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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 172-B:5 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 172-B / Section 5
172-B:5 Acceptance of Grants.
Status: in_force

The director is authorized to accept in the name of the state special grants or money or services from the federal or state governments or any of their agencies and may accept gifts to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period in which the office of alcohol and drug abuse prevention is located administratively in the office of the governor, no new personnel positions in the office of alcohol and drug abuse prevention may be created by the acceptance of federal monies or monies from any other source unless such positions are approved by the fiscal committee of the general court; provided, however, that the governor and council may accept all monies available for any emergency or disaster as defined by the authority awarding such monies to the office of alcohol and drug abuse prevention. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect the provisions of RSA 98:17-a or RSA 124. All monies which fund personnel positions subject to these restrictions shall be used only for the purposes or programs specified in the application for approval of the positions or as otherwise approved by law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 74:16 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 74 / Section 16
74:16 Penalty for Evasion of Tax on Bank Stock.
Status: in_force

Whoever transfers any stock in any bank for the purpose of evading taxation, or to prevent its being taxed to the real owner thereof in the town in which he resides, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Any fines collected hereunder shall inure to the use of the town in which such stock ought to be taxed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 374:1 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 374 / Section 1
374:1 Service.
Status: in_force

Every public utility shall furnish such service and facilities as shall be reasonably safe and adequate and in all other respects just and reasonable.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 448-A:4 — NH Code / Title XLI / Chapter 448-A / Section 4
448-A:4 Index of Liens.
Status: in_force

Every town or city clerk shall, at the expense of the town or city, provide a book or card filing system to be called the hospital and home health care provider lien docket in which, upon the filing of any lien claim under the provisions of this chapter, he shall enter the name of the injured person, the name of the person, firm or corporation alleged to be liable for the injuries, the date of the accident and the name of the hospital, home health care provider, or other institution making the claim. The clerk shall make a proper index of the same in the name of the injured person, and such clerk shall be entitled to be paid a fee of $15 by the lien claimant for such filing. In lieu of maintaining a separate filing system and index for such liens, any clerk may maintain a combined filing system and index that include other liens.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 76:8 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 76 / Section 8
76:8 Commissioner's Warrant.
Status: in_force

I. (a) The commissioner shall annually determine a municipality's tax base for the education tax by subtracting from the total equalized valuation of all property, as determined under RSA 21-J:3, XIII for the preceding year, property that was then taxable under RSA 82 and RSA 83-F. In determining the tax base, the value of any utility property that is included in the total equalized valuation upon which the statewide education property tax is computed, and is also taxable under RSA 83-F for that year, shall also be subtracted from the tax base, provided the sum value of the utility property represents at least 5 percent of the total equalized value of all property, except property taxable under RSA 82 or RSA 83-F in the preceding year. (b) The commissioner shall calculate the portion of the education tax to be raised by each municipality by multiplying the uniform education property tax rate by the municipality's tax base. II. The commissioner shall issue a warrant under the commissioner's hand and official seal for the amount computed in paragraph I to the selectmen or assessors of each municipality by December 15 directing them to assess such sum and pay it to the municipality for the use of the school district or districts. Such sums shall be assessed at such times as may be prescribed for other taxes assessed by such selectmen or assessors of the municipality. II-a. At the time the warrant is issued pursuant to paragraph II, the commissioner shall report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the commissioner of education, a statement of the education tax warrants to be issued for the tax year commencing April 1 of the succeeding year. III. Municipalities are authorized to assess local property taxes necessary to fund school district appropriations not funded by the education tax, by distributions from the education trust fund under RSA 198:39, or by other revenue sources.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 75:1 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 75 / Section 1
75:1 How Appraised.
Status: in_force

The selectmen shall appraise open space land pursuant to RSA 79-A:5, open space land with conservation restrictions pursuant to RSA 79-B:3, land with discretionary easements pursuant to RSA 79-C:7, residences on commercial or industrial zoned land pursuant to RSA 75:11, earth and excavations pursuant to RSA 72-B, land classified as land under qualifying farm structures pursuant to RSA 79-F, buildings and land appraised under RSA 79-G as qualifying historic buildings, qualifying chartered public school property appraised under RSA 79-H, residential rental property subject to a housing covenant under the low-income housing tax credit program pursuant to RSA 75:1-a, renewable generation facility property subject to a voluntary payment in lieu of taxes agreement under RSA 72:74 as determined under said agreement, combined heat and power agricultural facility property subject to a voluntary payment in lieu of taxes agreement under RSA 72:74-a as determined under said agreement, telecommunications poles and conduits pursuant to RSA 72:8-c, electric, gas, and water utility company distribution assets pursuant to RSA 72:8-d, and all other taxable property at its market value.Market valuemeans the property's full and true value as the same would be appraised in payment of a just debt due from a solvent debtor. The selectmen shall receive and consider all evidence that may be submitted to them relative to the value of property, the value of which cannot be determined by personal examination.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 109:4 — NH Code / Title VIII / Chapter 109 / Section 4
109:4 Powers, Rights, Privileges and Immunities.
Status: in_force

Whenever, pursuant to the authority granted under this chapter, the members of a local fire department are engaged in assisting another municipality in combatting a fire emergency in such other municipality, such local fire department personnel shall possess the same powers, and have the same duties, rights, privileges and immunities they would have if they were performing the said duties for the municipality or municipalities to whose fire department they are normally attached.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 278:3-a — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 278 / Section 3-a
278:3-a Personnel.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of carrying out administerial duties the council may employ assistants and clerical personnel as are necessary, who work under the general supervision of the labor commissioner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 339:31 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 339 / Section 31
339:31 "Sterling."
Status: in_force

No person shall make, sell or offer to sell or dispose of, or have in his possession with intent to sell or dispose of, any article of merchandise marked, stamped or branded with the words "sterling" or "sterling silver," or encased or enclosed in any thing in or by which the said article is packed, enclosed or otherwise prepared for sale or disposition, having thereon any engraving or printed label, stamp, imprint, mark or trademark indicating or denoting that such article is silver, sterling silver, or solid silver, unless .925 of the component parts of the metal of which the said article is manufactured are pure silver.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 610:2 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 610 / Section 2
610:2 Compensation for Service.
Status: in_force

If any service is performed by a person by direction of a court or justice, of the attorney general, or of the county attorney in bringing to justice an offender charged with a crime or misdemeanor, the superior court shall allow a reasonable sum therefor to be paid from the county treasury.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 370:9 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 370 / Section 9
370:9 Fees.
Status: in_force

The department of energy shall fix and collect reasonable fees for examining and testing meters and other measuring apparatus and appliances and the product of any public utility offered to the public for use or consumption, and such fees shall be paid by the public utility owning the same, or offering the same to the public, except as provided in RSA 370:7. All fees so collected shall be paid each month to the state treasurer, with an itemized statement of the same.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 28:3-c — NH Code / Title II / Chapter 28 / Section 3-c
28:3-c Forensic Audits.
Status: in_force

I. The county convention of any county shall have the power to engage the services of a suitable qualified entity to conduct forensic audits of any county department, institution, or office as the county convention shall specifically direct. Forensic audits shall include investigative work of any financial matters. Such audits may include investigations of corruption, asset misappropriation, or financial statement fraud. II. The detailed reports of every forensic audit conducted pursuant to this section shall become a public record upon approval by the county convention. Audit work papers and notes are not public records. However, those materials necessary to support the compilations in the final audit report may be made available by majority vote of the county convention after a public hearing showing proper cause. For the purposes of this section, work papers shall include, but are not limited to, all preliminary drafts and notes used in preparing the forensic audit report. III. The cost of a forensic audit shall be paid from a contingency fund appropriated by the county convention under RSA 24:13, II-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 339-F:3 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 339-F / Section 3
339-F:3 Test Method.
Status: in_force

I. Testing of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials ("ASTM") standard E2187-04, "Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes." The commissioner may adopt a subsequent ASTM Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes upon a finding that the subsequent method does not result in a change in the percentage of full-length burns exhibited by any tested cigarette when compared to the percentage of full-length burns the same cigarette would exhibit when tested in accordance with ASTM Standard E2187-04 and the performance standard in RSA 339-F:4. II. Testing shall be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper. III. Forty replicate tests shall comprise a complete test trial for each cigarette tested. IV. The performance standard required by RSA 339-F:4 shall only be applied to a complete test trial. V. Laboratories conducting testing in accordance with this section shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program that includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing results. The repeatability value shall be no greater than 0.19 pursuant to RSA 339-F:4. VI. This section does not require additional testing if cigarettes are tested consistent with this chapter for any other purpose.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 415:17 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 415 / Section 17
415:17 Fraternal Benefit Societies.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not apply to or in any way affect fraternal benefit societies.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 193-J:2 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 193-J / Section 2
193-J:2 Suicide Prevention Education.
Status: in_force

I. Each school district and chartered public school shall develop a policy that guides the development and implementation of a coordinated plan to prevent, assess the risk of, intervene in, and respond to suicide. The policy shall include, but shall not be limited to, the following provisions: (a) Training school faculty and staff, including contracted personnel and designated school volunteers, in youth suicide risk factors, warning signs, protective factors, response procedures, referrals, post-intervention, and resources available within the school and community consistent with the provisions of paragraph II. (b) Educating students in the importance of safe and healthy choices and coping strategies, recognizing risk factors and warning signs of mental disorders and suicide in oneself and others, and providing help-seeking strategies for oneself or others, including how to engage school resources and refer friends for help. (c) Identifying within the school the person or persons who serve as the point of contact when a student is believed to be at an elevated risk for suicide. (d) Making referral, crisis intervention, and other related information, both within the school and the community, available for students, parents, faculty, staff, and school volunteers. (e) Promoting cooperative efforts between school districts, chartered public schools, and community suicide prevention program personnel. II. Each school district and chartered public school shall, within 9 months of the effective date of this chapter, require all school faculty and staff, including contracted personnel, to receive at least 2 hours of training in suicide awareness and prevention annually. Such training may include, but not be limited to, youth suicide risk factors, warning signs, protective factors, response procedures, referrals, post-intervention, and resources available within the school and community. The training may be accomplished within the framework of existing in-service training programs or offered as part of ongoing professional development activities. School districts and chartered public schools shall allow the use of self-training materials in fulfilling the annual training requirements of this paragraph and each school district and chartered public school may determine how to both administer the annual training requirements and ensure that such training requirements are met. This paragraph may apply to all or some school volunteers in accordance with school district policy. III. School suicide prevention policies required under paragraph I and the training required under paragraph II shall be evidence-informed. IV. Nothing in this chapter shall require the inclusion of any specific curriculum, textbook, or other material designed to address the topic of suicide in any program or activity conducted by a school district or chartered public school.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 3:9-c — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 3 / Section 9-c
3:9-c Injunction.
Status: in_force

Whenever the attorney general is aware of a violation of the provisions of RSA 3:9-a, the attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state to enjoin distribution of any articles or things upon which a representation or likeness of the state seal has been placed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 186:7 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 186 / Section 7
186:7 Federal Funds; Cooperation.
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall be custodian of any money that may be allotted to the state by the federal government for general educational purposes. He shall also be the custodian of all moneys received by the state from appropriations made by congress for vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise, together with moneys received for this purpose from other sources, and is authorized to make disbursements therefrom upon the order of the state board. The state board is authorized and directed to cooperate with the proper authorities of the United States in educational work and in carrying out the provisions of the federal civilian vocational rehabilitation act.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-D:6-602 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-D / Section 6-602
383-D:6-602 Required Capital.
Status: in_force

(a) The minimum required capital of a family trust company is $200,000. The commissioner may require a family trust company to maintain additional capital. From time to time, the commissioner may reduce or increase the amount of additional capital that a family trust company is required to maintain. (b) After it obtains the authority to exercise trust powers, a family trust company shall maintain an amount of capital that equals or exceeds the required capital. (c) A family trust company shall not make any distribution to the extent that, upon making the distribution, the family trust company's total capital would be less than the required capital. (d) For purposes of subsection (c), "distribution" means a direct or indirect transfer of money or other property (except an equity interest in the family trust company) to or for the benefit of family trust company's equity owners in respect of any of equity interests in the family trust company. (e) RSA 383-C:5-502(a) and (b) shall not apply to family trust companies.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 228:28 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 228 / Section 28
228:28 Purchase of Materials.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may purchase, take and hold for the state such material or land as may be necessary to secure gravel, stone or other material necessary for the improvement of said highways.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 216-C:2 — NH Code / Title XIX / Chapter 216-C / Section 2
216-C:2 Federal Assistance.
Status: in_force

The Pease development authority, division of ports and harbors with the approval of the governor and council or the commissioner of transportation as their appointed agent, are hereby authorized to cooperate with and enter into agreements with the federal government, or any agency thereof, as they may deem advisable to secure federal funds for the purposes hereof and further to render such assurances to the federal government on behalf of the state as the federal government may require, including but not limited to, an assurance that the state of New Hampshire will hold and save the United States free from all claims for damages that may arise before, during, or after prosecution of the work.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 316-A:2 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 316-A / Section 2
316-A:2 Board.
Status: repealed

I. There shall be a board of chiropractic examiners consisting of 5 members; including 4 chiropractors and one public member, each to be appointed by the governor, with the approval of the council, to a term of 5 years; except that 2 members of the initial board shall be appointed to a 2-year term; 2 members of the initial board shall be appointed to a 4-year term; and one member of the initial board shall be appointed to a 5-year term. No member of the board shall be appointed to more than 2 consecutive terms. Only board members provided for in this paragraph shall have the authority to vote in board determinations. II. Board members who are chiropractors shall be graduates of some resident school or college of chiropractic and shall have resided and practiced in this state for at least one year. III. The public member of the board shall be a person who is not, and never was, a member of the chiropractic profession or the spouse of any such person, and who does not have, and never has had, a material financial interest in either the provision of chiropractic services or an activity directly related to chiropractic, including the representation of the board or profession for a fee at any time during the 5 years preceding appointment. IV. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-E:5 — NH Code / Title XIX / Chapter 227-E / Section 5
227-E:5 Chairman; Meetings.
Status: in_force

I. The commission shall elect a chairman from among its members. II. The commission shall meet at least once a month and at the call of the chairman.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 203:15 — NH Code / Title XVII / Chapter 203 / Section 15
203:15 Form and Sale.
Status: in_force

I. Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such a rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as such resolution, its trust indenture or mortgage may provide. II. The bonds may be sold at public or private sale at not less than par. III. In case any of the commissioners or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such commissioners or officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such commissioners or officers had remained in office until such delivery. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fully negotiable. IV. In any suit, action or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of any bond of an authority or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the authority to aid in financing a housing project to provide dwelling accommodations for persons of low income shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for a housing project of such character and said project shall be conclusively deemed to have been planned, located and constructed in accordance with the purposes and provisions of this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 289:14 — NH Code / Title XXVI / Chapter 289 / Section 14
289:14 Right of Way to Private Burial Ground.
Status: in_force

Any person wishing to have a temporary right of entry over private land in order to enter a private burial ground enclosure to which there is no public right of way may apply in writing to the selectmen of a town or the mayor of a city stating the reason for such request, which may include the maintenance, repair, and preservation of the burial ground, and the period of time for which such right is to be exercised. The applicant shall also notify in writing the owner or occupier of the land over which the right of way is desired and obtain the written permission of the owner. The selectmen or mayor, in the exercise of discretion and in consultation with the cemetery trustees, may issue a permit for such temporary right of entry designating the particular place where the land may be crossed. The owner or occupier of the land may recommend the place of crossing which, if reasonable, shall be the place designated by the selectmen or mayor. The person exercising the right of entry shall complete the work on the cemetery and restore the right of way to its original condition, if it is disturbed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 664:7-a — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 664 / Section 7-a
664:7-a Statement Retention.
Status: in_force

Statements or reports required to be filed under RSA 664:6 and 664:7 shall be held in original form for 6 years from the election for which they are filed, after which time they may be destroyed. The secretary of state shall be responsible for the retention of the original form of statements filed using the campaign finance system.