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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 263:31 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 263 / Section 31
263:31 Motorcycle Licenses; Waiver of Driving Examination.
Status: in_force

The department shall cause to be issued a motorcycle license for persons without a driver's license or an endorsement on the driver's license for persons who have a driver's license, for all applicants who successfully complete the requirements for a motorcycle license. The department shall cause to be issued a restricted motorcycle license for persons who have a driver's license, for all applicants who successfully complete the requirements for a restricted motorcycle endorsement. Applicants for such license or endorsement shall furnish proof of their fitness to drive a motorcycle as the director shall in his or her discretion determine. Such proof shall include the applicant's passing a driver examination conducted on a motorcycle. The examination for a restricted motorcycle endorsement and the examination for a 3-wheeled motorcycle restriction shall be separate and distinct examinations emphasizing the skills and maneuvers necessary to operate safely the specific type of motorcycle for which the restriction is issued. The director may waive the requirement for such a driving examination upon receipt of adequate evidence of experience in driving a motorcycle by an applicant under such rules as the director may deem necessary, or proof that the applicant has successfully completed a state-approved motorcycle rider education course. No person may take the motorcycle driver examination more than twice; any person who fails to pass the examination twice shall be required to successfully complete the motorcycle rider education program under RSA 263:34-b. No person shall drive a motorcycle on a way of this state, unless such person is duly licensed to drive a motorcycle by a motorcycle license, restricted motorcycle license, or endorsement issued under this section, or holds a permit under RSA 263:32. No person shall knowingly authorize or allow the driving of a motorcycle owned by him or her or in his or her charge on a way of this state by any person who does not hold a motorcycle license, restricted motorcycle license, or endorsement or motorcycle learner's permit.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 374:5-a — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 374 / Section 5-a
374:5-a Power to Hire Consultants Firm.
Status: in_force

The commission and the department of energy may utilize and employ a consultant firm to provide it with technical assistance in evaluating cost factors relating to the effective use of substantial investments of utilities regulated by the commission.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-E:7-705 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-E / Section 7-705
383-E:7-705 Filling Vacancies.
Status: in_force

In the event of the death or the resignation or removal from office of any member of the board of directors, or of the supervisory committee, the board of directors shall fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting, at which the unexpired term shall be filled by vote of the members.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 654:44 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 654 / Section 44
654:44 Removing Names from Checklist; Notice Required.
Status: in_force

I. The supervisors shall remove no person's name from the checklist of their town or ward unless they shall send notice by mail to the last known address of the person whose name they wish to remove from the checklist stating the reason they are considering removing such person's name from the checklist. Such notice shall also state the time and the place at which the supervisors shall meet to consider the removal of that person's name and shall give the date of such meeting which shall be at least 30 days after they send such notice. At such meeting, the person whose name the supervisors wish to remove shall have a chance as he or she wishes to state in person or to present in writing personally, or by mail or other messenger, or by any such combination of these as the person chooses, the reasons why his or her name should be left on the checklist. The supervisors shall not remove a person's name from the checklist until after the completion of the written or oral statement, if any, of the person whose name they wish to remove from the checklist at the meeting held at least 30 days after they sent the notice this section requires. The supervisors shall retain a copy of the notice in accordance with RSA 33-A:3-a. II. The provisions of this section do not apply to the removal of the names of persons for whom the supervisors have received a report of transfer or death as provided in RSA 654:36, 654:37, or 654:37-a, nor to the removal of names during the period for verification of the checklist as provided in RSA 654:38 or 654:39, nor to the removal of names of persons for whom they have received a notice from a duly authorized board of registration from a community outside New Hampshire stating that a person whose name is on the checklist of the town or ward in New Hampshire has registered to vote outside New Hampshire.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-E:2-b — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 12-E / Section 2-b
12-E:2-b No Infringement on Existing Authority of the Department of Environmental Services.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the department of environmental services from regulating, whether by adoption of rules, issuance of permits, or enforcement of statutes, rules, or permits, such aspects of mining operations that are within the scope of the programs implemented by the department of environmental services, including those relating to air quality, surface water quality including wastewater disposal, groundwater protection, management of solid and hazardous wastes, and site cleanup and reclamation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:3.05 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 3.05
293-A:3.05 Trust Powers.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation shall have trust powers to the extent that it: (1) Does not transact business with the general public; or (2) Is a bank as defined in RSA 383-A:2-201(a)(3) and is authorized to engage in trust business in this state under RSA 383-A, RSA 383-B, RSA 383-C, or RSA 383-D. (b) Trust powers include the power to act as a trustee or other fiduciary, a trust advisor as defined in RSA 564-B:1-103(27), or a trust protector as defined in RSA 564-B:1-103(28). (c) For purposes of subsection (a)(1), a corporation does not transact business with the general public to the extent that the corporation: (1) Qualifies as a family office under 15 U.S.C. section 80b-2(a)(11)(G); or (2) Offers and provides its services only to persons who would qualify as family clients as defined in RSA 383-D:2-201(b)(5) if the corporation was chartered as a family trust company under RSA 383-D. (d) For purposes of subsection (c)(2), a corporation may use any reasonable method for: (1) Identifying a designated relative as defined in RSA 383-D:2-201(b)(2); and (2) Selecting a method for determining family members as described in RSA 383-D:4-402(b)(2) or (c). (e) A corporation described in subsection (a)(1) shall be exempt from RSA Title 35 and shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of the New Hampshire bank commissioner. (f) To the extent that a corporation other than a corporation described in subsection (a)(2) transacts business with the general public, the following shall apply: (1) Any action by the corporation shall not be void or voidable solely by reason of the corporation transacting business with the general public. (2) Each of the corporation's directors and officers shall be personally, jointly, and severally liable for all liabilities created by the corporation transacting business with the general public, including any breach of a fiduciary duty to a member of the general public. (3) A director's or officer's liability under subsection (f)(2) is in addition to any civil or criminal penalties imposed by applicable law. (g) This section does not restrict the rights and remedies of any person affected by a corporation's exercise of trust powers, including the right to commence a judicial proceeding seeking: (1) A remedy for a breach of trust under RSA 564-B:10-1001; (2) Damages for a breach of trust under RSA 564-B:10-1002; or (3) Damages under RSA 564-B:10-1003.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 371:23 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 371 / Section 23
371:23 Compensation to State.
Status: in_force

Any compensation payable to the state on account of any such license shall be paid to the state treasurer and, if derived from licenses affecting state forests or forestry reservations, shall be added to the forest improvement fund; otherwise, it shall be a part of the general funds of the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 428:21 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 428 / Section 21
428:21 Disposal of License Fees and Penalties.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food shall pay into the state treasury monthly all moneys received under the provisions of this subdivision. The state treasurer shall hold all moneys so received in a separate fund and shall pay out the same upon warrant of the governor and upon order of the commissioner for the purpose of paying the expenses of the administration of the subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 167-C:1 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 167-C / Section 1
167-C:1 Policy.
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the state of New Hampshire to encourage and enable the blind, the visually disabled, and the otherwise physically disabled to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in remunerative employment.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 417:5-a — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 417 / Section 5-a
417:5-a Cumulative Authority.
Status: in_force

The enumeration in this chapter of powers vested in the commissioner and of specific unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts and practices in the business of insurance is not exclusive or restrictive or intended to limit the powers of the commissioner or any court of review but the provisions of such chapter are in all respects cumulative of and supplemental to the insurance code and all other applicable New Hampshire statutes and common law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 592-A:13 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 592-A / Section 13
592-A:13 No Witness Fee to Salaried Officers.
Status: in_force

No sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, city marshal, chief of police or other police officer who receives a salary or who is to be otherwise compensated as a law enforcement officer in connection with the same criminal case by the state, county, city or town shall be paid any fee for testifying as a witness in a criminal case, except that any police officer who is on vacation, furlough or on time off who attends as a witness in a criminal case pending in any municipal, district or superior court shall, upon order of the court, be paid a witness fee in accordance with RSA 592-A:12 for each day of such attendance; provided, however, towns and cities may pay supplemental witness fees if deemed desirable.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 311-B:14 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 311-B / Section 14
311-B:14 Disposition of Revenue.
Status: in_force

All moneys collected under this chapter shall be paid into the office of professional licensure and certification fund.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 500-A:7 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 500-A / Section 7
500-A:7 Failure to Submit a Juror Qualification Form; Questioning by the Clerk or Court.
Status: in_force

I. Any prospective juror who does not submit a completed juror qualification form as instructed shall be directed by the clerk to appear at the court to complete the juror qualification form. II. At the time of his or her appearance for jury service, or at the time of any interview before the court or clerk, a prospective juror may be required to complete another juror qualification form in the presence of the court or clerk. The prospective juror may then be questioned, but only with regard to his or her responses to questions contained on the form and grounds for his or her excuse for disqualification. Any information acquired by the court or clerk at such time shall be noted on the juror qualification form.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 243:45 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 243 / Section 45
243:45 Adverse Possession.
Status: in_force

No title to any real estate or to any interest therein shall be acquired by or against a railroad by adverse possession, however exclusive or long continued.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 6:13-e — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 6 / Section 13-e
6:13-e Authority to Borrow; Certain Environmental Projects.
Status: in_force

I. The state treasurer, as may be requested from time to time by the commissioner of the department of environmental services, is hereby authorized to borrow upon the credit of the state such sums as may be authorized by law from time to time to be borrowed under this section and may issue general obligation bonds in the name and on behalf of the state of New Hampshire for such authorized purposes and amounts in accordance with the provisions of RSA 6-A. The state treasurer is hereby further authorized to borrow all or any portion of amounts authorized to be borrowed under this section either as a loan from banks or other financial institutions, within or without the state, selected by the state treasurer or under the federal program established under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act, 33 U.S.C. chapter 52, as amended, and to enter into agreements containing appropriate covenants and conditions as the state treasurer determines to be necessary or desirable to secure favorable credit terms from said banks or other financial institutions or under said program. II. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 6-A:2, the maturity date of bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be not later than 30 years from the date of issue, as determined by the state treasurer; provided, that in determining the amount of bonds maturing later than 20 years from the date of issue, the state treasurer shall take into account the expected useful life of the projects being financed, as identified by the commissioner of the department of environmental services. III. Payment of principal and interest on the borrowing authorized under paragraph I shall be paid when due from general fund revenue; provided, however, that pursuant to RSA 485-H:6, I, any borrowing under paragraph I shall be paid at or prior to maturity from any available funds derived from lawsuits against the manufacturers of PFAS, after reimbursement to the department of justice for legal expenses related to the litigation and the transfer of funds to the revenue stabilization reserve account pursuant to RSA 7:6-e. This paragraph shall not apply to any funds from judgments or settlements received by the state resulting from lawsuits against manufacturers of PFAS for impacts to public drinking water systems. IV. To the extent any borrowing under paragraph I cannot be immediately redeemed or prepaid when such funds are received by the state, the funds shall be held in a nonlapsing reserve to be established by the state treasurer for the future payment of the borrowing in accordance with its redemption or prepayment provisions.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 36-A:5 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 36-A / Section 5
36-A:5 Appropriations Authorized.
Status: in_force

I. A town or city, having established a conservation commission as authorized by RSA 36-A:2, may appropriate money as deemed necessary for the purpose of this chapter. The whole or any part of money so appropriated in any year and any gifts of money received pursuant to RSA 36-A:4 may be placed in a conservation fund and allowed to accumulate from year to year. Money may be expended from said fund by the conservation commission for the purposes of this chapter without further approval of the town meeting. II. The town treasurer, pursuant to RSA 41:29, shall have custody of all moneys in the conservation fund and shall pay out the same only upon order of the conservation commission. The disbursement of conservation funds shall be authorized by a majority of the conservation commission. Prior to the use of such funds for the purchase of any interest in real property or for a contribution to a qualified organization for the purchase of property interests under RSA 36-A:4-a, I(b), the conservation commission shall hold a public hearing with notice in accordance with RSA 675:7. III. In the municipality that has adopted the provisions of RSA 79-A:25, II, the specified percentage of the revenues received pursuant to RSA 79-A shall be placed in the conservation fund.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 655:43 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 655 / Section 43
655:43 Filing Deadline.
Status: in_force

I. Nomination papers shall be filed with the secretary of state no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday one week before the primary. Nomination papers to be filed shall be grouped by municipality. No nomination papers shall be accepted by the secretary of state unless the candidate shall have met the age and domicile qualifications for the office he or she seeks at the time of the general election and meets all the other qualifications at the time of filing; and if a candidate for the office of governor, executive councilor, state senator, or state representative, unless the candidate shall file with the nomination papers an affidavit of qualifications as provided in RSA 655:28 and 655:29; and if a candidate for United States senator or United States representative, unless the candidate shall meet the qualifications for office under RSA 655:3 and 655:4. II. No candidate who intends to run for any state or federal office in the state general election by means of nomination papers shall have his or her name placed on the ballot unless the candidate files a declaration of intent, as provided in RSA 655:17-a or 655:17-b, within the filing deadline required by RSA 655:14-a. Any person who files on the last day of the filing period must do so in person before the secretary of state. III. No political organization shall have the names of its candidates placed on the ballot unless the chairman of the organization files a declaration of intent, as provided in RSA 655:17-c, within the filing deadline for candidates established in RSA 655:14-a. IV. No person who filed as a candidate in the state primary election shall be eligible to have his or her name placed on the ballot for the state general election by submitting nomination papers as provided in this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 137-J:17 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 137-J / Section 17
137-J:17 Reciprocity.
Status: in_force

A DNR, POLST, durable power of attorney for health care, living will, or similar document executed in another state, and valid according to the laws of the state where it was executed, shall be as effective in this state as it would have been if executed according to the laws of this state, provided that this paragraph shall not be construed to authorize any violation of this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 655:31 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 655 / Section 31
655:31 Straw Candidates.
Status: in_force

No person shall be a candidate for nomination at any primary unless his candidacy is bona fide and is filed for the actual purpose of personally seeking the nomination. Any candidate for nomination whose name is to be voted upon at primary election may, no later than the Wednesday after the last day for filing declarations of candidacy and primary petitions, file a petition with the ballot law commission alleging that one or more candidates for the same nomination is not a bona fide candidate. Upon receipt of such a petition, the commission shall notify in writing all candidates of that party for the same nomination of the time and place for its hearing. After such hearing, the ballot law commission shall have the power and duty to order stricken forthwith from the primary ballot the name or names of any candidate or candidates for said nomination if the commission finds that such candidate or candidates is obviously not a bona fide candidate, obviously having filed not primarily for the purpose of seeking the nomination but primarily for the purpose of drawing votes which might otherwise be cast for some other candidate for the same nomination. The decision of the commission shall be final as to questions both of law and fact, and no court shall have jurisdiction to review such decision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:15-e — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 198 / Section 15-e
198:15-e Proration and Unexpended Funds.
Status: in_force

In any fiscal year, the amount appropriated for distribution as school building grants in accordance with the version of RSA 198:15-b in effect prior to July 1, 2012 shall first be awarded to a school district for an eligible project funded before July 1, 2012. If the amount appropriated is insufficient the appropriation shall be prorated proportionally among the districts entitled to a grant. If the amount appropriated exceeds the amount necessary to fully fund grants to a school district for eligible construction projects funded before July 1, 2012, the remaining amount of the appropriation shall be awarded to a school district for an eligible new proposal in the ranked order developed pursuant to RSA 198:15-c, II(a) and II(b). Such a district shall receive a grant equal to 100 percent of the eligible amount of the request until the amount appropriated has been exhausted. A partial grant may be awarded to the extent that funds are available. If a school district declines a full or partial grant, a grant shall be made to the next ranked school district until the amount appropriated has been exhausted. Any amounts not distributed in the first year of any biennium may be distributed in the second year if required to distribute the maximum amount permissible under RSA 198:15-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 106-B:18 — NH Code / Title VII / Chapter 106-B / Section 18
106-B:18 Line of Duty Injury.
Status: in_force

Any injury, which is due to a hostile or overt act or an act caused by another during the performance of duties which are considered dangerous in nature, received by any state police employee while on assignment, patrol, or duty that requires that the employee be hospitalized or to the extent that the employee is unable to perform normal or routine duties shall not be charged against earned sick leave or annual leave, and during such time the employee shall remain on the payroll. The commissioner of safety shall make the final determination as to whether the injury received is in line of duty and due to a hostile or overt act or an act caused by another during the performance of duties which are considered dangerous in nature, and the commissioner's decision is final, subject to approval of governor and council.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:8 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 659 / Section 8
659:8 At Additional Polling Places.
Status: in_force

The hours of polling at any additional polling place shall be the same as those at the central polling place as provided in RSA 658:16.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-A:10 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 546-A / Section 10
546-A:10 Rights Additional to Those Now Existing.
Status: in_force

The rights herein created are in addition to and not in substitution for any other rights.