Title XII, Public Safety and Welfare

A wide range of community development activities shall be eligible for funding. These may include, but are not limited to: I. The acquisition, rehabilitation, or expansion of housing. II. The creation, expansion, or retention of employment through the stimulation of private inves…

I. All municipalities not designated as entitlement municipalities under the federal act are authorized to apply with the authority for funds and are granted such additional authority and power, essential and incidental, as may be necessary for the administration of this program.…

I. There is established the community development advisory committee which shall be provided staff and administrative assistance by the authority. II. The committee shall consist of 11 voting members as follows: (a) The chairperson of the board of directors of the community devel…

I. The authority shall be responsible for the former functions, duties, and responsibilities of the office of state planning relative to administration of the community development block grant program and shall, with the consent of the committee and with the approval of the gover…

I. All funds allocated to the state under the federal act, except for an amount not exceeding the maximum allowable under the federal act available to the state for administrative costs, shall be allocated to eligible municipalities. II. All municipalities shall be eligible to ap…

I. If the authority finds, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing, that a grantee under this subdivision has failed to comply substantially with the provisions of this subdivision, the rules adopted under this subdivision, or applicable provisions of federal law, the…

Classified employees of the office of planning and development responsible for administration of the community development block grant program shall be transferred to the community development finance authority. Any person employed in such a position at the time of the transfer s…

I. There is hereby established the community development finance authority, a body corporate and politic. The authority is constituted a public instrumentality of the state. The exercise by the authority of the powers conferred by this chapter shall be deemed and held to be the p…

I. Upon appointment of the members of the board of directors and annually thereafter, the members shall elect, from among the members, a chairman and a vice-chairman and shall designate a secretary-treasurer who need not be a member of the board. II. The secretary-treasurer shall…

I. The authority shall have all the powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter and may: (a) Adopt bylaws and rules for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business. (b) Adopt an official seal. (c) Sue a…

The authority shall be exempt from the provisions of RSA 541-A and may adopt rules in accordance with its own procedures to facilitate, implement, and carry out the powers, duties, and purposes of the authority enumerated in this chapter and such other and additional powers and p…

The financial and administrative operations of the authority shall be exempt from the rules of any department, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state except to the extent and in the manner provided in this chapter.

There is hereby established in the state treasury the community development fund for New Hampshire, which shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds. All moneys in the fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the community development finance authori…

I. The authority shall provide technical assistance to community development corporations, other nonprofit organizations involved in community development, and employee and other types of cooperatives and to persons forming such organizations. Technical assistance includes, but i…

On or before September 1 of each year, the authority shall submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives and the state treasurer. The report shall set forth a compl…

The provisions of this chapter shall be interpreted and construed liberally in aid of its declared purpose.