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RSA 21-M:12 · Public Safety and Infrastructure Bureau

Title
I: THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
Chapter
21-M · DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Status
current
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21-M:12 Public Safety and Infrastructure Bureau. –

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I.

There is established in the division of legal counsel a bureau of public safety and infrastructure. The bureau shall be supervised by a senior assistant attorney general who shall be appointed by the attorney general in accordance with the provisions of RSA 21-M:3 and who shall carry out the duties imposed by this section under the supervision of the attorney general and do such other work as the attorney general may assign. The attorney general shall appoint such other assistant attorneys general pursuant to the provisions of RSA 21-M:3 and such additional clerical, stenographic, and other staff as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section within the limits of the appropriations made for the bureau.

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II.

The duties of the bureau shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

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(a)

Advising any department, division, bureau, or agency of the state whenever it contemplates the taking of or takes private property.

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(b)

Representing any department, division, bureau or agency of the state in the taking of any interest in private property. Source. 1985, 300:1. 1987, 406:4, eff. July 25, 1987. 2023, 79:257, eff. July 1, 2023.

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Source note

Source. 1985, 300:1. 1987, 406:4, eff. July 25, 1987. 2023, 79:257, eff. July 1, 2023.

Source history

  • 1985, 300:1
  • 1987, 406:4, eff. July 25, 1987
  • 2023, 79:257, eff. July 1, 2023

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