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RSA 217-A:7-a · Natural Heritage Bureau Fund Established

217-A:7-a Natural Heritage Bureau Fund Established. –

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I.

The commissioner may charge a fee for using inventory and information services and for publications and reports to recover the costs of providing products and services.

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II.

Fees shall be sufficient to cover the costs of providing services and producing and providing products authorized by this chapter.

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III.

Fees shall be fixed in a schedule prepared and revised as necessary by the natural heritage bureau, approved by the commissioner, and established in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A. The fees charged under this paragraph shall be deposited in the fund established in paragraph IV.

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IV.

There is hereby established in the office of the state treasurer a fund to be known as the natural heritage bureau fund. Moneys collected under this section and RSA 217-A:6, III shall be deposited in this fund. The fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the commissioner for the costs of providing publications or reports to the public, for the costs of providing inventory and information services, and to accomplish the purposes of this chapter. Source. 2005, 236:7. 2010, 343:6, eff. Sept. 18, 2010. 2025, 141:7, eff. July 1, 2025.

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Source note

Source. 2005, 236:7. 2010, 343:6, eff. Sept. 18, 2010. 2025, 141:7, eff. July 1, 2025.

Source history

  • 2005, 236:7
  • 2010, 343:6, eff. Sept. 18, 2010
  • 2025, 141:7, eff. July 1, 2025

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  • 2025 HB2 amend

    the agency has the information necessary to adequately complete the environmental review process. 141:7 Public Recreation; New Hampshire Native Plant Protection; Natural Heritage Bureau Fund Established. Amend RSA 217-A:7-a to read as follows: 217-A:7-a Natural Heritage Bureau Fund Established. I. The commissioner may charge a fee [for screening department records for instances of protected species or environmental review,] for u