Title XII, Public Safety and Welfare

The authority shall hold its meetings in a building that is accessible to persons with disabilities. Six voting members of the board shall constitute a quorum, and the affirmative vote of a majority of members in attendance at a meeting shall be necessary for any action taken by …

There is hereby established in the office of the state treasurer a nonlapsing, special fund to be known as the site evaluation committee fund. All application and other filing fees received by the committee under RSA 162-H:8-a shall be deposited in the fund. All moneys in the fun…

I. Each committee shall hold at least one public hearing to receive information on funding requirements for each fund. The committee shall have the authority to subpoena witnesses and administer oaths and to compel by subpoena duces tecum the production of any accounts, books, co…

The revenues received by and due to the authority from any and all sources under this chapter and RSA 162-I shall be retained by the authority and shall be used in such manner as may be determined by the authority consistent with the provisions of this chapter. The authority may …

I. At the time a non-utility acquires an ownership interest in a facility, sufficient moneys shall have been paid into the fund, so that the balance of the fund for that ownership interest shall equal or exceed the minimum decommissioning funding requirements of the Nuclear Regul…

The authority may receive funds from any source in accordance with a public or private program, provided that such program shall have as a principal function the promotion, encouragement, or development of economic activity. The authority shall administer, loan, advance, or other…

I. The public utilities commission shall permit an electric utility with a franchise territory in the state to charge its customers on a per kilowatt hour basis the amount it pays directly into the fund, as required by the committee pursuant to a schedule of payments established …

Funding assurances shall be sufficient to fully fund the projected cost of decommissioning the facility by the funding date, including in the event of a premature permanent cessation of operation. The committee shall determine the adequacy of the method or methods, and the level …

I. The public members of the committee shall be compensated for all time spent on committee business, including compensation and reimbursement for energy facility proceeding time and expenses. Compensation shall be provided on a pro rata basis, based upon the daily salary rate of…

I. Every 4 years the committee shall meet to review the fund and may increase or decrease the projected cost of decommissioning the facility and the schedule of payments into the fund. Reasons for increasing or decreasing the projected cost of decommissioning and schedule of paym…

The total amount of state guarantees in force under RSA 162-A:7-a, RSA 162-A:8, RSA 162-A:10, III, RSA 162-A:13, RSA 162-A:13-a, RSA 162-A:17, and RSA 162-I:9-b shall not exceed in the aggregate at any time $50,000,000 plus interest, provided that such amount shall be increased t…

I. Expenditures from the fund shall be limited to decommissioning of the facility for which the fund was established. The committee shall review all expenditures from such fund during actual decommissioning to confirm that utilization of the fund is in accordance with the require…

The accounts of the authority shall be subject to an annual audit performed by an independent certified public accountant selected by the authority. The authority shall submit annually to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the senate clerk, …

I. The authority shall include, as part of its annual report or as a separate report published and made available to the public annually on or before September 1, beginning September 1, 1997, the following information regarding each economic development program funded, bonded, or…

On the effective date of this section, the department shall assume responsibility for all monitoring and enforcement activities under this chapter, except for proceedings opened by the committee prior to the effective date of this section, including enforcement complaints, in whi…

The superior court may enjoin any act in violation of a determination of a nuclear decommissioning financing committee, or it may require the owner or owners to comply with any determination or order of such committee. Failure by an owner to make the payments or maintain the fund…

Any property 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 subdivision sha…

Any person who willfully violates any order or determination of a committee shall be guilty of a felony.

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-A:1. II. No notice, hearing, proceedings…

Any person who is aggrieved by an order or a decision of a nuclear decommissioning financing committee may appeal under RSA 541.

Any person or entity acting as an independent contractor for the authority shall avoid any conflict of interest. No person or entity employed or retained by the authority as an independent contractor shall, while so employed or retained, represent any interest before the authorit…

Nothing in this chapter shall limit the recovery of any decommissioning costs allowed in a stranded cost recovery charge approved pursuant to RSA 374-F by the public utilities commission in an electric restructuring agreement or compliance filing, including charges from a wholesa…

The authority may order, after hearing upon its own motion or upon complaint, that a person or entity shall be prohibited from applying to the authority for any guarantee, loan, or other credit enhancement under this chapter if the authority determines that such person or entity …

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.

A municipality which adopts this chapter shall thereafter be authorized to establish one or more development districts. For each such district, the municipality shall establish a development program and a tax increment financing plan. A municipality that has not previously adopte…

I. (a) To initiate the application process, a developer may file with the department of transportation, a request for a preliminary conceptual feasibility study, including such project-specific information as the department may specify in accordance with the department's utility …

I. There shall be allowed a child care creation tax credit for eligible businesses, pursuant to this section, for qualifying expenditures made during a taxable year as follows: (a) Expenditures in acquiring, constructing, rehabilitating, renovating, or expanding property to creat…

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 the following powers in addition to any other powers conferred upon it: (a) To engage in projects, to acquire and dispose of ownership or possessory interests in eligible facilities and related property within the state. (b) To issue bonds: (1) To pay …

No economic revitalization zone tax credits shall be allowed to any taxpayer unless the taxpayer's project receives written certification in accordance with RSA 162-N:4, I from the commissioner of business and economic affairs that it has expanded the commercial or industrial bas…

In making assignments of state ceiling under this chapter, the housing finance authority and the business finance authority shall seek to distribute state ceiling as fairly as practicable among state and local issuers and shall take into consideration state and local development …

I. There is hereby established a committee to be known as the New Hampshire site evaluation committee consisting of 5 members, as follows: (a) The 3 commissioners of the public utilities commission, the chairperson of which shall be the chairperson of the committee; (b) The commi…

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings: I. "Bond" shall mean an evidence of indebtedness issued by the governmental unit or a business and industrial development authority under this chapter …

I. Effective January 1, 2028, no county, city, town, or other political subdivision shall purchase or acquire a drone or unmanned aircraft system that does not meet the requirements of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2024, Public Law 118-31, or that has been included on…

Members shall serve without compensation, and any member's term of office shall terminate when he ceases to be a member of the state agency he represents.

I. The national finance authority is hereby established within and as a component unit of the business finance authority for the purpose of exercising the powers, duties, and responsibilities conferred by this chapter. While acting pursuant to this chapter, the business finance a…

I. The coordinator of nuclear development and regulatory activities established under RSA 162-B:4 shall have the duty to pursue continuing studies as to the need, if any, for changes in the laws and regulations administered by the departments and agencies of the state that would …

The commissioner of the department of business and economic affairs shall file a report detailing the implementation of the tax credit program under RSA 77-E:3-c and the results achieved. This report shall be filed with the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of rep…

I. There is established within the authority a state regenerative manufacturing workforce development fund, which shall be held by the authority apart from all of its other funds. Annual state appropriations and other funds from state or federal sources, and any gifts, grants, or…

There is hereby created the business finance authority, formerly operating and known as the industrial development authority, which shall be a body corporate and politic having a distinct legal existence separate from the state and not constituting a department of state governmen…

I. Assessments shall be levied only against properties that receive a direct and ascertainable benefit from the improvements. II. The governing body shall determine the method of apportionment, which may include frontage, lot size, number of units, assessed value, or other reason…

Transfer of property under this chapter shall be for such price and subject to said further terms and conditions as in the opinion of the commissioner, are reasonable and appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this chapter, provided, however, that: I. All proceeds from sales o…

Bonds issued under this chapter relative to railroad lines may finance the upgrading, construction or repair of railroad lines in the state.

There is hereby established within the public utilities commission the position of administrator who shall be an unclassified state employee. In the alternative, the position may be filled by an independent contractor. The administrator shall be hired by and under the supervision…

I. There is hereby established in the office of the state treasurer a fund to be known as the intrastate energy pipeline facility revolving loan fund which shall be kept separate and distinct from all other funds. Moneys in the fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually ap…