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RSA 12-A Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

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Contents: 120 provisions
  1. 12-A:1 Establishment.
  2. 12-A:1-a Declaration of Purpose.
  3. 12-A:1-b General Provisions.
  4. 12-A:1-c Powers and Duties of Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
  5. 12-A:1-d Police Powers.
  6. 12-A:1-e Repealed by 2017, 156:37, II, eff. July 1, 2017.
  7. 12-A:2 Commissioner of Natural and Cultural Resources.
  8. 12-A:2-a Repealed by 1983, 422:3, I, eff. June 24, 1983.
  9. 12-A:2-b Repealed by 1978, 22:1, eff. June 22, 1978.
  10. 12-A:2-c Rulemaking; Administrative Fines.
  11. 12-A:2-d Reports and Publications.
  12. 12-A:2-e Repealed by 2017, 156:37, III, eff. July 1, 2017.
  13. 12-A:2-f Repealed by 2017, 156:37, IV, eff. July 1, 2017.
  14. 12-A:2-g Repealed by 2017, 156:37, V, eff. July 1, 2017.
  15. 12-A:2-h Repealed by 2017, 156:37, VI, eff. July 1, 2017.
  16. 12-A:2-i Multiple Use Management of White Mountain National Forest Land.
  17. 12-A:2-j Repealed by 2017, 156:37, VII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  18. 12-A:2-k Duties of Commissioner.
  19. 12-A:3 Directors of Divisions.
  20. 12-A:4 Salaries.
  21. 12-A:4-a, 12-A:4-b Repealed by 1995, 308:127, III, eff. July 1, 1995.
  22. 12-A:4-c Repealed by 2001, 158:109, I, eff. Dec. 28, 2001.
  23. 12-A:4-d Repealed by 1995, 308:127, IV, eff. July 1, 1995.
  24. 12-A:5 Repealed by 2020, 37:4, II, eff. July 29, 2020.
  25. 12-A:5-a Repealed by 1971, 33:3, eff. May 31, 1971.
  26. 12-A:6 Repealed by 2020, 37:4, II, eff. July 29, 2020.
  27. 12-A:7 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, VIII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  28. 12-A:7-a Repealed by 2004, 2:7, eff. Mar. 5, 2004.
  29. 12-A:8 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, IX, eff. July 1, 2017.
  30. 12-A:8-a Repealed by 2017, 156:37, X, eff. July 1, 2017.
  31. 12-A:9 Repealed by 1988, 143:2, eff. June 20, 1988.
  32. 12-A:9-a Director of Forests and Lands, State Forester; Initial Appointment and Tenure.
  33. 12-A:9-b Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Citizens Committee.
  34. 12-A:9-c Nash Stream Forest Citizens Committee.
  35. 12-A:10 Director of Parks and Recreation.
  36. 12-A:10-a Division of Parks and Recreation; Transfer of Functions, Powers, Duties.
  37. 12-A:10-b Director of Parks and Recreation; Initial Appointment and Tenure.
  38. 12-A:10-c Rewards.
  39. 12-A:10-d Bureau of Historic Sites Established.
  40. 12-A:10-e Duties of the Bureau of Historic Sites.
  41. 12-A:10-f State Historic Sites Fund Established.
  42. 12-A:10-g Division of Libraries; Transfer of Functions, Powers, Duties.
  43. 12-A:10-h Division of Libraries; State Librarian.
  44. 12-A:10-i Division of Arts; Transfer of Functions, Powers, Duties.
  45. 12-A:10-j Division of Arts; Duties of Director.
  46. 12-A:10-k Division of Historical Resources; Transfer of Functions, Powers, Duties.
  47. 12-A:10-l Division of Historical Resources; Director.
  48. 12-A:10-m Repealed by 2018, 200:9, II, eff. July 1, 2018.
  49. 12-A:11 Repealed by 1986, 202:29, I, eff. Jan. 2, 1987.
  50. 12-A:12 Repealed by 1963, 181:3, eff. Aug. 23, 1963.
  51. 12-A:13 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XI, eff. July 1, 2017.
  52. 12-A:14 Repealed by 1967, 392:3, eff. July 1, 1967.
  53. 12-A:14-a New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs Established.
  54. 12-A:15 Package Plan Programs.
  55. 12-A:15-a Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  56. 12-A:16 Repealed by 1995, 308:127, V, eff. July 1, 1995.
  57. 12-A:17 Park Land in Town of Rye.
  58. 12-A:18 Coordination of Program.
  59. 12-A:19 Definitions.
  60. 12-A:20 Repealed by 1995, 308:127, VI, eff. July 1, 1995.
  61. 12-A:21 Duties.
  62. 12-A:22 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XIII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  63. 12-A:22-a Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XIV, eff. July 1, 2017.
  64. 12-A:23 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XV, eff. July 1, 2017.
  65. 12-A:24 State Ski Operations.
  66. 12-A:25 Mountain Manager.
  67. 12-A:26 Repealed by 1996, 210:11, eff. June 10, 1996.
  68. 12-A:27 Field Purchase Limits.
  69. 12-A:28 Transfers Authorized; Ski Areas.
  70. 12-A:29 Rate Differentials.
  71. 12-A:29-a Lease Agreement; Terms.
  72. 12-A:29-b Cannon Mountain Advisory Commission.
  73. 12-A:29-c Cannon Mountain Capital Improvement Fund.
  74. 12-A:30 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XVI, eff. July 1, 2017.
  75. 12-A:31 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XVII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  76. 12-A:32 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XVIII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  77. 12-A:33 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XIX, eff. July 1, 2017.
  78. 12-A:34 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XX, eff. July 1, 2017.
  79. 12-A:35 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXI, eff. July 1, 2017.
  80. 12-A:36 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  81. 12-A:37 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXIII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  82. 12-A:38 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXIV, eff. July 1, 2017.
  83. 12-A:39 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXV, eff. July 1, 2017.
  84. 12-A:40 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXVI, eff. July 1, 2017.
  85. 12-A:41 Repealed by 1998, 179:4, eff. June 1, 2001.
  86. 12-A:41-a Repealed by 2004, 257:39, eff. July 1, 2004.
  87. 12-A:41-b Repealed by 2019, 53:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2019.
  88. 12-A:42 Repealed by 1988, 179:4, eff. June 1, 2001.
  89. 12-A:43 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXVII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  90. 12-A:43-a Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXVIII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  91. 12-A:43-b Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXIX, eff. July 1, 2017.
  92. 12-A:44 Repealed by 2010, 368:1(1), eff. Dec. 31, 2010.
  93. 12-A:45 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXX, eff. July 1, 2017.
  94. 12-A:45-a Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXI, eff. July 1, 2017.
  95. 12-A:46 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  96. 12-A:47 Repealed by 2017, 156:36, XXXIII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  97. 12-A:48 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXIV, eff. July 1, 2017.
  98. 12-A:49 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXV, eff. July 1, 2017.
  99. 12-A:50 Repealed by 2003, 7:3, eff. Sept. 1, 2008.
  100. 12-A:51 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXVI, eff. July 1, 2017.
  101. 12-A:52 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXVII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  102. 12-A:53 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXVIII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  103. 12-A:54 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXIX, eff. July 1, 2017.
  104. 12-A:55 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XL, eff. July 1, 2017.
  105. 12-A:56 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLI, eff. July 1, 2017.
  106. 12-A:57 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  107. 12-A:58 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLIII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  108. 12-A:59 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLIV, eff. July 1, 2017.
  109. 12-A:59-a Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLV, eff. July 1, 2017.
  110. 12-A:60 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLVI, eff. July 1, 2017.
  111. 12-A:61 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLVII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  112. 12-A:62 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLVIII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  113. 12-A:63 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLIX, eff. July 1, 2017.
  114. 12-A:64 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, L, eff. July 1, 2017.
  115. 12-A:65 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, LI, eff. July 1, 2017.
  116. 12-A:66 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, LII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  117. 12-A:67 Repealed by 2017, 156:36, LIII, eff. July 1, 2017.
  118. 12-A:68 Coastal Resilience and Cultural and Historic Reserve Districts.
  119. 12-A:69 Coastal Resilience and Cultural and Historic Reserve District Fund.
  120. 12-A:70 Commission Established.

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12-A:37 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXIII, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXIII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:38 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXIV, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXIV, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:39 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXV, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXV, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:40 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXVI, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXVI, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:41 Repealed by 1998, 179:4, eff. June 1, 2001.

Repealed by 1998, 179:4, eff. June 1, 2001.

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12-A:41-a Repealed by 2004, 257:39, eff. July 1, 2004.

Repealed by 2004, 257:39, eff. July 1, 2004.

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12-A:41-b Repealed by 2019, 53:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2019.

Repealed by 2019, 53:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2019.

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12-A:42 Repealed by 1988, 179:4, eff. June 1, 2001.

Repealed by 1988, 179:4, eff. June 1, 2001.

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12-A:43 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXVII, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXVII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:43-a Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXVIII, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXVIII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:43-b Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXIX, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXIX, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:44 Repealed by 2010, 368:1(1), eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

Repealed by 2010, 368:1(1), eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

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12-A:45 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXX, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXX, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:45-a Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXI, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXI, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:46 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXII, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:47 Repealed by 2017, 156:36, XXXIII, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:36, XXXIII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:48 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXIV, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXIV, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:49 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXV, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXV, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:50 Repealed by 2003, 7:3, eff. Sept. 1, 2008.

Repealed by 2003, 7:3, eff. Sept. 1, 2008.

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12-A:51 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXVI, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXVI, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:52 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXVII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:53 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXVIII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:54 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XXXIX, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:55 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XL, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:56 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLI, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:57 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:58 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLIII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:59 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLIV, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:59-a Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLV, eff. July 1, 2017.

Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLV, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:60 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLVI, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:61 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLVII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:62 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLVIII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:63 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, XLIX, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:64 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, L, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:65 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, LI, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:66 Repealed by 2017, 156:37, LII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:67 Repealed by 2017, 156:36, LIII, eff. July 1, 2017.

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12-A:68 Coastal Resilience and Cultural and Historic Reserve Districts.

Municipalities, regional planning commissions, the coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve district commission, and state agencies may establish coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve districts, which shall comprise lands suitable and eligible as a reserve of sufficient elevation and distance from tidal and riverine waters for historic properties and other historic and cultural resources, including historic burial grounds. The acquisition of land and the acquisition, removal, restoration, and placement of such resources by municipalities, the coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve district commission, and state agencies may be funded by municipal funding, including bonding, private and non-profit donations, funding from the land and community heritage investment trust program established RSA 227-M:7, the conservation number plate fund established in RSA 261:97-b, and funding from the state and federal government. Such districts may be established as municipal or regional development districts under RSA 162-K. An existing local historic district, as defined in RSA 674:45-50, may, upon recommendation by a municipal governing body, be designated by the coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve district commission as a coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve district. Source. 2019, 318:4, eff. Oct. 2, 2019.

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12-A:69 Coastal Resilience and Cultural and Historic Reserve District Fund.

There is established a nonlapsing fund to be known as the coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve district fund in the department of natural and cultural resources. The fund shall be used for assessing historic resource vulnerability, for implementing adaptation measures that protect endangered cultural and historic resources, for the acquisition of land and the acquisition, removal, restoration, and placement of historic properties and other historic and cultural resources including historic burial grounds in danger of flooding from tidal and riverine waters when other adaptation measures are insufficient. The fund shall be managed by the coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve district commission established in RSA 12-A:70. Source. 2019, 318:4, eff. Oct. 2, 2019.

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12-A:70 Commission Established.

I. The coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve district commission is established. The members of the commission shall be as follows: (a) One representative of the Rockingham planning commission, selected by its director. (b) One representative of the Strafford regional planning commission, selected by its director. (c) One representative of each town or city that borders the tidal waters of the Great Bay Estuary or Atlantic Ocean, appointed by that town or city's governing body. (d) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate. (e) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. (f) One representative of the New Hampshire Municipal Association, appointed by its executive director. (g) A representative of the division of historic resources, appointed by its director. (h) Three representatives of non-profits museums, historic properties, and historic associations in the seacoast and Great Bay Estuary regions, appointed by the governor. (i) A representative of Historic New England, appointed by its president. (j) A representative of the New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association, appointed by its president. (k) A representative of the Southeastern Land Trust, appointed by its president. (l) One representative of each local historic district in each municipality that borders the Great Bay or Atlantic Ocean, appointed by that district. II. Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission. III. The commission shall: (a) Identify suitable and eligible lands for coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve districts. (b) Adopt rules, procedures, and agreements, in consultation with municipalities, regional planning commissions, and state agencies for the creation and management of the districts. (c) Solicit funding for and manage the coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve district commission fund. (d) Develop policies on assessing the vulnerability of cultural and historic resources, the implementation of adaptation measures to improve resilience, and governing the acquisition and removal of properties to the district and the ongoing stewardship of such properties. (e) Develop cooperative agreements with municipalities, local historic districts, regional planning commissions, and others, in the establishment of any related municipal or regional development district incorporating the coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve district commission. (f) Recommend any changes to state statutes, rules, and practices and, in consultation with municipalities, changes to local ordinances necessary for coastal resilience and cultural and historic reserve districts established. IV. The terms of the elected members of the commission shall be coterminous with their terms in office; the terms of all other appointed members shall be 3 years. In the event of a vacancy, a new member shall be appointed for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. V. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named senate member and shall be held within 90 days of the effective date of this section. The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members at the first meeting. Fifteen members of the commission shall constitute a quorum. Source. 2019, 318:4, eff. Oct. 2, 2019.

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