Title XIX, Public Recreation

Where the proposed trail route passes through land owned by the federal government, or by a unit of county or municipal government, the state shall secure permission to construct a trail through such property. Where the land is owned by a private landowner, the state may acquire …

The department shall provide a liability insurance policy to provide protection to private landowners whose property is under agreement for use as part of the New Hampshire Heritage Trail by easement, lease or other legal means.

The department of natural and cultural resources shall work in cooperation with other municipal, state and federal agencies, including private organizations, in order to carry out its duties. Such agencies and organizations shall assist the department to assure that all existing …

All provisions of RSA 216-F, multi-use statewide trail system, shall be applicable to the department for the purposes of carrying out this chapter.

The director of the division of parks and recreation, under the supervision of the commissioner of natural and cultural resources, shall execute all matters related to the design, development, administration, operation, and maintenance of the state park system. These responsibili…

With the approval of the governor and council, the department shall have the following authority: I. Acquire, by purchase or gift, real property with recreational or historic value. II. Dispose of real property, by sale or exchange. III. Enter into agreements with other state age…

Whenever the state acquires any real property in a town or city for public recreational or park purposes the state shall annually pay to the town or city where such property is situate a sum equal to the taxes which would have been assessed against such property had such property…

The governor is authorized to draw his warrant for the payments authorized under the provisions of RSA 216-A:3-a out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

I. The director of parks and recreation shall by September 30, 2009, publish a written comprehensive 10-year development plan for the state park system. The director may contract with an experienced, independent firm to assist in the development of this plan. The director shall s…

I. The director of parks and recreation and commissioner of natural and cultural resources shall develop operating procedures to ensure that the division and other departmental units and other agencies of state government effectively coordinate their efforts to provide for proper…

I. The commissioner of natural and cultural resources, director of parks and recreation, and commissioner of administrative services shall develop a financial reporting system for the state park system which shall provide for: (a) An accurate report of all revenue collected from …

I. The director of parks and recreation in consultation with the director of travel and tourism development shall formulate an annual promotion program for state park facilities. II. This program shall be coordinated with the state's general tourism promotion efforts. III. Fundin…

The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources, in consultation with the director of parks and recreation, shall establish fees for access to and use of the state park system. The fees approved by the commissioner, after prior approval of the fiscal committe…

Any person recognized by the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources as a volunteer and who is under the general supervision of authorized department of natural and cultural resources personnel, and is actually performing assigned volunteer duties or acti…

I. The state treasurer shall establish a separate and distinct account to be known as the state park fund. The account shall be continuing and nonlapsing. The treasurer shall deposit in the state park account actual revenues from fees, services, accommodations, rentals, retail sa…

Effective July 1, 1996, debt service for the Cannon Tramway shall be a charge against the state park fund, state-owned ski area account.

I. There is established a state park system advisory council which shall consist of the following members: (a) Three members of the house of representatives, at least 2 of whom shall be from the resources, recreation and development committee, appointed by the speaker of the hous…

The director of the division of parks and recreation, under the supervision of the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources: I. Shall establish an adopt-a-state park program by directly involving citizens, groups, associations, municipalities, and the busi…

I. Notwithstanding RSA 21-I:17-a, I, the director of the division of parks and recreation may make purchases using field purchase orders for expenditures of up to $2,000 for the state park system and facilities. II. The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resou…

I. The director of the division of parks and recreation shall retain an independent financial consulting firm to conduct a written analysis of a lease proposal for the lease of state park property, operations, or management and render an opinion as to the financial viability of t…

I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, individual gifts and donations not exceeding $2,500 in value in a fiscal year may be received by the division of parks and recreation without the approval of the governor or the governor and council. Individual gifts …

I. The state treasurer shall establish a separate and distinct account to be known as the Cannon Mountain ski account fund. The account shall be continuing and nonlapsing. The treasurer shall deposit in the Cannon Mountain ski account fund actual revenues associated with the stat…

At such time as the department of natural and cultural resources shall have been established, the recommendations to governor and council, which shall be initiated by the director of parks and recreation, the advisory commission to the department of natural and cultural resources…

The provisions of RSA 228:4 shall apply to the execution of agreements pursuant to this chapter.

Pursuant to RSA 4:43, the general court hereby designates and names the granite formation on the eastern slope of Cannon Mountain in Franconia as the "Old Man of the Mountain."

The director of the division of parks and recreation, in cooperation with the commissioner of the department of health and human services, shall establish a conservation corps for the purpose of employing New Hampshire youth with an emphasis on employing young people who need edu…

I. The conservation corps program is designed to increase the sense of involvement and ownership by the participants in their state and to give them an opportunity to contribute something of lasting value to the state, by creating a new recreational resource for the state. II. Th…

The conservation corps shall be a permanent and ongoing program.