§ 110-B:28 — National Guard Facilities

New Hampshire § 110-B:28

• Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
• Title VIII: PUBLIC DEFENSE AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS
• Ch. 110-B: DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS AND VETERANS SERVICES
• Subdivision: Public Property

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I. All armories, arsenals, camps, ranges, bases, airports, and other facilities owned, leased, licensed, or maintained by the state or by the United States for the use of the New Hampshire national guard and all activities conducted therein shall be under the general charge, control of, and regulated by the adjutant general and no political subdivision of the state shall interfere with or regulate such activities. The adjutant general may use the means necessary and required, including the arming of trained personnel, to protect, guard, secure and defend and maintain all such facilities.
II. Unless the same shall be furnished by the United States, the state shall provide adequate armory accommodations, bases, camps, target ranges, and other facilities and shall maintain the same for units of the army national guard and of the air national guard allotted to the state under the laws of the United States, accepted by the governor and organized under the authority of this chapter.
III. The adjutant general may designate an officer to be in direct charge of each armory, arsenal, camp, base, or other facility.
IV. (a) The adjutant general may cooperate with and enter into contracts or agreements with the federal government, or any agency thereof, as he or she deems desirable to secure the participation of the United States government, through the allotment of federal funds, in the costs of constructing, enlarging, or altering armories, the state veterans cemetery, or other military facilities. The adjutant general may contract with the federal government to perform construction for building renovations or site improvements to existing state-owned facilities or land, subject to the approval of the capital project overview committee established in RSA 17-J. Any affected municipalities shall receive notice at least 14 days prior to the capital project overview committee meeting at which such projects are slated to be approved. Such federally contracted and completely federally funded projects shall either:
(1) Within 90 days prior to the end of the federal fiscal year, be designed and ready for bidding; or
(2) Where such project design is incomplete and not ready for bid, a contract may be entered into within 210 days prior to the end of the federal fiscal year.
(b) The adjutant general may adopt procedures relative to this section to ensure the best interest of the federal and state of New Hampshire governments and the national guard, including notice procedures that simultaneously provide project details to all interested parties.
V. Any military facilities which are the responsibility of the state shall be accepted by the adjutant general, after the approval of the governor and council in accordance with the provisions of RSA 4:29.
VI. For purposes of morale and unit cohesiveness and to assist in esprit de corps, units may have a social club composed of members located within national guard facilities. Any such club shall be subject to regulations issued by the adjutant general, shall be under the control of the assistant adjutant general for the air or army national guard, and shall be licensed and subject to inspection by the New Hampshire state liquor commission.

Legislative History

1981, 434:1. 1985, 25:2. 1986, 228:2. 2002, 248:7, eff. May 17, 2002. 2013, 255:1, eff. Sept. 22, 2013. 2021, 18:1, eff. July 5, 2021. 2023, 192:4, eff. Aug. 4, 2023.