New Hampshire Revised Statutes 374-B:15 – Applicability of Chapter
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This chapter shall be applicable only to such cities, towns and village districts as on January 1, 1975, met the definition of “municipality” as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 374-B:1, III, and to such additional cities, towns or village districts as begin after that date to engage in the generation and sale or the purchase and sale of electricity or the transmission thereof, for ultimate consumption by the public, under RSA 38, RSA 52, or any special laws and which comply with the following:
I. Such an additional city, town or village district shall first acquire or establish a plant for the manufacture or distribution of electricity only after the commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, shall have found that there is a public need for such acquisition or establishment and that the terms thereof are in the public interest; and
II. The determinations of the commission required under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:9 or N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:10 have been made not more than 12 months following the initial vote taken under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:3, N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:4 or N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:5, except that this provision shall not apply to any vote taken prior to June 24, 1975.
I. Such an additional city, town or village district shall first acquire or establish a plant for the manufacture or distribution of electricity only after the commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, shall have found that there is a public need for such acquisition or establishment and that the terms thereof are in the public interest; and
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 374-B:15
- commission: as used in this title , means the public utilities commission. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 362:1
- 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
II. The determinations of the commission required under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:9 or N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:10 have been made not more than 12 months following the initial vote taken under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:3, N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:4 or N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:5, except that this provision shall not apply to any vote taken prior to June 24, 1975.