New Hampshire § 432:19 Agricultural Lands Preservation Committee;  Members, Appointment, Term

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 432:19 — Agricultural Lands Preservation Committee; Members, Appointment, Term

New Hampshire § 432:19

Title XLAGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Ch. 432SOIL CONSERVATION AND FARMLAND PRESERVATION

SubdivisionAcquisition of Agricultural Land Development Rights

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Bluebook

N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 432:19 (2026).

Text

I. There is hereby established an agricultural lands preservation committee which shall function within the department of agriculture, markets, and food. II. The committee shall consist of 9 voting members and 2 nonvoting members, to be appointed as follows:

(a)The commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food who shall be chairman;

(b)The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources, or his designee;

(c)The director of the division of planning and community development, or his designee;

(d)The secretary of the agricultural advisory board;

(e)4 members, 3 of whom are owners and operators of farms in the state, who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council for 3 years. Of the initial appointees, one shall hold o

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I. There is hereby established an agricultural lands preservation committee which shall function within the department of agriculture, markets, and food.
II. The committee shall consist of 9 voting members and 2 nonvoting members, to be appointed as follows:
(a) The commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food who shall be chairman;
(b) The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources, or his designee;
(c) The director of the division of planning and community development, or his designee;
(d) The secretary of the agricultural advisory board;
(e) 4 members, 3 of whom are owners and operators of farms in the state, who shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council for 3 years. Of the initial appointees, one shall hold office for one year, one for 2 years and one for 3 years;
(f) One member from the New Hampshire Land Trust Coalition, appointed by the governor;
(g) The dean of the college of life sciences and agriculture of the university system of New Hampshire, or his designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting member; and
(h) The New Hampshire state conservationist of the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service, or his designee, who shall serve as a nonvoting member.
III. Members of the committee who are not state employees shall be paid $25 a day, each, for such time as they are actually engaged in the work of the committee. All members shall be paid their actual expenses incurred as a result of such work and shall be paid mileage at the same rate as state employees.
IV. A majority of the voting members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

Legislative History

1985, 72:1. 1995, 130:4; 206:2, eff. Aug. 11, 1995. 2003, 319:9, eff. July 1, 2003. 2004, 257:44, eff. July 1, 2004. 2017, 156:64, eff. July 1, 2017. 2021, 91:198, eff. July 1, 2021. 2023, 232:1, eff. Oct. 7, 2023. 2025, 141:33, eff. July 1, 2025.