{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-432-19","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 432:19","heading":"Agricultural Lands Preservation Committee; Members, Appointment, Term.","body":"I. There is hereby established an agricultural lands preservation committee which shall function within the department of agriculture, markets, and food.\nII. The committee shall consist of 9 voting members and 2 nonvoting members, to be appointed as follows:\n(a) The commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food who shall be chairman;\n(b) The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources, or his designee;\n(c) The director of the division of planning and community development, or his designee;\n(d) The secretary of the agricultural advisory board;\n(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;\n(f) One member from the New Hampshire Land Trust Coalition, appointed by the governor;\n(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\n(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.\nIII. 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.\nIV. A majority of the voting members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.","path":["Title XL: AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY","Chapter 432: SOIL CONSERVATION AND FARMLAND PRESERVATION","Acquisition of Agricultural Land Development Rights"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XL/432/432-19.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:18:05Z","sha256":"41a4e5ef73df240b58e077dc72e87b052acb0893f80ea663a2309eb4cc6f931c","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-432-18","next":"us-nh/rsa-432-20"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}