New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-C:4 – Historic Preservation Functions
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The division of historical resources shall have the following functions, including, but not limited to:
I. Undertaking a statewide survey to identify and document historic properties, including all those owned by the state, its agencies and political subdivisions.
II. Preparing the state’s historic preservation plan with the assistance of the office of planning and development, reviewing that plan annually, and revising it accordingly.
III. Providing information on historic properties within the state to the agencies of the federal, state, regional and local governments and, when appropriate, to private individuals and organizations.
IV. Accepting moneys for historic preservation from public and private sources in the name of the state and utilizing these as conditioned by the appropriation, award, grant or donation, or, if the moneys are unencumbered, supplementing other funding to implement the annual state historic preservation plan.
V. Cooperating with federal, state, regional and local government agencies in the planning and conduct of specific undertakings affecting historic properties and preservation objectives and in overall land use planning.
VI. Coordinating the activities of regional and local government agencies in accordance with the state plan and programs for historic preservation.
VII. Providing technical and financial assistance to regional and local government agencies and private individuals and organizations involved in historic preservation activities.
VIII. Stimulating public interest in historic preservation in cooperation with other state, regional and local agencies and with other private individuals and organizations.
IX. Developing an ongoing program of historical, architectural and archeological research and development to include continuing surveys, excavation, scientific recording, interpretation and publication of the state’s historical, architectural, archeological and cultural resources. A reasonable charge may be made for publications.
X. Considering proposals to erect highway historical markers under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:41. No such marker shall be put in place without division approval. The division may make cooperative agreements with towns and historical organizations to place historic markers under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:44.
XI. Providing technical review and comment relative to the commissioner‘s powers and duties in the preservation of state historic resources under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-C:6-8.
XII. Cooperating with the state historian appointed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 17-I:3.
XIII. Cooperating with the state archivist appointed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 8-B:4.
XIV. Cooperating with and aiding municipalities in the establishment, layout and definition of historic districts under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:45-50.
XV. Cooperating with and assisting state and local historical societies in their historic preservation activities.
XVI. Cooperating with the director, division of parks and recreation, in the administration of state public areas which are historic sites under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 218:5-a, I(a) and N.H. Rev. Stat. § 218:5-a, II(a).
XVII. The archaeological discovery, investigation, analysis, and disposition of human remains.
XVIII. Accepting gifts of objects of historic significance, either directly or pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:8-a, cataloguing such gifts, and including such gifts in the descriptive inventory and photographic reproduction collections required by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5:30, X. Accepted gifts shall be formally recognized by the governor under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:8 or by the governor and council under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:8-a.
XIX. Placing objects of historic significance at locations most appropriate to their conservation and interpretive needs, pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:9.
XX. Advising legislative committees and executive departments on the conservation needs of state-owned objects of historic significance.
XXI. Administering the state heritage landmark designation review process established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-C:24-26.
I. Undertaking a statewide survey to identify and document historic properties, including all those owned by the state, its agencies and political subdivisions.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-C:4
- 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 natural and cultural resources or his designee. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-C:1
- Council: means the state historical resources council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-C:1
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- Historic preservation: means the research, excavation, protection, restoration and rehabilitation of buildings, structures, objects, districts, areas and sites significant in the history, architecture, archeology, or culture of this state, its communities, or the nation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-C:1
- Office: means the state historic preservation office, also known as the division of historical resources, department of natural and cultural resources. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-C:1
- remains: means any part of the body of deceased human being in any stage of decomposition, together with any artifacts or other materials known or reliably assumed to have been on or interred with the deceased human being. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 227-C:1
- 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
II. Preparing the state’s historic preservation plan with the assistance of the office of planning and development, reviewing that plan annually, and revising it accordingly.
III. Providing information on historic properties within the state to the agencies of the federal, state, regional and local governments and, when appropriate, to private individuals and organizations.
IV. Accepting moneys for historic preservation from public and private sources in the name of the state and utilizing these as conditioned by the appropriation, award, grant or donation, or, if the moneys are unencumbered, supplementing other funding to implement the annual state historic preservation plan.
V. Cooperating with federal, state, regional and local government agencies in the planning and conduct of specific undertakings affecting historic properties and preservation objectives and in overall land use planning.
VI. Coordinating the activities of regional and local government agencies in accordance with the state plan and programs for historic preservation.
VII. Providing technical and financial assistance to regional and local government agencies and private individuals and organizations involved in historic preservation activities.
VIII. Stimulating public interest in historic preservation in cooperation with other state, regional and local agencies and with other private individuals and organizations.
IX. Developing an ongoing program of historical, architectural and archeological research and development to include continuing surveys, excavation, scientific recording, interpretation and publication of the state’s historical, architectural, archeological and cultural resources. A reasonable charge may be made for publications.
X. Considering proposals to erect highway historical markers under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:41. No such marker shall be put in place without division approval. The division may make cooperative agreements with towns and historical organizations to place historic markers under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:44.
XI. Providing technical review and comment relative to the commissioner‘s powers and duties in the preservation of state historic resources under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-C:6-8.
XII. Cooperating with the state historian appointed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 17-I:3.
XIII. Cooperating with the state archivist appointed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 8-B:4.
XIV. Cooperating with and aiding municipalities in the establishment, layout and definition of historic districts under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:45-50.
XV. Cooperating with and assisting state and local historical societies in their historic preservation activities.
XVI. Cooperating with the director, division of parks and recreation, in the administration of state public areas which are historic sites under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 218:5-a, I(a) and N.H. Rev. Stat. § 218:5-a, II(a).
XVII. The archaeological discovery, investigation, analysis, and disposition of human remains.
XVIII. Accepting gifts of objects of historic significance, either directly or pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:8-a, cataloguing such gifts, and including such gifts in the descriptive inventory and photographic reproduction collections required by N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5:30, X. Accepted gifts shall be formally recognized by the governor under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:8 or by the governor and council under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:8-a.
XIX. Placing objects of historic significance at locations most appropriate to their conservation and interpretive needs, pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:9.
XX. Advising legislative committees and executive departments on the conservation needs of state-owned objects of historic significance.
XXI. Administering the state heritage landmark designation review process established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-C:24-26.