RSA 36-A:4-a Optional Powers.
Title: III - TOWNS, CITIES, VILLAGE DISTRICTS, AND UNINCORPORATED PLACES
Chapter: 36-A - CONSERVATION COMMISSIONS
I. The legislative body of a city or town may vote at an annual meeting to authorize the conservation commission to:
(a) Expend funds for the purchase of interests in land outside the boundaries of the municipality, subject to the approval of the local governing body; and
(b) Expend funds for contributions to "qualified organizations," as defined in section 170(h)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, for the purchase of property interests or facilitating transactions relative thereto to be held by the qualified organization, when such purchase carries out the purposes of this chapter. Because such contributions further the protection of the state's natural resources, they are hereby declared to be a public purpose.
II. A vote under this section may be taken sim