NH RSA Title I

Title I: The State and Its Government, is the collection of New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated which relate to the state's government as a whole. Like other portions of the RSAs, the Title is divided into Chapters and Sections organized in numbers and subsections organized in lowercase letters.

Current RSAs In Title I

RSA Chapter 1 State Boundaries

RSA 1:1 Perambulation of the New Hampshire Line With the Adjoining States of Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont

• The borders will be reviewed and refined whenever they're needed. This was added recently, due in large part to border disputes with Maine regarding Kittery, Maine (due to the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard border dispute), and Vermont regarding where the border lies in the Connecticut River and to a smaller extent, Killington, Vermont.

RSA 1:2 Notice

• The Governor and Executive Council are supposed to put the commissioner of the Department of Transportation in charge of any modifications espoused by the state to the boundary, advised by the Attorney General. The DOT Commissioner is the spokesperson of the state in regard to meeting with other parties in border matters.

RSA 1:3 Return

• Any changes to landmarks that constitute the state boundary must be noted by representatives of both parties (New Hampshire and Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont or Quebec), and given to the Secretary of State.

RSA 1:4 Expense

• New Hampshire should pay for half of the costs of a border review, although the Governor......
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