482:55 Fund Established. –
For the state of New Hampshire to meet its commitments to maintain its dams and impoundments and associated property for future generations and promote the safety of the public, there is established a dam maintenance fund to cover the cost of performing work on state-owned dams and property associated with and contiguous to state-owned dam sites, as well as noncontiguous property, such as rainfall and stream gages, that is essential to the safe operation of the dam. This fund shall be a nonlapsing fund which shall be continually appropriated for the purposes of this section.