Live Free or Die Legal
This website is not an official source of law. This website does not provide legal advice. For official legal materials, verify against the relevant court, legislature, agency, or other official source. Legal information may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrectly processed. Consult a qualified attorney for advice about a specific legal matter.

This RSA section is an unofficial mirror, is not legal advice, and may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrectly processed.

RSA 155-E:1 · Definitions

Title
XII: PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE
Chapter
155-E · LOCAL REGULATION EXCAVATIONS
Status
current
Official source linked
Yes
Official source Copy section link

155-E:1 Definitions. – In this chapter:

Copy link
I.

"Earth" means sand, gravel, rock, soil or construction aggregate produced by quarrying, crushing or any other mining activity or such other naturally-occurring unconsolidated materials that normally mask the bedrock.

Copy link
II.

"Excavation" means a land area which is used, or has been used, for the commercial taking of earth, including all slopes.

Copy link
III.

"Regulator" means:

Copy link
(a)

The planning board of a city or town, or if a town at an annual or special meeting duly warned for the purpose so provides, the selectmen of the town or the board of adjustment; or

Copy link
(b)

If there is no planning board, the selectmen of the town or the legislative body of the city; or

Copy link
(c)

The county commissioners if the land area is in an unincorporated place.

Copy link
IV.

"Dimension stone" means rock that is cut, shaped, or selected for use in blocks, slabs, sheets, or other construction units of specified shapes or sizes and used for external or interior parts of buildings, foundations, curbing, paving, flagging, bridges, revetments, or for other architectural or engineering purposes. Dimension stone includes quarry blocks from which sections of dimension stone are to be produced. Dimension stone does not include earth as defined in RSA 155-E:1, I.

Copy link
V.

"Excavation site" means any area of contiguous land in common ownership upon which excavation takes place.

Copy link
VI.

"Excavation area" means the surface area within an excavation site where excavation has occurred or is eligible to occur under the provisions of this chapter. Source. 1979, 481:2. 1988, 285:6, 7. 1989, 363:2. 1991, 310:3. 2002, 103:9, eff. April 1, 2002 at 12:01 a.m.

Copy link

Source note

Source. 1979, 481:2. 1988, 285:6, 7. 1989, 363:2. 1991, 310:3. 2002, 103:9, eff. April 1, 2002 at 12:01 a.m.

Source history

  • 1979, 481:2
  • 1988, 285:6, 7
  • 1989, 363:2
  • 1991, 310:3
  • 2002, 103:9, eff. April 1, 2002 at 12:01 a.m

Related materials

Bill relationships

  • 2026 HB1029 reference

    activities performed with mechanized equipment that are intended to cut vegetation, including lawn edging, aeration, and de-thatching, excavations permitted or grandfathered under RSA 155-E, or replacement of department-of-transportation-installed delineator posts in the same location. 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage. LBA 26-2465 Revised 12/5/25 HB 1029-FN-

  • 2026 HB1029-FN reference

    activities performed with mechanized equipment that are intended to cut vegetation, including lawn edging, aeration, and de-thatching, excavations permitted or grandfathered under RSA 155-E, or replacement of department-of-transportation-installed delineator posts in the same location. 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage. LBA 26-2465 Revised 12/5/25 HB 1029-FN-

  • 2026 HB1141 amend

    l or engineering purposes. Dimension stone includes quarry blocks from which sections of dimension stone are to be produced. Dimension stone does not include earth as defined in RSA 155-E:1, I. 2 New Paragraphs; Definitions; Mining; Operator. Amend RSA 485-A:2 by inserting after paragraph VII-a the following new paragraphs: VII-b. "Mining" means all activities performed in the extraction of miner

  • 2026 HB1141 amend

    to this chapter: I. Mining activities in existence before August 24, 1979. II. The crushing of rock for the purpose of producing construction aggregate regulated pursuant to RSA 155-E. 4 New Paragraphs; Definitions; Reclamation; Rock; Septage. Amend RSA 485-A:2 by inserting after paragraph IX-a the following new paragraphs: IX-b. “Reclamation” means the restoration of the affected site by gr

  • 2026 HB1141-FN amend

    to this chapter: I. Mining activities in existence before August 24, 1979. II. The crushing of rock for the purpose of producing construction aggregate regulated pursuant to RSA 155-E. 4 New Paragraphs; Definitions; Reclamation; Rock; Septage. Amend RSA 485-A:2 by inserting after paragraph IX-a the following new paragraphs: IX-b. “Reclamation” means the restoration of the affected site by gr

  • 2026 HB1141-FN amend

    l or engineering purposes. Dimension stone includes quarry blocks from which sections of dimension stone are to be produced. Dimension stone does not include earth as defined in RSA 155-E:1, I. 2 New Paragraphs; Definitions; Mining; Operator. Amend RSA 485-A:2 by inserting after paragraph VII-a the following new paragraphs: VII-b. "Mining" means all activities performed in the extraction of miner

  • 2026 HB1144 amend · effective 2027-07-01

    1 Taxation; Excavation Tax; Excavation Tax and Taxation of Excavation Area. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 72-B:1, I to read as follows: I. Earth, as defined in RSA 155-E:1, I, shall be exempt from taxation as real property under RSA 72:6 and RSA 72:13. An excavation tax shall be assessed upon the excavation of earth against an owner as defined in RSA 72-B:2, VIII. Such tax shall be assess

  • 2026 HB1144-FN amend · effective 2027-07-01

    1 Taxation; Excavation Tax; Excavation Tax and Taxation of Excavation Area. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 72-B:1, I to read as follows: I. Earth, as defined in RSA 155-E:1, I, shall be exempt from taxation as real property under RSA 72:6 and RSA 72:13. An excavation tax shall be assessed upon the excavation of earth against an owner as defined in RSA 72-B:2, VIII. Such tax shall be assess

Opinions and discipline decisions mentioning this RSA