§ 227:1 — Powers

The department of natural and cultural resources shall have power (1) to construct, maintain, reconstruct and operate an aerial tramway on Cannon Mountain in Franconia Notch; (2) to acquire, hold, and dispose of personal property for the purposes hereof; (3) to acquire in the name of the state, by purchase, condemnation, lease or otherwise, real property and rights or easements therein, deemed by it necessary or desirable for the purposes hereof, and to use such property; (4) to acquire any such real property by the exercise of the power of condemnation in the manner provided in RSA 4:29-39; (5) to charge and collect fees, fares and tolls for carriage and other services made available in connection with the tramway; (6) to make contracts on behalf of the state, with the United States, other states, public corporations or bodies existing therein, and private corporations and individuals; (7) to accept grants, permits and cooperation from the United States or any agency thereof in the construction, maintenance, reconstruction, operation, and financing of the tramway and its appurtenances and to do any and all things necessary in order to avail itself of such aid and cooperation; (8) to employ, subject to the regulations of the state personnel commission, such assistants, agents and servants as it shall deem necessary or desirable for its purposes; (9) to exercise any of its powers in the public domain of the United States, unless the exercise of such powers is not permitted by the laws of the United States; and (10) to do all things necessary or incidental to the foregoing powers.

Legislative History

1937, 130:4. RL 239:3. 1950, 5, part. 12:12, eff. June 30, 1950. 2017, 156:14, I, eff. July 1, 2017.