Title III, Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places

County bonds shall be authorized and issued as provided in RSA 25 and 28, provided that a public hearing is held which shall be advertised at least 7 days before said public hearing, in some daily newspaper having a wide circulation in the county, giving the time and place of the…

Any debt service fund, construction fund, debt service reserve fund, depreciation reserve fund or other fund established in connection with the issuance of bonds under this chapter shall be kept separate from other moneys of the municipality. The moneys deposited in any such fund…

All bonds issued under authority of this chapter shall bear an authenticating certificate signed by an authorized officer of a bank or trust company doing business in the state of New Hampshire or in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, or by the commissioner of revenue administrat…

In connection with the issuance by a municipality or county of original or replacement bonds or notes in registered form, the treasurer of the municipality or county, with the approval of the officer or officers authorized to sign such bonds or notes, is authorized to contract fo…

The treasurer of every municipal corporation shall keep a register, in such form as may be prescribed by the commissioner of revenue administration, which shall state the denomination, number and date of every bond or note issued by the municipality, the time when and the place w…

All moneys received pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, whether as proceeds from the issue of bonds, as revenues, or otherwise, shall be deemed to be trust funds to be held and applied solely as provided in this chapter.

Bonds issued under this chapter, their transfer and income from them, including any profit made on their sale, shall at all times be exempt from taxation within the state.

The treasurer of any municipal corporation, within 10 days after the delivery of an issue of bonds or notes authorized by this chapter to the purchaser thereof, shall submit to the commissioner of revenue administration a report setting forth the details of the issue in such form…

Bonds issued under this chapter are hereby made securities in which all public officers, agencies and authorities of the state and of its political subdivisions, insurance companies, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries may properly and …

All bonds or notes purporting to be issued under authority of this chapter, and executed as hereinbefore provided, shall, in favor of bona fide holders, be conclusively presumed to have been duly and regularly authorized and issued in accordance with the provisions herein contain…

I. The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed to provide an additional and alternative method for the effectuation of the purposes of this chapter and shall be construed to be supplemental to, and not in derogation of, powers otherwise conferred by law on municipalities, prov…

All bonds and notes, and the interest thereon, heretofore or hereafter issued by municipal corporations and counties under the provisions of this chapter or of any general or special act, heretofore or hereafter enacted, shall be exempt from taxation in the state of New Hampshire…

Any special act, heretofore or hereafter enacted shall be construed so as not to lessen the amount of indebtedness which the municipality affected would be authorized to incur under the terms of this chapter, unless such act expressly provides for such limitation.

I. Nothing contained herein shall impair the validity of any debt properly issued by a municipality or county under authority of any general or special act so repealed hereby. II. Chapter 9, Laws of 1953, [RSA ch. 204 ], shall not be deemed repealed by this act.

Any obligation and indebtedness incurred under this chapter prior to January 1, 1999 and any obligation and indebtedness incurred under this chapter on or after January 1, 1999 which mature on or before March 31, 2000 shall be a valid and enforceable obligation and debt of the mu…

A municipality or regional water district may issue bonds or notes under this chapter for construction of revenue-producing facilities. Bonds issued by a municipality or regional water district under this chapter shall not be deemed to be a pledge of the faith and credit of the s…

Municipalities and counties shall not issue any bonds or notes payable on demand. They shall provide for the payment of all loans issued under authority of this chapter except notes issued under authority of RSA 33:7, in annual payments which shall be so arranged that the amount …

The issuance of bonds or notes hereunder which are subject to call, at the election of the municipality, before the date fixed for final payment thereof, is authorized. The bonds or notes, in such cases, shall contain provisions setting forth the method or methods by which the op…

In an unincorporated place, the county commissioners, with the approval of a majority of the county convention present and voting, may: (i) separately from, and in addition to, bonds guaranteed pursuant to RSA 162-I:9-a, authorize the issuance of bonds by the county, the source f…

In addition to other lawful items, the costs to be financed by the issuance of bonds under this chapter may include interest during construction and for up to one year after completion of the revenue-producing facilities being financed as estimated by the authorized officers, the…

A municipality or county may issue its bonds or notes for the acquisition of land, for economic development, for planning relative to public facilities, for the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and enlargement or purchase of public buildings, for other public works or im…

The municipal officers or their designee together with the clerk, treasurer, an assessor, and tax collector of each city or town shall constitute a committee to govern the disposition of municipal records pursuant to this chapter. Unless otherwise provided by a municipal ordinanc…

The municipal records identified below shall be retained, at a minimum, as follows: I. Abatements: 5 years. II. Accounts receivable: until audited plus one year. III. Aerial photographs: permanently. IV. Airport inspections-annual: 3 years. V. Airport inspections-daily, including…

I. The proceeds of any sale of bonds or notes shall be used only for the purposes for which the loan was incurred except as otherwise authorized by this section; provided, however, that any premium received shall not be used to increase the amount to be spent for the purpose for …

A city or town may issue its bonds or notes for the purpose of defraying the cost of a reappraisal by professional appraisers of the real estate in such city or town for tax assessment purposes, or for the acquisition of a tax map of said city or town; said bonds or notes to matu…

I. A municipality or county may issue its bonds or notes for the purpose of defraying the cost of preliminary or final plans and specifications or other preliminary expenses incidental to, or connected with, any proposed public work or improvement of a permanent nature consisting…

I. A municipality or county may authorize the issuance of refunding bonds in order to pay all or part of any issue of bonds called or to be called for redemption, including any redemption premium thereon, all or part of the interest coming due on or prior to the date on which the…

A municipality may authorize the issuance of bonds, payable within 20 years from their dates of issuance, in order to pay all response costs associated with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. section 9601 et seq…

I. The governor and council may award an unconditional state guarantee of the principal of and interest on bonds issued under RSA 33:3-e. The full faith and credit of the state shall be pledged for any such guarantees of principal and interest. The principal amount of the bonds g…

I. A municipality or communications district formed under RSA 53-G may issue bonds for the purpose of financing the development, construction, reconstruction, renovation, improvement, and acquisition of broadband infrastructure in any locations within a municipality unserved by b…

Counties shall not incur net indebtedness to an amount, at any one time outstanding, exceeding 2 percent of the last assessed valuation thereof.

Any bonds issued under this chapter may be secured by a resolution or by a trust or security agreement between the municipality and a corporate trustee, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the state, or by a trust or secur…

I. There is hereby established a municipal records board consisting of the following persons or their designees: (a) The director of the division of archives and records management. (b) The director of the New Hampshire Historical Society. (c) The state librarian. (d) The preside…

I. Cities shall not incur net indebtedness, except for school purposes, to an amount, at any one time outstanding, exceeding 3 percent of their valuation determined as hereinafter provided. II. Cities shall not incur net indebtedness for school purposes to an amount at any one ti…

The debt limitations hereinbefore prescribed, except for counties, shall be based upon the applicable last locally assessed valuation of the municipality as last equalized by the commissioner of revenue administration under RSA 21-J:3, XIII and shall include the equalized value o…

The board shall advise the secretary of state on standards and procedures for the effective and efficient management of municipal records. Such standards and procedures shall govern the retention, preservation and disposition of municipal records. The board shall oversee the loca…

If municipal records are disposed of by microfilming, 2 films shall be produced. One film shall be retained by the municipality in a fireproof container and properly labeled. One shall be transferred to a suitable location for permanent storage.

Any bonds issued under authority of this chapter may be issued by a municipality pursuant to lines of credit or other banking arrangements under such terms and conditions not inconsistent with this chapter, and under such agreements as the authorized officers may determine to be …

Municipalities which have received orders from the department of environmental services to install sewage treatment works under the provisions of RSA 485-A, or to install a sewerage system or sewage treatment works under the provisions of RSA 485:27, or under RSA 147, or acts ame…

Municipalities may incur debt for supplying the inhabitants with water or for the construction, enlargement, or improvement of water works, by the issue of bonds or notes, for such purposes, as set forth in this chapter; provided, however, that such municipalities shall not incur…

I. Paper municipal records listed in the disposition and retention schedule of RSA 33-A:3-a may be transferred to electronic records, as defined in RSA 5:29, VI, and the original paper records may be disposed of as the municipality chooses, subject to the requirements of other st…

Any city, town, village district, or other political subdivision may vote to incur debt for the purpose of installing a sewage disposal plant including treatment works or sewerage facilities or thereof, although at the time of such vote it has not received an order from the depar…

Any such municipality which has voted to incur debt under the provisions of RSA 33:5-b shall submit a certified copy of the record of such action together with detailed plans of the proposed construction to the department of environmental services for review and approval, as here…

The terms of repayment by a municipality of any loan from the loan fund established under RSA 486:14, or from any other state revolving loan fund established for water pollution control, solid waste disposal or treatment or other environmental improvement purposes, shall be gover…

Upon recommendation of the commissioner of revenue administration, approved by the governor and council, municipalities and counties may, within such limits as to amount, term and rate of interest as may be prescribed by the commissioner of revenue administration, incur debt outs…

Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, original town meeting and city council records shall not be disposed of but shall be permanently preserved. Such records prior to 1900 need not be microfilmed unless legible.