RSA 481:3 Authority of Commissioner.

The commissioner may engage in projects, financed as set forth in this chapter. The commissioner is authorized:
I. To investigate and identify the facilities for storing surplus water, and for conserving, controlling and distributing surplus water, and to investigate and identify facilities for the production and utilization of hydro-energy;
II. To acquire, hold and dispose of personal property for the department's purposes;
III. To acquire in the name of the state by purchase, condemnation, lease, or otherwise, real property and rights and easements relating to the real property deemed by it necessary or desirable for its corporate purposes. The commissioner may also use the property;
IV. To sell, lease and dispose of real property and rights and easements r