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NH Rev Stat § 227-J:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-J - Timber Harvesting|Section 227-J:7 - Alteration of Terrain.

    227-J:7 Alteration of Terrain. –||I. Pursuant to RSA 485-A:17, any person proposing to dredge, excavate, place fill, mine, transport forest products, or undertake construction in or on the border of the surface waters of the state, and any person proposing to significantly alter the characteristics of the terrain, in such a manner as to impede the natural runoff or create an unnatural runoff shall comply with the provisions of RSA 485-A. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in penalties under RSA 485-A.||II. Permits are obtained by signing the intent to cut form as provided in RSA 485-A:17, III.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-J:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-J - Timber Harvesting|Section 227-J:8 - Trespass; Civil Penalty.

    227-J:8 Trespass;  Civil Penalty. –||I. No person shall negligently cut, fell, destroy, injure, carry away, or cause to be cut, felled, destroyed, injured, or carried away, any tree, timber, log, wood, pole, underwood, or bark which is on the land of another person, or aid in such actions without the permission of that person or the person's agent.||II. In addition to any other civil or criminal penalty allowed by law, any person who violates the provisions in paragraph I shall forfeit to the person injured no less than 3 and not more than 10 times the market value of every such tree, timber, log, lumber, wood, pole, underwood, or bark cut, felled, destroyed, injured, or carried away.|||Source. 1995, 299:1. 1998, 286:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. 2021, 7:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-J:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-J - Timber Harvesting|Section 227-J:8-a - Trespass; Criminal Penalty.

    227-J:8-a Trespass;  Criminal Penalty. –||I. No person shall recklessly cut, fell, destroy, injure, carry away, or cause to be cut, felled, destroyed, injured, or carried away, any tree, timber, log, wood, pole, underwood, or bark which is on the land of another person, or aid in such actions without the permission of that person or the person's agent.||II. A person who violates the provisions of paragraph I shall be guilty of a class B felony if the loss, as determined by market value, is greater than $1,000, or a misdemeanor for any other loss.|||Source. 1998, 286:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1999. 2017, 164:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2018. 2021, 7:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2022.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-J:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-J - Timber Harvesting|Section 227-J:10 - Care of Slash and Mill Residue; Penalty.

    227-J:10 Care of Slash and Mill Residue;  Penalty. –||Whoever pushes over, cuts, saws, or operates on or causes to be pushed over, cut, sawed, or operated on any timber, brush, lumber, or wood shall dispose of the slash and mill residue caused by such action so that slash and mill residue shall not remain:||I. In any stream, river, or brook which normally flows throughout the year or in any other standing body of water, public highway, or active railroad bed.||II. On the property of another, or in a cemetery.||III. Within 25 feet of land of another, or fourth order stream.||IV. Within 50 feet of any great pond, any standing body of water 10 acres or more in area, public highway, or active railroad bed.||V. Within 100 feet of any occupied structure as defined in RSA 635:1, III, including all barns, sheds, and other storage buildings, except a temporary lumber camp.||VI. Disposal of slash and mill residue shall be in such manner that it is disposed of within the area between 50 feet and 150 feet of any great pond, standing body of water 10 acres or more in area, or public highway so it lies on the ground and no part of the slash or residue extends more than 4 feet above the ground.||VII. If more than one of the limitations in paragraphs I-VI on the disposal of slash and mill residue shall be applicable, the most restrictive shall control.||VIII. Any person who pushes over, cuts, saws, or operates on or who causes to be pushed over, cut, sawed, or operated on any such timber, brush, lumber or wood, or any owner of land where cutting is done, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for each 200 linear feet or fraction thereof of property boundaries, water frontage, public highway, and railroad frontage from which the slash and mill residue is not properly removed or disposed of as provided under RSA 227-J:10, I-VII, within 30 days after such cutting unless an extension is approved by the director. If the person refuses or neglects to properly remove or dispose of the slash or mill residue within the time prescribed, the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor as provided in this paragraph for each subsequent 30-day period of refusal or neglect to so remove or dispose of such slash or mill residue.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-J:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-J - Timber Harvesting|Section 227-J:11 - Prohibition on the Transportation of Coniferous Trees; Penalty.

    227-J:11 Prohibition on the Transportation of Coniferous Trees;  Penalty. –||I. During the period from October 1 to December 25, inclusive, no person shall transport at any one time more than 3 coniferous trees, obtained from another, from place to place along any public highway unless the person has available for inspection evidence that the person is the owner of the trees, and can furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the person from whom the trees were obtained.||II. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-J:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-J - Timber Harvesting|Section 227-J:12 - Mill Logs; Penalty.

    227-J:12 Mill Logs;  Penalty. –||I. No person shall knowingly cut out or alter the mark of any mill log, or cut into any lumber or log belonging to another person, without the permission of the owner or the owner's agent.||II. In addition to any other civil or criminal penalty allowed by law, any person who violates the provisions of paragraph I shall forfeit to the person injured 10 times the market value of every such mill log or lumber, cut or altered.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-J:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-J - Timber Harvesting|Section 227-J:13 - Damage to Fences.

    227-J:13 Damage to Fences. –||Pursuant to RSA 539:3, no person shall knowingly throw down, damage, or leave open any fence, gate or bar belonging to or enclosing land held in common, or belonging to another person, or shall aid in such act, without being subject to the penalties provided in RSA 539:3.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-J:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-J - Timber Harvesting|Section 227-J:14 - Administrative Fines.

    227-J:14 Administrative Fines. –||I. The director, with the approval of the commissioner and after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner under this paragraph shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties under this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under this paragraph for violation of this chapter.||(b) Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine.||II. The proceeds of administrative fines levied pursuant to paragraph I shall be deposited by the commissioner into the forest management and protection fund established under RSA 227-G:5, I.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-J:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-J - Timber Harvesting|Section 227-J:15 - Deceptive Forestry Business Practices.

    227-J:15 Deceptive Forestry Business Practices. –||I. A person is guilty of a class B felony if the loss is greater than $1,000 or otherwise guilty of a misdemeanor who in the course of buying and selling of a forest product, as defined under RSA 227-G:4, VII, recklessly:||(a) Uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity as provided under RSA 438; or||(b) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale or delivers less than the represented quantity of any forest product or service; or||(c) Takes or attempts to take more than the represented quantity of any forest product or service when as buyer the person furnishes the weight or measure; or||(d) Sells, offers, or exposes for sale adulterated or mislabeled commodities; or||(e) Does not remunerate the owner of the timber for the value of the forest products pursuant to a written contract; or||(f) Does not furnish the owner, upon written request, with all scale slips to verify the amount of the forest products removed from the owner's property.||II. In this section, "adulterated" means varying from a standard of composition or quality prescribed by any statute providing criminal penalties for such variance, or set by established commercial usage. In this section, "mislabeled" means varying from a standard of truth or disclosure in labeling prescribed by any law providing criminal penalties for such variance, or set by established commercial usage. In this section, "scale slip" means a written or printed form or combination of forms which provide an accurate, readily understandable record containing the species of wood product, board footage of each individual log when the standard unit of measurement is per thousand board feet, or tonnage or cordage when not sold per thousand board feet, gross scale, defect, net scale, date wood was measured, and the name of the party scaling the wood.||III. A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if, in the course of buying or selling a forest product as defined in RSA 227-G:4, VII, he or she recklessly fails to provide a written contract to the owner, prior to the cutting from the owner's property any forest products which are subject to a notice of intent to cut as defined in RSA 79:10. The contract shall be signed by both parties, specify the remuneration for the forest products to be cut, and the time in which remuneration shall be made.|||Source. 1995, 299:1. 1998, 286:4. 2003, 43:2. 2007, 88:11, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:1 - Declaration of Purpose.

    227-K:1 Declaration of Purpose. –||It is hereby recognized and declared that the public welfare of this state requires monitoring and assessment of the status of changes and long-term trends in the health of the state's forests and the ability to detect and reduce the incidence and severity of forest insect and disease infestations.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:2 - Duties of the Director.

    227-K:2 Duties of the Director. –||I. The director shall:||(a) Be responsible for the protection of forests from forest pests in order to reduce and prevent loss of timber resources, enhance the growth and maintenance of forests, conserve forest cover on watersheds, and promote stability of forest-using industries.||(b) Coordinate forest pest control efforts with the commissioner of agriculture and the state entomologist. The director and commissioner of agriculture shall establish and publish an annual work plan outlining these efforts and specifying the responsibilities of each agency.||(c) Coordinate efforts with the federal forest health monitoring program.||(d) Prepare a biennial report summarizing the status of forest health.||II. The director or the director's authorized agents may, for the purpose of performing the duties under this chapter, enter upon all lands in this state, posted or otherwise.||III. The director, in consultation with the commissioner and under the direction of the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food, or designee, may establish quarantines as specified in the law or under the rules to prevent dissemination of forest pests within the state or into the state that have the potential to cause serious damage to forests.||IV. The director, with the approval of the commissioner and after notice and hearing pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director under this paragraph shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties under this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to:||(a) A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under this paragraph for violation of this chapter.||(b) Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of the administrative fine.||V. The proceeds of administrative fines levied pursuant to paragraph IV shall be deposited by the director into the forest management and protection fund established under RSA 227-G:5, I.|||Source. 1995, 299:1. 2007, 88:6, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:3 - Designation of Control Areas.

    227-K:3 Designation of Control Areas. –||I. The director may publicize information concerning forest insects and diseases.||II. Control areas may be designated upon determination of the director, in consultation with the commissioner, the state entomologist, the commissioner of the department of agriculture, other agencies as necessary, and affected landowners, that an exotic, non-native forest insect or disease poses a significant threat to forests and that there is the potential for localized infestations to spread to adjacent lands. Notification of such designation may be provided as authorized under paragraph I.||III. (a) A landowner within a control area shall carry out such control measures as are ordered by the director, to the extent practical and where proven technology is available, including but not limited to, the removal and destruction of any plants harboring insects or diseases.||(b) If such control measures are not immediately taken by the property owner, the director or authorized agent may remove and destroy infected vegetation from any land within the control area. Cost of actions taken by the state shall be borne by the state.||(c) A landowner's right to appeal a decision by the director under this chapter shall be provided in rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:4 - Cooperation of Agencies.

    227-K:4 Cooperation of Agencies. –||The commissioner and director may cooperate with departments of the federal government, the state department of agriculture, and the agricultural experiment station for the control or eradication of forest insects and diseases in the state generally, and for carrying out such investigations as are deemed advisable by the commissioner.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:5 - Entry on Land.

    227-K:5 Entry on Land. –||The director or the director's authorized agents shall have the right to enter upon any public or private property to determine the presence of the fungus disease Cronartium ribicola commonly known as white pine blister rust in any of its stages, and to carry out the necessary eradication measures.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:6 - Planting Currant or Gooseberry Bushes Within Control Area.

    227-K:6 Planting Currant or Gooseberry Bushes Within Control Area. –||No person shall plant any currant or gooseberry bush within a control area without the permission of the director.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:7 - Diseased Plants, Etc.

    227-K:7 Diseased Plants, Etc. –||Any currant or gooseberry bushes which are found to threaten any white pine trees with Cronartium ribicola are hereby declared to be a public pest, and any such plants may be destroyed by order of the director or the director's authorized agents.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:8 - Obligation of Towns.

    227-K:8 Obligation of Towns. –||When, in the opinion of the director and the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food a necessity exists requiring the destruction of currant and gooseberry bushes in any town, the director or the director's authorized agents may remove or destroy any currant and gooseberry bushes within such town and charge the expense to state appropriations made available for this purpose or in the event state appropriations are not made available or are insufficient for this purpose, charge said expenses to the town; provided, however, that no town shall be required to expend more than $400 in any one year for such control measures. If such order is not complied with, the governor and council may order such town to carry out any control measures specified by the director.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:9 - Expense.

    227-K:9 Expense. –||The expenses to the town provided for in RSA 227-K:8 for control measures shall be deemed to be a judgment against the town and the amount shall, without vote of the town, be paid by the selectmen.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:10 - Notice Required.

    227-K:10 Notice Required. –||Two weeks prior to removal or destruction of any currant or gooseberry bushes within any town by the director or the director's authorized agents, a written notice shall be given by the director to the selectmen of the town stating the date when, and the location where, operations for such removal or destruction will begin.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:11 - Damages for Destruction of Bushes or Trees.

    227-K:11 Damages for Destruction of Bushes or Trees. –||If within any designated control area, bushes or trees other than currants and gooseberries which threaten white pine trees with Cronartium ribicola are designated by the director or the director's agents and destroyed by the director or the director's agent's specific order, the owner may be compensated, the damages to be assessed by the director at not more than the actual value of the material destroyed, and paid to the owner by the state treasurer upon authorization of the commissioner.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:12 - Alternative.

    227-K:12 Alternative. –||In lieu of money damages for any trees or bushes destroyed under RSA 227-K:11, the director may offer, and the owner may accept, forest planting stock to be furnished from the state forest nursery.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:13 - Repealed by 2007, 88:12, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.

    227-K:13 Repealed by 2007, 88:12, eff. Aug. 10, 2007. –|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:14 - Regulation of Entry.

    227-K:14 Regulation of Entry. –||The director's authorized agents, under the direction of the director, may prohibit or regulate the entry into the state, or the movement within the state, of any tree, timber, log, wood, pole, underwood, or bark, or the products thereof, which in the agent's judgment may cause the introduction or spread of a dangerous insect or disease. This authority shall not extend to agricultural crops, nurseries, or nursery stock as regulated under RSA 433.|||Source. 1995, 299:1. 2007, 88:7, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:15 - Orders.

    227-K:15 Orders. –||The director and the commissioner of natural and cultural resources may issue such orders, notifications, and permits as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of RSA 227-K:14.|||Source. 1995, 299:1. 2007, 88:8, eff. Aug. 10, 2007. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:16 - Expenses.

    227-K:16 Expenses. –||The expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of this subdivision shall be paid from the appropriation for nursery inspection or other funds of the department of agriculture, markets, and food.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-K:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-K - Forest Health|Section 227-K:17 - Prohibitions; Penalty.

    227-K:17 Prohibitions;  Penalty. –||I. The following actions are prohibited:||(a) Violating any provisions of a quarantine issued under RSA 227-K:2, III.||(b) Violating any order or failing to obtain a permit issued under RSA 227-K:15.||(c) Selling, offering for sale, giving away, moving or shipping any tree, timber, log, wood, pole, underwood, or bark, or the products thereof into this state, or within this state, knowing or having reason to believe that they may be harboring a forest pest declared as a dangerous insect or disease, or have been exposed to any such pest. This authority shall not extend to agricultural crops, nurseries, or nursery stock as regulated under RSA 433.||II. Any person, or employee or agent of that person, who violates any provision of this section or rule adopted under this chapter shall be guilty of a violation. For any subsequent offense, a person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.|||Source. 1995, 299:1. 2007, 88:9, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 227-L:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XIX-A - Forestry|Title 227-L - Woodland Fire Control|Section 227-L:1 - Declaration of Purpose.

    227-L:1 Declaration of Purpose. –||It is hereby recognized and declared that the public welfare of this state requires an efficient and effective statewide forest fire detection and protection program that will prevent control and reduce the incidence and severity of woodland fires through prevention, presuppression and suppression activities.|||Source. 1995, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.|