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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 190:2 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 190 / Section 2
190:2 Members.
Status: in_force

The council for teacher education shall consist of: the commissioner of education, or designee, and the chairman of the department of education of the university of New Hampshire, or designee; 3 members appointed by them for terms not exceeding 3 years, one from a private educational institution, one from the professional personnel of the public schools and one layman; and the presidents of Keene state college and Plymouth state university, or staff members designated by them; provided that additional members may be appointed by these 7 for such terms as they may determine. Members of the council shall be entitled to reimbursement by the state board of education for mileage and expenses incurred in the performance of their required duties. The state board of education shall furnish the council with suitable meeting facilities, administrative assistance, and necessary supplies.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:10 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 261 / Section 10
261:10 Withholding of Certificate; Bond Requirement.
Status: in_force

If the director is not satisfied as to the ownership of the vehicle or that there are no undisclosed security interests in it, the director may register the vehicle but shall either: I. Withhold issuance of a certificate of title until the applicant presents documents reasonably sufficient to satisfy the director as to the applicant's ownership of the vehicle and that there are no undisclosed security interests in it; or II. As a condition of issuing a certificate of title, require the applicant to file with the department a bond in the form prescribed by the director and executed by the applicant, and either accompanied by the deposit of cash with the department or also executed by a person authorized to conduct a surety business in this state. The bond shall be in an amount equal to 11/2 times the value of the vehicle as determined by the director and conditioned to indemnify any prior owner and lienholder and any subsequent purchaser of the vehicle or person acquiring any security interest in it, and their respective successors in interest, against any expense, loss or damage, including reasonable attorney's fees, by reason of the issuance of the certificate of title of the vehicle or on account of any defect in or undisclosed security interest upon the right, title and interest of the applicant in and to the vehicle. Any such interested person has a right of action to recover on the bond for any breach of its conditions, but the aggregate liability of the surety to all persons shall not exceed the amount of the bond. The bond, and any deposit accompanying it, shall be returned at the end of 3 years or prior thereto if the vehicle is no longer registered in this state and the currently valid certificate of title is surrendered to the department, unless the department has been notified of the pendency of an action to recover the bond.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-B:7-702 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-B / Section 7-702
383-B:7-702 Branching Authority.
Status: in_force

No depository bank shall transact any part of its usual business of banking at any branch office except as follows: (a) Subject to RSA 383-B:7-702(b), a depository bank may establish one or more branch offices or acquire branch offices from any depository bank, national bank, federal savings bank or foreign bank in any location within the state. The commissioner shall not permit a depository bank to establish or acquire a branch office if the dollar volume of the total deposits of the bank is greater than 30 percent of the dollar volume of the total deposits of all banks doing business in this state as determined by the commissioner on the basis of the most recent annual deposit reports of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; nor shall the commissioner permit a depository bank to establish or acquire a branch office if the bank is an affiliate of a bank holding company which with all its affiliates then holds a dollar volume of total deposits greater than 30 percent of the dollar volume of total deposits of all banks doing business in this state as determined by the commissioner on the basis of the most recent annual deposit reports of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. (b) All depository banks shall submit an application to establish a branch office under RSA 383-A:6-602. A depository bank may proceed to establish or acquire the branch office if it is permitted to do so by the commissioner under RSA 383-A:6-604.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 436:53 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 436 / Section 53
436:53 Penalty for Failure to Report.
Status: in_force

Whoever fails to report such tests shall be fined not more than $100.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 661:1 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 661 / Section 1
661:1 Vacancies Generally.
Status: in_force

Any vacancy as defined in RSA 652:12 in a public office voted for at any state election shall be filled according to the provisions of this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 363:24 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 363 / Section 24
363:24 Biennial.
Status: in_force

The commission shall publish and file with the governor and council, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the appropriate standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives a report not later than December 1 of each odd numbered year. Such report shall contain such account of its proceedings for the 2 years last preceding, and such suggestions and recommendations as to needed legislation or as to other matters affecting public utilities as the commission may desire to submit.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 415-I:5 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 415-I / Section 5
415-I:5 Registration Requirement.
Status: in_force

I. Before doing business in or from this state as a medical discount plan organization, a person or entity: (a) Shall be authorized to transact business in this state under RSA 293-A or RSA 294-A; and (b) Shall register with the commissioner to operate as a discount medical plan organization on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The registration form shall be filed annually by June 1 of each year. II. The provisions of subparagraph I(b) shall not apply to any person licensed in this state as a health insurer, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, or fraternal benefit society, or any affiliate owned or controlled by such health insurer, hospital service corporation, medical service corporation, or fraternal benefit society, which may offer medical discount plans in this state pursuant to such licensure and in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. III. Each applicant for a certificate of registration shall make an application to the commissioner upon a form to be furnished by the commissioner and fee paid pursuant to RSA 400-A:29, XX(a). The application shall include or be accompanied by the following information and documents: (a) Whether a previous application for a certificate of registration has been denied, revoked, suspended, or terminated for cause in any jurisdiction. (b) Whether the applicant is under investigation for or the subject of any pending action or has been found in violation of a statute or regulation in any jurisdiction within the previous 5 years. (c) Information, as the commissioner may require, that permits the commissioner, after reviewing all of the information submitted pursuant to this section, to make a determination that the applicant: (1) Is financially responsible and maintains a net worth of at least $150,000 at all times; (2) Has adequate expertise or experience to operate a discount medical plan organization; and (3) Is competent, trustworthy, financially responsible, or of good personal and business reputation. IV. Each certificate of registration shall expire each year on June 1. At least 60 days before a certificate of registration expires, the discount medical plan organization shall submit a renewal application to the commissioner upon a form to be furnished by the commissioner and fee paid pursuant to RSA 400-A:29, XX(b).
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21:38 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21 / Section 38
21:38 Pending Prosecution, Etc.
Status: repealed

No suit or prosecution, pending at the time of the repeal of any act, for any offense committed or for the recovery of a penalty or forfeiture incurred under the act so repealed, shall be affected by such repeal.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-C:6-601 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-C / Section 6-601
564-C:6-601 Severability Clause.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 673:3 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 673 / Section 3
673:3 Zoning Board of Adjustment and Building Code Board of Appeals.
Status: in_force

I. The zoning board of adjustment shall consist of 5 members. The members of the board shall either be elected in the manner prescribed by RSA 669, or appointed in a manner prescribed by the local legislative body. Each member of the board shall be a resident of the municipality in order to be appointed or elected. II. Zoning board of adjustment members who are elected shall be elected for the term provided under RSA 673:5, II. A local legislative body which has previously provided for the appointment of zoning board of adjustment members may rescind that action by majority vote and choose to elect board members. The terms of appointed members of zoning boards of adjustment in municipalities in office on the effective date of an affirmative decision to elect such board members shall not be affected by the decision. However, when the term of each member expires, each new member shall be elected at the next regular municipal election for the term provided under RSA 673:5, II. III. A local legislative body which has provided for the election of zoning board of adjustment members may rescind that action by majority vote, in which event members shall thereafter be appointed in a manner prescribed by the local legislative body. The elected board shall, however, continue in existence, and the elected members in office may continue to serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. III-a. A local legislative body's decision to change from an elected to an appointed zoning board of adjustment, or from an appointed to an elected zoning board of adjustment, may be made without amending the zoning ordinance. In a town operating under the town meeting form of government, the decision may be made at any annual or special town meeting. If the town has adopted the official ballot for the election of town officers, the question may be, but is not required to be, placed on the official ballot. If the question is not placed on the official ballot, the question shall be placed in the warrant and shall be voted on as a separate article at the town meeting. IV. The building code board of appeals shall consist of 3 or 5 members who shall be appointed in a manner prescribed by the local legislative body; provided, however, that a zoning board of adjustment may act as the building code board of appeals pursuant to RSA 673:1, V. Each member of the board shall be a resident of the municipality in order to be appointed. V. When a member also serves on a planning board, the individual shall recuse herself or himself from voting on matters previously decided by or pending before the planning board in a quasi-judicial capacity in which the member participated as a voting member.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 665:8 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 665 / Section 8
665:8 Appeals From Recounts.
Status: in_force

The ballot law commission shall hear and determine appeals from recounts in the following cases: I. In case of a primary recount as provided in RSA 660:7-9-a, any person voted for upon the ballot of any party who, by declaration of the secretary of state upon recount, was not chosen as the candidate of such party may, within 3 days after said declaration, appeal therefrom to the ballot law commission by filing a written appeal with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall forthwith notify the ballot law commission of the filing. The ballot law commission shall then meet as provided in RSA 665:5 in order to hear and decide the appeal and shall, on the appeal, consider and review all the rulings of the secretary of state on ballots protested during the recount. In no case may the ballot law commission order a second recount. If, after the review, it shall appear that the appellant was nominated, the commission shall change the declaration of the secretary of state and issue a certificate of nomination to the appellant. The decision of the ballot law commission in such cases shall be final as to questions both of law and fact, and no court shall have jurisdiction to review such decision. The jurisdiction vested in the commission under this paragraph shall be exclusive of all other remedies. II. In case of an election recount as provided in RSA 660:1-6, any candidate who, by declaration of the secretary of state upon recount, did not have the greatest number of votes may, within 3 days after said declaration, appeal therefrom to the ballot law commission by filing his written appeal with the secretary of state. The ballot law commission shall forthwith meet, hear, and decide such appeal and shall, on such appeal, consider and review all the rulings of the secretary of state on ballots protested during the recount. In no case may the ballot law commission order a second recount. If, after the review, it shall appear that the appellant had the greatest number of votes, the commission shall change the declaration of the secretary of state and issue a certificate of such changed declaration to the appellant. The decision of the ballot law commission under this paragraph shall be subject to appeal as provided in RSA 665:16. The jurisdiction vested in the commission under this paragraph shall be exclusive of all other remedies. Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be construed to bar any person from recourse to the superior court on other questions, within the jurisdiction of such court, relating to the legality or regularity of general elections or the results thereof.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 399-G:17 — NH Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 399-G / Section 17
399-G:17 Authorized Delegate Reporting.
Status: in_force

I. Each licensee shall submit a report of authorized delegates within 45 days of any change to the number of authorized delegates. The commissioner is authorized and encouraged to utilize NMLS for the submission of the report required by this section provided that such functionality is consistent with the requirements of this section. II. The authorized delegate report shall include, at a minimum, each authorized delegate's: (a) Company legal name; (b) Taxpayer employer identification number; (c) Principal provider identifier; (d) Physical address; (e) Mailing address; (f) Any business conducted in other states; (g) Any fictitious or trade name; (h) Contact person name, phone number, and email; (i) Start date as licensee's authorized delegate; (j) End date acting as licensee's authorized delegate, if applicable; and (k) Any other information the commissioner reasonably requires with respect to the authorized delegate.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 143-A:11-a — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 143-A / Section 11-a
143-A:11-a Certified Food Protection Manager.
Status: in_force

I. (a) Each food service establishment licensed by the state under RSA 143-A:6 shall have a person in charge and present during all hours of operation trained as a certified food protection manager by a program approved by the Conference for Food Protection or other equivalent industry standards program. (b) The requirement in subparagraph (a) shall not apply under these conditions: (1) Food establishments having at least one certified food protection manager on staff shall not be required to have the certified food protection manager present when no food preparation is taking place; (2) Food establishments having at least one certified food protection manager on staff shall not be required to have the certified food protection manager present when food preparation is limited to reheating commercially prepared food or ready to eat food; or (3) Food establishments having 5 food employees or less on duty are required to have only one certified food protection manager on staff who is available, although not required to be present, during all hours of operation. II. This section shall not apply to any food service establishment exempt from licensure or inspection under RSA 143-A:5. III. This section shall not apply to food establishments licensed under RSA 143-A:6 as food processing plants, cold storage or refrigerating warehouses; retail stores with no food preparation or limited to self service foods, servicing areas, bed and breakfasts, lodging facilities serving continental breakfasts, home delivery services of packaged frozen food; pushcarts and other mobile food units, those serving packaged food and non-potentially hazardous unwrapped foods only; wholesalers/distributors; on-site vending machines, bars/lounges without a food preparation area; arena/theater concessions serving non-potentially hazardous; sellers of pre-packaged frozen meat or poultry that is processed in a USDA-inspected plant; homestead food operations.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-C:12 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 141-C / Section 12
141-C:12 Orders.
Status: in_force

I. The commissioner, in imposing isolation and quarantine under RSA 141-C:11, in requiring treatment under RSA 141-C:15, or in excluding children under RSA 141-C:20-d, shall do so by written order. The order shall include, as appropriate, the following information: (a) The cause of the quarantine or isolation. (b) The location of quarantine or isolation. (c) When appropriate, that decontamination be performed on commodities, conveyances, baggage and cargo. (d) When treatment is required as part of the order, where such treatment is available and, if applicable, what effect the receipt of treatment may have on the conditions of isolation and quarantine. (e) The period of duration of isolation or quarantine. (f) The commissioner's signature. (g) The reason and length of time for the exclusion of children from schools and child care facilities. II. Orders issued under this section shall be complied with immediately. III. When an individual subject to an order for isolation or quarantine refuses to cooperate with such order, the commissioner may issue a complaint, which shall be sworn to before a justice of the peace. Such complaint shall set forth the reasons for the order imposing isolation or quarantine and the place or facility where the individual shall be isolated or quarantined. Upon being presented with such an order, any law enforcement officer shall take such individual into custody and transport the individual to the place or facility where the individual is to be isolated or quarantined.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 507:8-k — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 507 / Section 8-k
507:8-k Enforcement Action for Solicitation of Children Through Responsive Generative Communication.
Status: in_force

I. Any owner or operator of a computer online service, Internet service, or bulletin board service, including a provider of an artificial intelligence (AI) chat program, large language model artificial intelligence bot, chat bot, character AI, or other computer application, the sole purpose of which is to provide responsive open-ended generative communication through the use of artificial intelligence, shall be liable to a child, parent of such child, or next friend of such child if the owner or operator knows at the time that they direct the communication to the child that the communication is made with the intent to facilitate, encourage, offer, solicit, or recommend that the child imminently engage in: (a) Sexually explicit conduct. (b) The production or participation in the production of a visual depiction of such conduct. (c) The illegal use of drugs or alcohol. (d) Acts of self-harm or suicide. (e) Any crime of violence against another person. II. The attorney general may bring an action against an owner or operator that violates this section for damages proximately caused to a child, as provided in paragraph III, or for appropriate injunctive relief. Prior to initiating such action, the attorney general shall provide the owner or operator with written notice of each alleged violation and the factual basis thereof, and shall give the owner or operator 90 days to provide assurances satisfactory to the attorney general that the owner or operator has cured the violations and has taken adequate steps to prevent future violations. If such assurances satisfactory to the attorney general are provided, the attorney general shall not initiate an action against the owner or operator for such violations. The attorney general shall have the sole right of action for a violation of this section. III. An owner or operator of such service shall be liable to a child, or the parent or next friend of the child, for damages proximately caused by a violation of paragraph I, but in no instance liable for an amount less than liquidated damages in the amount of $1,000 per violation. IV. This section shall not apply to: (a) A cloud service provider, or a provider of a telecommunications service or an information service, as defined in 47 U.S.C. section 153, with respect to the provision of content created by or supplied on behalf of another person; or (b) Any product, service, website, or application that provides an AI chat program or character that is integral or incidental to a video game, television, streaming, movie, or other similar interactive experience.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 277-B:15-a — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 277-B / Section 15-a
277-B:15-a Client List; Confidentiality.
Status: in_force

I. Employee leasing firms shall maintain a list of current and past clients which shall be available for inspection by the department of labor without notice. The list shall be submitted to the labor department on a quarterly basis. Failure to maintain an updated client list shall subject the licensee to a $1,000 fine, and a $2,500 fine and loss of license for a second or subsequent offense if deemed appropriate by the commissioner. Funds generated from fines shall be deposited in the department of labor restricted fund established in RSA 273:1-b. II. Client lists, license applications, and related materials submitted therewith shall remain confidential except that the commissioner may share such information with other appropriate state agencies on a confidential basis to the extent permitted by state law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 184:105 — NH Code / Title XIV / Chapter 184 / Section 105
184:105 Administrative Fines.
Status: in_force

The commissioner, after notice and the opportunity for a hearing, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Each day that the offense remains uncorrected shall constitute a separate offense subject to an additional fine. The range of administrative fines shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner regarding imposition of an administrative fine shall be in accordance with RSA 541. No administrative fine imposed under this section shall preclude the imposition of further or additional penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to the amount of administrative fines, process of imposition of fines, and hearing procedures. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund as unrestricted revenue.