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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 24:21-b — NH Code / Title II / Chapter 24 / Section 21-b
24:21-b Strafford County.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary regarding the date for submitting budget estimates, the following procedures shall apply in Strafford county: I. The county commissioners shall, annually prior to January 15, deliver or mail to each member of the county convention who will be in office on the date that appropriations are voted, and to the chairperson of the board of selectmen in each town, and the mayor of each city within the county, and to the secretary of state, their itemized recommendations of the sums necessary to be raised for the county in the following fiscal year. Such recommendations shall state in detail the objects for which the money is required, together with a statement of actual expenditures and income for at least 9 months of the preceding calendar year. All moneys to be appropriated by the county must be stipulated in the budget on a "gross" basis, showing revenues from all sources, including grants, gifts, bequests and bond issues, as offsetting revenues to appropriations affected. II. The county convention shall not vote any appropriations for the following budget period until 28 days after the mailing of the recommendations required in paragraph I. Appropriations for the first year of each biennium may not be voted until after the first meeting of the county convention under RSA 24:9-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 420-E:6 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 420-E / Section 6
420-E:6 Periodic Reviews.
Status: in_force

The commissioner or designee may conduct periodic reviews of the operations of the entities licensed under this chapter to ensure that they continue to meet the minimum standards set in RSA 420-E:4 and any applicable rules adopted by the commissioner. The commissioner may perform periodic telephone audits of licensees to determine if representatives of the licensee are reasonably accessible, as required in RSA 420-E:4, I.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 509:7 — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 509 / Section 7
509:7 Defendant's Name.
Status: in_force

When the name of the defendant is unknown to the plaintiff, the writ may be issued against him by a fictitious name, and, being duly served, it shall not for that cause be abated, but may be amended on such terms as the court may order.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 146-A:3 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 146-A / Section 3
146-A:3 Discharge of Oil.
Status: in_force

The discharge or spillage of oil into the surface water or groundwater of this state, or in a land area where the oil will ultimately seep into surface water or groundwater is prohibited. Nothing in this chapter, however, shall prohibit the application of mosquito larvae control compounds under permits issued by the pesticide control board pursuant to RSA 430.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 402:67 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 402 / Section 67
402:67 Expenditure.
Status: in_force

Such fund, in the month of May after its receipt, shall be paid over, upon the order of the governor, to the treasurer of the New Hampshire State Firemen's Association, as trustee, and shall be devoted to, and paid out for, the relief of any fireman injured or disabled in the discharge of his duty as fireman, who is a member in good standing in any regularly organized town or city fire company in this state belonging to said association and who is himself a member of said association, and for the relief of the dependent parent, surviving spouse or children of such fireman whose death was occasioned by injuries received in the line of his duty as a fireman; said sum of $6,000 to be in full for any appropriation for any one year.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 230:44 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 230 / Section 44
230:44 Definition.
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this subdivision, a limited access facility is defined as a highway especially designed for through traffic, and over, from, or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a limited right or easement of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts upon such limited access facility or for any other reason. Such highways may be parkways from which trucks, buses and other commercial vehicles shall be excluded; or they may be freeways open to use by all customary forms of highway traffic.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-B:31 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 326-B / Section 31
326-B:31 Continuing Education.
Status: in_force

Applicants for license renewal and license reinstatement shall complete continuing education as follows: I. An LNA shall complete 12 hours of continuing education in programs approved by the board each year, provided that licensees who hold a certificate of medication administration shall complete at least 4 hours of those 12 hours in medication administration. II. An LPN or an RN shall complete 30 hours of continuing education every 2 years. III. An APRN, in addition to the continuing education requirements to renew or reinstate a license as an RN, shall complete 30 hours of continuing education every 2 years, 20 hours of which shall be specific to the specialty for which renewal or reinstatement is sought, and 5 hours of which shall be training in pharmacology appropriate to the specialty for which license renewal or reinstatement is sought. IV. A CALMA shall complete 8 hours of continuing education relative to medication administration in programs approved by the board every 2 years.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-E:47 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 170-E / Section 47
170-E:47 License Remains in Effect.
Status: in_force

Any license issued under this subdivision remains valid until its expiration date, unless revoked by the department, or until the date established by conditions placed on the license.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 194-B:12 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 194-B / Section 12
194-B:12 Chartered Public Schools; Budgets.
Status: in_force

That portion of a school district's estimated expenditures on chartered public school tuition shall be shown as a separate line item in a school district's budget.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 7:6-h — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 7 / Section 6-h
7:6-h Health Care Consumer Protection Advisory Commission Established.
Status: in_force

I. There is hereby established the health care consumer protection advisory commission, which shall consult with and advise the attorney general relative to the proper administration and management of the health care consumer protection trust fund, as established in RSA 7:6-g, and shall approve all expenditures from that trust fund. II. The commission shall consist of the following members: (a) The attorney general, or designee. (b) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee. (c) The commissioner of the department of insurance, or designee. (d) One member of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. (e) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate. (f) Two public members with experience in the health care industry, appointed by the governor. III. Each member of the advisory commission shall have one vote, with all actions being taken by an affirmative vote of the majority of present members. Four members shall constitute a quorum. The advisory commission shall elect a chair and vice-chair from among its members. Public members of the advisory commission shall serve 2- year terms. IV. Members of the advisory commission shall receive no compensation except for legislative members who shall receive the legislative rate for mileage when attending to their duties on the commission. V. Meetings of the advisory commission shall be conducted in accordance with RSA 91-A and take place as necessary to ensure efficient and responsible expenditure of funds. VI. The department of justice shall provide administrative support to the advisory commission.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 278:1 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 278 / Section 1
278:1 Purposes.
Status: in_force

The purposes of this chapter are: I. To encourage employers, associations of employers and organizations of employees to voluntarily establish apprenticeship programs and the making of apprenticeship agreements; II. To create opportunities for young people to obtain employment and adequate training in trades and industry with parallel instructions in related and supplementary education under conditions that will equip them for profitable employment and citizenship; III. To cooperate with the promotion and development of apprenticeship programs and systems in other states and with the federal committee on apprenticeship appointed under Public Law No. 308-75th U.S. Congress (Fitzgerald Act); IV. To encourage the registration and approval of apprenticeship programs and apprenticeship agreements by the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship (OA).
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 430:54 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 430 / Section 54
430:54 Committee Established.
Status: in_force

I. The invasive species committee is hereby established to advise the commissioner on matters relating to invasive species in the state. It shall consist of the following 11 members: (a) The state entomologist. (b) The commissioner of environmental services, or designee. (c) The commissioner of natural and cultural resources, or designee. (d) The commissioner of transportation, or designee. (e) The executive director of fish and game, or designee. (f) The dean of the college of life sciences and agriculture of the University of New Hampshire, or designee. (g) The director of the University of New Hampshire cooperative extension, or designee. (h) Four persons appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the executive council who shall each serve for a term of 3 years. One shall represent horticultural interests, one shall represent environmental interests, one shall represent livestock owners' and feed growers' interests, and one shall represent the general public. II. The committee shall annually choose one of its members to serve as chairperson.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-A:92 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 126-A / Section 92
126-A:92 Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

I. Information contained in the program, information obtained from it, and information contained in the records of requests for information from the program, is confidential, is not a public record or otherwise subject to disclosure under RSA 91-A, and is not subject to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion for release and shall not be shared with an agency or institution, except as provided in this subdivision. This paragraph shall not prevent a practitioner from using or disclosing program information about a patient to others who are authorized by state or federal law or regulations to receive program information. II. The department shall establish and maintain procedures to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of patients and patient information. II-a. A practitioner who intends to request and use information from the program about a patient shall post a sign that can be easily viewed by the public that discloses to the public that the practitioner may access and use information contained in the program. In lieu of posting a sign, the practitioner may provide such notice in written material provided to the patient. III. The department may use and release information and reports from the program for program analysis and evaluation, statistical analysis, public research, public policy, and educational purposes, provided that the data are aggregated or otherwise de-identified at all levels of use. The department shall not acquire, use or release information from the program for these purposes unless all patient-specific protected health information has been de-identified in accordance with section 164.514(b)(2) of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, except that the department may use or release county-level data, provided that such data are de-identified and aggregated at all levels of use, and provided that no such county shall have a population of fewer than 20,000 residents as defined by the most recent census data.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 14:9 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 14 / Section 9
14:9 Presentation for Approval.
Status: in_force

After any bill or joint resolution has been enrolled and approved, as provided by RSA 14:8, and signed by the speaker of the house, or his designee, and by the president of the senate, or his designee, it shall be presented by the secretary of state to the governor for his approval, and the secretary shall note thereon the day and hour of presentation for approval, and shall make a similar entry in the records of his office. No designee shall sign a bill under the authority of this section unless his name has been filed by the speaker of the house or president of the senate with the secretary of state prior to such signing.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 478:17-j — NH Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 478 / Section 17-j
478:17-j Register of Deeds Equipment Account.
Status: in_force

I. The provisions of this section shall apply in a county only after they have been approved by a majority vote of both the county commissioners and the county convention. II. (a) There is hereby established in the county treasury a register of deeds equipment account. If the county commissioners and the county convention vote to adopt the provisions of this section, the register of deeds shall impose a surcharge not to exceed $2, the exact amount of which shall be set by the register, for recording each document for which the register of deeds imposes a fee under RSA 478:17-g. The surcharge shall be on a per document, and not on a per page basis. After the surcharge is adopted, it shall take effect on the first day of January following the annual budget acceptance by the county convention. Each register of deeds shall provide reasonable public notice that a surcharge shall be imposed along with the exact amount of the surcharge, at least 60 days prior to the date on which the surcharge takes effect. (b) Once each month, the register of deeds shall pay over to the county treasurer all surcharges paid to the register. All surcharges received by the county treasurer shall be deposited in the register of deeds equipment account. (c) The register of deeds equipment account shall be a separate, nonlapsing account, and the moneys in the account shall not be available for use as general revenue of the county. All interest earned on the account shall be credited to the equipment account. The moneys in the account shall be appropriated only for the use of the office of the register of deeds, and any such appropriation shall require prior approval by a majority vote of both the county commissioners and the county convention. Moneys in the account may only be used for the purchase, rental, or repair of equipment. III. The register of deeds shall not impose the surcharge, which shall not exceed $2 as provided in paragraph II, whenever the moneys in the equipment account exceed $500,000.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 601:3-a — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 601 / Section 3-a
601:3-a Waiving Indictment in Other Cases.
Status: in_force

If there is no provision in RSA 601:2 or 3, any county attorney may charge a person with a felony not punishable by death by preparing a complaint charging such felony and serving the same on the defendant in order that the defendant may have an opportunity to waive indictment on such felony, and if the defendant does so waive indictment, and the superior court approves the waiver, after an affidavit of service on the defendant has been filed, the defendant shall be held to answer and the superior court shall have as full jurisdiction of the complaint as if an indictment had been found.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:41 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 236 / Section 41
236:41 Historic Preservation Office.
Status: in_force

The state historic preservation office established under RSA 227-C shall consult with the commissioner of transportation on the marker program. Before placing any marker, the commissioner shall secure the state historic preservation office's approval of the marker, its location and its wording. The state historic preservation office shall make any investigation needed to obtain information on the event to be commemorated and on the appropriate location for the marker, including consulting historians and holding public hearings.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 266:29 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 266 / Section 29
266:29 Hydraulic Brake Fluid.
Status: in_force

I. Hydraulic brake fluid shall be distributed and hydraulic brake systems shall be serviced with due regard to the safety of the occupants of the vehicle and the public and in accordance with provisions of this section. II. No person shall distribute, have for sale, offer for sale, sell or service any vehicle with any hydraulic brake fluid unless it complies with the requirements of FMVSS. III. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 403-A:1 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 403-A / Section 1
403-A:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the term: I. "Assets" includes all the property and rights of every kind of a domestic insurance company, or association. II. "Total assets" means the dollar amount of the company's total assets as reported in its most recent convention statement. III. "Disposal" includes any sale, transfer, exchange, assignment, alienation or other conveyance of an interest in assets, but does not include a ceding of policies pursuant to a reinsurance contract.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 147-C:6 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 147-C / Section 6
147-C:6 Committee's Powers.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall not be deemed to permit the committee to preempt the powers of any local board or other local authority relative to the regulation of zoning and planning.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 260:49 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 260 / Section 49
260:49 Transit Carriers.
Status: in_force

In addition to the provisions of RSA 260:47 and 260:48 any carrier, excepting privately owned school buses, granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity or public interest permit by the commissioner authorizing regularly scheduled transportation service, at least 90 percent of which service, determined in miles, is furnished within the limits of one incorporated city or town in this state and in motor vehicles designed to transport 12 or more passengers, shall be entitled to a refund of road tolls as provided in this subdivision. The refund shall be for an amount representing the percentage, computed on a calendar month basis, which the total miles operated over regularly scheduled routes by the carrier in motor vehicles entirely within the limits of the city or town is of the total miles operated by the carrier throughout its system. The procedure for such refund shall be the same as that provided under RSA 260:47, III and IV.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 248:6 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 248 / Section 6
248:6 Fixing Rates.
Status: in_force

Whenever, after hearing and investigation, the department shall find any joint rate, fare, charge or price demanded and collected for any existing joint service participated in by 2 or more railroads to be unjust, unreasonable or discriminatory, it shall fix the same upon a just, reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 165:5 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 165 / Section 5
165:5 Who Entitled.
Status: in_force

Whenever any person, resident in this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States, in any war, insurrection, campaign, or expedition, in which the United States was engaged, and who received an honorable discharge, not being under guardianship or legal restraint, shall become poor and unable to provide maintenance for himself and his dependent family, such person, his wife, widow, or minor children, shall be supported at the public expense in the town or city of their abode, at their own home or such place, other than a town or county almshouse, as the overseers of public welfare or the county commissioners shall deem proper.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:15.07 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 15.07
293-A:15.07 Registered Office and Registered Agent of Foreign Corporation.
Status: in_force

(a) Each foreign corporation authorized to transact business in this state shall continuously maintain in this state: (1) a registered office that may be the same as any of its places of business; and (2) a registered agent, who may be: (i) an individual who resides in this state and whose business office is identical with the registered office; (ii) a corporation organized or authorized under RSA 292, RSA 293-A, or RSA 294-A whose business office is identical with the registered office; (iii) a limited liability company formed or authorized under RSA 304-C whose business office is identical with the registered office; or (iv) a limited liability partnership formed or authorized under RSA 304-A:44 whose business office is identical with the registered office.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 378:14 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 378 / Section 14
378:14 Free Service, Etc.
Status: in_force

No public utility shall grant any free service, nor charge or receive a greater or lesser or different compensation for any service rendered to any person, firm or corporation than the compensation fixed for such service by the schedules on file with the commission and in effect at the time such service is rendered.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 623:1-a — NH Code / Title LX / Chapter 623 / Section 1-a
623:1-a Court Appearances.
Status: in_force

Any person confined in a county department of corrections facility, state prison, or other place of detention may, under necessary precautions and upon approval of the administrator of the institution in which said person is confined, be taken by some regular or specially authorized officer from such place of detention to a state or federal court within the state of New Hampshire to appear in a proceeding before that court. During the time period such person is in a state courthouse, the sheriff, through the sheriff's deputies and bailiffs, shall be responsible for such person's custody and control.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 311:2-a — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 311 / Section 2-a
311:2-a Legal Services by Paraprofessionals.
Status: repealed

I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a paraprofessional may represent another person in matters pursuant to RSA 173-B, RSA 458, RSA 458-A, RSA 458-B, RSA 458-C, RSA 458-D, RSA 458-E, RSA 459, RSA 461-A, RSA 540, RSA 540-A, and RSA 633:3-a, III-a through III-d provided that: (a) The paraprofessional is employed or retained by and acting under the supervision of an attorney admitted to practice under RSA 311:2, which attorney shall carry professional liability insurance with reasonable coverage limits; (b) The paraprofessional has either a bachelor's degree in any field or an associate's degree in a law-related field; and at least 2 years of work experience in a law-related setting with attorney supervision; (c) The person represented receives written notice that the paraprofessional is a non-attorney acting under the supervision of an attorney admitted to practice under RSA 311:2, including the attorney's name, prior to the commencement of the representation; (d) In any pleading filed with any court, the paraprofessional discloses that the paraprofessional is a non-attorney acting under the supervision of an attorney admitted to practice under RSA 311:2, including the attorney's name; and (e) The person represented has household income no greater than 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines at the commencement of representation. II. [Repealed.] III. Each attorney supervising a paraprofessional providing representation pursuant to this section shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the paraprofessional's conduct is compatible with the professional obligations of the attorney, including the New Hampshire Rules of Professional Conduct, particularly Rule 5.3 pertaining to responsibilities regarding nonlawyer assistance. IV. The supreme court may promulgate such rules as may be necessary to regulate the conduct of paraprofessionals.