NATURAL
AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF
NOTE:
The Department of Resources and Economic Development
was abolished pursuant to 2017, 156:15, effective 7-1-17, which amended the
establishment clause RSA 12-A:1 to delete the reference to the Department of
Resources and Economic Development and establish a new agency, the Department
of Natural and Cultural Resources. The
Department of Cultural Resources was also abolished pursuant to 2017, 156:37,
LIV, effective 7-1-17, which repealed RSA 21-K.
Various other sections in 2017, 156, effective 7-1-17, either amended
other statutes besides RSA 12-A:1 to refer to the Department of Natural and
Cultural Resources, or they repealed statutes which had referred to the
Department of Resources and Economic Development or the Department of Cultural
Resources.
Another new agency, the Department of
Business and Economic Affairs, was established pursuant to 2017, 156:40,
effective 7-1-17, which adopted RSA 12-O.
Other provisions of 2017, 156, effective 7-1-17, amended references in
the statutes to replace the Department of Resources and Economic Development with
the Department of Business and Economic Affairs, or they repealed statutes
relative to the Department of Resources and Economic Development to effectuate
the changes in the new RSA 12-O.
Pursuant to 2017, 156:49, effective
7-1-17, “existing rules of the department of resources and economic development
shall continue in effect and be enforced by the commissioner of the department
of natural and cultural resources or the commissioner of the department of
business and economic affairs, as applicable, until they expire or are repealed
or amended in accordance with applicable law.”
#12825* INTERIM RULE – Adopt Ncr 1100 Natural
Heritage Program Rules (eff 7-10-19) EXPIRES: 1-6-20
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Inventory Rule (eff 1-1-20)
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