2017 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title XIX - PUBLIC RECREATION
Chapter 227-C - HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Section 227-C:12-a - Commission Established.

[RSA 227-C:12-a repealed by 2015, 115:2, effective November 1, 2018.]     227-C:12-a Commission Established. –
    I. There is established a commission on historic burying grounds and cemeteries.
    II. The members of the commission shall be as follows:
       (a) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
       (b) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
       (c) One member of a historic district commission, appointed by the governor.
       (d) One member of a local historical society, appointed by the governor.
       (e) The chairperson of the New Hampshire Preservation Alliance, or designee.
       (f) The chairperson of the New Hampshire Historical Society, or designee.
       (g) The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources, or designee.
       (h) The director of the division of historic resources, or designee.
       (i) One representative of the New Hampshire commission on Native American affairs, appointed by that commission.
       (j) The executive director of the New Hampshire Municipal Association, or designee.
       (k) The president of the New Hampshire Old Graveyard Association, or designee.
       (l) A member of the New Hampshire State Organization Daughters of the American Revolution, appointed by the state regent of that organization.
       (m) A member of the New Hampshire Funeral Directors Association, appointed by the president of that association.
       (n) A member of a cemetery commission or a cemetery trustee, appointed by the governor.
       (o) The Roman Catholic bishop of Manchester, or designee.
    III. Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.
    IV. The commission shall make recommendations:
       (a) On the documentation and preservation of the state's historic burying grounds and cemeteries.
       (b) On the establishment and criteria for a New Hampshire state register of historic burying grounds and cemeteries, including their markers, walls, gates, and other associated and identifying features and artifacts that are meaningful to the history, historic landscape, cultural, religious, craft, and architectural traditions of the state.
       (c) Concerning the protection of property owners, and owners of contiguous or surrounding properties, with respect to a listed property.
       (d) On the persons permitted to nominate a state historic burying ground or cemetery for a state register in accordance with RSA 289.
       (e) Concerning notice to potentially interested parties for proposals that affect burial grounds, and the adoption of a "public good'' standard.
    V. The members of the commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the senate member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Nine members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
    VI. The commission shall file interim reports of its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2015, November 1, 2016, and November 1, 2017, and a final report on or before November 1, 2018.

Source. 2015, 115:1, eff. June 8, 2015. 2017, 156:38, eff. July 1, 2017.