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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 146-A:3-f — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 146-A / Section 3-f
146-A:3-f Spill Response Plan.
Status: in_force

I. Oil pipeline facility owners shall submit a spill response plan to the department that provides spill protection equivalent to or greater than a facility response plan under 49 C.F.R. section 194.101. A person who has contracted with an oil pipeline facility to provide containment and cleanup services may submit the spill response plan, on behalf of the owner, for any oil pipeline facility for which the person is contractually obligated to provide services. II. Response plans shall, at a minimum, include the following: (a) The number, training preparedness, and fitness of all dedicated personnel assigned to direct and implement the plan; (b) Arrangements for the positioning of oil spill containment, cleanup equipment, and trained personnel at strategic locations from which they can be deployed to the spill site to promptly and properly remove the spilled oil; and (c) The amount and type of equipment available to respond to a spill, where the equipment is located, and the extent to which other contingency plans rely on the same equipment. III. Spill response plans for oil pipeline facilities shall be submitted to the department within 6 months after the department has adopted rules under this section. IV. The department shall approve a spill response plan for an oil pipeline facility only if it determines that the plan meets the requirements set forth in this section and rules adopted by the department. V. Upon approval of a spill response plan for an oil pipeline facility, the department shall provide to the person submitting the plan a statement indicating that the plan has been approved, the oil pipeline facilities covered by the plan, and any other information the department determines should be included. VI. An owner or operator of an oil pipeline facility shall notify the department in writing immediately of any significant change of which it is aware affecting its spill response plan, including changes in any factor set forth in this section or in rules adopted by the department. The department may require the owner or operator to update a spill response plan as a result of such changes. VII. The department by rule shall require spill response plans to be reviewed, updated, if necessary, and resubmitted to the department at least once every 5 years. VIII. Approval of a spill response plan by the department shall not constitute an express assurance regarding the adequacy of the plan nor constitute a defense to liability imposed under this chapter or any other state law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 74:19 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 74 / Section 19
74:19 Inventories of Telecommunications Poles and Conduits.
Status: in_force

I. In order to properly determine the value of property under RSA 72:8-c, an inventory of telecommunications poles and conduits shall be filed with the department of revenue administration and with the municipality where the property is located by each owner of telecommunications poles and conduits. Each form may include the following information: (a) Name and address of a contact person if the owner is a trust or corporation. (b) Detailed description of the telecommunication poles using most recent readily available information held by the owner. (c) Description of conduits using most recent readily available information held by the owner. (d) The filer's dated signature certifying that the information indicated on the form is true. II. The inventory of telecommunications poles and conduits required by this section shall be filed with the department of revenue administration and with the municipality where the property is located by the owner of telecommunications poles and conduits no later than July 1. Persons required to file the inventory of telecommunications poles and conduits who willfully fail to file or willfully make false statements on the forms shall be guilty of a violation. III. Any person or corporation required to file an inventory of telecommunications poles and conduits shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 74:12.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 110-B:91 — NH Code / Title VIII / Chapter 110-B / Section 91
110-B:91 Veterans Licensing Acceleration Program.
Status: in_force

I. For this section: (a) "Board" means a regulatory body with jurisdiction over professions within the office of professional licensure and certification under RSA 310. (b) "License" shall include licenses, certifications or registrations required to practice a regulated occupation, or commensurate training and experience in a military occupational specialty as determined by the OPLC. (c) "OPLC" means the office of professional licensure and certification. (d) "Scope of practice" means the procedures, actions, processes, and work that a person may perform under an occupational license issued in this state. (e) "Written confirmation" means confirmation by any writing, including email or text message. II. The veteran licensing acceleration program (VLAP) is hereby established to provide accelerated licensing and certification processes for veterans seeking to enter licensed occupational professions overseen by boards organized under the OPLC. III. VLAP shall be administered by the department of military affairs and veterans services, in consultation with the OPLC, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, relevant licensing boards, relevant educational institutions, state and national veterans service organizations, and relevant professional organizations. The department of military affairs and veterans services shall designate a VLAP administrator within its office. IV. The VLAP administrator shall: (a) Provide veterans with comprehensive resources and support to assist them in navigating the licensing process, including, but not limited to, the requirements of this section, as well as educational materials and access to mentors or subject matter experts; (b) Collaborate with the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and other appropriate agencies to provide employment counseling and assistance to participating veterans. (c) Conduct an annual assessment of VLAP's impact on licensure and employment outcomes of participating veterans; and (d) Submit an annual report to the senate and house of representatives committees with jurisdiction over veterans affairs detailing program activities, participant outcomes, and recommendations for program improvements; and (e) Assist the OPLC in determining what military experience or training satisfies licensure requirements under RSA 310:16.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-I:114 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-I / Section 114
21-I:114 Prohibition on DEI-Related Contract Provisions.
Status: in_force

No agencies or political subdivisions shall enter into or renew any contract that includes DEI-related provisions, including requirements for contractors to implement DEI programs, conduct DEI training, or comply with DEI-related reporting obligations.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 669:14 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 669 / Section 14
669:14 Use of Ballot.
Status: in_force

Town officers who are to be elected by ballot as provided in RSA 669:15 and all other officers that a town has voted at some previous meeting to elect by ballot shall be elected by means of the partisan or non-partisan official ballot systems if such an official ballot system shall be in effect in a town. In towns where no such official ballot system is in effect, town officers who are to be elected by ballot as provided in RSA 669:15 and such other officers as the town votes to elect by ballot shall be elected by unofficial ballot at the town business meeting pursuant to RSA 669:54-669:60.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 435:26 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 435 / Section 26
435:26 Publication of Notice.
Status: in_force

Before the adoption of any rule authorized by this subdivision, the commissioner shall publish the proposed rule in a manner reasonably calculated to give interested parties, including all current registrants, adequate notice and shall afford all interested persons an opportunity to present their views thereon, orally or in writing, within a reasonable period of time. After consideration of all views presented by interested persons, the commissioner shall take appropriate action to adopt the proposed rule. The provisions of this section notwithstanding, if the commissioner, pursuant to the authority of this subdivision, adopts the official definitions of feed ingredients or official feed terms as adopted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials, or regulations promulgated pursuant to the authority of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, any amendment or modification adopted by said association or by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the case of regulations promulgated pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, shall be adopted automatically under this subdivision without regard to the publication of the notice required by this section unless the commissioner by order specifically determines that said amendment or modification shall not be adopted.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 301-B:10 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 301-B / Section 10
301-B:10 Powers.
Status: in_force

I. Unless the bylaws provide otherwise, every New Hampshire DAO shall have the power to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out its activities, business, and internal affairs, including the capacity to sue and be sued in its own name, and the power to acquire, own, hold, develop, or dispose of property, both movable and immovable. II. Except as provided in paragraph III, the validity of an action taken by a New Hampshire DAO may not be challenged on the ground that the New Hampshire DAO lacks or lacked power to act. III. A New Hampshire DAO's power to act may be challenged: (a) In a proceeding by a participant against the New Hampshire DAO to enjoin the act; (b) In a proceeding by the New Hampshire DAO, directly, derivatively, or through a receiver, trustee, or other legal representative, against an incumbent or former participant or administrator of the New Hampshire DAO; or (c) In a proceeding by the attorney general under RSA 301-B:24 to deregister the New Hampshire DAO. IV. In a participant proceeding under RSA 301-B:10, III(a) to enjoin an unauthorized act of a New Hampshire DAO, the court may enjoin or set aside the act if to do so is equitable and if all affected persons are parties to the proceeding, and the court may award damages for loss, other than anticipated profits, suffered by the New Hampshire DAO or another party because of enjoining the unauthorized act.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 98-B:6 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 98-B / Section 6
98-B:6 Status of Employees of Other Governments.
Status: in_force

I. When any unit of government of this state acts as a receiving agency, employees of the sending agency who are assigned under authority of this act may be considered to be on detail to the receiving agency. II. Appointments of persons so assigned may be made without regard to the laws or regulations governing the selection of employees of the receiving agency. Such person shall not be in the classified service of the state. III. Employees who are detailed to the receiving agency shall not by virtue of such detail be considered to be employees thereof, except as provided in paragraph IV of this section, nor shall they be paid a salary or wage by the receiving agency during the period of their detail. The supervision of the duties of such employees during the period of detail may be governed by agreement between the sending agency and the receiving agency. IV. Any employee of a sending agency assigned in this state who suffers disability or death as a result of personal injury arising out of and in the course of such assignment, or sustained in the performance of duties in connection therewith, shall be treated for the purpose of the receiving agency's employee compensation program, as an employee, as defined in such act, who has sustained such injury in the performance of such duty, but shall not receive benefits under that act for any period for which he elects to receive similar benefits as an employee under the sending agency's employee compensation program. V. The provisions of paragraphs I through IV of this section shall not apply to any employee assigned to or from the federal government under the terms of title IV of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, 5 U.S.C. sections 3371-3376 as may be from time to time amended. The assignment of such an employee shall be governed by the terms of the intergovernmental personnel assignment agreement under which the employee is assigned.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 99:6 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 99 / Section 6
99:6 Military Service.
Status: in_force

Any person who has left state service to enter the armed forces of the United States in accordance with USERRA, and who, upon termination of such honorable military service, returned to state service without employment elsewhere may count that time spent in such military service as continuous state service to obtain benefits provided under RSA 94:4 and 99:5.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 658:16 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 658 / Section 16
658:16 Conduct of Elections.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, the conduct of the election at the additional polling place shall be the same as at the central polling place.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 243:11 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 243 / Section 11
243:11 Reference.
Status: in_force

On the service date specified by the court on the summons, if it appears to the court that sufficient notice of the petition has been given and that all preliminary steps have been taken, and the capital stock has been subscribed by responsible parties, in good faith, with the intention of building the road, and if no sufficient objection is made, the court shall refer the petition to the department of transportation or to a board of 3 referees appointed by the court, as they shall deem best, to find and report the facts bearing upon the petition.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 374-B:12 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 374-B / Section 12
374-B:12 Revenue Refunding Bonds.
Status: in_force

Any municipality having bonds outstanding under this chapter, when authorized by a 3/5 vote as defined in RSA 33:8 for towns and village districts and in RSA 33:9 for cities, may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying bonds issued by or on its behalf, at maturity or upon acceleration or redemption, subject to the approval of the commission under RSA 369:1. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereon, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of such bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming the bonds being refunded, and such reserves for debt service (including a common reserve for debt service established pursuant to an agreement for consolidation of indebtedness under RSA 374-B:2, VI) or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of such refunding bonds as may be required by a trust agreement or resolution securing bonds or notes. The refunding bonds may be issued not more than 5 years prior to the maturity or redemption date of bonds being refunded. The issue of refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties and obligations of the municipality in respect of the same shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as the same may be applicable, but no bonds shall be refunded to a date later than the refunded bonds could have matured hereunder.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-H:9 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 170-H / Section 9
170-H:9 Report Required.
Status: in_force

I. The department shall report any delinquent who violates the conditions of his parole to the parole board. However, the department shall, within 30 days of official knowledge of such an occurrence, submit a report on any parolee who: (a) Is arrested for any felony or misdemeanor offense; (b) Is convicted of any offense; (c) Absconds from supervision for a period of 30 days or more; (d) Commits numerous parole violations. II. This report shall include information on the circumstances of the alleged violation as well as a recommendation as to whether parole should be revoked.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 207:39 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 207 / Section 39
207:39 Publication.
Status: in_force

The executive director shall publish the 2 preceding sections in all pamphlet editions of the fish and game laws issued by him.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 362-A:4-c — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 362-A / Section 4-c
362-A:4-c Consideration by the Commission.
Status: in_force

I. The commission shall independently and expeditiously consider any mutually acceptable agreement for the buydown, buyout, or renegotiation of any existing commission order providing for qualifying facility power sales or power purchase agreement regardless of the status of any other such pending renegotiations. II. The commission shall not approve any buyout of a listed facility prior to July 1, 2000. The commission shall not approve any buyout of a listed facility until competition is certified to exist in at least 70 percent of the state pursuant to RSA 38:36. III. The commission shall not approve any renegotiation which places restrictions on selling the output of the qualifying facility in a competitive generation market pursuant to RSA 374-F. IV. The commission shall not approve any renegotiation of a commission order providing for power sales from a listed facility if, for any calendar year prior to 2006, that renegotiation would reduce the total number of kilowatt hours being purchased annually at predetermined prices from all listed facilities to less than 80 percent of the base listed-facility kilowatt hours for that calendar year. V. In this section: (a) "Base listed-facility kilowatt hours for that calendar year" means the total number of kilowatt hours which would have been purchased during the calendar year from all listed facilities if the renegotiated rate orders for all such listed facilities pending before the commission as of January 1, 1998 had been approved. (b) "Buyout" means any modification of any existing commission order providing for power sales from a listed facility that (i) changes the termination date of that order to an earlier date, unless the modified termination date is not earlier than the termination date in the renegotiated buydown for that listed facility which was pending before the commission as of January 1, 1998, or (ii) eliminates predetermined prices for any of the output of the facility covered by the rate order. (c) "Listed facility" means any of the 5 wood-fired qualifying facilities having rate orders which, as of January 1, 1998, provide the right to sell at least 10 megawatts of capacity and associated energy to Public Service Company of New Hampshire.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-C:14 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 125-C / Section 14
125-C:14 Rehearings and Appeals.
Status: in_force

Administrative appeals from decisions of the commissioner made under the provisions of this chapter shall be heard by the air resources council under RSA 21-O:11, IV.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 82-A:14 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 82-A / Section 14
82-A:14 Tax Sales.
Status: in_force

The provisions of RSA 80:26 apply to the sale of land for the payment of taxes due under this chapter, and the state treasurer is authorized to purchase the land for the state. If the state purchases the land, the state treasurer shall certify the purchase to the governor, and the governor shall draw his warrant for the purchase price out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265-A:32 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 265-A / Section 32
265-A:32 Period of License Suspension.
Status: in_force

Where a license or driving privilege has been suspended under RSA 265-A:30 and the person is also convicted on criminal charges arising out of the same event both the suspension and the court-ordered revocation shall be imposed but the total period of suspension and revocation shall not exceed the longer of the 2 periods; provided, however, that any suspension for refusing to submit to a test under the provisions of RSA 265-A:14 shall not run concurrently with any other penalty imposed under the provisions of this title.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 151-E:17 — NH Code / Title XI / Chapter 151-E / Section 17
151-E:17 Availability of Targeted Management Services.
Status: in_force

The department shall make available to and advise all Medicaid recipients who require a nursing facility level of care or are at risk of needing such care and who are patients in hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, or nursing facilities of the availability of targeted case management services provided by independent case managers, to explore the feasibility of transitioning to home and community-based care.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 167:91-b — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 167 / Section 91-b
167:91-b Work Experience and Community Service Program Participants; Workers' Compensation Eligibility.
Status: in_force

I. For the purposes of RSA 281-A, an employment program participant is an employee of both the state and the sponsor. In the event that it is determined that the participant has been subject to an injury or occupational disease producing a disability arising out of and in the course of participation in the employment program, the program shall not provide compensation pursuant to RSA 281-A:28, 281-A:28-a, 281-A:31, and 281-A:31-a, but the participant shall receive benefits from the employment program while otherwise eligible, or compensation equivalent to those benefits if the participant becomes ineligible for benefits under RSA 167. When determining the amount of compensation provided pursuant to RSA 281-A:32 for a scheduled permanent impairment award, the amount of compensation shall be calculated by using the minimum wage at the time of injury multiplied by the average number of hours worked per week or the number of hours agreed to by the program and the participant, whichever is higher. II. The department of health and human services may provide this benefit by appropriate means including purchasing and serving as the master policyholder for any insurance, by self-insurance or by administrative services contract. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all other provisions of RSA 281-A apply.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 102:15 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 102 / Section 15
102:15 Retirement.
Status: in_force

Any permanent fireman who retires or is dismissed from active service as provided in RSA 102:13, and who shall have complied with all provisions of this chapter and with the rules and regulations of the board, shall be entitled to receive from said board for each year during the remainder of his natural life retirement benefits based upon his average final salary, as defined hereinafter, at the rates in the following table: Age at Retirement Benefits Retirement (percent of average final salary) BRACKET55 48.9 56 52.0 57 55.3 58 58.8 59 62.5 60 66.7 61 (Benefits to exceed 62 (66.7 percent as may 63 (be determined by 64 (board upon actuarial 65 (valuations The "average final salary" shall mean the highest average annual earnable compensation of a member during any 3 consecutive years of service prior to the date of retirement or dismissal, as determined by the board. The retirement benefits shall be paid to the retired member monthly in as nearly equal monthly installments as possible. No permanent fireman who has retired under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid for any service performed in the fire department during the time of his retirement unless it be for specific duty during a period of public emergency. The board shall have the right to further increase the actuarial table of rates of retirement benefits accruing to members retiring on account of age, between the ages of 55 and 65 inclusive, based upon periodic actuarial valuations of the retirement system.