Title XX, Transportation

There is hereby established a nonlapsing statewide public boat access fund. The $5 boat decal fee collected pursuant to RSA 270-E:5-a, II(c), and any other public access funds donated to the state shall be placed in this fund. Funds received under this section are continually app…

The executive director shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to implementation of the statewide public boat access program.

The executive director shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A to permit operators of non-motorized boats and others that use public boat access areas to make donations to support the development and maintenance of such areas. The program may include various methods of advertisin…

I. A public water access advisory board is hereby established. This board shall be composed of the following: (a) The executive director of the fish and game department, or designee. (b) The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources, or designee. (c) The co…

A program for the development of public water access areas for boating on public bodies of water is established. The goal of the program is the acquisition, construction, refurbishment, maintenance, and operation of new and existing public boat access areas.

The fish and game department shall carry out the statewide public boat access program. The department shall in cooperation with the board: I. Establish priorities for the siting and development of public boat access areas, based on the demands and needs for different types of pub…

The facilities to be provided at public boat access areas on water bodies may include, but are not restricted to, boat launching ramps, launching sites where small boats or canoes may be placed in the water, trails leading to the water's edge, rest room facilities, parking, and s…

The fish and game department shall prepare plans and designs for public boat access areas and related facilities. The plans and designs shall provide for adequate buffer areas.

The fish and game department, in order to establish and improve public boat access areas, shall acquire and retain lands, easements, and interests or rights in land needed for the statewide public boat access program by donation, gift, purchase, lease, or condemnation upon terms …

The fish and game department shall supervise the construction, refurbishment, or expansion of public boat access areas. This construction may be done by the fish and game department, by other state agencies, political subdivisions or by private construction firms under contract t…

The fish and game department shall provide for the continuing maintenance and operation of public boat access areas, roads, and related facilities, including trash removal and cleanup. Maintenance and operation activities may be done by the fish and game department, by other stat…