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2020 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title L - Water Management and Protection
Title 487 - Control of Marine Pollution and Aquatic Growth
Section 487:25 - Lake Restoration and Preservation Fund; Addition to Boat Fee.
Universal Citation: NH Rev Stat § 487:25 (2020)
487:25 Lake Restoration and Preservation Fund; Addition to Boat Fee. –
I. The fee of $9.50 collected under the provisions of RSA 270-E:5, II(a) shall be paid to the director of the division of motor vehicles. The director of the division of motor vehicles shall pay over said fee to the state treasurer who shall keep the fee in a special fund to be expended by the department of environmental services. The department shall use $.50 of the fee for lake restoration and preservation measures, exclusive of exotic aquatic weed control, $5 of the fee for the control of exotic aquatic weeds, and $4 of the fee for the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. The department shall deposit the $4 into a special account within the lake restoration and preservation fund which shall be used to administer the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. The special fund shall be nonlapsing. All funds received under this section are continually appropriated to the department for the purposes of this subdivision.
II. The department is authorized to utilize such methods of control and to employ such personnel, consultant services, and equipment as, in its judgment, will control aquatic nuisances in the surface waters of the state as defined in RSA 485-A:2.
III. The department shall be the agency to receive and utilize federal funds, gifts, or grants from any person or association, which may be made available for the purposes of this subdivision.
I. The fee of $9.50 collected under the provisions of RSA 270-E:5, II(a) shall be paid to the director of the division of motor vehicles. The director of the division of motor vehicles shall pay over said fee to the state treasurer who shall keep the fee in a special fund to be expended by the department of environmental services. The department shall use $.50 of the fee for lake restoration and preservation measures, exclusive of exotic aquatic weed control, $5 of the fee for the control of exotic aquatic weeds, and $4 of the fee for the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. The department shall deposit the $4 into a special account within the lake restoration and preservation fund which shall be used to administer the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. The special fund shall be nonlapsing. All funds received under this section are continually appropriated to the department for the purposes of this subdivision.
II. The department is authorized to utilize such methods of control and to employ such personnel, consultant services, and equipment as, in its judgment, will control aquatic nuisances in the surface waters of the state as defined in RSA 485-A:2.
III. The department shall be the agency to receive and utilize federal funds, gifts, or grants from any person or association, which may be made available for the purposes of this subdivision.
Source. 1990, 143:3. 1996, 228:102, 106. 1997, 185:6. 2002, 201:2. 2009, 144:149, eff. Aug. 28, 2009. 2014, 231:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.
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