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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 357-D:11 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 357-D / Section 11
357-D:11 Limitations on Actions.
Status: in_force

I. Any proceeding initiated under the provisions of this chapter shall be commenced within one year following the later of: (a) The expiration of the express warranty term; or (b) The manufacturer's final repair attempt of the nonconformity, as provided in RSA 357-D:4, V which gave rise to the consumer's request that the vehicle be replaced or the money refunded. II. Nothing in this chapter shall in any way limit the rights or remedies which are otherwise available to a consumer under any other provision of law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-P:36 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-P / Section 36
21-P:36 Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
Status: in_force

I. There is hereby created a division of homeland security and emergency management within the department of safety under the supervision of the director of homeland security and emergency management nominated and appointed as provided in RSA 21-P:5-a. II. The division shall consist of 2 bureaus, a bureau of homeland security and a bureau of emergency management. With the approval of the commissioner, the director may employ such necessary technical, clerical, stenographic, and other personnel, and may make such expenditures from state or federal funds as are or may be made available for purposes of homeland security and emergency management. The director and other personnel of the division shall be provided with appropriate office space, furniture, equipment, supplies, stationery and printing, and funds for traveling and related expenses, in the same manner provided for personnel of other state agencies. The division and its personnel shall have such additional duties, responsibilities, and authority authorized by applicable laws as may be prescribed by the commissioner. III. The commissioner of safety shall nominate an assistant director of homeland security and emergency management, for appointment by the governor with consent of the council, to serve at the pleasure of the commissioner. The assistant director shall receive the salary provided in RSA 94:1-a for the position. IV. During service as assistant director, the assistant director of the division of homeland security and emergency management shall be eligible to be a group II member if he or she was a group II member or receiving a group II retirement allowance prior to appointment.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 669:74 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 669 / Section 74
669:74 Highway Agents.
Status: in_force

Vacancies in the office of elected highway agents shall be filled by appointment made by the board of selectmen for the remainder of the unexpired term.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:38 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 4 / Section 38
4:38 Payment.
Status: in_force

The governor, with the advice and consent of the council, is authorized to draw his warrant upon any money in the treasury available for military purposes or not otherwise appropriated, in payment for real estate acquired for military purposes under the provisions of this chapter, or, if land is so acquired for other public purposes, only upon money appropriated for such purposes.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-A:22-b — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 215-A / Section 22-b
215-A:22-b Duplicate Registration.
Status: in_force

A registration certificate which is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed may be replaced by a duplicate registration, upon payment of a fee of $5 and completion of an affidavit setting forth the circumstances of the loss or destruction of the registration. The duplicate registration shall entitle the registrant to engage in all activities permitted on the original registration. All fees collected under this section for duplicate registrations shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the fish and game department for the purposes described in RSA 215-A:23, VIII.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 137-J:36 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 137-J / Section 36
137-J:36 Determining Priority Among Multiple Surrogates.
Status: in_force

I. Where there are multiple surrogate decision-makers at the same priority level in the hierarchy, it shall be the responsibility of those surrogates to make reasonable efforts to reach a consensus as to their decision on behalf of the patient regarding any health care decision. If 2 or more surrogates who are in the same category and have equal priority indicate to the attending practitioner that they disagree about the health care decision at issue, a majority of the available persons in that category shall control, unless the minority or any other interested party initiates guardianship proceedings in accordance with RSA 464-A. There shall not be a recognized surrogate when a guardianship proceeding has been initiated and a decision is pending. The person initiating the petition for guardianship shall immediately provide written notice of the initiation of the guardianship proceeding to the health care facility where the patient is being treated. This process shall not preempt the care of the patient. No health care provider or other person shall be required to seek appointment of a guardian. II. After a surrogate has been identified, the name, address, telephone number, and relationship of that person to the patient shall be recorded in the patient's medical record. III. Any surrogate who becomes unavailable or unable or unwilling to act for any reason may be replaced by applying the provisions of RSA 137-J:35 in the same manner as for the initial choice of surrogate. IV. In the event an individual of a higher priority to an identified surrogate becomes available and is willing and able to be the surrogate, the individual with higher priority may be identified as the surrogate. In the event an individual in a higher, a lower, or the same priority level or a health care provider seeks to challenge the priority or ability of the surrogate or the life-sustaining treatment decision of the recognized surrogate decision-maker, the challenging party may initiate guardianship proceedings in accordance with RSA 464-A.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 490-H:1 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 490-H / Section 1
490-H:1 Purpose; Policy and Goals.
Status: in_force

I. The general court recognizes the critical need in this state for the criminal justice system to identify effective sentencing options when an offender has committed a crime that is a result of or related to mental illness. All offenders must be held accountable for their actions. However, a growing body of research demonstrates that traditional sentencing options may not be effective if an offender has a mental illness. Requiring that accountability and rehabilitative treatment, in addition to or in place of, conventional and expensive incarceration, will promote public safety, promote the welfare of the individuals involved, reduce the burden upon the public treasury, and benefit the common welfare of this state. The goals of this chapter shall include: (a) Enhancing community safety and quality of life for citizens; (b) Reducing recidivism; (c) Increasing the accountability of offenders; (d) Restoring offenders to productive, law-abiding, and taxpaying citizens; (e) Promoting effective interaction and use of resources among criminal justice and community agencies, including, but not limited to, effective treatment of mental illnesses; (f) Reducing the costs of incarceration; and (g) Improving the efficiency of the criminal justice system by promoting evidence-based sentencing for offenders with mental illness. II. While working in a mental health court reshapes the traditional roles of judges and lawyers, ethical duties do not significantly differ from those in traditional courtrooms. Mental health court judges and lawyers must adhere to the standards set forth in the Model Code of Judicial Conduct, the Model Rules of Professional Conduct, and the American Bar Association Standards of Criminal Justice. The proper exercise of the role of judge or lawyer in the mental health court need not conflict with the professional's ethical obligations and can enable judges and attorneys to fulfill the highest aspirations of their professional ethics while embarking on an innovative way to break the cycle of crime. Mental health court judges and attorneys must remain continually cognizant of the due process rights guaranteed to all citizens and the state's substantial interest in maintaining effective and efficient judicial and penal systems.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 420-B:2 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 420-B / Section 2
420-B:2 Certificate of Authority.
Status: in_force

I. No person may operate a health maintenance organization without obtaining a certificate of authority from the commissioner. A foreign corporation may qualify under this chapter subject to its registration to do business in this state as a foreign corporation under RSA 293-A. II. Every health maintenance organization, as of August 21, 1977, shall submit an application for a certificate of authority within 120 days of August 21, 1977. Each such applicant may continue to operate without certificate of authority until the commissioner acts upon the application.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 48:15 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 48 / Section 15
48:15 Warrants.
Status: in_force

The mayor and aldermen shall forthwith deliver to the chairman of the board of assessors all warrants for the assessment of state and county taxes which may be addressed to them, and all certified copies of the votes of school districts for raising district taxes which may be delivered to them; and the same shall be sufficient authority for the assessors to assess and collect such taxes.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-A:28 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 162-A / Section 28
162-A:28 Exemption From Administrative Procedure Act and Rulemaking Authority.
Status: in_force

The authority shall be exempt from the provisions of RSA 541-A and may adopt rules in accordance with its own procedures to facilitate, implement, and carry out the powers, duties, and purposes of the authority enumerated in this chapter and such other and additional powers and purposes as shall be conferred upon it by the legislature. The authority shall file in the office of legislative services a copy of all existing rules adopted by the authority. Any rule adopted after the effective date of this section or any amendment or repeal of any existing rule shall be filed in the office of legislative services within 7 days of such adoption, amendment, or repeal.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:69 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 659 / Section 69
659:69 Counting Votes on Different Party Ballots.
Status: in_force

Votes cast for the same person for the same office on the ballots of different parties at any primary election shall not be added together but shall be credited to the party on whose ballot his name appears and the vote is cast.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 41:50 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 41 / Section 50
41:50 Application of Provision.
Status: in_force

The provisions of RSA 41:49 shall not affect the provisions of any city charter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 611-B:5 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 611-B / Section 5
611-B:5 Assistant Deputy Medical Examiners.
Status: in_force

The chief medical examiner shall employ assistant deputy medical examiners to perform the duties of medical examiner under this chapter. Assistant deputy medical examiners shall serve without geographic restriction. An assistant deputy medical examiner shall be a person educated in the science of medicine and shall serve under the direction and supervision of the chief medical examiner. An assistant deputy medical examiner shall possess all the powers granted to medical examiners under this chapter and be sworn in the same manner. Assistant deputy medical examiners shall be appointed by the attorney general pursuant to RSA 21-M:3, XIV and shall serve at the pleasure of the chief medical examiner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 541:17 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 541 / Section 17
541:17 Evidence, How Considered.
Status: in_force

All evidence transferred by the commission shall be considered by the court regardless of any technical rule which might have rendered the same inadmissible if originally offered in the trial of an action at law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 189:20 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 189 / Section 20
189:20 Foreign Languages.
Status: in_force

A foreign language may be taught in elementary schools; provided, that the course of study (or its equivalent) outlined by the state board in the branches named in RSA 189:19 be not abridged but be taught in compliance with the law of the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 612:14 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 612 / Section 14
612:14 Arrest Without a Warrant.
Status: in_force

The arrest of a person may be lawfully made also by any peace officer or a private person without a warrant upon reasonable information that the accused stands charged in the courts of a state with a crime punishable by death or imprisonment for a term exceeding one year, but when so arrested the accused must be taken before a judge or magistrate with all practicable speed, and complaint must be made against him, under oath, setting forth the ground for the arrest as in RSA 612:13, and, thereafter, his answer shall be heard as if he had been arrested on a warrant.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-K:8 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 126-K / Section 8
126-K:8 Special Provisions.
Status: in_force

I. (a) No person shall sell, give, or furnish tobacco products, e-cigarettes, e-liquid, or alternative nicotine products to a person who has not attained 21 years of age who has a note from an adult requesting such sale, gift, or delivery. Tobacco products, e-cigarettes, e-liquid, or alternative nicotine products shall only be delivered to a person who provides an identification as enumerated in RSA 126-K:3 establishing that the person has attained 21 years of age. (b) Each school shall establish a policy regarding violations of this paragraph. The policy may include, but not be limited to, mandatory education classes on the hazards of using tobacco products, e-cigarettes, e-liquid, or alternative nicotine products, and suspensions and other penalties. II. All tobacco products shall be sold in their original packaging bearing the Surgeon General's warning. III. The sale of single cigarettes is prohibited. IV. Violations of this section shall be civil infractions punishable by administrative action of the commission against the licensee pursuant to rules adopted by the commission under RSA 541-A. V. In addition to the civil penalty described in paragraph IV, a person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation for the first offense and a misdemeanor for each subsequent offense.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 541-D:8 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 541-D / Section 8
541-D:8 Recovery of Costs and Fees by Attorney General.
Status: in_force

In any action brought by the state to enforce this chapter, the state shall be entitled to recover the costs of investigation, expert witness fees, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney's fees.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-C:6 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-C / Section 6
293-C:6 Corporate Purposes.
Status: in_force

I. A benefit corporation shall have a purpose of creating general public benefit. This purpose is in addition to its purpose under RSA 293-A:7. II. The articles of incorporation of a benefit corporation may identify one or more specific public benefits that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create in addition to its purposes under paragraph I and RSA 293-A:7. The identification of a specific public benefit under this paragraph shall not limit the purpose of a benefit corporation to create general public benefit under paragraph I. III. The creation of general public benefit and specific public benefit under paragraphs I and II is in the best interests of the benefit corporation. IV. A benefit corporation may amend its articles of incorporation to add, amend, or delete the identification of a specific public benefit that it is the purpose of the benefit corporation to create. In order to be effective, the amendment shall be adopted by at least the minimum status vote. V. A professional corporation that is a benefit corporation does not violate RSA 294-A:2 by having the purpose to create general public benefit or a specific public benefit.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 309-B:10 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 309-B / Section 10
309-B:10 Enforcement Against Holders of Certificates, Permits, and Registrations.
Status: repealed

I. [Repealed.] I-a. Misconduct sufficient to support disciplinary proceedings under this section shall include: (a) Fraud or deceit in obtaining a certificate, permit, or registration. (b) Cancellation, revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew a license or practice rights by any other state, including possessions of the United States, for any cause involving disciplinary reasons. (c) Failure, on the part of a holder of a certificate under RSA 309-B:7 or permit under RSA 309-B:8 or registration under RSA 309-B:9, to maintain compliance with the requirements for issuance or renewal of such certificate, permit, or registration or to report changes as required under RSA 309-B:7 and 309-B:8, VI. (d) Revocation or suspension of the right to practice before any state, including possessions of the United States, or federal agency for disciplinary reasons. (e) Dishonesty, fraud, or gross negligence in the performance of services as a licensee or in the filing or failure to file the licensee's own income or employment tax returns or the payment of the licensee's income or employment tax liability. (f) Violation of any provision of this chapter or rule adopted by the board under this chapter or violation of professional standards. (g) Violation of any rule of professional conduct adopted by the board under RSA 309-B:4, VIII(d). (h) Conviction of a felony, or of any crime an element of which is dishonesty or fraud, under the laws of the United States, of this state, or of any other state, of any possessions of the United States, or of any other country if the acts involved would have constituted a crime under the laws of this state. (i) Performance of any fraudulent act while holding a certificate, registration, or permit issued under this chapter or prior law. (j) Any conduct reflecting adversely upon the licensee's fitness to perform services as a licensee. (k) Making any false or misleading statement or verification, in support of an application for a certificate, registration, or permit filed by another. II. [Repealed.] III. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 120:2 — NH Code / Title IX / Chapter 120 / Section 2
120:2 Appeal From Award.
Status: in_force

If the owner is dissatisfied with the award he or she may appeal therefrom to the superior court for the county by petition within 60 days after the filing of such return, and shall give notice of the appeal by giving in hand to, or leaving at the abode of, the United States district attorney for the district of New Hampshire a copy of the petition and summons thereon 14 days at least before the term at which it is to be entered, and the court shall thereupon assess his or her damages by a jury or other method, as the parties may agree.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 490-J:11 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 490-J / Section 11
490-J:11 Standards of Professional Responsibility and Mandatory Reporting Not Affected.
Status: in_force

This chapter does not affect: I. The professional responsibility obligations and standards applicable to a lawyer or other licensed professional; or II. The obligation of a person to report abuse or neglect, abandonment, or exploitation of an adult or child under New Hampshire law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-F:79 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-F / Section 79
161-F:79 Regional Caregiver Support Services.
Status: in_force

The department shall maintain a caregiver support program in each SLRC. A caregiver support specialist shall be available within each SLRC region to assist caregivers in assessing their needs and accessing support and services; including generic community resources, state and federally funded support services, and other services as available.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-N:2 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 125-N / Section 2
125-N:2 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services. II. "Department" means the department of environmental services. III. "Person" means any individual, partnership, firm or co-partnership, association, company, trust, corporation, department, bureau, agency, private or municipal corporation, or any political subdivision of the state, the United States or political subdivisions or agencies thereof, or any other entity recognized by law as subject to rights and duties. IV. "Combustible domestic waste" means combustible waste such as, but not limited to, household trash, packaging materials, plastics, coated or laminated papers, rubber, painted or treated wood, coated or treated cardboard, oily rags, and animal, vegetable, and kitchen waste. The term does not include untreated wood, leaves, brush, or paper products generated at a residence. V. "Stationary source" means "stationary source" as defined in RSA 125-C:2, XI. VI. "Medical waste incinerator" means any device that combusts any amount of hospital waste or medical/infectious waste, except for municipal waste combustors, cement kilns, and combustors required to have a permit under 42 U.S.C., section 6925. VII. "Hospital waste" means waste generated at a hospital, except unused items returned to the manufacturer. Hospital waste does not include human corpses, remains, and anatomical parts that are intended for interment or cremation. VIII. "Medical/infectious waste" means any solid waste that is generated in the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of human beings or animals, in research pertaining thereto, or in the production or testing of biologicals. Medical/infectious waste does not include any hazardous waste regulated under RSA 147-A.