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Capital Improvement Program

• Capital Improvement Programs (from the Municipal Land Use Regulation database reports)
• Legal Q & A: Capital Budgeting and the Planning Board
  New Hampshire Town and City, October 2011
  This article is a short discussion about budgeting for major purchases of capital items at the municipal level. Sometimes this will be an important piece of equipment, like a fire truck or a snowplow, but it also includes much larger public works projects, such as a water line or sewer line, which may require years of planning before the actual work begins.
• Capital Improvements Programming Handbook (2/94 SNHPC)
  [Note: This handbook has been replaced by the addition of a new chapter in the "The Planning Board in New Hampshire - A Handbook for Local Officials" .
  • Chapter 6 (January 2007) - "Capital Improvements Programming"
    • Exhibits 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 (tables)
    • Exhibit 10 (form)
    • Exhibit 11 (form)
• Relevant Statutes (In 2002, HB 1121 amended 674:5, 674:7 and 674:8 to authorize creation of a "capital improvement program committee" to prepare and adopt a CIP in place of the planning board. See our summary of the changes or the final bill text.)
  • RSA 674:5 Authorization
  • RSA 674:6 Purpose and Description
  • RSA 674:7 Preparation
  • RSA 674:8 Consideration by Mayor and Budget Committee

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