regulations for the conduct of all business within its jurisdiction necessary to carry out the functions for which it was created.|||Source. 1979, 185:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1979. 1997, 53:4, eff. July 19, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 35-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 35-B - Public Recreation and Parks|Section 35-B:6 - Use of Public Property.

    35-B:6 Use of Public Property. –||All public property may be used for leisure time activities, provided that prior approval for its use has been granted by the appropriate authority in charge of that property. A cooperating agency may establish its own system of just compensation for the use of such properties. Similarly, any authority or body in charge of any public property may refuse use of its property for leisure service activities if interference in the intended use of the property would result.|||Source. 1979, 185:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 35-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 35-B - Public Recreation and Parks|Section 35-B:7 - Cooperative Arrangements Between Political Subdivisions and Other Agencies.

    35-B:7 Cooperative Arrangements Between Political Subdivisions and Other Agencies. –||I. Any 2 or more towns, cities, counties, or other political subdivisions, may severally vote to establish cooperative arrangements for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. Appropriate action by ordinance, resolution or otherwise shall be necessary before any such agreement may take effect.||II. Any such agreement shall specify the following:||(a) Its duration;||(b) The precise organization, composition and nature of any separate legal or administrative entity created thereby together with the powers delegated thereto;||(c) Its purpose or purposes;||(d) The manner of financing the joint or cooperative undertaking and of establishing and maintaining a budget therefor;||(e) The permissible method or methods to be employed in accomplishing the partial or complete termination of the agreement and for disposing of property upon such partial or complete termination;||(f) Any other necessary and proper provisions.||III. In the event that the agreement does not establish a separate legal entity to conduct the joint or cooperative undertaking, the agreement shall, in addition to the above listed items, contain the following:||(a) Provisions for an administrator or a joint board responsible for administering the joint or cooperative undertaking. Any public agencies which are a party to the agreement shall be represented on any joint board established.||(b) The manner of acquiring, holding and disposing of real and personal property used in the joint or cooperative undertaking.||IV. No agreement made pursuant to this section shall relieve any public agency of any obligation or responsibility imposed upon it by law except that to the extent of actual and timely performance thereof by a joint board or other legal or administrative entity created by an agreement made hereunder, said performance may be offered in satisfaction of the obligation or responsibility. Financing of joint projects by agreement shall be as provided by law.|||Source. 1979, 185:1, eff. Aug. 5, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 36:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:1 - Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

    36:1 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 36:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:2 - to 36:12 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

    36:2 to 36:12 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 36:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:13 - to 36:15 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

    36:13 to 36:15 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 36:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:16 - to 36:18 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

    36:16 to 36:18 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 36:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:19 - to 36:29 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

    36:19 to 36:29 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 36:30 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:30 - Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

    36:30 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 36:31 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:31 - to 36:34 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

    36:31 to 36:34 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 36:35, 36:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:35, 36:36 - Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984.

    36:35, 36:36 Repealed by 1983, 447:5, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1984. –|
NH Rev Stat § 36:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:37 - to 36:44 Repealed by 1969, 324:2, eff. Aug. 29, 1969.

    36:37 to 36:44 Repealed by 1969, 324:2, eff. Aug. 29, 1969. –|
NH Rev Stat § 36:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:45 - Purposes.

    36:45 Purposes. –||The purpose of this subdivision shall be to enable municipalities and counties to join in the formation of regional planning commissions whose duty it shall be to prepare a coordinated plan for the development of a region, taking into account present and future needs with a view toward encouraging the most appropriate use of land, such as for agriculture, forestry, industry, commerce, and housing; the facilitation of transportation and communication; the proper and economic location of public utilities and services; the development of adequate recreational areas; the promotion of good civic design; and the wise and efficient expenditure of public funds. The aforesaid plan shall be made in order to promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare of the region and its inhabitants. To promote these purposes the office of planning and development shall delineate planning regions for the state so that each municipality of the state will fall within a delineated region and shall have the opportunity of forming or joining the regional planning commission for that planning region. In determining these regions the office shall consider such factors as community of interest and homogeneity, existing metropolitan and regional planning agencies, patterns of communication and transportation, geographic features and natural boundaries, extent of urban development, relevancy of the region for provision of governmental services and functions and its use for administering state and federal programs, the existence of physical, social and economic problems of a regional character, and other related characteristics. To accommodate changing conditions, the office may adjust the boundaries of the planning regions, after consultation with the respective regional planning commissions.|||Source. 1969, 324:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1969. 2000, 200:2, eff. July 29, 2000. 2003, 319:9, eff. July 1, 2003. 2004, 257:44, eff. July 1, 2004. 2017, 156:64, eff. July 1, 2017. 2021, 91:198, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 36:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:48 - Organization, Officers, and Bylaws.

    36:48 Organization, Officers, and Bylaws. –||A regional planning commission shall elect annually from among its members a chairman, vice-chairman, and such other officers as it deems necessary. Meetings shall be held at the call of the chairman and at such other time as the commission may determine. A commission shall keep minutes of its proceedings and such minutes shall be filed in the office of the commission and shall be a public record. A commission may adopt such bylaws as it deems necessary to the conduct of its business.|||Source. 1969, 324:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 36:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:49 - Finances.

    36:49 Finances. –|| A regional planning commission shall determine on a reasonable and equitable basis the proportion of its costs to be borne respectively by each municipality or county which is a member of said commission. A commission may accept and receive in furtherance of its functions, funds, grants, and services from the federal government or its agencies, from departments, agencies and instrumentalities of state, municipal or local government or from private and civic sources. Such funds may be used in conjunction with other funds from federal or state governments or from gifts, grants or contributions available for such work. Municipalities or counties are hereby authorized to appropriate funds to the use of a regional planning commission and to furnish a regional planning commission legal or other services which it may deem reasonable. Failure upon the part of any municipality or county to pay its proportionate annual share of the cost as determined by a regional planning commission shall constitute a termination of such municipality's or county's vote in the commission's affairs until such annual share is paid. Municipalities or counties are hereby authorized to enter into contracts with a regional planning commission for the furnishing of funds or services in connection with the preparation of a comprehensive regional master plan and any special planning work to be done by a regional planning commission for any member municipality or county. Within the amounts appropriated to it or placed at its disposal by gift, grant, or contribution, a regional planning commission may engage employees, contract with professional consultants, rent offices, and obtain such other goods, or services and incur short-term operating debt, not to exceed a term of one year and/or a line of credit secured by the assets of the commission, as are necessary to it in the carrying out of its proper function. Member municipalities and counties shall not be liable for any debt or line of credit incurred by a regional planning commission. Any private gifts or funds when received shall be deemed a contribution to the regional planning commission for a public purpose within the meaning of any federal or state laws relative to tax exemptions.|||Source. 1969, 324:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1969. 2000, 200:4, eff. July 29, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 36:49-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:49-a - Status as a Political Subdivision.

    36:49-a Status as a Political Subdivision. –|| Regional planning commissions are political subdivisions of the state. However, regional planning commissions have only that power and authority expressly provided for in RSA 36.|||Source. 2000, 200:6, eff. July 29, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 36:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 36 - Regional Planning Commissions|Section 36:50 - Relationship to Local Planning Boards.

    36:50 Relationship to Local Planning Boards. –||A regional planning commission may assist the planning board of any municipality within the delineated region to carry out any regional plan or plans developed by said commission. A regional planning commission may also render assistance on local planning problems. A regional planning commission may make recommendations on the basis of its plans and studies to any planning board, to the legislative body of any city and to the selectmen of any town within its region, to the county commissioners of the county or counties in which said region is located and to any state or federal authorities. Upon completion of a comprehensive master plan for the region or any portion of said comprehensive master plan, a regional planning commission may file certified copies of said comprehensive master plan or portion thereof with the planning board of any member municipality. Such planning boards may adopt all or any part of such comprehensive master plan which pertains to the areas within its jurisdiction as its own master plan, subject to the requirements of RSA 674:1-4.|||Source. 1969, 324:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1969. 2000, 200:5, eff. July 29, 2000.|