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NH Rev Stat § 228:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:37 - Closing Highways; Detours; Penalty.

    228:37 Closing Highways;  Detours;  Penalty. –||The commissioner may close, regulate or restrict traffic over any section of any class I, class II or class III highway or bridge thereon when the public welfare or necessity so requires, or in order to perform work on any such highway or bridge by posting notices at each end of such section of highway or at each end of such bridge, and may establish and mark detours, and no town shall be liable to any person for damages or injuries caused in whole or in part by the use of such highway or bridge when such notices are posted. Any person who travels on a closed highway or bridge or who violates the provisions of such regulations or restrictions shall be fined not more than $100.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 10:18. 1947, 215:3. RSA 229:14. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:38 - Hospital Directional Signs.

    228:38 Hospital Directional Signs. –||The commissioner is authorized and directed to erect on any class I, class II or interstate highway under his jurisdiction, reflective directional signs designating the route or exit to the nearest general hospital. Such signs shall be erected in those locations as the commissioner, after consultation with the local authorities, may determine to be in the best public interest, provided, the local authority gives adequate assurance to the commissioner that suitable hospital signs will be erected within the local jurisdiction at local expense as a continuation of the hospital directional signs erected hereunder. The cost for the signs and erection of such signs shall be a charge upon the highway fund.|||Source. RSA 229:14-a. 1969, 159:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:39 - Interstate Bridges.

    228:39 Interstate Bridges. –||The commissioner with the approval of the governor and council may contract with the officials of any adjoining state or political subdivision thereof for the construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of any bridge crossing the boundary line between New Hampshire and such adjoining state on a class I or class II highway, and for the proportion which each state shall contribute towards the cost thereof.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 10:19. RSA 229:15. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:40 - Piscataqua River Bridge; Maintenance.

    228:40 Piscataqua River Bridge;  Maintenance. –||I. The department of transportation is authorized to employ a permanent full time maintenance crew for the Piscataqua river bridge between the city of Portsmouth and the town of Kittery, Maine. The personnel of said crew shall be responsible for the maintenance of said bridge pursuant to the provisions of the memoranda of understanding between the state of Maine, department of transportation, and the state of New Hampshire, department of transportation, dated July 26, 1972 and February 14, 1973, and any amendments thereto or substitute agreements on the same subject that may be effected, which memoranda were ratified by the respective states by letters of reference. The maintenance crew shall be under the supervision and direction of the bridge maintenance engineer of the department of transportation.||II. Any funds received from the state of Maine for the maintenance of said bridge pursuant to the memoranda of understanding cited in paragraph I, or any amendments thereto or substitute agreements, shall be applied against the total appropriation for maintenance of said bridge.|||Source. RSA 229:15-a. 1975, 420:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(a)(1).|
NH Rev Stat § 228:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:41 - Report.

    228:41 Report. –||The commissioner shall annually report to the governor and council the work done and expenditures incurred by his department for the fiscal year ending June 30.|||Source. 1915, 103:6. 1923, 83:1. PL 83:17. 1931, 16:1. RL 99:18. 1943, 199:1. 1945, 188:1, part 10:20. RSA 229:16. 1961, 5:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:42 - Repealed by 1983, 122:7, I, eff. July 1, 1983.

    228:42 Repealed by 1983, 122:7, I, eff. July 1, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 228:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:43 - Disposal of Papers and Records.

    228:43 Disposal of Papers and Records. –||The commissioner may authorize the destruction of papers or records not having a permanent or historical value at the end of 7 years from the making thereof; provided, however, that the rules and regulations of the director of the division of archives and records management, as promulgated under RSA 5:40, may provide that designated papers or records may be destroyed at an earlier period or require their retention for a longer period.|||Source. 1929, 108:1. RL 99:20. 1945, 188:1, part 10:21. RSA 229:17. 1957, 260:2. 1963, 16:1. 1981, 87:1. 2003, 97:3, eff. Aug. 5, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:44 - Certified Copies.

    228:44 Certified Copies. –||Copies of records, papers and plans in the office of the commissioner, when certified by the commissioner or assistant commissioner under oath to be true copies, shall be evidence in like manner as the originals.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 10:22. RSA 229:18. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:45 - Engineers.

    228:45 Engineers. –||Upon the application of any county, city, town, or unincorporated place, the commissioner may furnish to it, free of charge, the services of an engineer for the purpose of consultation and advice on matters pertaining to highways.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 10:23. RSA 229:19. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:46 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:46 - State Planning Aid.

    228:46 State Planning Aid. –||Upon request of a city, town or unincorporated place, the commissioner shall provide any necessary road inspection services to assist cities, towns and unincorporated places to develop long-range plans relative to highway construction and maintenance. Such services may include, but are not limited to, coordinated efforts and planning activities between the commissioner and the appropriate local municipal officials to reconvey state-maintained roads to the municipality.|||Source. RSA 229:19-a. 1979, 482:2. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:46-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:46-a - Repealed by 2005, 291:27, V, eff. July 25, 2005.

    228:46-a Repealed by 2005, 291:27, V, eff. July 25, 2005. –|
NH Rev Stat § 228:46-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:46-b - Welcome Signs.

    228:46-b Welcome Signs. –||Any highway welcome sign erected at the state border by the department of transportation shall prominently display the state motto: "Live Free or Die."|||Source. 2006, 160:1, eff. July 22, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:46-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:46-c - Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Strongholds.

    228:46-c Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Strongholds. –||The department of transportation shall consider wildlife corridors and habitat strongholds as defined in RSA 207:1 in road mitigation projects and where feasible as determined by the department, including stream crossings, with expansion of capacity and redesign of culverts for potential changes in precipitation and stream flow. The department shall incorporate wildlife corridors that intersect transportation infrastructure into project planning and mitigation efforts to minimize the effect of roads on wildlife connectivity, as such information is available.|||Source. 2019, 243:9, eff. Sept. 10, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:47 - Meetings.

    228:47 Meetings. –||The commissioner may provide for the holding of meetings of town and city highway agents at convenient points within the state, at which advice and instruction shall be given relative to the care and maintenance of local highways; and any town or city highway agent attending such meetings shall be reimbursed for his time and necessary expenses while attending by the town or city which he represents.|||Source. 1925, 109:1. PL 83:19. RL 99:21. 1945, 188:1, part 10:24. RSA 229:20. 1963, 7:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:48 - Supervision.

    228:48 Supervision. –||It shall be the duty of the commissioner to provide some competent representative who shall periodically confer and advise with the highway agent or agents of each town and city within the state as to the best methods of care and maintenance of local highways within the respective towns and cities.|||Source. 1925, 109:2. PL 83:20. RL 99:22. 1945, 188:1, part 10:25. RSA 229:21. 1981, 87:1. 1990, 38:1, eff. May 22, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:49 - Requested Maintenance and Repair Projects.

    228:49 Requested Maintenance and Repair Projects. –||The commissioner may, on request of any city or town, perform work of maintenance and repair, including the furnishing of labor and materials, on any town or city road, bridge or any other property used in connection with highways, or on the request of any state department or institution, perform work of maintenance and repair, including the furnishing of labor and materials, on any property of any state department or institution, under the following conditions:||I. Upon completion of such work, the commissioner shall bill the town or city, state department or institution, therefor; and the municipality or agency shall pay said bill within 30 days after the receipt thereof. Interest at the rate of 6 percent per annum may be charged upon all bills not paid when due as herein prescribed, and the commissioner may refuse to perform further work of maintenance and repair for any municipality or agency delinquent in the payment of such bill.||II. The commissioner is authorized to purchase the necessary materials and supplies required for the performance of such work including the rental of equipment. The state treasurer upon presentation by the commissioner of manifests covering said materials, supplies and rentals is authorized to pay the same from any money in the highway fund not otherwise appropriated. Payments made by cities, towns, state departments and institutions hereunder shall include charges for labor performed by personnel of the department of transportation and interest charges on delinquent accounts. These payments shall be credited to the highway fund.||III. Every workman on projects requested by cities and towns, except workmen employed by the department of transportation in its engineering force, shall be deemed to be in the employ of the city or town requesting the project and not in the employ of the state. Such city or town shall be responsible for any claims resulting from such employment.||IV. Every workman on projects requested by state departments or institutions, except workmen employed by the department of transportation in its engineering force, shall be deemed to be in the employ of the state department or institution requesting the project and not in the employ of the department of transportation. Such state department or institution shall be responsible for any claims resulting from such employment.|||Source. RSA 229:22. 1959, 283:1. 1963, 82:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(a)(1). 2019, 134:17, eff. June 25, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:50 - Special Repair Projects.

    228:50 Special Repair Projects. –||Whenever the commissioner is of the opinion that the cost of repairs to a highway, structure or facility should be reimbursed, in whole or in part, by a person, company or corporation, he may, in the first instance, charge the cost of the repairs to the special account established in RSA 228:49, II and render an invoice to the responsible party. Following a final settlement of the commissioner's claim for reimbursement, the balance of the expenses in the special account, if any, shall be charged to the department's appropriate operating accounts.|||Source. RSA 229:22-a. 1979, 217:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:51 - Classification Authorized.

    228:51 Classification Authorized. –||With the approval of the governor and council the commissioner of transportation is hereby authorized to classify as a class I highway any existing or proposed public highway which is needed to provide essential highway transportation services from a military reservation or defense industry or activity to suitable transportation facilities.|||Source. RSA 229:23. 1961, 87:3. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(1).|
NH Rev Stat § 228:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:52 - Acceptance of Federal Funds.

    228:52 Acceptance of Federal Funds. –||The commissioner of transportation is authorized to accept federal funds for the construction, improvement or maintenance of highways classified in RSA 228:51.|||Source. RSA 229:24. 1961, 87:3. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(1).|
NH Rev Stat § 228:53 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:53 - Reversion to Previous Status.

    228:53 Reversion to Previous Status. –||When a military reservation or defense industry or activity is closed or it is determined that the highways classified in RSA 228:51 are no longer necessary the commissioner of transportation is authorized with the approval of governor and council to revert any such highway to its previous classification or to discontinue unneeded portions of such highways.|||Source. RSA 229:25. 1961, 87:3. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(1).|
NH Rev Stat § 228:54 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:54 - Definitions.

    228:54 Definitions. –||As used in this subdivision, the following terms shall have the following meanings:||I. "Agent for the state" shall mean the commissioner of transportation as agent for the state as that term is used in the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, and any amendments thereto or other pertinent federal legislation.||II. "Commissioner" shall mean the commissioner of transportation.||III, IV. [Repealed.]||V. "Local public bodies" shall mean municipalities and political subdivisions of the state.||VI. "Person" shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership or association, foreign and domestic.||VII. "Public mass transportation" shall mean common carrier transportation on land by passenger bus or rail, either publicly or privately owned, but not including school buses, charter or sight-seeing services, and trucking services.||VIII. "Rail properties" shall mean assets or rights, both real and personal, owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by a railroad which are used or useful in rail transportation service.||IX. "Rail service" shall mean both freight and passenger service.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 1985, 402:39, I.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:55 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:55 - Common Carriers.

    228:55 Common Carriers. –||I. Whenever the department shall be of the opinion, after a hearing had upon its own motion or upon complaint, that any part of a common carrier of passengers or freight within the state reasonably requires alteration or reconstruction, or that the rules, practices, equipment, appliances, or service of any common carrier in respect to transportation of persons or property within the state are unjust, unreasonable, unsafe, improper, or inadequate, the department shall determine the reconstruction or alteration reasonably required, or the just, reasonable, safe, adequate, and proper rules, practices, equipment, appliances, and service thereafter to be in force or to be provided, and shall fix and prescribe the same by order to be served upon every common carrier to be bound by the order.||II. It shall be the duty of every common carrier to observe and obey every requirement of such order so served upon it, and to do everything necessary or proper in order to secure compliance with and observance of the same by all its officers, agents, and employees.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 1985, 402:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:56 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:56 - Acquisition and Necessity.

    228:56 Acquisition and Necessity. –||Notwithstanding any provisions of the law to the contrary, the commissioner, as sole agent for the state, and with the approval of the governor and council, is authorized to acquire, by purchase or condemnation, or otherwise, such portion or portions of the rail property of any railroad corporation, including such tracks and ties, rights-of-way, land, buildings, appurtenances and other facilities necessary and required for the operation of railroads, as well as any other property found by the commissioner to be necessary for the operation of a railroad or other transportation purposes, including recreational trails. The authority to acquire such rail properties shall extend to rail properties within, as well as those not within, the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and includes rail properties within the purview of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, and any amendments thereto or other pertinent federal legislation. The acquisition of such rail properties and other property by the commissioner shall be for the purpose of the continued and future operation of a railroad or transportation corridor, including recreational trails, which is deemed to be in the public interest and which shall include the authority to sell or lease said properties. The acquisition of such rail properties and other property is declared to be a public use and to be reasonably necessary. This action may be taken in concert with another state or states as necessary to insure continued rail service and to insure continuous corridors, including recreational trails.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 1993, 267:1. 2006, 324:18, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:57 - Sale or Lease; Purpose.

    228:57 Sale or Lease;  Purpose. –||The commissioner as sole agent for the state, with the approval of the governor and council, is authorized to sell, transfer or lease all or any part of the rail properties, and other property acquired under the provisions of this subdivision, to any responsible person, firm or corporation, for continued operation of a railroad, or other public use, provided, if necessary, approval for such continued operation, or other public use, is granted by the interstate commerce commission of the United States whenever such approval is required. Such sale, transfer or lease shall be for such price, and subject to said further terms and conditions, as in the opinion of the commissioner are necessary and appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this subdivision.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 2006, 324:19, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:58 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:58 - Interstate Commerce Commission Certificate.

    228:58 Interstate Commerce Commission Certificate. –||After acquiring said railroad lines within the state of New Hampshire, the commissioner, with approval of governor and council, is authorized to assist any responsible person, firm or corporation to secure as promptly as possible after such events, from the interstate commerce commission, any order or certificate required for the performance of railroad service and to give in connection therewith such assurances or guarantees as, in his opinion, may be necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this subdivision.|||Source. 1981, 568:55, eff. July 1, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:59 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:59 - Condemnation.

    228:59 Condemnation. –||If the commissioner is unable to acquire the rail properties of any railroad, or any part thereof, by purchase or otherwise, he or she may proceed to condemn all or any such portion of such property. In all such condemnation proceedings, the legislative determination herein made that the acquisition is for a public use and is reasonably necessary shall be prima facie evidence thereof. The procedure for any necessary condemnation proceedings shall be as set forth in RSA 498-A.|||Source. 1981, 568:55. 2006, 324:20, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 228:60 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 228 - Administration of Transportation Laws|Section 228:60 - Title to Property of Railroads.

    228:60 Title to Property of Railroads. –||The commissioner is hereby authorized to take whatever steps are necessary in order to determine the absolute fee simple title ownership of all such rail properties of any railroad within the state of New Hampshire. Such determination is to include the status of such rail properties with respect to easements, rights-of-way, leases, reversionary rights, fee simple title ownership, and any and all title matters. The commissioner may retain such experts or other assistants as may be necessary to make these title determinations.|||Source. 1981, 568:55, eff. July 1, 1981.|