§ 227-C:5 — Rulemaking

New Hampshire § 227-C:5

• Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
• Title XIX: PUBLIC RECREATION
• Ch. 227-C: HISTORIC PRESERVATION
• Subdivision: General Provisions

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The commissioner of natural and cultural resources shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A and subject to ratification by the state historical resources council, relative to:
I. Identifying and documenting historic properties, as authorized by this chapter.
II. Preparing the state's historic preservation plan, as authorized by RSA 227-C:4, II.
III. Providing information on historic properties within the state to agencies of the federal, state, regional and local governments, as authorized by RSA 227-C:4, III.
IV. Coordinating regional and local government activities with the state historic preservation plan and programs, as authorized by RSA 227-C:4, VI.
V. Providing technical and financial assistance to regional and local governments involved in historic preservation activities, as authorized by RSA 227-C:4, VII.
VI. Developing an ongoing program of historical, architectural and archeological research and development, including publication of the state's historic resources, as authorized by RSA 227-C:4, IX.
VII. Accepting moneys for historic preservation from public and private sources, as authorized by RSA 227-C:4, IV.
VIII. Categories of field investigations that may yield or alter historic resources, as authorized by RSA 227-C:7, II.
IX. Standards for the conduct of field investigations, as authorized by RSA 227-C:7, I.
X. Qualification criteria for professional and avocational archeologists for all established categories of field investigations, as authorized by RSA 227-C:7, II.
XI. Training and certifying avocational archeologists, as authorized by RSA 227-C:10.
XII. Employing and otherwise engaging avocational archeologists, as authorized by RSA 227-C:3, V.
XIII. Employing consultants, as authorized by RSA 227-C:3, III.
XIV. Issuance, revocation, suspension and extension of permits, as authorized by RSA 227-C:7, IV.
XV. The terms of a permit, as authorized by RSA 227-C:7, IV.
XVI. Fair and equitable allocation and distribution of historic resources recovered from a permitted field investigation, as authorized by RSA 227-C:8, III.
XVII. Preservation agreements for the protection of historic resources released in private custody, as authorized by RSA 227-C:8, IV.
XVIII. Temporary loans of historic resources to qualified persons or institutions within or outside the state, as authorized by RSA 227-C:8, I(d).
XIX. Procedures for the conduct of hearings consistent with due process, as authorized by RSA 227-C:7, V.
XX. Sale or transfer of real property, as authorized by RSA 227-C:9, III.
XXI. Creation and organization of advisory councils, as authorized by RSA 227-C:3, IV.
XXII. Approval of highway historical markers, as authorized by RSA 227-C:4, X.
XXIII. Listing historic districts established under RSA 674:46.
XXIV. Standards for the conduct of the archaeological discovery, investigation, analysis, and disposition of human remains.
XXV. Acquisition, disposal, care, and interpretation of objects of historical significance.
XXVI. Administering the state heritage landmark designation review process established under RSA 227-C:24-26.

Legislative History

RSA 227-C:5-a. 1981, 504:4. 1983, 422:4. 1985, 345:3. 1986, 80:6. 1988, 201:4. 1990, 73:1. 1993, 101:2. 1998, 363:3, eff. Aug. 25, 1998. 2017, 156:38, eff. July 1, 2017.