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RSA 36-A:5 · Appropriations Authorized

Title
III: TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES
Chapter
36-A · CONSERVATION COMMISSIONS
Status
current
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36-A:5 Appropriations Authorized. –

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I.

A town or city, having established a conservation commission as authorized by RSA 36-A:2, may appropriate money as deemed necessary for the purpose of this chapter. The whole or any part of money so appropriated in any year and any gifts of money received pursuant to RSA 36-A:4 may be placed in a conservation fund and allowed to accumulate from year to year. Money may be expended from said fund by the conservation commission for the purposes of this chapter without further approval of the town meeting.

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II.

The town treasurer, pursuant to RSA 41:29, shall have custody of all moneys in the conservation fund and shall pay out the same only upon order of the conservation commission. The disbursement of conservation funds shall be authorized by a majority of the conservation commission. Prior to the use of such funds for the purchase of any interest in real property or for a contribution to a qualified organization for the purchase of property interests under RSA 36-A:4-a, I(b), the conservation commission shall hold a public hearing with notice in accordance with RSA 675:7.

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III.

In the municipality that has adopted the provisions of RSA 79-A:25, II, the specified percentage of the revenues received pursuant to RSA 79-A shall be placed in the conservation fund. Source. 1963, 168:1. 1973, 550:4. 1987, 318:2. 1988, 120:1, eff. June 18, 1988. 2008, 317:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

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Source note

Source. 1963, 168:1. 1973, 550:4. 1987, 318:2. 1988, 120:1, eff. June 18, 1988. 2008, 317:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.

Source history

  • 1963, 168:1
  • 1973, 550:4
  • 1987, 318:2
  • 1988, 120:1, eff. June 18, 1988
  • 2008, 317:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2009

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  • 2026 HB1027 amend

    es, they are hereby declared to be a public purpose. 2 Towns, Cities, Village Districts, And Unincorporated Places; Conservation Commissions; Appropriations Authorized. Amend RSA 36-A:5, I and II to read as follows: I. A town or city, having established a conservation commission as authorized by RSA 36-A:2, may appropriate money as deemed necessary for the purpose of this chapter, subject to the app

  • 2026 HB1151 amend

    ssion appropriations. Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened: 72:1 Conservation Commissions; Appropriations Authorized. Amend RSA 36-A:5, II to read as follows: II. The town treasurer, pursuant to RSA 41:29, or city treasurer, pursuant to RSA 48:16, shall have custody of all moneys in the conservation fund and shall pay out the same only upon order of t

  • 2026 HB488 add

    hat provides support for a local land use board established under RSA 673 may serve on a local land use board of the same municipality or conservation commission established under RSA 36-A of the same municipality. (j) No municipal employee or department head shall serve on a planning board or zoning board of adjustment, except as expressly provided in RSA 673:2. II. No person shall at the same ti