New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:57 – Expenditure
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Notwithstanding other provisions of law, the commissioner of environmental services shall expend such sums from the dam maintenance fund as are necessary for performance of 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 only in the following categories:
I. Minor projects and emergency repairs, including emergency action plans, which may be completed by force account methods by the department.
II. Repair projects, which may be completed by force account methods by the department on 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, approved for acquisition by the legislature with the approval of governor and council.
III. Reconstruction projects, which shall be completed by contract construction or force account on 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, approved for acquisition by the legislature with the approval of governor and council.
I. Minor projects and emergency repairs, including emergency action plans, which may be completed by force account methods by the department.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:57
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of the department of environmental services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- 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
- Department: means the department of environmental services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
- 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
- governor and council: shall mean the governor with the advice and consent of the council. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:31-a
- Reconstruction: means :
(a) A change in the height, length, or discharge capacity of the structure;
(b) Restoring a breached dam or one in ruins;
(c) Modification of flashboards which either increases their height or increases the headwater elevation at which the flashboards will fail; or
(d) A change in the structural configuration of a dam. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 482:2
II. Repair projects, which may be completed by force account methods by the department on 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, approved for acquisition by the legislature with the approval of governor and council.
III. Reconstruction projects, which shall be completed by contract construction or force account on 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, approved for acquisition by the legislature with the approval of governor and council.