The department is authorized to require cities and towns that operate state-owned dams to do so in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and those of RSA 481 and pursuant to rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 541-A, upon the request of the governing body of a city or town. The operation of a dam by a city or town shall be supervised by a municipal employee who shall be designated by the department to act as its agent, in accordance with a mutually acceptable operating agreement.
Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:62, eff. July 1, 1996.