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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-V:8 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-V / Section 8
21-V:8 Annual Report.
Status: in_force

Beginning November 1, 2020, and each November 1 thereafter, the child advocate shall submit an annual report of the activities and findings of the office, and present his or her recommendations to the oversight commission. The report shall also be provided to the commissioner of any executive agency that is the subject of a report prepared by the office, the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, and the state library. The child advocate shall make the annual report available to the public on the office of the child advocate's website.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 287-D:18 — NH Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 287-D / Section 18
287-D:18 Equipment; Ownership.
Status: in_force

If a charitable organization operates games of chance itself, such games of chance shall be conducted with equipment that is: I. Owned absolutely; or II. Used without payment or any compensation therefor by the charitable organization.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 461-A:21 — NH Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 461-A / Section 21
461-A:21 Agreement on College Expenses.
Status: in_force

Parents may agree to contribute to their child's college expenses or other educational expenses beyond the completion of high school as part of a stipulated decree, signed by both parents and approved by the court. The agreed-on contribution may be made by one or both parents. The agreement may provide for contributions to an account to save for college, for the use of an asset, or for payment of educational expenses as incurred. Any such agreement shall specify the amount of the contribution, a percentage, or a formula to determine the amount of the contribution.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:6.03 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 6.03
293-A:6.03 Issued and Outstanding Shares.
Status: in_force

(a) A corporation may issue the number of shares of each class or series authorized by the articles of incorporation. Shares that are issued are outstanding shares until they are reacquired, redeemed, converted, or cancelled. (b) The reacquisition, redemption, or conversion of outstanding shares is subject to the limitations of RSA 293-A:6.03(c) and RSA 293-A:6.40. (c) At all times that shares of the corporation are outstanding, one or more shares that together have unlimited voting rights and one or more shares that together are entitled to receive the net assets of the corporation upon dissolution must be outstanding.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 14:49 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 14 / Section 49
14:49 Legislative Study Committees and Commissions.
Status: repealed

I. (a) For the purpose of this paragraph, "study committee" shall mean a committee, commission, task force, council, or any other similar entity established by the general court in chapter law to study or otherwise address a specified issue, and shall not include any similar entities that are codified in statute. (b) Every study committee which is established by the general court shall be repealed either upon the filing of a final report or on November 1 in the even-numbered year prior to the beginning of the subsequent biennial session, whichever is earlier. (c) The membership of a study committee established by the general court shall be limited to members of the general court only. (d) The chairperson of a study committee established by the general court shall, in addition to any other reporting requirements, electronically file the final report with the clerk of the house of representatives and the clerk of the senate, and the clerks of the respective bodies shall post the report on the general court website. The clerks of the respective bodies shall then send a copy of the report to the standing committee of each body with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the report. II. (a) For the purpose of paragraph II, "commission" shall mean a committee, commission, task force, council, or any other similar entity established by the general court and codified in the Revised Statutes Annotated for a specific term to study or otherwise address a specified issue, and shall not include any similar entities that are not a study committee as defined in paragraph I. (b) The term of the commission shall be specified and the commission's statutory authorization shall be repealed no later than 5 years after the date it becomes effective, unless subsequent legislation is passed to extend the commission's existence. (c) No commission shall have more than 15 members and may include appointees who are not members of the general court. The legislative members of the commission shall constitute a majority of the commission. The term of members of the general court who serve on a commission shall be coterminous with their term in office, unless they are appointed in a capacity other than their legislative office. (d) In addition to any other reporting requirements, the chairperson of each commission established by the general court shall electronically file the final report with the clerk of the house of representatives or clerk of the senate, and the clerks of the respective bodies shall post the report on the general court website. The clerks of the respective bodies shall then send a copy of the report to the standing committee of each body with jurisdiction over the subject matter of the report. (e) [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 486:14 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 486 / Section 14
486:14 State Water Pollution Control and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Funds.
Status: repealed

I. (a) Authority is granted for the state of New Hampshire to participate in the federally funded state water pollution control and drinking water revolving loan funds or grants as may be provided under the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, or related federal legislation as amended from time to time. The loan funds shall be administered by the commissioner of the department of environmental services under rules adopted by the commissioner under the provisions of RSA 541-A. (b) A sum equal to 2 percent of all loan principal balances outstanding each year, which shall be an administrative charge, shall be set aside to be used by the department of environmental services to pay the costs of administering the state water pollution control and drinking water revolving loan funds. The funds set aside shall be deposited in nonlapsing water pollution control and drinking water loan administration funds and shall be continually appropriated to the department exclusively for the purposes of this section. If the sum of the administrative charge plus interest charge as established by rules of the department of environmental services based on market rates is less than 2 percent for a loan, then the administrative charge shall be equal to this sum and no interest charge shall be assessed on the loan. (c) The department of environmental services is authorized to review projects funded from the state water pollution and drinking water revolving loan funds for impacts on the human and natural environment similar in intent to the steps described in 40 C.F.R. part 6, sections 506 and 508 through 511, pursuant to rules adopted by the commissioner of the department of environmental services under RSA 541-A. (d) [Repealed.] II. It is the intent of the general court that many projects be considered for inclusion in the state water pollution control revolving loan fund program. The following projects shall be given first consideration for inclusion: (a) Manchester sewage treatment plant expansion. (b) Exeter sewage treatment plant. (c) Monroe sewage treatment plant. III. Any borrowing by a municipality from the loan fund or grant funded monies shall be governed by the applicable provisions of RSA 33, provided that the first principal payment on any loan and the first of the annual payments required under RSA 33:2 may be deferred up to one year after the estimated or actual completion date of the project being financed by the loan, and provided further that no authenticating certificate shall be required under RSA 33:11.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 490:4 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 490 / Section 4
490:4 Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

The supreme court shall have general superintendence of all courts of inferior jurisdiction to prevent and correct errors and abuses, including the authority to approve rules of court and prescribe and administer canons of ethics with respect to such courts, shall have exclusive authority to issue writs of error, and may issue writs of certiorari, prohibition, habeas corpus, and all other writs and processes to other courts, to corporations and to individuals, and shall do and perform all the duties reasonably requisite and necessary to be done by a court of final jurisdiction of questions of law and general superintendence of inferior courts.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 395:32 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 395 / Section 32
395:32 Destruction of Records.
Status: in_force

Records and papers preserved in the office of the bank commissioner and concerned with the liquidation of a bank, as provided for in this chapter, may be destroyed at the end of 10 years after such liquidation proceedings have been completed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 44:11 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 44 / Section 11
44:11 Times.
Status: in_force

I. The meeting of the voters of each ward for the election of city and ward officers shall be held on such day as may be fixed by law or by ordinance of the city council but in no event shall it be held in conjunction with a biennial election; and all ward and city officers who are chosen by the people shall hold their respective offices for the term and from the day fixed by law or ordinance, and until others are appointed in their stead. The prohibitions in this section shall not apply to a special election held to fill a vacancy for the office of a city or a ward officer. II. In the event of a weather or other emergency as described in RSA 669:1, the election may be postponed and rescheduled in the manner provided in that section, except that all references to the moderator shall be deemed to refer to the city clerk.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 260:52-c — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 260 / Section 52-c
260:52-c Notice of Dyed Special Fuel.
Status: in_force

I. A notice stating "dyed special fuel, nontaxable use only, penalty for taxable use" shall be: (a) Provided by the distributor to any person who receives dyed special fuel at a terminal rack of the distributor. (b) Provided by the seller of dyed special fuel to the buyer, if the fuel is located outside the bulk transfer or terminal system and is not sold from a retail pump posted in accordance with subparagraph (c). (c) Posted by a seller on any retail pump where it sells dyed special fuel for use by the buyer. II. The notice shall be provided by the time of the removal or sale and shall appear on shipping papers, bills of lading, and invoices accompanying the sale or removal of the fuel. III. The department may designate any federal notice provision that is substantially similar to a notice required by this section as satisfying any notice requirement of this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:4 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 4
259:4 Antique Motor Vehicle, Farm Tractor, Retired Fire Apparatus, or Motorcycle.
Status: in_force

"Antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, retired fire apparatus, or motorcycle" shall mean any motor vehicle, including a truck regardless of its weight, over 25 years old, and in the case of a retired fire apparatus, over 20 years old, which is maintained for use in exhibitions, club activities, parades, and other functions of public interest, but not for use in commerce. For the purposes of this section, "maintained for use" shall mean a motor vehicle, retired fire apparatus, or motorcycle in its original condition or restored to original or better condition and not intended for daily use.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-K:5 — NH Code / Title XIX-A / Chapter 227-K / Section 5
227-K:5 Entry on Land.
Status: in_force

The director or the director's authorized agents shall have the right to enter upon any public or private property to determine the presence of the fungus disease Cronartium ribicola commonly known as white pine blister rust in any of its stages, and to carry out the necessary eradication measures.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 405:11-a — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 405 / Section 11-a
405:11-a Prohibitions.
Status: in_force

I. No foreign insurer which is directly or indirectly owned or controlled in whole or in substantial part by any government or governmental agency shall be authorized to transact insurance in this state. Membership in a mutual insurer or subscribership in a reciprocal insurer or ownership of stock in an insurer by the alien property custodian or similar official of the United States or ownership of stock or other security which does not have voting rights with respect to the management of the insurer or supervision of an insurer by public authority shall not be deemed to be an ownership or control of the insurer for the purposes of this section. II. The commissioner shall not grant or continue authority to transact insurance in this state as to any insurer or proposed insurer that management of which is found by the commissioner after investigation or upon reliable information to be incompetent or dishonest or untrustworthy or of unfavorable business repute or so lacking in insurance company managerial experience in operations of the kind proposed in this state as to make such operation, currently or prospectively, hazardous to or contrary to the best interests of, the insurance-buying or investing public of this state, or which the commissioner has good reason to believe is affiliated directly or indirectly through ownership, control, reinsurance transactions, or other business relations with any person or persons of unfavorable business repute or whose business operations are or have been marked, to the injury of insurers, stockholders, policyholders, creditors, or the public, by illegality, or by manipulation of assets or of accounts or of reinsurance or by bad faith.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 35-A:26 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 35-A / Section 26
35-A:26 Report; Audits.
Status: in_force

The bank shall, promptly following the close of each fiscal year, submit an annual report of its activities for the preceding year to the governor and council. Each such report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement of the bank during such year. The bank shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each fiscal year either by the commissioner of administrative services or his designated representative or by independent public accountants.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 167:16 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 167 / Section 16
167:16 Enforcement of Assistance Liens.
Status: in_force

I. Assistance liens arising under this chapter or RSA 161 may be enforced by a bill in equity, or, in the case of liens against real estate which have been duly filed under RSA 167:14, by filing a timely and verified notice of lien with the probate court with jurisdiction over the estate of the recipient and mailing a copy of said notice and a verified claim for recovery of assistance payments to the administrator of the estate. II. The commissioner may enforce the liquidated amount of an assistance lien against real estate by filing a timely and verified notice with the probate court and submitting a timely and verified claim against the estate of the recipient which sets forth the dates and amounts of assistance paid. Such claims shall be timely if filed within 6 months from the initial grant of administration for the estate in question. III. Notwithstanding RSA 556:5 and any other provision of law to the contrary, the administrator of a recipient's estate shall be conclusively presumed to have accepted a claim for recovery of assistance which is subject to the jurisdiction of the probate court unless, within 12 months from the initial grant of administration, the administrator commences an equitable action in the superior court challenging the validity or amount of the commissioner's claim and lien. IV. When a timely notice of lien has been filed with a probate court pursuant to this section, approval of a request to sell real estate or to distribute probate assets shall not occur until and unless the court enters a finding that the assistance claim has been satisfied or the commissioner's lien is otherwise protected.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 194-C:10 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 194-C / Section 10
194-C:10 Public Hearing.
Status: in_force

Before final adoption of the school administrative unit budget as provided in RSA 194-C:9, at least one public hearing shall be held within the school administrative unit, at a time and place specified by the school administrative unit board chairperson, upon a preliminary budget prepared by the school administrative unit board. Notice of such public hearing and a summary of the preliminary budget shall be submitted by the secretary of the board for publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the school administrative unit at least 7 days prior to the date of the hearing. The budget, subsequent to its final approval by the school administrative unit board, shall be posted in a public place in each constituent school district and given such other publication as the school administrative unit board may determine.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 48:14 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 48 / Section 14
48:14 Assistants.
Status: in_force

The city councils of any city may elect assistant assessors, not exceeding 6 in number, who shall assist the assessors of the city in the discharge of their official duties, when necessary for the seasonable completion of the inventory and assessment; and the assistant assessors shall act under the direction of the assessors.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 100-A:28-c — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 100-A / Section 28-c
100-A:28-c Participation Standards; Classified State Employees.
Status: in_force

I. In order to be eligible for participation in the retirement system, an employee as defined in RSA 100-A:1, V who is a classified employee of the state or of any department, commission, institution, or agency of the state government, must be employed in a full-time position with the state or a department, commission, institution, or agency of the state government, as defined by the department of administrative services, division of personnel. Employment by a classified employee in one or more part-time positions, as defined by the department of administrative services, division of personnel, shall not result in such employee's participation in the system, regardless of the number of hours worked in one or more part-time positions, regardless of whether the part-time position or positions may in some instances qualify for vacation pay, sick pay, or other benefits, and regardless of whether positions are held within one or more departments, commissions, institutions, or agencies. II. Employment by a full-time classified employee of any department, commission, institution, or agency of the state government in a part-time position with a different department, commission, institution, or agency of the state government shall not result in retirement contributions being made in regard to the part-time position, nor shall that position be considered for the purposes of the member's participation in the retirement system. III. Solely part-time state employment by a classified employee shall not entitle the person to benefits under this chapter or under RSA 21-I:30, RSA 21-I:30-a, or RSA 21-I:32. IV. To the extent that any administrative rule of the New Hampshire retirement system is inconsistent with the provisions contained this section, the operation of that rule is hereby suspended.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 432:5 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 432 / Section 5
432:5 Powers and Duties of Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food.
Status: in_force

In carrying out the provisions of this subdivision and of each such plan, the department shall have power to designate administrative areas; to provide for the selection or election of local, county, and state committees of persons participating or cooperating in the plan; to employ such agents or agencies and to establish such agencies as it may find to be necessary; to cooperate with local and state agencies and with agencies of other states and of the federal government; to arrange with the university system of New Hampshire for the conduct of such research and educational activities in connection with the formulation and operation of such plan as may appear advisable; to enter into agreements with producers and to provide by other voluntary methods for adjustment in the utilization of land and in farming practices, and for payments in connection therewith, in amounts which the department determines to be fair and reasonable. In carrying out each such plan, the department and the commissioner are authorized to delegate any of the powers herein conferred to such agency as may be designated by the commissioner and approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-C:14 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 141-C / Section 14
141-C:14 Invading Isolation; Quarantine.
Status: in_force

If any person shall, without permission of the commissioner, his designee, or a health officer acting on the request of the commissioner, enter a place of isolation or quarantine, board a conveyance under quarantine, enter the limits of a place designated for the decontamination of cargo or baggage under quarantine, or enter a place designated for the treatment of persons placed under isolation or quarantine and such person is not an employee or agent of the facility providing such treatment, he shall be considered infected and ordered to undergo isolation or quarantine under RSA 141-C:11. He shall remain there at his own expense until the commissioner determines that there is no threat to the citizenry by virtue of the exposure to the cause of isolation or quarantine.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 231:185 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 231 / Section 185
231:185 Restoring Highway.
Status: in_force

Every person and every corporation who shall dig up any highway or public ground for such purpose shall restore the highway or ground to as good condition as it was in before so doing, without unnecessary delay, and shall take all necessary precautions to protect the public from injury by their acts.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-B:27 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-B / Section 27
293-B:27 Applicability.
Status: in_force

To the extent that any provision of any other chapter of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated conflicts with any provision in this chapter, the provisions in this chapter shall be controlling, with respect to a New Hampshire investment trust or other investment entity.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 200-O:2 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 200-O / Section 2
200-O:2 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Computer science administrator" refers to the computer science and STEM administrator established in RSA 21-N:13. II. "Eligible industry recognized credential" or "IRC" refers to those industry recognized credentials in computer science or related fields that are approved by the computer science administrator to expand computer science education for participation in the below funds. III. "Full time or equivalent" refers to the amount of time an individual engages in instruction in a New Hampshire education program, which shall be considered full-time or equivalent if it includes instruction of not less than 4 one-credit classes per semester or instruction of no less than 80 students over the course of a semester.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 228:47 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 228 / Section 47
228:47 Meetings.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may provide for the holding of meetings of town and city highway agents at convenient points within the state, at which advice and instruction shall be given relative to the care and maintenance of local highways; and any town or city highway agent attending such meetings shall be reimbursed for his time and necessary expenses while attending by the town or city which he represents.