New Hampshire Revised Statutes 261:97-b – Conservation Number Plate Fund
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I. There is hereby established a conservation number plate fund under the administration of the commissioner of safety. The fund shall be used for the promotion, protection, and investment in the state‘s natural, cultural, and historic resources. The fund shall be nonlapsing. The commissioner of safety shall distribute the funds annually on August 1, except as provided in paragraph I-a, as follows: $5,000 of every $100,000 received, up to a total of $50,000, shall be distributed to the department of transportation for the expanded wild flower establishment program for use in planting lilacs and native wild flowers; $1 for every new, renewal, and transfer of registration, up to a total of $50,000, shall be placed in a nonlapsing account for use by the department of natural and cultural resources to promote the conservation number plate program; the remainder shall be distributed as follows:
(a) Forty percent to the department of natural and cultural resources;
(b) Twenty percent to the department of fish and game;
(c) Twenty percent to the state conservation committee; and
(d) Twenty percent to the New Hampshire land and community heritage investment authority.
I-a. The commissioner of safety shall distribute the share of funds due the New Hampshire land and community heritage investment authority, pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:97-b, I, on the first day of each month. The total amount shall not exceed $200,000 per fiscal year.
II. Each department and commission receiving funding from the conservation number plate fund shall establish a line item in their budget. Moneys received from the conservation number plate fund shall be in addition to any other sums appropriated and shall not replace base funding received by any of these departments or commissions through the budget process.
(a) Forty percent to the department of natural and cultural resources;
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 261:97-b
- Commissioner: shall mean the commissioner of safety. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:13
- Department: shall mean the department of safety of the state of New Hampshire. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:19
- month: shall mean a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:8
- Number plate: shall mean the sign or marker furnished by the director, on which is displayed the registration number or mark of a vehicle assigned thereto by the director, which shall bear on the face thereof a permanent or changeable designation of the effective period. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:68
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- State: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:106
(b) Twenty percent to the department of fish and game;
(c) Twenty percent to the state conservation committee; and
(d) Twenty percent to the New Hampshire land and community heritage investment authority.
I-a. The commissioner of safety shall distribute the share of funds due the New Hampshire land and community heritage investment authority, pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:97-b, I, on the first day of each month. The total amount shall not exceed $200,000 per fiscal year.
II. Each department and commission receiving funding from the conservation number plate fund shall establish a line item in their budget. Moneys received from the conservation number plate fund shall be in addition to any other sums appropriated and shall not replace base funding received by any of these departments or commissions through the budget process.