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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651-A:34 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 651-A / Section 34
651-A:34 Finance.
Status: in_force

I. The interstate commission shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities. II. The interstate commission shall levy on and collect an annual assessment from each compacting state to cover the cost of the internal operations and activities of the interstate commission and its staff which must be in a total amount sufficient to cover the interstate commission's annual budget as approved each year. The aggregate annual assessment amount shall be allocated based upon a formula to be determined by the interstate commission, taking into consideration the population of the state and the volume of interstate movement of offenders in each compacting state and shall adopt rules binding upon all compacting states which govern said assessment. III. The interstate commission shall not incur any obligations of any kind prior to securing the funds adequate to meet the same, nor shall the interstate commission pledge the credit of any of the compacting states, except by and with the authority of the compacting state. IV. The interstate commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the interstate commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the interstate commission shall be audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of the annual report of the interstate commission.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-O:8 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 12-O / Section 8
12-O:8 Council of Partner Agencies; Duties.
Status: in_force

The council established in RSA 12-O:7 shall consult with and advise the commissioner of business and economic affairs with respect to the policy, programs, and operations of the department upon a continuing basis and for said purposes shall meet with the commissioner not less frequently than quarterly. Each agency represented on the council shall make reasonable efforts to coordinate its economic development activities with those of the department, provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to deprive represented agencies of their authority to operate autonomously. The council shall submit to the governor and council biennially a written report of the activities of the department covering the previous 2 calendar years, which report shall be a public document. A nonpublic session of the council may be called at any time for any of the reasons specified in RSA 91-A:3, II upon majority vote and shall consist solely of the members thereof.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 563-D:9 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 563-D / Section 9
563-D:9 Requirements.
Status: in_force

A transfer on death deed is void unless it: I. Meets the requirements set forth in RSA 477:3; II. Bears the title 'Transfer on Death Deed'; III. States that the transfer to the designated beneficiary is to occur at the transferor's death; and IV. Is recorded: (a) Prior to the transferor's death; (b) Within 60 days following the date of execution; and (c) At length in the registry of deeds for the county or counties in which the real estate lies.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-G:8 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-G / Section 8
21-G:8 Commissioners and Division Directors; Appointment; Term.
Status: in_force

I. The commissioners of all departments established after July 1, 1983, shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the council, except as otherwise provided by law. Each commissioner shall be an unclassified employee. II. Each commissioner shall nominate for appointment by the governor, with the consent of the council, each division director within the commissioner's department, for all departments established after July 1, 1983, except as otherwise provided by law. Each division director shall be an unclassified employee. III. Commissioners shall serve terms of 4 years. Such terms shall end on March 31 of an odd-numbered year. Initial terms for some commissioners may be for approximately 2 years so that the terms of one-half of the commissioners will end in each gubernatorial term. IV. Division directors shall serve terms of 4 years. Such terms shall end on March 31 of an even-numbered year. Initial terms for some directors may be for approximately 2 years so that the terms of one-half of the directors will end one year after a commissioner's terms commences and one-half 3 years after that date.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 276-A:4 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 276-A / Section 4
276-A:4 Prohibitions.
Status: in_force

I. No youth shall be employed or permitted to work in any hazardous occupation, except in an apprenticeship, vocational rehabilitation, or training program approved by the commissioner. II. No youth under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work without a certificate except: (a) For his or her parents, grandparents, or guardian; (b) At work defined in this chapter as casual; or (c) As farm labor. III. No youth under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work in a dangerous area in manufacturing, construction, and mining and quarrying occupations, or in woods and logging. IV. No youth under 16 years of age shall be employed or permitted to work earlier than 7 o'clock a.m. or later than 9 o'clock p.m., more than 3 hours per day on school days and 23 hours per week during school weeks, except that on nonschool days he may be employed 8 hours per day and, during vacations, 48 hours per week. Upon application by an employer who employs a youth under 16 years of age in agricultural work, the commissioner of labor may order that the restriction upon hours of work imposed by this paragraph be suspended. V. No youth under 12 years of age may be employed or permitted to work except for his parents, grandparents, or guardian, or at work defined in this chapter as casual, or in the door-to-door delivery of newspapers. VI. In any employer's predetermined designated work week during which school is in session for 5 days, no youth 16 or 17 years of age who is duly enrolled in school shall work more than 35 hours during that work week. VII. No youth 16 or 17 years of age who is duly enrolled in school shall work for more than 6 consecutive days or 48 hours in any one week during school vacations, including summer vacation. For purposes of this paragraph, "summer vacation" means June 1 through Labor Day. This prohibition shall not apply to youths 16 or 17 years of age who reside and work at a summer camp for minors. VIII. No youth 16 or 17 years of age, except a youth 16 or 17 years of age who has graduated from high school or obtained a general equivalency diploma, shall be employed by an employer unless the employer obtains and maintains on file a signed written document from the youth's parent or legal guardian permitting the youth's employment.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5-C:92 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 5-C / Section 92
5-C:92 Amending or Correcting a Certificate of Marriage.
Status: in_force

I. Within 6 months of the filing of the marriage registration, corrections shall be made on the marriage record using the form indicated under RSA 5-C:85, I. II. When a person makes application to amend or correct a marriage record, the clerk of the city or town who issued the marriage license shall be paid the application fee required of the applicant by RSA 5-C:10, unless the correction is due to an error by the clerk. III. Other than minor corrections in spelling or clerical errors, name changes involving the name of a spouse as listed on a marriage certificate shall be made as follows: a certified copy of the court order from a court of competent jurisdiction changing the name shall be obtained by the applicant; the court order shall be presented to the clerk of the town or city who issued the marriage license; the name change shall be shown with the notation A.K.A.; there shall be a notation on the marriage record which shall show the name of the court and the date of the court order; and shall be in accordance with RSA 5-C:90. IV. When an applicant does not submit documentation to substantiate the need to amend a marriage record, or when the state registrar has reasonable cause to question the validity or adequacy of the applicant's sworn statements or the documentary evidence, the state registrar shall notify the applicant, in writing of the deficiencies in the application. The state registrar shall notify the applicant, in writing, that the vital record shall not be amended unless the deficiencies are corrected and that the applicant has the right to appeal the registrar's decision within 30 days. V. The correction process as described above shall not apply to public records under RSA 5-C:105 unless it is shown that such a record is to be used for legal purposes or the registrant is still alive.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270-E:18 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270-E / Section 18
270-E:18 Common Carriers; Applications, Orders.
Status: in_force

I. No person shall operate a vessel as a common carrier of passengers or property on a regular route and schedule between points on public waters of the state, unless the department authorizes the operation. II. An order authorizing, in whole or in part, an operation for which application is made shall be issued to any qualified applicant. III. Applications shall: (a) Be in writing to the department. (b) Contain the information required by the department. IV. Conditions for qualification: (a) The applicant shall be fit, willing and able to properly perform the proposed service. (b) The applicant shall conform to the provisions of RSA 270 and any rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 270. (c) The proposed service shall be for the benefit of the present or future public convenience.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 482:83 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 482 / Section 83
482:83 Costs of Hearing.
Status: in_force

The petitioners for a hearing pursuant to the provisions of RSA 482:79 shall make a deposit to the department of $100 with each such petition. This payment shall be for expenses of publication, mailing, and posting of notices by the department and for the expenses of hiring a hearing site if necessary for hearings held during normal business hours in Concord. For hearings held outside of Concord or after normal business hours or both, the payment shall also cover expenses of the hearing personnel including per diems for personnel of the department. If said expenses amount to more than $100, the department shall require the petitioners to pay the additional amount before it renders its decision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 87:11 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 87 / Section 11
87:11 Estates Affected.
Status: in_force

The provisions hereof shall apply to the estates of all decedents dying after April 28, 1931 and shall also apply to the estate of any decedent with respect to which the United States estate tax had not been paid on April 28, 1931.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-B:41 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-B / Section 41
304-B:41 Rights of Creditor.
Status: in_force

On application to a court of competent jurisdiction by any judgment creditor of a partner, the court may charge the partnership interest of the partner with payment of the unsatisfied amount of the judgment with interest. To the extent so charged, the judgment creditor has only the rights of an assignee of the partnership interest. This chapter does not deprive any partner of the benefit of any exemption laws applicable to his partnership interest.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-J:8-a — NH Code / Title XIX-A / Chapter 227-J / Section 8-a
227-J:8-a Trespass; Criminal Penalty.
Status: in_force

I. No person shall recklessly cut, fell, destroy, injure, carry away, or cause to be cut, felled, destroyed, injured, or carried away, any tree, timber, log, wood, pole, underwood, or bark which is on the land of another person, or aid in such actions without the permission of that person or the person's agent. II. A person who violates the provisions of paragraph I shall be guilty of a class B felony if the loss, as determined by market value, is greater than $1,000, or a misdemeanor for any other loss.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 195:19-c — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 195 / Section 19-c
195:19-c Special Provisions for Cooperative School Districts.
Status: in_force

I. At the organizational meeting of the cooperative school district, the checklists for each pre-existing district shall be used. The school board of any pre-existing district which does not have a checklist shall make a list of the legal voters in the district for use at such meeting as supervisors are required to do in towns as provided in RSA 654:25-654:31. Thereafter, the cooperative school board shall make, correct and post a list of the legal voters of the cooperative school district acting as supervisors are required to do; except that such list shall indicate with respect to each voter the pre-existing district in which he is domiciled. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, whenever each of the pre-existing school districts is coextensive with the town in which it is located, the cooperative school district may, at an annual cooperative school district meeting, under an article in the warrant for such meeting, vote that the supervisors of each town, acting as the supervisors of the cooperative school district, shall make, correct and post in each pre-existing district a checklist of the voters in each pre-existing district and shall certify to the same acting as supervisors of the cooperative school district and shall attend the cooperative school district meeting. At each cooperative school district election, the checklists prepared by the supervisors in each pre-existing district in accordance with this section shall be used. II. An updated checklist shall be used at all cooperative school district elections and meetings for the same purposes as checklists are used by towns as provided in RSA 669:5. III. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any registered voter on a town or city checklist, who has his domicile within a cooperative school district, shall be eligible to vote at any cooperative school district election or meeting in the district where he has his domicile. The supervisors of the checklists for the various cities and towns within a cooperative school district shall make an appropriate notation on their respective checklists with respect to which school district a registered voter is entitled to vote in. IV. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any cooperative school district, which uses the checklists of the cities and towns within the district for an election or meeting pursuant to paragraph III, shall not be required to maintain a separate school district checklist or conduct sessions of the supervisors of the checklist.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 245:23 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 245 / Section 23
245:23 Taking for Yards, Etc.
Status: in_force

The proprietors of a railroad may take and hold such land as may be necessary for yards, side tracks, fuel sheds, repair shops, turntables, gravel pits, engine, car and freight houses and depots, for making provisions to supply their buildings and engines with water, and for the purpose of changing or diverting the course of streams, where necessary, for the purpose of properly constructing, maintaining or protecting their railroad, by filing a location thereof and giving notice as provided for filing the location of a railroad.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651:68 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 651 / Section 68
651:68 Uncompensated Public Service.
Status: in_force

The performance of uncompensated public service of a sort that in the opinion of the court, the commissioner of the department of corrections, the superintendent of a county correctional facility, or the parole board will foster respect for those interests violated by the defendant's conduct may be ordered: I. By the sentencing court as a condition of probation, conditional discharge, release under RSA 651:19, or suspension of sentence; II. By the commissioner of the department of corrections as a condition of release under RSA 651:25; III. By the superintendent of a county correctional facility; or IV. By the parole board as a condition of parole.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 99:26 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 99 / Section 26
99:26 Laid Off State Employees.
Status: in_force

Whenever the legislature enacts provisions regarding benefits for laid off state employees, the term "state employee" shall be construed to include state employees whose positions are partially or fully federally funded.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:67 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 674 / Section 67
674:67 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subdivision: I. "Commercial fishing operation" means any type of activity conducted on land, requiring the location or storage of commercial fishing equipment such as fishing vessels, fishing gear, docks, piers, loading areas, landing areas, and cold storage facilities, including any activity necessary to prepare finfish or shellfish for refrigeration, conducted by any person licensed to take, possess, land, or transport, on the waters of New Hampshire, any marine species by any method for the purpose of sale. Commercial fishing operation shall not include operations with the sole or primary function of processing seafood. II. "Recreational fishing operation" means a party or charter boat that takes paying passengers for recreational fishing in coastal waters.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 266:8-a — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 266 / Section 8-a
266:8-a Specially Assembled Motor Vehicles.
Status: in_force

The director may establish equipment standards by rules adopted pursuant to RSA 260:5, for the manufacture of special motor vehicles, or for the assembly and construction of vehicles from new or used parts or kits, or for the alteration or reconstruction of a motor vehicle which places it in the category of a special motor vehicle. Such standards shall be established for the purpose of reducing the danger of death and injury to the drivers and passengers of such vehicles and to other users of the public highways. The director may establish minimum construction and performance requirements that are technically feasible and based on sound engineering to achieve operational safety and to furnish a guide for registration eligibility and in-use conformity for vehicles in this category.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 438:15 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 438 / Section 15
438:15 Police Powers, Right of Entry and Stoppage.
Status: in_force

With respect to the enforcement of this chapter and any other law dealing with weights and measures that he or she is or may be empowered to enforce, the commissioner, or the commissioner's inspectors at his or her direction, is hereby vested with special police powers, and is authorized to arrest, without formal warrant, any violator of said laws, and to seize for use as evidence, without formal warrant, incorrect or unsealed weights and measures or amounts or packages of commodity found to be used, retained, offered, or exposed for sale or sold in violation of law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-C:10-1005 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-C / Section 10-1005
383-C:10-1005 Commissioner Determination.
Status: in_force

After receipt of an application for dissolution under RSA 383-C:10-1004, the commissioner shall make a determination under RSA 383-A:6-604.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 494:7 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 494 / Section 7
494:7 Organization of Council; Expenses.
Status: in_force

The council shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson from among its members. The council shall appoint an executive director who shall be qualified by reason of education and experience and who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The executive director's annual salary shall be that prescribed by RSA 94:1-a. The executive director shall serve as a secretary when the council is meeting. The council may make all necessary rules and regulations for its own procedures and the conduct of its meetings. The meetings of the council shall be held in compliance with the provisions of RSA 91-A, the right-to-know law. Members of the council shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be allowed their actual expenses while attending to the business of the council, and the council shall be allowed its expenses to be paid out of any funds appropriated for that purpose.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-C:181 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-C / Section 181
304-C:181 Service of Process on Registered Foreign Limited Liability Companies.
Status: in_force

I. A foreign limited liability company's registered agent is the agent for service of process, notice, or demand required or permitted by law to be served on the foreign limited liability company. II. If a foreign limited liability company has no registered agent, or the agent cannot with reasonable diligence be served, the foreign limited liability company may be served by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, addressed to the foreign limited liability company at its principal office. Service is perfected under this section at the earliest of: (a) The date the foreign limited liability company receives the mail; (b) The date shown on the return receipt, if signed on behalf of the foreign limited liability company; or (c) Five days after its deposit in the United States mail, as evidenced by the postmark, if mailed postpaid and correctly addressed. III. This section does not prescribe the only means, or necessarily the required means, of serving a foreign limited liability company.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 415-C:6 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 415-C / Section 6
415-C:6 Contract Disclosures.
Status: in_force

I. Consumer guaranty contracts shall not be issued, sold, or offered for sale in this state unless the obligor or a sales representative with express authority from the obligor has: (a) Provided a receipt for, or other written evidence of, the purchase of the consumer guaranty contract to the contract holder; and (b) Provided a copy of the consumer guaranty contract, including its terms and conditions, to the contract holder within a reasonable period of time from the date of purchase. II. Consumer guaranty contracts marketed, sold, or offered for sale, issued, made, or proposed to be made in this state shall be dated and written in clear, understandable language and the entire contract shall be printed or typed in easy to read type. III. Consumer guaranty contracts shall state: (a) The total purchase price of the consumer guaranty contract. The purchase price is not required to be preprinted on the service contract and may be negotiated at the time of sale with the service contract holder. (b) The specific products and services to be provided and any limitations, exceptions, or exclusions. (c) The existence of any deductible amount, if applicable. (d) Any terms, restrictions, or conditions governing the transferability, cancellation, and termination of the consumer guaranty contract by either the obligor or contract holder. (e) All of the obligations and duties of the contract holder, such as the duty to meet certain conditions, protect against any further damage, and the requirement for certain service and maintenance. (f) The procedure for obtaining prior approval, if prior approval is required. (g) The procedure that the contract holder must take to make claims and receive service under the terms and conditions of the consumer guaranty contract, including a toll-free telephone number for service. (h) The procedure that a contract holder may take to discuss with the obligor questions or complaints. This procedure shall include a statement substantially similar to the following: "In the event you do not receive satisfaction under this contract, you may contact the New Hampshire insurance department." The statement shall include the current address and phone number of the department. IV. If any preexisting condition is excluded from coverage, the consumer guaranty contract must state the basis upon which the service or promised performance may be denied for such preexisting condition.