N.H. Rev. Stat. § 487:26
There is hereby established a grant program to be administered by the department of environmental services for the allocation of money to state agencies, non-profit organizations, and municipalities or political subdivisions of the state which seek to administer a milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program, and to institutions of higher learning which seek to conduct research on milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants remediation techniques. The grant program shall be funded by the portion of the lake restoration and preservation fund, established in RSA 487:25, and allocated to the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program. Approximately 3/4 of the moneys distributed from the fund to the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program shall be allocated for the purposes of milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention and the remainder shall be allocated to milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants remediation research, as appropriate, based on grant requests. Of the moneys in the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program, the moneys allocated specifically for the purposes of the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention shall be distributed upon approval of the commissioner of the department of environmental services and the commissioner of safety. Of the moneys in the milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants prevention program, the moneys allocated specifically for the purposes of milfoil and other exotic aquatic plants remediation research shall be distributed upon approval of the commissioner of the department of environmental services.
RSA 487:26
2002, 201:3. 2010, 352:1, eff. Sept. 18, 2010.