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NH Rev Stat § 162-N:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-N - Economic Revitalization Zone Tax Credits|Section 162-N:9 - Reports.

[RSA 162-N:9 repealed by 2007, 263:123, I, effective January 1, 2028.]|    162-N:9 Reports. –||The commissioner of business and economic affairs shall file an annual report 60 days after the close of each fiscal year with the governor, the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the fiscal committee of the general court. The report shall describe the results of the economic revitalization zone tax credit program and shall include any recommendations for further legislation regarding the economic revitalization zone tax credit program.|||Source. 2003, 301:2. 2007, 263:120. 2012, 247:19, eff. Aug. 17, 2012. 2017, 156:14, II, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-O:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-O - State Jobs Grant Fund|Section 162-O:1 - Definitions.

    162-O:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of business and economic affairs.||II. "Qualifying zone" means a town or city in Coos or Sullivan county which has a median household income of less than $40,500 according to the most recent federal decennial census.|||Source. 2003, 319:46, eff. July 1, 2003. 2017, 156:14, II, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-O:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-O - State Jobs Grant Fund|Section 162-O:2 - State Jobs Grant Fund.

    162-O:2 State Jobs Grant Fund. –||There is established within the office of the state treasurer a state jobs grant fund. The state jobs grant fund shall be administered by the commissioner and shall be used for the sole purpose of providing grants in accordance with RSA 162-O:3.|||Source. 2003, 319:46, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-O:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-O - State Jobs Grant Fund|Section 162-O:3 - State Jobs Grants.

    162-O:3 State Jobs Grants. –||I. Any business creating new jobs in a qualifying zone may apply to the commissioner, on an application developed by the commissioner, for state jobs grants.||II. The amount of the grant shall be determined by the commissioner on a per job basis as follows:||(a) Up to $1,000 per job created at a wage which is at least 13/4 times but less than 2 times above the 2003 minimum wage.||(b) At least $1,000 and up to $3,000 per job created at a wage which is at least 2 times but less than 21/4 times above the 2003 minimum wage.||(c) At least $3,000 and up to $5,000 per job created at a wage which is at least 21/4 times but less than 21/2 times above the 2003 minimum wage.||(d) At least $5,000 and up to $10,000 per job created at a wage which is at least 21/2 times but less than 3 times above the 2003 minimum wage.||(e) At least $10,000 and up to $15,000 per job created at a wage which is at least 3 times but less than 31/2 times above the 2003 minimum wage.||(f) At least $15,000 and up to $20,000 per job created at a wage which is 31/2 times or more above the 2003 minimum wage.||III. Grants shall be made by the commissioner only after approval by the governor and council.||IV. Any business receiving a grant under this section shall guarantee that the job for which the grant is made shall exist for at least a 5-year period or shall remit the grant moneys to the state jobs grant fund on a pro-rated share basis for the amount of the 5-year period when the job does not exist.||V. Any qualifying zone, by action of the local legislative body, may abate all or a portion of the local property tax for a period of 10 years for a business creating jobs and receiving grants under this section. Abatements granted under this paragraph shall expire if the job or jobs for which grants were made cease to exist.|||Source. 2003, 319:46, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-O:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-O - State Jobs Grant Fund|Section 162-O:4 - Rulemaking.

    162-O:4 Rulemaking. –||The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to the administration and implementation of this chapter.|||Source. 2003, 319:46, eff. July 1, 2003.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-P:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-P - Research and Development Tax Credit Program|Section 162-P:1 - Research and Development Tax Credit Program.

    162-P:1 Research and Development Tax Credit Program. –||I. The commissioner of business and economic affairs shall file a report detailing the implementation of the tax credit program under RSA 77-A:5, XIII and the results achieved. The report shall include the following:||(a) Methods and activities used to implement the tax credit program.||(b) The number of companies, including venture capital funds, contacted relative to locating research and development activities in the state.||(c) Types and sizes of companies using the credit, and the effect on hiring and company growth, to the extent permitted by confidentiality concerns.||(d) Size of the credit relative to the federal credit for typical companies.||(e) Other information as deemed relevant.||II. This report shall be filed with the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairmen of the house and senate ways and means committees, and the governor on or before July 31 of each year, beginning with July 31, 2008.|||Source. 2007, 271:3, 6, III. 2013, 5:2, eff. May 20, 2013. 2017, 156:14, II, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-Q:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-Q - Coos County Job Creation Tax Credit|Section 162-Q:1 - Definition.

    162-Q:1 Definition. –||I. In this chapter "qualified tax credit employee" means a new, full-time, year-round employee hired in Coos county for work directly in one or more business activities for which actual wages paid are equal to or greater than 150 percent of the current state minimum wage. "Qualified tax credit employee" does not include an employee who is:||(a) Shifted to a new position because of a merger, acquisition, or restructuring; or||(b) Laid-off and rehired within 270 days to the same or similar position.||(c) Not on the employer's payroll for at least 90 days prior to the date on which the employer claims the credit for the first tax period.||II. For the purposes of calculating wages paid to the employee under paragraph I, the amount paid by the employer for medical and dental health care benefits for the employee shall be included in the amount of actual wages paid.|||Source. 2008, 172:4, eff. June 9, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-Q:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-Q - Coos County Job Creation Tax Credit|Section 162-Q:2 - Approval and Certification.

    162-Q:2 Approval and Certification. –||The commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of revenue administration, shall develop application forms with which taxpayers may apply for the job creation tax credit. The forms shall be submitted by taxpayers to the commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs, and the commissioner shall approve or deny such application and certify to the commissioner of the department of revenue administration the total credit awarded to each business organization that hires qualified tax credit employees.|||Source. 2008, 172:4, eff. June 9, 2008. 2017, 156:14, II, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-Q:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-Q - Coos County Job Creation Tax Credit|Section 162-Q:3 - Reports.

    162-Q:3 Reports. –||The commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs shall file a report detailing the implementation of the tax credit program under RSA 77-E:3-c and the results achieved. This report shall be filed with the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the governor on or before July 31 of each year, beginning with July 31, 2009. The report shall include the following:||I. Methods and activities used to implement the tax credit program.||II. The number and type of jobs created in Coos county.||III. The total amount of tax credits awarded.||IV. Other information as deemed relevant.|||Source. 2008, 172:4, eff. June 9, 2008. 2017, 156:14, II, eff. July 1, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-R:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-R - Energy Infrastructure Development and Corridors|Section 162-R:1 - Definitions.

    162-R:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Energy infrastructure" includes high voltage DC or AC electric transmission facilities of 115 kV or greater, natural gas transmission lines, carbon dioxide pipelines, petroleum pipelines, and other energy transport pipelines or conduits.||II. "Energy infrastructure corridor" means an existing state-owned transportation right-of-way within which energy infrastructure could potentially be sited underground.||III. "Developer" means a person or legal entity that can demonstrate to the state the financial, technical, and managerial capability to engage in the development and construction of energy infrastructure.||IV. "Project" means the development or construction of energy infrastructure subject to site evaluation committee jurisdiction under RSA 162-H within an energy infrastructure corridor.||V. "Site evaluation committee" means the site evaluation committee established in RSA 162-H:3.||VI. "State-owned transportation right-of-way" means a highway or railroad right-of-way on land owned in fee by the state or a state agency or state authority.||VII. "Sufferance" means that the owner of energy infrastructure has no real property interest in the right-of-way, but merely occupies and uses the public right-of-way subject to terms and conditions established by the New Hampshire department of transportation.|||Source. 2016, 218:2, eff. April 15, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-R:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-R - Energy Infrastructure Development and Corridors|Section 162-R:2 - Energy Infrastructure Corridors Designated.

    162-R:2 Energy Infrastructure Corridors Designated. –||I. In accordance with RSA 236:18, the state has the exclusive rights, insofar as they do not conflict with any federal statute, rule, or regulation, to build, lease, or utilize for any public purpose the space adjacent to (excluding the median) and below the toll highways and the interstate system highways within the state.||II. The following areas, owned by the state, are designated as energy infrastructure corridors:||(a) I-89 (between the intersection of I-93 and the Vermont border).||(b) I-93 (between the Massachusetts border and the Vermont border, excepting approximately 1.7 miles located in the White Mountain National Forest north of Franconia Notch state park).||(c) I-95 (between the Massachusetts border and the Maine border).||(d) N.H. Route 101 (between the intersection of I-93 and the intersection of I-95).||III. Nothing in this chapter shall require a developer of energy infrastructure to site or propose to site energy infrastructure, or any part thereof, within an energy infrastructure corridor designated under this chapter.|||Source. 2016, 218:2, eff. April 15, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-R:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-R - Energy Infrastructure Development and Corridors|Section 162-R:3 - Energy Infrastructure Proposal Application Process.

    162-R:3 Energy Infrastructure Proposal Application Process. –||I. (a) To initiate the application process, a developer may file with the department of transportation, a request for a preliminary conceptual feasibility study, including such project-specific information as the department may specify in accordance with the department's utility accommodation manual.||(b) Within 30 days after such study request is filed, the department shall provide written notice to the developer, with a copy to the site evaluation committee, either accepting such study request as sufficiently complete to allow the department to evaluate the conceptual feasibility of the proposal and submit its recommendation to the committee, or specifying the additional information needed to complete its evaluation.||(c) Upon notice to the developer that the study request is deemed sufficiently complete for its purposes under subparagraph (a), the department shall have 60 days to determine whether and to what extent the proposed project route would be conceptually feasible within the applicable state-owned transportation right-of-way or rights-of-way, based on department standards and regulations.||(d) Within 60 days after notice to the developer that its submission has been deemed complete, the department shall submit its report on the conceptual feasibility of the project to the developer and the site evaluation committee, specifying any concerns or issues it believes the committee should consider in its review of the application.||II. The site evaluation committee shall determine whether the application is complete, and shall proceed to review a completed application under RSA 162-H.|||Source. 2016, 218:2, eff. April 15, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-R:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-R - Energy Infrastructure Development and Corridors|Section 162-R:4 - Energy Infrastructure Proposal; Decision Criteria.

    162-R:4 Energy Infrastructure Proposal;  Decision Criteria. –||I. The site evaluation committee shall evaluate and render a decision on an energy infrastructure proposal which chooses to use one or more designated energy infrastructure corridors pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.||II. The site evaluation committee may approve an energy infrastructure proposal for a project to be sited in whole or in part within one or more energy infrastructure corridors only if it finds that the project meets the criteria set forth in RSA 162-H.|||Source. 2016, 218:2, eff. April 15, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-R:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-R - Energy Infrastructure Development and Corridors|Section 162-R:5 - Use of Energy Infrastructure Corridors; Requirements.

    162-R:5 Use of Energy Infrastructure Corridors;  Requirements. –||Development and construction of energy infrastructure within an energy infrastructure corridor are governed by this section. No person shall engage in development or construction of energy infrastructure within an energy infrastructure corridor, unless such person is in compliance with applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations. Any development, construction, maintenance, or use of energy infrastructure within an energy infrastructure corridor shall be at the sufferance of the department of transportation. All costs associated with installation, alteration, relocation (whether or not required by the department), and/or protection of energy infrastructure within an energy infrastructure corridor shall be the responsibility of the energy infrastructure developer or owner.|||Source. 2016, 218:2, eff. April 15, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-R:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-R - Energy Infrastructure Development and Corridors|Section 162-R:6 - Revenues.

    162-R:6 Revenues. –||I. The department of transportation, right-of-way (ROW) appraisal bureau section, shall identify an initial estimate of the range of value for the use of state-owned land or assets within a designated energy infrastructure corridor and negotiate a value for such use with the developer. The actual and final value shall be subject to approval by the long range capital planning and utilization committee.||II. (a) Except as provided in subparagraph (b), all revenues generated from the use of state-owned land or assets within energy infrastructure corridors designated under this chapter shall be deposited in the highway fund for use solely in state transportation programs funded in whole or in part by the Federal Highway Administration or other federal agencies and included in the state's 10-year transportation plan. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the responsibility of a developer to pay separately to the site evaluation committee the fees required under RSA 162-H.||(b) Revenues generated from the use of state-owned land or assets within a turnpike shall be deposited in the turnpike fund.|||Source. 2016, 218:2, eff. April 15, 2018. 2018, 93:1, eff. July 24, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-S:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority|Section 162-S:1 - Declaration of Policy.

    162-S:1 Declaration of Policy. –||It is declared that the policy of the state of New Hampshire is to promote itself as an effective location for private enterprise, and therefore the policy of the state of New Hampshire is to provide for the establishment, support, preservation, and redevelopment of business and industry, whether or not operated for profit, located outside the state of New Hampshire. It is further declared that the performance of the powers conferred on the business finance authority as set forth in this chapter shall be regarded as performing an essential governmental function in carrying out the policy set forth in this section and by the carrying out of the powers set forth in the following provisions of this chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to expand and not to limit the existing powers of the business finance authority in order to carry out this policy.|||Source. 2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-S:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority|Section 162-S:6 - Sale of Bonds.

    162-S:6 Sale of Bonds. –||I. The sale of bonds under this section shall be conducted as provided in the resolution therefor or as directed by the person or persons to whom a delegation of authority has been made pursuant to RSA 162-S:5, II.||II. A sale of bonds may be public or private, and bonds may be sold at the price or prices, and upon the conditions, determined by the authority, and the authority shall give due consideration to the recommendations of the participating institution with respect to the project when determining the conditions of sale of bonds with respect thereto.||III. If at the time of sale definitive bonds are not available, the authority may issue interim certificates exchangeable for definitive bonds.|||Source. 2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-S:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority|Section 162-S:7 - Bond Security.

    162-S:7 Bond Security. –||I. The authority may secure bonds by a trust agreement or indenture or other agreement by and between the authority and one or more corporate trustees. Such trust agreement, indenture, or other agreement may contain provisions for pledging properties, revenues, and other collateral; holding and disbursing funds; protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of bondholders; restricting individual rights of action by bondholders; and amendments, and any other provisions the authority determines to be reasonable and proper for the security of holders of bonds issued under this chapter or contracts entered into under this paragraph in connection with the bonds.||II. A pledge of property, revenues, or other collateral by the authority to secure the payment of the principal or redemption price of, or interest on, any bonds, or any reimbursement or similar agreement with any provider of credit enhancement for bonds, or any swap or other agreement entered into in connection with bonds, is binding on the parties and on any successors. The collateral shall immediately be subject to the pledge, and the pledge shall constitute a lien and security interest which shall attach immediately to the collateral and be effective, binding, and enforceable against the pledgor, its successors, purchasers of the collateral, creditors, and all others, to the extent set forth, and in accordance with, the pledge document, irrespective of whether those parties have notice of the pledge and without the need for any physical delivery, recordation, filing, or further act.|||Source. 2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-S:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority|Section 162-S:8 - No Personal Liability.

    162-S:8 No Personal Liability. –||No designated member, director, officer, employee, or agent of the authority, the business finance authority, or a business entity created under RSA 162-S:4, III shall be liable personally on the bonds or any contract entered into by the authority or such business entity or subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the bonds, unless the personal liability or accountability is the result of willful misconduct.|||Source. 2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 162-S:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare|Title 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority|Section 162-S:9 - Bonds not Public Debt.

    162-S:9 Bonds not Public Debt. –||I. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the resolution therefor, bonds of the authority shall be limited obligations of the authority payable solely from amounts received by or on behalf of the authority from revenues derived from the project to be financed or refinanced thereby, or from any contract entered into or investment made in connection with the bonds and pledged to the payment of the bonds.||II. The state and the political subdivisions of the state are not and shall not be liable on bonds issued or any other contract entered into under this chapter, or for any other debt, obligation, or liability of the authority, whether in tort, contract, or otherwise.||III. Bonds issued under this chapter are not a debt of the state or the political subdivisions of the state. No bond issued under this chapter shall obligate the state, or any political subdivision approving a financing under RSA 162-S:10 to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment thereof or with respect thereto. All bonds issued by the authority under this chapter are payable solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the trust agreement, indenture, or other agreement providing for their issuance. All bonds shall contain, on their face, a statement regarding the obligations of the state, the political subdivisions of the state, and the authority as set forth in this section.|||Source. 2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.|