RSA 482:51 Dam Rights and Easements; Transfer.

The department is authorized to accept the transfer of necessary rights and easements in and to the following described dams from the state agencies that are the owners or custodians of such dams for the purpose of providing access and construction work areas and for the purpose of consolidating their repair and maintenance in a single state agency. The operation of dams shall remain under the control of the owner or custodian agency.
I. After the transfer authorized in this section, the department shall, from time to time, make repairs and restorations to those dams most in need of repair or restoration so as to serve the interests of the state. Federal or other matching funds or grants may be used in combination with moneys from the dam maintenance fund established under RSA