Section 21-O:14 Administrative Appeals.
I. For purposes of this chapter, ""department decision'' means the final action on an application, petition, order or request taken by the commissioner or any department official who has statutory authority to make such final decision or to whom the commissioner has properly delegated the authority to take such final action. ""Department decision'' shall not mean rulemaking or an agency declaratory ruling as provided for in RSA 541-A, and shall not include any decisions of the wetlands council.
II. Hearings before all councils established by this chapter shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of RSA 541-A governing adjudicative proceedings.
III. Persons aggrieved by the disposition of administrative appeals before any council established by this chapter may appeal such results in accordance with RSA 541.
IV. The councils established under this chapter may adopt rules under RSA 541-A to govern the conduct of administrative appeals under this section.
Source. 1986, 202:1. 1987, 304:5. 1989, 339:7, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. 1996, 296:7, eff. Aug. 9, 1996. 2008, 171:5, eff. July 1, 2008.