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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 547-C:17 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 547-C / Section 17
547-C:17 Against Petitioner.
Status: in_force

If on the trial of an issue involving property, as provided in RSA 547-C:10, it is determined that the petitioner has no share or interest in the property, or less than the petitioner claims, the petitionee shall recover the taxable costs of such trial.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 507:8-a — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 507 / Section 8-a
507:8-a Loss of Consortium.
Status: in_force

In a proper action, either a wife or husband is entitled to recover damages for loss or impairment of right of consortium whether caused intentionally or by negligent interference. Where fault on the part of the claimant or the claimant's spouse is found to have caused, in whole or in part, the injury to the spouse on which the claim for loss or impairment of consortium is based, damages recoverable shall be subject to diminution to the extent and in the manner provided for in RSA 507:7-d.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 207:47 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 207 / Section 47
207:47 For Disobeying Officer.
Status: in_force

Any person who shall refuse or neglect to stop when signalled to stop by any conservation officer who is in uniform or who refuses on demand of such officer to produce his fish and game license or to permit such officer to take the license or certificate in hand for the purpose of examination shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 281-A:34 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 281-A / Section 34
281-A:34 Maximum Benefits.
Status: in_force

In no case, except as provided in RSA 281-A:31, 32, or 33, shall the weekly compensation payable under this chapter exceed the benefits set forth in RSA 281-A:28.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 597:13 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 597 / Section 13
597:13 Accepting Insufficient Bail, etc.
Status: in_force

If a justice knowingly accepts insufficient bail or fails to make return of his proceedings as required by law, he shall be liable to the same punishment as for aiding an escape in a like case; provided, that this section shall not apply to release on personal recognizance upon a finding by the justice that such release is proper under the circumstances of the case.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 471-C:17 — NH Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 471-C / Section 17
471-C:17 Wages.
Status: in_force

Unpaid wages, including wages represented by un-presented payroll checks, owing in the ordinary course of the holder's business which remain unclaimed by the owner for more than one year after becoming payable are presumed abandoned.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 417-G:3 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 417-G / Section 3
417-G:3 Prohibited and Permissible Limitations on Coverage.
Status: in_force

I. No health carrier shall: (a) Impose deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, benefit maximums, waiting periods or any other limitations on coverage for required benefits which are different from those imposed upon benefits for services not related to infertility or any limitations on coverage of fertility medications that are different from those imposed on any other prescription medications. (b) Impose pre-existing condition exclusions or pre-existing condition waiting periods on coverage for required benefits or use any prior diagnosis of or prior treatment for infertility as a basis for excluding, limiting or otherwise restricting the availability of coverage for required benefits. (c) Impose limitations on coverage based solely on arbitrary factors including, but not limited to, number of attempts or dollar amounts or age, or provide different benefits to, or impose different requirements upon, a class protected under RSA 354-A than that provided to, or required of, other patients. II. Limitations on coverage shall be based on clinical guidelines and the enrollee's medical history. Clinical guidelines shall be maintained in written form and shall be available to any enrollee upon request. Standards or guidelines developed by the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, or the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology may serve as a basis for these clinical guidelines. Making, issuing, circulating, or causing to be made, issued or circulated, any clinical guidelines that are based upon data that are not reasonably current or that do not cite with specificity any references relied upon shall constitute an unfair and deceptive act and practice in the business of insurance under RSA 417:4. III. This chapter shall not be construed to provide benefits for: (a) An experimental infertility procedure. (b) Non-medical costs related to third party reproduction. (c) Reversal of voluntary sterilization. IV. In instances where an enrollee is utilizing a surrogate or gestational carrier due to a medical cause of infertility unrelated to voluntary sterilization or failed reversal, the enrollee's coverage shall not extend to medical costs relating to the preparation for reception or introduction of embryos, oocytes, or donor sperm into a surrogate or gestational carrier.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 157-B:18 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 157-B / Section 18
157-B:18 Rules.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules under RSA 541-A to facilitate administration and enforcement of this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-G:9 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 141-G / Section 9
141-G:9 Notice of Intention.
Status: in_force

A person who intends to apply under RSA 141-G:10, I for a testing order after an unprotected exposure to a source individual shall provide notice of that intention to the source individual in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 141-G:19.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-E:4 — NH Code / Title XIX / Chapter 227-E / Section 4
227-E:4 Membership of Commission.
Status: in_force

I. The commission shall consist of 15 members, all of whom shall be New Hampshire residents, as follows: (a) A member of the North Country Council, designated by the council. (b) A member of the Upper Valley-Lake Sunapee Council, designated by the council. (c) A member of the Southwest Regional Planning Commission, designated by the commission. (d) A member of the Connecticut River Watershed Council, designated by the council. (e) A New Hampshire member of the Connecticut River Flood Control Commission, designated by the commission. (f) A representative of a hydro-electric concern located within the Connecticut River Valley. (g) A representative of a recognized statewide conservation organization. (h) A representative of the commercial tourism industry. (i) A representative of the agricultural industry who shall be actively engaged in farming. (j) A representative of the forest product industry or a timberland owner. (k) Five additional members appointed by the governor and council from a list of nominees submitted by the commission members appointed under RSA 227-E:4, I(a) through (j) to the governor and council. II. The governor and council shall appoint the members designated in subparagraphs I(f) through (k). These members shall all be residents of the Connecticut River Valley and shall serve 3-year terms, provided that the initial appointments shall be 2 for a term of one year, 4 for a term of 2 years, and 4 for a term of 3 years. The members appointed under subparagraphs I(a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall serve at the pleasure of the organizations they represent. III. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the unexpired term. Members shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 202-A:25 — NH Code / Title XVI / Chapter 202-A / Section 25
202-A:25 Detaining Books.
Status: in_force

Any person who willfully detains any book, newspaper, magazine, manuscript, pamphlet, publication, recording, film, or other property belonging to or in the care of any gallery or museum of any state, public, school, college, or other institutional library, may be given written notice to return it, which shall bear upon its face a copy of this section, mailed by certified mail to such person's last address or delivered by a person designated by the lawful custodian of such property; and if such person shall thereafter willfully and knowingly fail to return such property within 15 days after such notice, the person shall be guilty of a violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 40:4-b — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 40 / Section 4-b
40:4-b Questioning a Vote.
Status: in_force

When any vote, other than by ballot, declared by the moderator or other officer presiding shall, immediately and before any other business is begun, be questioned in writing or orally by 7 or more of the voters present, the moderator or other officer presiding shall retake the vote by secret "yes-no" ballot.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 84-C:5 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 84-C / Section 5
84-C:5 Collection and Deposit of Assessment.
Status: in_force

I. Except as provided in RSA 84-C:5-a and rules adopted pursuant to RSA 84-C:9, I-a, the payments required by RSA 84-C:3 shall be made by electronic transfer of moneys to the state treasurer and deposited to the nursing facility trust fund established by RSA 151-E:14. II. The state treasurer is authorized to establish an account or accounts and to take all steps necessary to facilitate the transfer of moneys required in paragraph I.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-E:13-1304 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-E / Section 13-1304
383-E:13-1304 Charter and Name Exclusive.
Status: in_force

Only one corporate credit union shall be incorporated under this chapter and no other credit union may use the term "corporate credit union" as a part of its name.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 115-A:21 — NH Code / Title VIII / Chapter 115-A / Section 21
115-A:21 Time Limit; Late Applications.
Status: in_force

No bonus payment shall be made under this subdivision unless application for the bonus payment is submitted within 5 years after the effective date of this subdivision. Any claim for bonus payment after such 5-year period shall be made to the director of the division of veterans services, and if approved by the director shall be submitted to the state treasurer and shall be a charge upon the general fund.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-O:5-a — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 12-O / Section 5-a
12-O:5-a Director of Intergovernmental Affairs.
Status: in_force

I. There is established in the office of the commissioner the unclassified position of director of intergovernmental affairs. The director shall be qualified to hold that position by reason of education and experience and shall perform such duties as the commissioner from time to time may authorize. II. The commissioner shall nominate for appointment by the governor, with the consent of the council, this unclassified director of intergovernmental affairs who shall serve for a term of 4 years. III. The salary of the director of intergovernmental affairs shall be determined after assessment and review of the appropriate temporary letter grade allocation in RSA 94:1-a, I(b) for the position which shall be conducted pursuant to RSA 94:1-d and RSA 14:14-c. IV. Upon completion of the appointment of the first director of intergovernmental affairs, position number 40049 shall be abolished to allow for the transition of this classified position with its available appropriations into the unclassified position of director of intergovernmental affairs. Funding shall be transferred into a new expenditure class number 11 within accounting unit 03-22-22-220010-2007.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-E:10 — NH Code / Title XIX / Chapter 227-E / Section 10
227-E:10 Staff.
Status: in_force

There shall be the equivalent of one full-time staff person who shall be hired by the chairman of the commission with the approval of the commission. The staff person shall assist the commission in carrying out the purposes of this chapter and shall report directly to the commission.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 465:13 — NH Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 465 / Section 13
465:13 Settlement of Accounts.
Status: in_force

A guardian may be required to settle his account at any time on a petition filed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 358-A:7 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 358-A / Section 7
358-A:7 Assurance of Discontinuance.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as preventing the attorney general, in cases in which the attorney general is authorized to bring an action, from accepting in lieu thereof an assurance of discontinuance of any act or practice which violates this chapter. Such assurance may include a stipulation for the voluntary payment by the alleged violator of the costs of investigation by the attorney general, or of an amount to be held in escrow pending the outcome of an action, or of an amount to restore to any person any money or real or personal property which may have been acquired by such alleged violator, or all 3. Any such assurance of discontinuance shall be in writing and be filed with the superior court of Merrimack county. Matters thus closed may be reopened by the attorney general at any time it is in the public interest. Evidence of a violation of such assurance shall constitute prima facie evidence of an act or practice declared to be unlawful by this chapter in any action thereafter commenced by the attorney general.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:56 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 674 / Section 56
674:56 Flood Hazards.
Status: in_force

I. Municipalities may adopt floodplain ordinances as part of their enrollment in the National Flood Insurance Program. Such ordinances shall be adopted pursuant to the authority granted under RSA 674:16 and 17, and shall be adopted and amended pursuant to the procedures in RSA 675 for the adoption and amendment of zoning ordinances. Municipalities may adopt floodplain ordinances either as an amendment to an existing zoning ordinance or as a separate ordinance. A municipality which adopts a floodplain ordinance which is separate from its zoning ordinance or without otherwise having adopted a zoning ordinance, shall observe all legal and procedural requirements for the floodplain ordinance that would be required for a zoning ordinance, including the creation of a board of adjustment. If a municipality has adopted a zoning ordinance either before or after the adoption of a floodplain ordinance, the board of adjustment shall be the same for both ordinances. II. (a) Municipalities may adopt fluvial erosion hazard ordinances. Such ordinances shall be adopted pursuant to the authority granted under RSA 674:16 and 17, and shall be adopted and amended pursuant to the procedures in RSA 675 for the adoption and amendment of zoning ordinances. Municipalities may adopt fluvial erosion hazard ordinances either as an amendment to an existing zoning ordinance or as a separate ordinance. A municipality which adopts a fluvial erosion hazard ordinance which is separate from its zoning ordinance or without otherwise having adopted a zoning ordinance, shall observe all legal and procedural requirements for the fluvial erosion hazard ordinance that would be required for a zoning ordinance, including the creation of a board of adjustment. If a municipality has adopted a zoning ordinance either before or after the adoption of a floodplain ordinance, the board of adjustment shall be the same for both ordinances. (b) Any fluvial erosion hazard zoning shall be based on delineation of zones consistent with any fluvial erosion hazard protocols established by the department of environmental services in effect on the date of its adoption. If the planning board of a municipality proposes to adopt, by ordinance or amendment, a fluvial erosion hazard ordinance or an amendment to a fluvial erosion hazard ordinance, the board shall, prior to determining the final form of the ordinance or amendment under RSA 675:2 or RSA 675:3, submit to the department of environmental services a map of all fluvial erosion hazard zones. The department shall review the map and advise the board within 30 days whether the map and zones are consistent with department protocols. The department's comments, if any, shall be advisory only.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 124:2 — NH Code / Title IX / Chapter 124 / Section 2
124:2 Faith and Credit Pledged.
Status: in_force

The faith and credit of the state are pledged to make adequate provision, from time to time, by appropriation or otherwise, to meet all obligations of the state incident to the acceptance of federal aid under the provisions of any act referred to in RSA 124:1 and the governor and council are authorized to issue all necessary documentary evidence of such faith and credit.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 100-B:10 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 100-B / Section 10
100-B:10 Defined Contribution Plan.
Status: in_force

I. All plan assets shall be held in trust for the exclusive purpose of providing contribution repayments to members and their beneficiaries or for the purpose of defraying the reasonable expenses of the operation and administration of the plan. If the service awards program and the related trust fund are not tax qualified within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the trust fund referred to in this paragraph may provide that the assets held under the fund may be subject to the claims of general creditors, if any, of the sponsor or may contain such other terms and provisions as are necessary to insure that the participation by an active member in the service awards program does not result in taxable income to such volunteer firefighter under any provision of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The contribution requirements for a service awards program that is a nonqualified deferred compensation plan or other pension plan shall be the amount actuarially determined. The contributions shall be made by the sponsors and the members on an annual basis. The sponsor shall contribute a minimum of $300 for each member in the plan. Each member in the plan shall contribute a minimum of $60. The maximum number of years for which a participating active member may make a contribution shall be 40 years. II. The contribution repayment payable to a participating active member entitled to a contribution repayment under the program shall be the resulting amount from a defined annual contribution made by the sponsor. The administrative costs shall be met by a .3 percent surcharge on the contribution. III. A member's retirement income plan shall provide that, in the event of the death of an active member who has a right to a nonforfeitable percentage of retirement income, the designated beneficiaries of such active member, or the estate if no beneficiary is so designated, shall be entitled to receive benefits payable under the service award plan. Such benefits shall be equal to the amount of contributions earned by the member under the plan at the date of death.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 28:3-a — NH Code / Title II / Chapter 28 / Section 3-a
28:3-a County Close of Books; Audits.
Status: in_force

I. Counties shall close their books on or before 90 days following the end of the county fiscal year unless the county has been granted an extension by the commissioner of the department of revenue administration. The commissioner may grant one or more 45-day extensions for cause, and shall notify the chairperson of the county convention of each extension and the reasons it was granted. II. In the event that an audit is required or requested by resolution by either the board of commissioners or the county convention, the commissioners, with the approval of the executive committee of the county convention, shall engage the services of a certified public accountant qualified in municipal and county finances for the purpose of conducting an audit of the county books of records. The performance and scope of the audit shall be in accordance with generally-accepted auditing standards. The audit shall include an examination for conformance with state and federal laws and regulations relating to county finances, including rules adopted by the commissioner of revenue administration pursuant to RSA 541-A, and shall also include an examination of any subject of county finances that may be requested either by the commissioners, by the county convention, or by the treasurer. The audit shall be completed within 120 days following the close of the books of the county fiscal year. The commissioners shall cause the report of the auditor, together with the customary management representation letter and management responses, to be published with or supplementary to the annual reports of the county officers, with a copy forwarded to the department of revenue administration. Upon completion of a county audit under this section, the county convention shall review the audit, management representation letter, and management responses for compliance with the criteria described in this section and may suggest alternative or additional measures for use in subsequent audits.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 82:6 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 82 / Section 6
82:6 Condition of Property.
Status: in_force

In determining the market value of the property and estate in this state of any such company, the department of revenue administration shall make careful inquiry into the condition of all of the property and estate, whether within or without the state, in order that the market value of all that portion of the property and estate of such company within this state, and subject to taxation hereunder, may be accurately fixed and determined.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-H:7 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-H / Section 7
161-H:7 Withholding at the Request of the Obligor.
Status: in_force

Upon the request of the obligor, the department may establish wage withholding under this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 206:33-f — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 206 / Section 33-f
206:33-f Environmental Review Fees.
Status: in_force

I. The executive director may charge a fee for the review of proposed projects which may adversely impact wildlife, including threatened or endangered species of wildlife, if such review is requested by a project developer, either public or private, regardless of whether such request is received before or after an application is submitted to any permitting agency. II. The fees established by this section shall be designed to recover a reasonable portion of the costs of: (a) Reviewing, assessing, and monitoring the impacts to wildlife of a proposed project; (b) Reviewing and assessing research, sampling, or modeling protocols to be implemented either prior to or after the completion of a project; and (c) Formulating recommendations designed to avoid, minimize, and/or mitigate any potential adverse impacts of a project on wildlife. III. Fees shall be fixed in a schedule prepared and revised as necessary by the executive director, and established in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A. Such schedule may differentiate among different classes of projects based on the intensity of the requisite review by the department. IV. 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. V. Receipt of the fees established by this section shall be a prerequisite for any environmental review undertaken by the department. Any permit or certificate dependent on the environmental review undertaken by the department shall be invalid until the fees assessed under this section are paid in full.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 292:10 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 292 / Section 10
292:10 Filing Order.
Status: in_force

The corporation shall cause an attested copy of the decree of the court to be filed in the office of the secretary of state forthwith after it is made; and when such copy has been so filed, the corporate existence of the corporation shall terminate in accordance with the terms of such decree.