New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:88 – Operation of State Owned Dams by Cities and Towns
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:88
- 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
- governing body: shall mean the board of selectmen in a town, the board of aldermen or council in a city or town with a town council, the school board in a school district or the village district commissioners in a village district, or when used to refer to unincorporated towns or unorganized places, or both, the county commissioners. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:48
The department is authorized to require cities and towns that operate state-owned dams to do so in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and those of N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 481 and pursuant to rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A, upon the request of the governing body of a city or town. The operation of a dam by a city or town shall be supervised by a municipal employee who shall be designated by the department to act as its agent, in accordance with a mutually acceptable operating agreement.