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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 49-C:23 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 49-C / Section 23
49-C:23 Budget Process and Fiscal Control.
Status: in_force

The charter shall provide for the following: I. A budget submission date and a date by which an annual budget shall be finally adopted by the elected body. Failing final adoption by the established date, the budget shall be determined as provided in the city charter, or as originally submitted by the chief administrative officer if no such provision is made in the city charter. II. One or more public hearings on the budget before its final adoption. A copy of the proposed budget and notice of the public hearing shall be published at least one week in advance of any public hearing. III. Procedures for the transfer of funds among various budgeted departments, funds, accounts, and agencies as may be necessary during the year. IV. An annual independent audit conducted by certified public accountants experienced in municipal accounting. Copies or abstracts of such audits shall be made public along with an annual report of the city's business. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the elected body from requiring such other audits as it deems necessary. Audit services shall be put out to bid on a periodic basis as specified in the charter. V. Bonding of officials, officers and employees, the cost of which shall be paid by the city. VI. Procedures for appropriation of funds, after notice and public hearing and by a 2/3 vote, for purposes not included in the annual budget as adopted. VII. Designation of one or more depositories of city funds by the elected body, the periodic deposit of funds, and the security required for such funds. Personal surety bonds shall not be deemed proper security. VIII. Periodic, but at least quarterly, reporting of the state of the city's finances to the public and the elected body by the chief administrative officer. The chief administrative officer, with approval of the elected body, may reduce appropriations for any item or items, except amounts required for debt and interest charges or other legally-required expenditures, to such a degree as may be necessary to keep total expenditures within total anticipated revenues. IX. Establishment of a fiscal control function, including pre-audit of all authorized claims against the city before payment. The head of such function need not be a resident of the city or the state at the time of selection, shall not be treasurer, and shall be chosen solely on the basis of executive and administrative qualifications and actual experience in and knowledge of accepted practices in respect to the duties of municipal fiscal management.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 155-B:13 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 155-B / Section 13
155-B:13 Hazardous Excavations.
Status: in_force

If in any city or town, an excavation for building purposes is left open for more than 6 months without proceeding with the erection of a building thereon, whether or not completed, or if any excavation or basement is not filled to grade or otherwise protected after a building is destroyed, demolished or removed, the governing body may order such excavation to be filled or protected or in the alternative that erection of a building begin forthwith if the excavation is for building purposes. The order shall be served upon the owner or his agent in the manner provided by RSA 155-B:4. If the owner of the land fails to comply with the order within 15 days after the order is served upon him, the governing body shall cause the excavation to be filled to grade or protected and the cost shall be charged against the real estate as provided in RSA 155-B:9.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 187-A:15 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 187-A / Section 15
187-A:15 Operation of Board of Trustees.
Status: in_force

I. The board shall elect its own chairperson annually. II. The board shall choose a secretary, who shall keep a record of proceedings, and a treasurer, who shall give a bond satisfactory to the trustees for the faithful discharge of duties as treasurer. The trustees may, in their discretion, require a bond for any other persons employed by or administering the affairs of the institutions of the university system. Said trustees shall determine the amount and sufficiency of the surety of said treasurer's bond or any other bonds required under this section. III. The board shall meet at such times and places as it may determine but shall hold at least one meeting each year at Keene state college and one at Plymouth state university. The chairperson shall call special meetings upon the written request of any 5 members or on the chairperson's own motion. IV. Fourteen members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but not less than 14 affirmative votes shall be required to elect the chancellor of the university system or a college or university president; V. Members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for expenses reasonably incurred by them in the performance of their duties.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 621:2 — NH Code / Title LX / Chapter 621 / Section 2
621:2 Philosophy of the New Hampshire Youth Development Center.
Status: in_force

The New Hampshire youth development center shall be administered to effect the following purposes and policies: I. To provide a wholesome physical and emotional setting for each child detained at or committed to the center; II. To provide protection, care, counseling, supervision, and rehabilitative services as required by the individual child; III. To assure that the child has not been deprived of those rights to which he or she is entitled by law; IV. To teach the child to accept responsibility for his or her actions; V. To recognize that the child's interests are of major importance while also acknowledging the interests of public safety; VI. To cooperate with the courts, law enforcement agencies, and other agencies in juvenile matters to ensure that the needs of each child who is involved with these agencies are met with minimum adverse impact upon the child; and VII. To return each child committed to the center to a community setting with an improved attitude toward society.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 649:5 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 649 / Section 5
649:5 Conspirators.
Status: in_force

If 2 or more persons conspire to commit any crime defined by this chapter, each of such persons is guilty of conspiracy and subject to the same punishment as if he had committed the crime which he conspired to commit, whether or not any act be done in furtherance of the conspiracy. It shall not constitute any defense or ground of suspension of judgment, sentence or punishment on behalf of any person prosecuted under this section, that any of his fellow conspirators has been acquitted, has not been arrested or convicted, is not amenable to justice or has been pardoned or otherwise discharged before or after conviction.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-G:1 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 162-G / Section 1
162-G:1 Adoption.
Status: in_force

I. Any city or town that adopts the provisions of this chapter shall have all of the authority, powers, duties and responsibilities set forth in this chapter. II. Adoption in a town with a town meeting shall be by a majority vote of all of the registered voters present and voting at a regular town meeting or at a special town meeting duly warned for the purpose, after a public hearing before the planning board, or selectmen where there is no planning board, of which hearing notice has been given as provided in RSA 21:32. Upon the petition of 25 voters for the adoption of the provisions of this chapter, a hearing shall be held as provided above and the question of adoption shall be placed before the voters at a regular or duly warned special town meeting in the same manner and subject to the same requirements as set forth above. III. Adoption in a town with a town council shall be by a majority vote of all of the members of the town council after a public hearing before the council. Notice of such hearing shall be given as provided in RSA 21:32. IV. Adoption in a city shall be by a majority vote of all of the members of the city council or the board of mayor and aldermen after a public hearing before the council or board of which hearing notice has been given as provided in RSA 21:32.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 33:4-a — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 33 / Section 4-a
33:4-a Debt Limit, Municipalities.
Status: in_force

I. Cities shall not incur net indebtedness, except for school purposes, to an amount, at any one time outstanding, exceeding 3 percent of their valuation determined as hereinafter provided. II. Cities shall not incur net indebtedness for school purposes to an amount at any one time outstanding, determined as hereinafter provided, exceeding 7 percent of said valuation. Any debt incurred for school purposes by a city under this or any special statute heretofore or hereafter enacted shall be excluded in determining the borrowing capacity of a city for other than school purposes under the 3 percent limitation in paragraph I. III. Towns shall not incur net indebtedness to an amount at any one time outstanding exceeding 3 percent of their valuation determined as hereinafter provided. IV. School districts shall not incur net indebtedness to an amount at any one time outstanding exceeding 7 percent determined as hereinafter provided. V. Village districts shall not incur net indebtedness to an amount at any one time outstanding exceeding one percent of their valuation determined as hereinafter provided.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 329:31-c — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 329 / Section 31-c
329:31-c Right to Appropriate Reproductive Care for Medical Conditions.
Status: in_force

I. If a patient who is 18 years of age or older has a medical condition for which a medically advisable course of treatment or precautionary measure may include a procedure, medication, or treatment that leaves the patient sterile or unable to have children, the physician shall not deny the treatment on the basis of age, number of children, marital status, or fertility goals contrary to the patient's statement. The physician may require the patient to sign an informed consent and waive all damages from the procedure related to sterilization. A physician who violates this right may be subject to disciplinary action by the board of medicine. II. A patient who has signed an informed consent or a waiver and proceeds with appropriate reproductive care for a medical condition shall have no civil right of action against any health care provider or health care institution on the basis of the patient being rendered sterile or unable to have children. This paragraph shall not provide immunity against any purposeful, reckless, or negligent act of a health care provider or health care institution. III. For purposes of this section, "medical condition" means any disease, disorder, syndrome, symptoms, genetic predisposition or family medical history, or the state of being medicated, that either affects the reproductive system, or makes reproduction not advisable either for the medical interest of the patient or for potential children. "Appropriate reproductive care for a medical condition" shall include the following: a hysterectomy (uterus), oophorectomy (ovaries), orchiectomy (testicles), salpingectomy (fallopian tubes), endometrial ablation, or medications that may affect fertility. For the purposes of this section, gender dysphoria shall not be considered a medical condition that affects the reproductive system or makes reproduction inadvisable; however, a patient who has a medical condition as defined in this paragraph shall not be denied a sterilizing treatment on the basis of having gender dysphoria. IV. A patient who has been denied appropriate reproductive care for a medical condition as defined in paragraph III may seek review of the decision by the board of medicine within 3 years of the last denial to determine whether the denial was consistent with this section. A violation of this section shall be subject to review and disciplinary action by the board of medicine in conjunction with the office of professional licensure and certification under RSA 310, and shall not be subject to further civil liability or criminal penalty.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:13-p — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 4 / Section 13-p
4:13-p Proper Observance of September 11, 2001.
Status: in_force

The governor shall annually issue a proclamation calling for a proper observance of September 11 in honor and remembrance of the people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. The proclamation issued by the governor shall call on the people of New Hampshire to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies, including, but not limited to, the requirements of section 144 of Public Law 107-89.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-N:5 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-N / Section 5
21-N:5 Duties of Deputy Commissioner.
Status: in_force

The duties of the deputy commissioner shall include, but not be limited to the following, in accordance with applicable laws: I. Provide for the following functions: (a) Implementing the organizational goals, managing the work of the department, and directing the division directors in carrying out state and federal obligations. (b) Assuring that the division directors comply with the procedures established by the commissioner relative to support for local schools under RSA 21-N:4, V. (c) Personnel management. (d) Developing and maintaining a system of accounting records and budget control procedures which meet all state and applicable federal accounting, purchasing, and reporting requirements. (e) Property and contracts. (f) Requiring and approving the development of short- and long-range division level plans and their implementation. (g) Administering finance and operations. (h) Fiscal management of all federal and other grants. (i) Assuring compliance with all federal and state equal opportunity and access requirements, including, but not limited to, those federal requirements concerning awareness and elimination of discrimination on the basis of sex, race, language, national origin, or disability, and state requirements in accordance with RSA 354-A. (j) Administering department responsibilities for information services, including shared supervision of department of information technology staff embedded within the department of education and services provided by the department of information technology. II. Exercise, subject to the supervision of the commissioner, superior authority over the directors of the divisions of the department relative to areas of responsibility specified in this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 266-A:1 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 266-A / Section 1
266-A:1 Declaration of Policy.
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature to provide for proper regulation of the transportation of passengers by motor vehicle upon the highways of this state, subject to the provisions of this chapter so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of such transportation, to promote safe, adequate, economical and efficient service by passenger motor carriers, and reasonable charges therefor, without unjust discrimination, undue preferences or advantages or unfair or destructive competitive practices; to improve the relations between and coordinate transportation by and the regulation of passenger motor carriers and other carriers; to develop and preserve a highway passenger transportation system properly adapted to the needs of the state; and to promote safety upon its highways in the interest of its citizens. The provisions of this chapter shall be administered and enforced with a view to carrying out the above declaration of policy.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-B:8-805 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-B / Section 8-805
383-B:8-805 Procedural Requirements.
Status: in_force

A converting bank shall apply to the commissioner for approval of its conversion proposal under RSA 383-A:6-602. If the commissioner permits it to do so under RSA 383-A:6-604, the converting bank may complete the proposed conversion, subject to other federal or state approvals. The converted bank or credit union shall make any filings with the secretary of state that are required under RSA 383-A or RSA 383-E.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 671:8 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 671 / Section 8
671:8 Composition of Cooperative School Boards.
Status: in_force

The number, composition, method of selection, and terms of members of cooperative school boards shall be as provided in the bylaws or articles of agreement of the cooperative school district, as the case may be, in accordance with RSA 195:19-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 417:23 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 417 / Section 23
417:23 Insurance Fraud Investigation Unit Established.
Status: in_force

There is established in the department of insurance the insurance fraud investigation unit. The unit shall assist the commissioner, or any law enforcement agency, in investigating insurance fraud or other insurance-related criminal activity and in developing and implementing programs to prevent insurance fraud and abuse. The unit shall have the power to subpoena witnesses and administer oaths in any investigation it conducts, and to compel the production of any books, papers or other memoranda or documents by subpoena duces tecum. The unit shall promptly notify the attorney general of any insurance application, claim, or activity which involves criminal conduct. When required by the commissioner and the attorney general, the unit shall cooperate with the attorney general in the investigation and prosecution of criminal violations.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 206:33-h — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 206 / Section 33-h
206:33-h Funds Paid from Collected Donations.
Status: in_force

The executive director may approve donation collection points and may accept funds paid from such donation collection points within the state of New Hampshire. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the executive director may accept and receive such funds without the approval of the governor, the governor and council, or the commission. All moneys received under this section shall be deposited into the fish and game fund established under RSA 206:33 and used solely for the purposes set forth in RSA 206:34-a. The executive director may invest in technology necessary to enable the solicitation and collection of donations.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 498:4-e — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 498 / Section 4-e
498:4-e Termination of Charitable Trusts.
Status: in_force

If the superior court, upon application by the trustee or trustees, finds that the continuance of a charitable trust is impracticable or unfeasible, and that the charitable purpose of the settlor or testator can be accomplished by a transfer of the trust assets to another charitable trust or corporation, or to the beneficiaries of said trust, the trust is subject to termination by the court upon such terms and conditions as it may impose. This section shall not be construed to limit or restrict the general equitable jurisdiction of the court over trustees, trusts or trust funds.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 31:33 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 31 / Section 33
31:33 Audit and Publication of Reports of Trustees.
Status: in_force

I. The accounts of the trustees shall be audited annually by the auditor of the town, the securities shall be exhibited to the auditor, and he shall certify the facts found by his audit and the list of all securities held. The trustees shall submit to the auditor a detailed statement of the securities held by them and the particular trust to which they belong, and exhibit to him a statement of all receipts and expenditures with proper vouchers. II. The legislative body of a town may authorize the printing of the reports of the trustees and of the auditor in summary form rather than in full detail in the annual town report. III. In a year in which a town accepts gifts, legacies and devises for any trust created, the trustees and auditor shall print the names of the donors and the value of such gifts, legacies and devises at the time of donation in the annual town report.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 127:11 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 127 / Section 11
127:11 Withdrawal From District.
Status: in_force

Any town or the city council of any city, which has voted to unite with another town or city to form a district department of health, may vote to withdraw from the district. Such withdrawal shall not become effective until the first day of July following such vote of withdrawal.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 490-C:5-c — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 490-C / Section 5-c
490-C:5-c Immunity From Civil and Criminal Actions.
Status: in_force

I. Without waiver of the state's sovereign immunity, and in addition to any further protections provided by law, no civil action shall be maintained against the board or any member of the board, its representatives or agents, including but not limited to presiding officers and investigators, or its employees, for, or by reason of, any statement, report, communication, disclosure, testimony, investigation, hearing, determination, or other action or omission undertaken in the good faith performance of official duties believed authorized under this chapter. II. In addition to paragraph I, the board, members of the board, the board's representatives and agents, including but not limited to presiding officers and investigators, and its employees, shall be immune from criminal action or penalties, and actions or penalties for the alleged commission of a violation, for the disclosure of confidential information, including but not limited to actions under laws imposing penalties for the disclosure of certain information in cases in which a guardian ad litem may be involved, or any law relative to the confidentiality of records, documents, or communications, provided that such action was undertaken in the good faith performance of official duties believed authorized under this chapter. This immunity shall not apply to actions commenced under RSA 490-C:5-b, IX, except in the case of communications between the board, its members, its representatives, or its agents, and a court.