Title XII, Public Safety and Welfare

Unless they desire otherwise, provision shall be made for relocation of all persons who would be displaced by a proposed development district prior to displacement in accordance with the provisions of RSA 162-K:6. Prior to undertaking any relocation of displaced persons, the muni…

Any eligible facility while owned by the authority is declared to be public property and shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the state or any political subdivision of the state. In lieu of such taxes and special assessments the state or the political subdivi…

Any voluntary, nonprofit corporation or association formed under RSA 292:1 for the purpose of taking advantage of this chapter shall be a body politic and corporate constituting a public corporation. The governmental unit may loan money to such corporation or association or an au…

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. A nuclear decommissioning financing committee shall be established for each facility. The committee shall have jurisdiction to determine the projected cost of decommissioning the facility and the schedule of payments for each owner. The committee shall have jurisdiction to det…

I. The authority may issue bonds pursuant to this section which shall be obligations of the authority and not general obligations of the state, except as provided in RSA 162-A:17. Such bonds may be issued from time to time consistent with the purposes and provisions of this chapt…

I. The powers and duties granted by this chapter, unless otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, may be exercised by one or more governmental units acting through one or more business and industrial development authorities established under this section. II. The legislative…

The committee shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to the conduct of hearings under RSA 162-F:21.

In an unincorporated place, the county commissioners, with the approval of the county delegation, may establish redevelopment districts to ensure that projects benefiting from the issuance of bonds guaranteed pursuant to RSA 162-I:9-a, I repay such bonds. The boundaries of the re…

I. The powers conferred by this chapter are supplemental and alternative to other powers conferred by law, and this chapter is intended to be an independent and comprehensive conferral of powers to accomplish the purposes set forth in RSA 162-G:2. II. No notice, proceedings, or a…

If a facility is located in more than one city or town, for the purpose of selecting a nuclear decommissioning financing committee, it shall be deemed to be located in the city or town in which the largest part of the main nuclear reactor building is located.

I. The committee shall incorporate in any certificate such terms and conditions in their entirety and without addition, deletion, or change, as may be specified to the committee by any of the state agencies having permitting or other regulatory authority, under state or federal l…

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…

Municipalities may enter into an agreement under RSA 53-A to jointly establish a municipal development district that may include land within the several municipalities using the procedures in this chapter. Tax revenues and expenditures may be allocated as provided in the agreemen…

Bonds issued under the provisions of 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 fiduciarie…

I. The powers conferred by this chapter are supplemental and alternative to other powers conferred by law, and this chapter is intended as an independent and comprehensive conferral of powers to accomplish the purposes set forth in RSA 162-I:1. II. No notice, hearing, proceedings…

I. Any municipality or other political subdivision enabled to adopt the provisions of RSA 162-G may, by similar action, adopt the provisions of this section. Any such municipality or other political subdivision which adopts the provisions of this section may engage in projects un…

I. The temporary chairman of each committee formed, who shall be the commissioner of the department of energy, shall call an organizational meeting within 90 days of formation. At the organizational meeting, the committee shall select a chairman to serve for a 3-year term, elect …

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. In view of the general public benefits expected to be derived from the authority's activities under this chapter, and their contribution to the social welfare and economic prosperity of the state and its political subdivisions, the governor and council may award an uncondition…

The reasonable expenses of each committee and the office of the attorney general, including the services of consultants, and clerical and technical assistance, shall be a direct charge against the owner or owners of the facility.

I. The authority shall not take any action described in RSA 162-A:7, IV, 162-A:9, III, 162-A:10, IV, or 162-A:12, V, and the governor and council shall not award any guarantee under RSA 162-A:7-a, RSA 162-A:8, RSA 162-A:10, III, RSA 162-A:13, or RSA 162-A:13-a unless the governor…

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…

I. The superior court, in term time or in vacation, may enjoin any act in violation of this chapter. II. Any construction or operation of energy facilities in violation of this chapter, or in material violation of the terms and conditions of a certificate issued under this chapte…

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. A separate nuclear decommissioning financing fund, with a separate account for each owner, shall be established for each facility in the state. The committee shall determine the projected cost of decommissioning, the funding date, and the schedule of payments sufficient to ens…

I. Promptly after the beginning of each calendar year the authority shall conduct a public hearing regarding the use of any available contingent credit limit under RSA 162-A:22 and regarding the allocation of such available contingent credit limit among uses authorized by this ch…

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. "Acceptance" means a determination by the committee that it finds that the application is complete and ready for consideration. I-a. "Administrator" means the administrator of the committee established by this chapter. I-b. "Affected municipality" means any municipality or uni…

In this chapter: I. "Budget submission date" has the meaning set forth under RSA 273-A:1, III. II. "Development district" means a specific area within the corporate limits of any municipality which has been so designated and separately numbered by the legislative body of said mun…

I. The business finance authority, as established and authorized under RSA 162-A (hereinafter the "authority"), may expend or loan money upon such terms and conditions as prescribed by the authority to acquire loans or other evidences of education indebtedness incurred by persons…

It is hereby declared that there is a need for the development and preservation of business and industry within the state in order to alleviate and prevent unemployment, to insure the continued growth and prosperity of the state, and of the cities and towns within the state and t…

Pursuant to section 146 of the code, the state hereby establishes for calendar year 1988 and each calendar year thereafter its formula for allocating the state ceiling among issuers as follows: I. All of the state ceiling on private activity bonds which may be issued in any calen…

The council shall: I. Consult upon common problems in the fields of environmental protection, natural resources, and growth management including the encouragement of smart growth; II. Consult with, negotiate with, and obtain information from, any federal or state agency concerned…

In this chapter: I. "Child care program" shall have the same meaning as group child day care center under RSA 170-E:2, IV(c). II. "Creates child care" means making available child care seats in a New Hampshire-licensed child care program by a business entity, either directly or t…

I. Infrastructure improvements eligible for financing under this chapter shall include: (a) Roads, sidewalks, street lighting, and traffic control devices; (b) Water mains, sewer lines, stormwater management facilities, and related appurtenances; (c) Utility extensions directly s…

No person shall manufacture, construct, produce, transfer, acquire or possess any special nuclear material, by-product material, production facility, or utilization facility or act as an operator of a production or utilization facility wholly within this state unless the person s…

In this chapter: I. "Authority" means the business finance authority, formerly known as the industrial development authority and the industrial park authority. II. "Board" means the board of directors of the authority. III. "Bond" means any bond, note or other evidence of indebte…

In this chapter: I. "Aircraft hangar facility" shall be an eligible facility and means any privately owned structure used for housing or repairing aircraft. I-a. "Authority" means the business finance authority created under RSA 162-A:3. II. "Board" means the board of directors o…

I. "Economic revitalization zone" means a zone with a single continuous boundary, designated in accordance with the rules adopted under RSA 162-N:8, and having at least one of the following characteristics: (a) Unused or underutilized industrial parks; or (b) Vacant land or struc…

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…

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 …

Unless the context otherwise clearly requires, in this chapter: I. "Authority" or "national finance authority" means the business finance authority acting pursuant to this chapter and operating under the name "national finance authority." II. "Business finance authority" means th…

[RSA 162-U:2 repealed by 2025, 141:331, effective July 1, 2045.] The general court hereby declares that Coos County is a distressed place-based economy. All agencies shall consider this declaration in decisions affecting Coos county.

I. Effective January 1, 2028, no state agency shall purchase or acquire a drone or unmanned aircraft system other than those cleared pursuant to RSA 162-V:3. II. To the extent practicable, state agencies shall purchase or acquire only those drones and unmanned aircraft systems cl…