New Hampshire Revised Statutes 651-A:28 – Powers and Duties of the Interstate Commission
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The interstate commission shall have the following powers:
I. To adopt a seal and suitable bylaws governing the management and operation of the interstate commission.
II. To adopt rules which shall have the force and effect of statutory law and shall be binding in the compacting states to the extent and in the manner provided in this compact.
III. To oversee, supervise and coordinate the interstate movement of offenders subject to the terms of this compact and any bylaws adopted and rules adopted by the compact commission.
IV. To enforce compliance with compact provisions, interstate commission rules, and bylaws, using all necessary and proper means, including but not limited to, the use of judicial process.
V. To establish and maintain offices.
VI. To purchase and maintain insurance and bonds.
VII. To borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel, including, but not limited to, members and their staffs.
VIII. To establish and appoint committees and hire staff which it deems necessary for the carrying out of its functions including, but not limited to, an executive committee as required by this compact which shall have the power to act on behalf of the interstate commission in carrying out its powers and duties hereunder.
IX. To elect or appoint such officers, attorneys, employees, agents, or consultants, and to fix their compensation, define their duties and determine their qualifications; and to establish the interstate commission’s personnel policies and programs relating to, among other things, conflicts of interest, rates of compensation, and qualifications of personnel.
X. To accept any and all donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services, and to receive, utilize, and dispose of same.
XI. To lease, purchase, accept contributions or donations of, or otherwise to own, hold, improve, or use any property, real, personal, or mixed.
XII. To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or otherwise dispose of any property, real, personal or mixed.
XIII. To establish a budget and make expenditures and levy dues as provided in this compact.
XIV. To sue and be sued.
XV. To provide for dispute resolution among compacting states.
XVI. To perform such functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this compact.
XVII. To report annually to the legislatures, governors, judiciary, and state councils of the compacting states concerning the activities of the interstate commission during the preceding year. Such reports shall also include any recommendations that may have been adopted by the interstate commission.
XVIII. To coordinate education, training and public awareness regarding the interstate movement of offenders for officials involved in such activity.
XIX. To establish uniform standards for the reporting, collecting, and exchanging of data.
I. To adopt a seal and suitable bylaws governing the management and operation of the interstate commission.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 651-A:28
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- seal: shall include an impression of the official seal made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression thereof made by means of wax, or a wafer, affixed thereto. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:11
- 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. To adopt rules which shall have the force and effect of statutory law and shall be binding in the compacting states to the extent and in the manner provided in this compact.
III. To oversee, supervise and coordinate the interstate movement of offenders subject to the terms of this compact and any bylaws adopted and rules adopted by the compact commission.
IV. To enforce compliance with compact provisions, interstate commission rules, and bylaws, using all necessary and proper means, including but not limited to, the use of judicial process.
V. To establish and maintain offices.
VI. To purchase and maintain insurance and bonds.
VII. To borrow, accept, or contract for services of personnel, including, but not limited to, members and their staffs.
VIII. To establish and appoint committees and hire staff which it deems necessary for the carrying out of its functions including, but not limited to, an executive committee as required by this compact which shall have the power to act on behalf of the interstate commission in carrying out its powers and duties hereunder.
IX. To elect or appoint such officers, attorneys, employees, agents, or consultants, and to fix their compensation, define their duties and determine their qualifications; and to establish the interstate commission’s personnel policies and programs relating to, among other things, conflicts of interest, rates of compensation, and qualifications of personnel.
X. To accept any and all donations and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials, and services, and to receive, utilize, and dispose of same.
XI. To lease, purchase, accept contributions or donations of, or otherwise to own, hold, improve, or use any property, real, personal, or mixed.
XII. To sell, convey, mortgage, pledge, lease, exchange, abandon, or otherwise dispose of any property, real, personal or mixed.
XIII. To establish a budget and make expenditures and levy dues as provided in this compact.
XIV. To sue and be sued.
XV. To provide for dispute resolution among compacting states.
XVI. To perform such functions as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this compact.
XVII. To report annually to the legislatures, governors, judiciary, and state councils of the compacting states concerning the activities of the interstate commission during the preceding year. Such reports shall also include any recommendations that may have been adopted by the interstate commission.
XVIII. To coordinate education, training and public awareness regarding the interstate movement of offenders for officials involved in such activity.
XIX. To establish uniform standards for the reporting, collecting, and exchanging of data.