CHAPTER 162-K MUNICIPAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION DISTRICTS
Section 162-K:13
162-K:13 Administration. –
The municipality may create a department or designate an existing department or office or agency or municipal housing and redevelopment authority, or form a corporation under RSA 292, to administer development districts. The district administrator may, subject to such rules and limitations as may be adopted by the governing or legislative body, be granted the power to:
I. Acquire property or easements through negotiations;
II. Enter into operating contracts on behalf of the municipality for operation of any of the facilities authorized to be constructed under this chapter;
III. Lease space to private individuals or corporations within the buildings constructed under this chapter;
IV. Lease or sell land and lease or sell air rights over structures constructed under this chapter;
V. Enter into contracts for construction of several facilities or portions thereof authorized under this chapter;
VI. Contract with the housing and redevelopment authority of the municipality for the administration of any or all of the provisions of this chapter;
VII. Certify to the governing body of the municipality, for acquisition through eminent domain, property that cannot be acquired by negotiation, but is required for implementation of the development program;
VIII. Certify to the governing body of the municipality the amount of funds, if any, which must be raised through sale of bonds to finance the program for development districts;
IX. Apply for grants from the government of the United States or other source.