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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 405:7 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 405 / Section 7
405:7 Net Assets.
Status: in_force

The term net assets, as used herein, shall be taken to mean the funds of an insurance company available for the payment of its obligations in this state, including, in the case of a mutual company, its deposit notes or other contingent funds, its subscription fund and premium notes absolutely due, and also including uncollected and deferred premiums not more than 3 months due, on policies actually in force, after deducting from such funds all unpaid losses and claims, and claims for losses, and all other debts and liabilities inclusive of policy liability and exclusive of capital.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 433-A:4 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 433-A / Section 4
433-A:4 Inspections.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may inspect or cause to be inspected by duly authorized employees any products sold as horticultural growing media. For this purpose, the commissioner shall have the power to enter into or upon any point of sale during operating hours upon notice and to open and sample any bulk material, bundle, package, or other container containing or thought to contain any horticultural growing medium or to inspect labels.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 76:13 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 76 / Section 13
76:13 Interest.
Status: in_force

Interest at 8 percent per annum shall be charged upon all taxes except resident taxes, except as otherwise provided by statute, not paid on or before December 1 after their assessment, which shall be collected from that date with the taxes as incident thereto, except in the case where a tax bill sent to the taxpayer on or after November 2 and before April 1 of the following year interest shall not be charged until 30 days after the bills are mailed. Interest due in an amount up to $25 may be waived by the collector, with the approval and consent of the board of selectmen and the board of assessors, if in the collector's judgment the administrative and collection costs involved do not warrant collection of the amount due. The tax collector shall state on the tax bill the date from which interest will be charged and such date shall be determined by the day the collector sends out the last tax bill on the list. The collector shall notify the board of tax and land appeals in writing of the date on which the last tax bill was sent.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 398:8 — NH Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 398 / Section 8
398:8 Retention of Pledged Articles.
Status: in_force

Articles deposited in pawn with a licensed pawnbroker shall, unless redeemed, be retained by him, on the premises occupied by him for his business, for at least 4 months after the date of deposit, if not of a perishable nature; and, if of a perishable nature, for at least one month after said date. Articles of personal apparel shall not be deemed to be of a perishable nature.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 374-F:8 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 374-F / Section 8
374-F:8 Participation in Regional Activities.
Status: in_force

The department shall advocate for New Hampshire interests before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and other regional and federal bodies. The commission shall participate in the activities of the New England Conference of Public Utility Commissioners, and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners as the New Hampshire member agency, and the department shall participate in the activities of the New England States Committee on Electricity, or other similar organizations as the New Hampshire member agency, and work with the New England Independent System Operator and NEPOOL to advance the interests of New Hampshire with respect to wholesale electric issues, including policy goals relating to fuel diversity, renewable energy, and energy efficiency, and to assure nondiscriminatory open access to a safe, adequate, and reliable transmission system at just and reasonable prices. Employees of the commission and the department are not otherwise prohibited from participating in the activities of the aforementioned organizations in which the other agency has the lead role. The department shall advocate against proposed regional or federal rules or policies that are inconsistent with the policies, rules, or laws of New Hampshire. In its participation in regional activities, the commission and the department shall consider how other states' policies will impact New Hampshire rates and work to prevent or minimize any rate impact the commission or department determines to be unjust or unreasonable.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 426:19 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 426 / Section 19
426:19 Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, necessary to administer this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 432:10 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 432 / Section 10
432:10 State Conservation Committee.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established to serve as an agency of the state a conservation committee, which shall consist of 12 members: the director of the university of New Hampshire cooperative extension, or designee; the director of the state agricultural experiment station, or designee; the state commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food, or designee; the commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources, or designee; the commissioner of the department of environmental services, or designee; the executive director of the department of fish and game, or designee; the executive director of the New Hampshire Association of Conservation Commissions; and 5 appointed members, all of whom shall be district supervisors or former district supervisors who shall be from counties as follows: one from Coos or Grafton; one from Belknap or Carroll; one from Cheshire or Sullivan; one from Hillsborough or Merrimack; one from Rockingham or Strafford. The supervisor or former supervisor members shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council to serve 4 years respectively from August 1 and until their successors are appointed and qualified; provided, however, that of the first appointments made under this section, 2 members shall be appointed to serve for a term of 2 years and the other 3 members shall be appointed for a term of 4 years. Advisory committee members shall serve without vote and shall include the state conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and others appointed by the state conservation committee as deemed appropriate. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms. The committee shall elect its own chairperson from one of the 5 appointees. The members of the committee shall serve without compensation, but the appointees shall be entitled to expenses, including traveling expenses, necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties. It may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, necessary for the execution of its functions under this subdivision and shall keep a record of its official actions. Within the limits of the appropriation it may employ such employees as it requires and fix their compensation subject to the rules of the division of personnel.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 48:17 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 48 / Section 17
48:17 City Purchasing Departments.
Status: repealed

The city councils of any city shall have power to establish an ordinance creating a purchasing department for the city. The administrative head of such department shall be called the city purchasing agent and he shall be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council, or the city council by ordinance may assign the duties of the city purchasing agent to an existing municipal officer. The city purchasing agent shall make all purchases of materials, equipment, and supplies for all departments, officers and agencies of the city under such rules and regulations as he shall promulgate subject to the approval of the city councils. In any city adopting the provisions hereof all departments, officers and agencies of the city shall requisition to the purchasing agent for all purchases in accordance with rules and regulations of said purchasing agent and the city treasurer shall not charge purchases against city funds unless and until the purchase order has been approved by the purchasing agent, subject to such exceptions in case of emergency as the councils may approve in accordance with such rules and regulations. The rules and regulations relative to the purchasing department shall include a requirement that all purchases of an amount over $100 dollars shall be made by competitive bidding subject to such exceptions as the councils may approve. In any city adopting the provisions hereof, any special provisions of the charter of said city inconsistent herewith relative to departments making their own purchases are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 135-C:50 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 135-C / Section 50
135-C:50 Conditions of Conditional Discharge.
Status: in_force

I. The administrator, or designee, of a receiving facility may grant a conditional discharge under this chapter to any person who consents, by an informed decision, to participate in continuing treatment on an out-patient basis, who agrees to be subject to any rules adopted by the commissioner relative to conditional discharge, and who understands the conditions of his or her discharge. The administrator of the facility or the administrator's designee shall prepare, deliver a copy of, and read to the person being conditionally discharged a written statement of the conditions of conditional discharge and a warning that violation of those conditions may result in revocation of the conditional discharge pursuant to RSA 135-C:51. II. A conditional discharge shall not exceed the period of time remaining on the order of involuntary admission and shall become absolute at the end of its term. III. During the term of conditional discharge, the person conditionally discharged shall be provided with continuing treatment on an out-patient basis by a community mental health program approved by the commissioner or by transitional housing program services.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 534:17 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 534 / Section 17
534:17 Time.
Status: in_force

If no time is specified for the return, but the writ is returnable immediately, the return shall be made within three days after the service, unless the prisoner is to be brought more than twenty miles, in which case the return shall be made within so many days more as will be equal to one day for every ten miles of such further distance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 435:22 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 435 / Section 22
435:22 Misbranding.
Status: in_force

A commercial feed shall be deemed to be misbranded: I. If its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. II. If it is distributed under the name of another commercial feed. III. If it is not labeled as required by RSA 435:21. IV. If it purports to be or is represented as a commercial feed, or if it purports to contain or is represented as containing a commercial feed ingredient, unless such commercial feed or feed ingredient conforms to the definition, if any, prescribed by rule by the commissioner. V. If any word, statement, or other information required by or under authority of this subdivision to appear on the label or labeling is not prominently placed thereon with such conspicuousness (as compared with other words, statements, designs, or devices in the labeling) and in such terms as to render it likely to be read and understood by the ordinary individual under customary conditions of purchase and use.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 78-A:6-a — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 78-A / Section 6-a
78-A:6-a Exception to Tax; Gratuity Charges.
Status: in_force

I. Gratuity charges added to the charge for a taxable meal or taxable room shall not be taxed under this chapter if: (a) The gratuity is not used by the operator in lieu of the tipped employee minimum wage requirements of RSA 279:21, or as a pool from which bonuses are paid to managerial personnel; (b) The gratuity is paid to the service personnel providing the service for which the gratuity is charged; (c) The amount of the gratuity does not exceed 18 percent of the charge for the taxable meal and/or rent imposed on each occupancy; (d) The gratuity exceeds the percentage specified in subparagraph (c) and the amount is not separately stated, the exception from tax shall be limited to the percentage enumerated and the additional gratuity shall be subject to tax; and (e) The payroll or other business records of the operator substantiate the distribution of the gratuity to the service employees as a payment that does not supplement wages or is not in lieu of wages. II. Gratuity charges arranged by written contract between operators and motorcoach service providers or other businesses making group purchases on behalf of purchasers or occupants shall not be taxed under this chapter if the requirements of RSA 78-A:6-a, I are met. III. Gratuity charges included in package arrangements offered by hotels to purchasers or occupants, which are not arranged by written contract between operators and motorcoach service providers or other businesses making group purchases on behalf of purchasers or occupants, shall not be taxed under this chapter if the requirements of RSA 78-A:6-a, I are met. IV. The amount of any gratuity charge excepted from tax by RSA 78-A:6-a, I, II, or III shall be limited to that amount actually received by the service personnel providing the service for which such gratuity is charged.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 408-A:7 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 408-A / Section 7
408-A:7 Filing, Approval and Withdrawal of Forms.
Status: in_force

I. All policies, certificates of insurance, notices of proposed insurance, applications for insurance, endorsements and riders shall be filed with the commissioner of the state in which the policy is issued. II. The commissioner shall within 30 days after the filing of any such policies, certificates of insurance, notices of proposed insurance, applications for insurance, endorsements and riders, disapprove any such form if the table of premium rates charged or to be charged appears by reasonable assumptions to be excessive in relation to benefits, or if it contains provisions which are unjust, unfair, inequitable, misleading, deceptive or encourage misrepresentation of the coverage, or are contrary to any provision of the insurance code or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder. III. If the commissioner notifies the insurer that the form is disapproved it is unlawful thereafter for such insurer to issue or use such form. In such notice, the commissioner shall specify the reason for his disapproval and state that a hearing will be granted within 20 days after request in writing by the insurer. No such policy, certificate of insurance, notice of proposed insurance, nor any application, endorsement or rider, shall be issued or used until the expiration of 30 days after it has been so filed, unless the commissioner shall give his prior written approval thereto. IV. The commissioner may, at any time after a hearing held not less than 20 days after written notice to the insurer, withdraw his approval of any such form on any ground set forth in paragraph II above. The written notice of such hearing shall state the reason for the proposed withdrawal. V. It is not lawful for the insurer to issue such forms or use them after the effective date of such withdrawal. VI. Any order or final determination of the commissioner under the provisions of this section shall be subject to judicial review.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 172:8-a — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 172 / Section 8-a
172:8-a Confidentiality of Client Records.
Status: in_force

No reports or records or the information contained therein on any client of the program or a certified alcohol or drug abuse treatment facility or any client referred by the commissioner shall be discoverable by the state in any criminal prosecution. No such reports or records shall be used for other than rehabilitation, research, statistical or medical purpose, except upon the written consent of the person examined or treated. Confidentiality shall not be construed in such manner as to prevent recommendation by the commissioner to a referring court, nor shall it deny release of information through court order pursuant to appropriate federal regulations.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265:67 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 265 / Section 67
265:67 Charging Violations and Rule in Civil Actions.
Status: in_force

I. In every charge of violation of any speed regulation in this chapter the complaint shall set forth the manner in which the alleged speed was unreasonable and imprudent or shall specify the speed at which the defendant is alleged to have driven and the prima facie speed applicable within the district or at the location. II. The provision of this chapter declaring prima facie speed limitations shall not be construed to relieve the plaintiff in any action from the burden of proving negligence on the part of the defendant as the proximate cause of an accident.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-C:6 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 141-C / Section 6
141-C:6 Rulemaking.
Status: repealed

The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: I. Identifying communicable diseases to be reported under RSA 141-C:8. II. The design and content of all forms required under this chapter including forms for reporting communicable diseases under RSA 141-C:8. III. Reporting required under RSA 141-C:7. IV. The conduct of investigations carried out under RSA 141-C:9, I. V. The procedure for disclosure of information under RSA 141-C:10. VI. Establishing, maintaining, and lifting the isolation and quarantine of cases, carriers, or suspected cases or carriers of communicable diseases under RSA 141-C:11. VII. Decontamination of commodities, conveyances, baggage, and cargo under RSA 141-C:11, IV. VIII. Issuing and carrying out orders for the treatment and care and for the restriction and control of diseases under RSA 141-C:15. IX. Distribution of pharmaceutical agents under RSA 141-C:17. X. Laboratory testing, fee schedules, and the waiving of fees under RSA 141-C:19. XI. Regulating use of the common cup under RSA 141-C:4, VIII. XII. The procedure for written orders under RSA 141-C:12. XIII. [Repealed.] XIV. The child's age for administration of a vaccine for immunization. XV. The number of doses necessary for each vaccine. XVI. The acceptable level of immunization necessary for a child to be enrolled in a school or child care agency under RSA 141-C:20-a, II(b). XVII. Procedures for keeping immunization records under RSA 141-C:20-b, II. XVIII. The immunization registry established under RSA 141-C:20-f. XIX. Identifying microbial isolates of reportable diseases and patient specimens to be retained or forwarded to the public health laboratories. XX. Establishing a registry of biological agents present in New Hampshire. XXI. Procedures relating to information, specimens, and samples as required under RSA 141-C:10, IV. XXII. Procedures for administration of and disbursement from the mosquito control fund, established in RSA 141-C:25.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:48 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 198 / Section 48
198:48 Maintenance of Local Control.
Status: in_force

Distributions under RSA 198:42 are based on adequate education costs determined in RSA 198:41 and are independent of how the municipalities decide to spend the distributions or other funds they may raise for education. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing in this subdivision is intended in any way to limit or control how school districts operate or spend their budgets except that adequate education grants must be expended for educational purposes. Adequate education grants shall not be considered unanticipated funds under RSA 198:20-b.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-B:22 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 546-B / Section 22
546-B:22 Pleadings and Accompanying Documents.
Status: in_force

I. In a proceeding under this chapter, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, or to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under RSA 546-B:23, the petition or accompanying documents shall provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition shall be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent. II. The petition shall specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents shall conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 436:66 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 436 / Section 66
436:66 Offspring.
Status: in_force

The offspring of such animals shall be removed and kept apart immediately following birth, and shall be tested by tuberculin or other approved test, at a period not less than 6 months nor more than 9 months from birth.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 673:3-a — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 673 / Section 3-a
673:3-a Training.
Status: in_force

Any member of a zoning board of adjustment or planning board may complete training offered by the office of planning and development or another organization that provides similar training covering the processes, procedures, regulations, and statutes related to the board on which the member serves. The office of planning and development shall develop standard self-training materials and corresponding tests for zoning boards of adjustment and planning boards which shall be provided to members free of charge. The office of planning and development may provide other types of training, which may be designed in a variety of formats including, but not limited to, web-based, distance learning, or traditional classroom style. For purposes of this section, the term "member" includes regular and alternate members of zoning boards of adjustment and planning boards.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 194-C:4-a — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 194-C / Section 4-a
194-C:4-a Assignment of Superintendent Services; Personnel.
Status: in_force

When used in this title, the term "superintendent" shall include the superintendent and any personnel assigned by the superintendent to perform superintendent services under the authority in RSA 194-C:5.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 359-E:5-a — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 359-E / Section 5-a
359-E:5-a Blocking Prohibited.
Status: in_force

No person using an automated telephone dialing system or any other method for solicitation shall use any method, including per-call blocking or per-line blocking, to prevent caller identification information from being received by the called party station. The caller identification information shall contain a telephone number at which the telephone solicitor may receive telephone calls and shall not contain misleading, inaccurate, or deceptive information.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 566:1-a — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 566 / Section 1-a
566:1-a Special Power of Appointment.
Status: in_force

As a clarification of existing law, unless a testamentary power of appointment expressly states that it is a general power of appointment or expressly authorizes the donee to exercise the power of appointment in favor of one or more of the donee's creditors, the donee's estate or the creditors of the donee's estate, the power of appointment shall be construed as a special power of appointment, and the donee may not appoint in favor of the donee's creditors, the donee's estate or the creditors of the donee's estate. For the purposes of this section, the term "testamentary power of appointment" shall mean a power to appoint property exercisable only at the death of the donee of the power, whether by the donee's will or otherwise.