New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:55 – Fund Established
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:55
- Dam: means any artificial barrier, including appurtenant works, which impounds or diverts water and which has a height of 6 feet or more, or is located at the outlet of a great pond. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
- 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
For the state of New Hampshire to meet its commitments to maintain its dams and impoundments and associated property for future generations and promote the safety of the public, there is established a dam maintenance fund to cover the cost of performing work on state-owned dams and property associated with and contiguous to state-owned dam sites, as well as noncontiguous property, such as rainfall and stream gages, that is essential to the safe operation of the dam. This fund shall be a nonlapsing fund which shall be continually appropriated for the purposes of this section.