RSA 10:4. Acquisition and Disposal of Real Estate for Institutions.

Upon request of the commissioner of the department of health and human services, the governor and council may buy, sell, or exchange institutional lands for any of the institutions named in RSA 10:1 over which the requester has jurisdiction and, at the request of any of the above or that of the trustees of the university system of New Hampshire, may institute proceedings for the taking of land for institutional purposes by eminent domain; and the procedure for that purpose shall be the same and the value of the land shall be determined as in cases of land taken for highways upon petition to the superior court. On the payment of the value as finally determined, the title to the land so taken shall vest in the state. Source: Source. 1915, 176:1. PL 9:5. 1927, 40:1. 1931, 5:1. RL 14:5. RSA 10:4. 1979, 246:1. 1983, 416:54, II. 1987, 381:3. 1994, 212:2. 1995, 310:65. 2005, 291:24, eff. July 25, 2005.