New Hampshire Revised Statutes 23:1-a – Jurisdiction
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I. In addition to the powers conferred upon counties as set forth in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 23:1, each such county is hereby empowered to exercise full jurisdiction over the planning, construction, and operation of water supply, sewage collection, and treatment facilities and such other utilities as are essential to the proper maintenance of county buildings and the protection of the public health of the inhabitants of such institutions.
II. Each county is further empowered to exercise jurisdiction over the operation of water supply and sewage collection in such areas adjacent to county buildings as are determined by the department of environmental services to be capable of being served cost effectively within the meaning of federal and state statutes, and which are not served or intended to be served by a municipal system.
III. In addition to the powers conferred by paragraphs I and II, the county of Carroll is further empowered to exercise jurisdiction over, to operate, and maintain a public water system within the borders of the town of Ossipee, notwithstanding that such areas are not adjacent to county buildings.
IV. Any county government, located within the service territory of a municipal electric utility established prior to July 1, 1997 that does not voluntarily unbundle its rates and allow access to competitive retail electric supply markets as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:34, shall have access to such markets and may negotiate competitive, reasonable, unbundled rates.
II. Each county is further empowered to exercise jurisdiction over the operation of water supply and sewage collection in such areas adjacent to county buildings as are determined by the department of environmental services to be capable of being served cost effectively within the meaning of federal and state statutes, and which are not served or intended to be served by a municipal system.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 23:1-a
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
III. In addition to the powers conferred by paragraphs I and II, the county of Carroll is further empowered to exercise jurisdiction over, to operate, and maintain a public water system within the borders of the town of Ossipee, notwithstanding that such areas are not adjacent to county buildings.
IV. Any county government, located within the service territory of a municipal electric utility established prior to July 1, 1997 that does not voluntarily unbundle its rates and allow access to competitive retail electric supply markets as provided in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:34, shall have access to such markets and may negotiate competitive, reasonable, unbundled rates.