Title IX, Acquisition of Lands by United States; Federal Aid

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, consent is given to the acquisition of lands in this state by the United States of America for any public purpose duly authorized by the laws of the United States.

There shall be a land use board consisting of the members of the planning and development commission. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. They shall establish reasonable rules of procedure and shall keep written records.

No land shall be acquired pursuant to this chapter until the acquisition shall have been recommended by the land use board and approved by the governor and council; but the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the acquisition by the United States of sites for post office…

At least 14 days before the land use board shall take action upon any proposed acquisition of land in any town or city, it shall, by letter addressed to the board of selectmen in such town, or to the board of mayor and aldermen in such city, advise it of the proposed acquisitions…

The governor and council, upon recommendation of the land use board, are authorized on behalf of the state: (a) To accept leases or enter into other agreements with the United States, or a duly authorized agency thereof, for the administration and maintenance of any such lands, w…

Lands which may be acquired under this chapter shall be such as by reason of quality, location, or condition are better adapted to public conservation, forestry, recreation, experimental, and demonstration purposes than for continued private ownership and development. Such acquis…

The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources shall annually prepare and file a report on the current inventory of federal landholdings within the state and calculate what percentage of New Hampshire land is held by the federal government in accordance with…

The state shall retain concurrent jurisdiction with the United States in and over all lands acquired hereunder so far that the civil and criminal law of this state shall apply on said lands; and exclusive jurisdiction in and to said lands shall revert to the state when such lands…

No owner of land which the United States proposes hereby to acquire shall be required to sell by institution of proceedings for condemnation; but when a landowner shall have agreed to sell to the United States and the sale price has been agreed upon, proceedings for condemnation …

Consent is given, in accordance with the seventeenth clause of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, of any land or interests in land within this state req…

Such consent is also given to the acquisition of land or interests therein for such additional projects as may be approved by the governor and council upon recommendation of the department of environmental services retaining, however, to the state the same jurisdiction as is rese…

RSA 121 shall not apply to the acquisition of land or interests in lands by the United States in accordance with the provisions hereof.

I. On a date not later than 30 days following the establishment and approval of tax rates for each city and town affected by and subject to the provisions of this chapter, the state treasurer shall pay to each town and city in which any taxable real estate or interest therein has…

The valuation upon which the reimbursement provided by RSA 122:4 is based shall be included in computing town and county taxes and equalization of school and highway costs for the period during which such reimbursement is made.

The commissioner of revenue administration shall propose to each biennial session of the legislature an amount needed to make the reimbursements provided for in RSA 122:4. The reimbursement shall be fixed for each year of the biennium equal to the amount which would have been ass…

Whenever the state treasurer has funds in his possession paid by the United States on account of leasing of land acquired by the United States for flood control purposes, he shall immediately remit the funds, in proportion to the area of lease land which lies in each town as show…

Jurisdiction is ceded to the United States of America over all lands within this state now or hereafter exclusively owned by the United States, and used as sites for post offices, custom-houses, military air bases, military installations or other public buildings: provided, that …

The lands shall be exempt from all taxes and assessments so long as the same shall be the property of the United States.

The governor, with the approval of the council, is authorized to apply for financial or any other aid which the United States government has authorized or may authorize to be given to the several states for emergency industrial or unemployment relief, for public works and highway…

The purpose of this chapter is to establish a uniform policy for the fair and equitable treatment of persons displaced as a direct result of programs or projects undertaken by a state agency in order that such persons shall not suffer disproportionate injuries as a result of prog…

Displacing agencies may enter into contracts with any individual, firm, association or corporation for services in connection with this chapter or may carry out functions under this chapter through any federal or state agency or instrumentality having an established organization …

I. Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any state agency or unit of local government for the acquisition of real property or any interest in real property for a particular program or project shall also be available to carry out the provisions of this chapter as applied to…

I. Each state agency receiving a federal grant or grants shall compute an agency indirect cost rate for each grant as provided by federal regulation and shall apply the same to each grant it receives. Any state agency making grants of federal funds to any other state agency, eith…

Any agency that submits an application for federal funds shall include in such application provisions for reimbursement of the allocated statewide central services cost and any agency indirect costs. If no federal funds are approved for indirect costs, the agency shall provide wr…

No payment received by a displaced person under this chapter shall be considered as income for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance under any state law or for the purposes of RSA 77-A or any other direct or indirect tax …

The state of New Hampshire, for the purposes of accepting and expending federal block grants, shall be the branches of state government as defined in our constitution, as they interact in our established legal processes relating to authority to expend federal funds.

I. This chapter shall not be construed as creating, in any condemnation proceedings brought under the power of eminent domain, any element of value or of damage not in existence immediately prior to the date of enactment of this chapter. II. Any agency acquiring real property usi…

I. Each department or agency responsible for block grants shall prepare and submit its complete proposed plan to the presiding officers of the legislature at least 30 days before the required legislative public hearing on the plan. The department or agency shall also make copies …

Energy overcharge funds disbursed by the federal Department of Energy to the state shall be subject to the same department and agency planning requirements as federal block grants under this subdivision. No such energy overcharge funds shall be expended until specifically appropr…

Any tobacco-related funds, including funds from settlements and grants, received by the state shall be subject to the same department and agency planning requirements as federal block grants under this subdivision. No tobacco-related funds shall be expended until specifically app…

The administrative entity for the federal Workforce Investment Act funds shall submit annually 60 days after the close of each fiscal year a written report to the fiscal committee of the general court, senate president, and speaker of the house of representatives. The entity shal…

If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the …

If, under any appropriation made by the general court, the federal grant received, whether by direct grant from a federal agency or by a grant or pass-through of federal funds from a state agency, is less than estimated, the total appropriation shall be reduced by the amount of r…

I. In addition to the positions authorized by law, no new personnel positions, or consultants, or both may be created by the acceptance of federal moneys or moneys from any other source unless such positions, or consultants, or both are approved by the fiscal committee of the gen…

No law enforcement agency of the state or a political subdivision of the state may accept federal funding the purpose of which is to establish motorcycle-only roadside checkpoints.

Every state department, board, institution, commission or agency which receives federal funds shall set aside an amount equal to the rate approved in the statewide indirect cost plan of the funds received. The amount set aside shall be used to pay for financial and compliance aud…

Applications for grants or other federal benefits, however designated, except where precluded by federal law, shall include requests for funds adequate to accomplish the objectives of the grant proposal, including moneys to pay for financial and compliance audits as required by t…

All funds set aside and designated to be used for financial and compliance audits of federal assistance grants however designated shall be credited to a separate account maintained on the records of the commissioner of administrative services.

The legislative budget assistant may enter into agreements or contracts with the federal government or its agencies for the purpose of conducting financial and compliance audits of programs funded in whole or in part by the federal government and carried out by agencies of the st…

In this chapter: I. "Acquiring agency" means any organization or person who has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under state law. II. "Business" means any lawful activity, except a farm operation, conducted primarily: (a) For the purchase, sale, lease and/or re…

The faith and credit of the state are pledged to make adequate provision, from time to time, by appropriation or otherwise, to meet all obligations of the state incident to the acceptance of federal aid under the provisions of any act referred to in RSA 124:1 and the governor and…

I. Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a displacing agency results in the displacement of any person, the displacing agency shall provide payment to the displaced person of: (a) Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation, or o…

Cities, towns, school districts, precincts, and counties, upon the approval of the commissioner of revenue administration, may make application to the governor and council for authority to exceed existing debt limitations for the purpose of taking advantage of such grants or aid …

I. In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this chapter, the displacing agency shall make an additional payment, not in excess of $22,500, to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling which he actually owned and occupied for not less than 180 days before the i…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governor and council are hereby authorized to designate from time to time, as they may deem in the best interest of the state, the proper persons or agencies in the state government to take all necessary action to apply for, receive…

I. In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this chapter, a displacing agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person not eligible to receive a payment under RSA 124-A:4 if such dwelling was actually and lawfully occupied by the displaced person for at least 90 …