Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:78

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of the department of environmental services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
  • Dam: means any artificial barrier, including appurtenant works, which impounds or diverts water and which has a height of 6 feet or more, or is located at the outlet of a great pond. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
  • Department: means the department of environmental services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
If it becomes necessary to change the elevation of or to relocate a highway in the primary or secondary state highway system because of the construction of a dam or the impounding of water by a dam under a small-watershed project, the cost of the change of elevation or the relocation of the highway to be paid by the sponsoring agency is the cost that would be in excess of the estimated normal replacement of that highway as estimated by the commissioner of transportation. The department of transportation shall pay the costs of the change in an amount equal to the estimated costs of the normal replacement of the highway; provided, however, that all expenditures from the highway fund required as provided in this section shall be approved by the general court as a special appropriation in the budget of the department of transportation.