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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 260:45 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 260 / Section 45
260:45 Discontinuance or Transfer of Business; Penalty.
Status: in_force

I. Whenever a distributor ceases to engage in business as a distributor within the state by reason of the discontinuance, sale, or transfer of the business, it shall be the duty of the distributor to notify the commissioner in writing at least 10 days prior to the time the discontinuance, sale, or transfer takes effect. The notice shall give the date of discontinuance and, in the event of a sale or transfer of the business, the date and the name and address of the purchaser or transferee thereof. All road tolls not yet due and payable shall, together with all interest accruing or penalties imposed, notwithstanding any other provisions of this subdivision, become due and payable concurrently with the discontinuance, sale, or transfer, and it shall be the duty of the distributor, concurrently with the discontinuance, sale, or transfer, to make a report and pay all road tolls, interest, and penalties, and to surrender to the department the license certificate issued to the distributor. II. Unless the notice provided for in paragraph I shall have been given to the department, the purchaser or transferee shall be liable to the state for the amount of all road tolls, penalties, and interest under this subdivision accrued against any such distributor so selling or transferring the distributor's business, on the date of such sale or transfer, but only to the extent of the value of the property and business thereby acquired from the distributor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 191:1 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 191 / Section 1
191:1 Advocacy of Subversive Doctrines Prohibited.
Status: in_force

No teacher shall advocate communism as a political doctrine or any other doctrine which includes the overthrow by force of the government of the United States or of this state in any public or state approved school or in any state institution.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:125 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 125
259:125 Way.
Status: in_force

"Way" shall mean: I. Except as provided in paragraphs II and III, the entire width between the boundary lines of any public highway, street, avenue, road, alley, park or parkway, or any private way laid out under authority of statute, or any such way provided and maintained by a public institution to which state funds are appropriated for public use, or any such way which has been used for public travel thereon, other than to and from a toll bridge or ferry, for 20 years, or any public or private parking lot which is maintained primarily for the benefit of paying customers; II. For the purposes of RSA 265:71, IV, RSA 265:79, RSA 265-A:2, I, RSA 265-A:3, RSA 265-A:4, RSA 265-A:25, and RSA 265-A:31, any public highway, street, avenue, road, alley, park, parking lot or parkway; any private way laid out under authority of statute; ways provided and maintained by public institutions to which state funds are appropriated for public use; any privately owned and maintained way open for public use; and any private parking lots, including parking lots and other out-of-door areas of commercial establishments which are generally maintained for the benefit of the public. III. For the purposes of RSA 263:64, any unimproved land between the boundary lines described in paragraph I and the maintained portion of the roadway.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 559:5 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 559 / Section 5
559:5 Sale by Consent.
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall be necessary to sell real estate for the payment of debts the judge, on application of the administrator, with the assent of the widow or surviving husband, if any, and, if there is no widow or surviving husband, then with the assent of the guardian of the minor children, if any, may grant license for the sale of the whole real estate of the deceased, including the homestead right and any other interest therein, and the reversions thereof.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-F:27 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 162-F / Section 27
162-F:27 Prior Approvals.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall limit the recovery of any decommissioning costs allowed in a stranded cost recovery charge approved pursuant to RSA 374-F by the public utilities commission in an electric restructuring agreement or compliance filing, including charges from a wholesale contract termination stipulation and agreement approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission prior to the effective date of this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 106-C:8 — NH Code / Title VII / Chapter 106-C / Section 8
106-C:8 Donation of Services.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained herein shall prevent any county or municipality which renders assistance to another county or municipality within the state from assuming such loss, damage, expense, or other cost, or from loaning police equipment, or from donating the services of such personnel and such equipment without charge or cost to the county or municipality requiring assistance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 374:3-b — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 374 / Section 3-b
374:3-b Alternative Regulation of Small Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers.
Status: in_force

I. In this section, "small incumbent local exchange carrier" means an incumbent local exchange carrier serving fewer than 25,000 access lines. II. Solely at its option, a small incumbent local exchange carrier subject to rate of return regulation, and only such small incumbent local exchange carrier, may petition the public utilities commission for approval of an alternative form of regulation providing for regulation of such carrier's retail operations comparable to the regulation applied to competitive local exchange carriers, subject to paragraph III, due to its status as carrier of last resort. III. The commission shall approve the alternative regulation plan if it finds that: (a) The small incumbent local exchange carrier has 25 percent fewer access lines in service than it did on December 31, 2004; (b) The plan provides for maximum stand-alone basic local service rates at levels that do not exceed the comparable rates charged by the largest incumbent local exchange carrier operating in the state and that do not increase by more than 5 percent in each of the 4 years after a plan is approved with the exception that the plan may provide for additional rate adjustments, with public utilities commission review and approval, to reflect changes in federal, state, or local government taxes, mandates, rules, regulations, or statutes; (c) The plan meets intercarrier service obligations under other applicable laws; (d) The plan preserves universal access to affordable stand-alone basic telephone service; and (e) The plan provides that, if the small incumbent local exchange carrier operating under the plan fails to meet any of the conditions set out in this section, the public utilities commission may require the small incumbent local exchange carrier to propose modifications to the alternative regulation plan or return to rate of return regulation. IV. The alternative regulation plan may allow the small incumbent local exchange carrier to offer bundled services that include combinations of telecommunications, data, video, and other services. V. Following approval of the alternative regulation plan, the small incumbent local exchange carrier shall no longer be subject to rate of return regulation or be required to file affiliate contracts or seek prior commission approval of financings or corporate organizational changes, including, without limitation, mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructurings, issuance or transfer of securities, or the sale, lease, or other transfer of assets or control. VI. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, competitive entry in the service territory of a small incumbent local exchange carrier which has petitioned for approval of an alternative regulation plan, is consistent with the public good for the specific purpose of RSA 374:22-g and approval of such competitive entry shall not require a hearing as required under RSA 374:26.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 321-A:6 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 321-A / Section 6
321-A:6 Newly-Developed Rides; Altered Mechanisms.
Status: in_force

When applying for a decal for a newly-developed type of carnival or amusement ride or whenever any additions or alterations are made which change the structure, mechanism, classification or capacity of any carnival or amusement ride the operator shall file with the commissioner a notice of the operator's intention and any plans or diagrams requested by the commissioner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 406-C:15 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 406-C / Section 15
406-C:15 Examination Authority.
Status: in_force

The insurance activities of financial institutions pursuant to RSA 383-B:3-301(d) and this chapter shall be subject to examination by the commissioner and the commissioner is authorized to impose reasonable and customary assessments on the financial institution for such examination.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 398:3 — NH Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 398 / Section 3
398:3 Penalty.
Status: in_force

Whoever violates any provision of this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 287-I:11 — NH Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 287-I / Section 11
287-I:11 Disclosure of Data Source.
Status: in_force

The commission and agents shall publicly disclose the source of the data that will be used to determine the outcome of a tier II or tier III wager.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 82:11 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 82 / Section 11
82:11 Railroad Trackage.
Status: in_force

Every railroad or railway corporation or company shall, in addition, state its total trackage whether within or without the state, and its total trackage within the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-B:5-505B — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-B / Section 5-505B
564-B:5-505B Coordination with Qualified Dispositions in Trusts.
Status: in_force

(a) On the effective date of RSA 564-B:5-505A, RSA 564-B:5-505A shall apply to: (1) Any transfer that: (A) Was made before the effective date of RSA 564-B:5-505A; and (B) Qualified as a qualified disposition within the meaning of RSA 564-D:1, VII, as in effect immediately before the effective date of RSA 564-B:5-505A; and (2) Any trust into which, before the effective date of RSA 564-B:5-505A, there was a transfer described in subsection (a)(1). (b) Except as otherwise permitted under RSA 564-B:5-505A, a creditor or assignee of a settlor may not avoid a transfer described in subsection (a)(1) if the creditor or assignee could not have avoided the transfer under RSA 564-D as in effect immediately before the effective date of RSA 564-B:5-505A. (c) Except as otherwise permitted under RSA 564-B:5-505A, a creditor or assignee of a settlor may not reach any property of a trust described in subsection (a)(2) if the creditor or assignee could not have reached the property under RSA 564-D as in effect immediately before the effective date of RSA 564-B:5-505A.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 420-D:17 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 420-D / Section 17
420-D:17 Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A to implement this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-L:33 — NH Code / Title XIX-A / Chapter 227-L / Section 33
227-L:33 Reimbursement by Towns.
Status: in_force

Each town receiving aid under the provisions of this chapter shall reimburse the state for payments made by the state under RSA 227-L:32 in the same proportion and to the same extent that such town would be required under RSA 227-L:22 to bear such expense if it had been incurred within the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 374:22-i — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 374 / Section 22-i
374:22-i Organization and Compensation.
Status: in_force

The oversight committee shall have a chairperson who shall be chosen by vote from among the committee membership. The chairperson's term of office shall be for the biennium. The committee shall have a clerk who shall be chosen by vote by members of the committee. The clerk's term of office shall be for the biennium. The committee shall meet immediately upon the close of each legislative session. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. The legislative members of the committee shall receive legislative mileage when in performance of their duties.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 480:5-a — NH Code / Title XLIX / Chapter 480 / Section 5-a
480:5-a Encumbering.
Status: in_force

No deed shall convey or encumber the homestead right, except a mortgage made at the time of purchase to secure payment of the purchase money, unless it is executed by the owner and wife or husband, if any, with the formalities required for the conveyance of land.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 370-A:2 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 370-A / Section 2
370-A:2 Prohibited Use; Notification Required.
Status: in_force

No person shall have a self-dialing telephone alarm system connected to his telephone which automatically calls a governmental agency unless that agency receives notification from the person prior to connection of such alarm system in compliance with regulations and guidelines promulgated by the department of safety pursuant to RSA 541-A. The governmental agency to be notified may provide a form suitable for information and action required of said agency upon receipt of call.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 159:6-c — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 159 / Section 6-c
159:6-c Appeal From Denial, Suspension, or Revocation.
Status: in_force

Any person whose application for a license to carry a loaded pistol or revolver has been denied pursuant to RSA 159:6 or whose license to carry a loaded pistol or revolver has been suspended or revoked pursuant to RSA 159:6-b may within 30 days thereafter, petition the district or municipal court in the jurisdiction in which such person resides to determine whether the petitioner is entitled to a license. The court shall conduct a hearing within 14 days after receipt of the petition. During this hearing the burden shall be upon the issuing authority to demonstrate by clear and convincing proof why any denial, suspension, or revocation was justified, failing which the court shall enter an order directing the issuing authority to grant or reinstate the petitioner's license. The court shall issue its decision not later than 14 days after the hearing on whether the petitioner is entitled to a license.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 281-A:26 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 281-A / Section 26
281-A:26 Compensation for Death.
Status: in_force

If death results from an injury, weekly compensation shall be paid to the dependents of the deceased employee in an amount provided by the compensation schedule in RSA 281-A:28 as follows: I. In all cases in which compensation is payable to a widow or widower for the benefit of herself or himself and dependent children, the commissioner shall have the power to determine from time to time, in the commissioner's discretion, what portion of the compensation shall be applied for the benefit of any such children and may order the same paid to a guardian. II. In the case of the remarriage of a widow or widower without dependent children, compensation payments shall cease. III. In the case of the remarriage of a widow or widower who has dependent children, the unpaid balance of compensation which would otherwise become due shall be payable to the mother, father, or guardian, or such other person as the commissioner may order, for the use and benefit of such children during dependency. IV. The employer shall pay burial expenses not to exceed $10,000. V. Any dependent, except a widow or a widower or children, who, at the time of the injury to the person covered under this chapter, is only partially dependent upon the injured person's earnings shall receive such proportion of the benefits provided for those wholly dependent as the amount of the wage contributed by the deceased to such partial dependent at the time of the injury bore to the total support of the dependent. VI. Compensation for a dependent child shall continue until the child becomes 18 years of age, or until the child becomes 25 years of age if such child is enrolled as a full-time student in an accredited educational institution. However, if the commissioner determines that the child is self-supporting or if the child marries or is legally adopted, compensation shall cease. A dependent child who is physically or mentally incapacitated shall continue to receive compensation as long as the incapacity continues. This paragraph shall have no effect on accidents or fatalities occurring prior to July 1, 1975, which shall be governed by the provisions of workers' compensation law prior to that date. VII. Compensation payable to any dependent other than a widow, widower, or children shall cease when such dependent is married, is legally adopted, or is determined by the commissioner to be self-supporting.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 210:24-b — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 210 / Section 24-b
210:24-b Wildlife Control Operators.
Status: in_force

I. The executive director may adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, for the licensure and regulation of wildlife control operators engaged in the practice of the trapping of nuisance animals. Such rules may include, but shall not be limited to: (a) The establishment of license types and fees. (b) Minimum license requirements. (c) The manner and method of taking. (d) The wildlife species which may be controlled. (e) Transportation and disposition of the wildlife. (f) Reporting and sale requirements. (g) Exceptions to RSA 210:11. (h) License reciprocity. II. The provisions of this section, and any rules adopted under this section, shall not apply to officers and employees of the department, the state, or of a municipality, where such persons are acting in their official capacity.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651-A:8 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 651-A / Section 8
651-A:8 Eligibility for Parole; Persons Convicted of Psycho-Sexual Murder.
Status: in_force

A prisoner serving a sentence of life imprisonment who has been convicted of murder which was psycho-sexual in nature and committed prior to April 15, 1974, shall not be eligible for parole until he shall have served 40 years minus any credits earned under the provisions of RSA 651-A:22 and RSA 651-A:23 and until the board shall recommend to the superior court that said prisoner should be released on parole. The superior court shall have a hearing on the recommendation of the board at which all interested parties, including the attorney general, may appear and present evidence. If it shall appear to the superior court after said hearing that there is a reasonable probability that the prisoner will remain at liberty without violating the law and will conduct himself as a good citizen, the court may order him released on parole with such conditions as it may deem just.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 79-E:5 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 79-E / Section 5
79-E:5 Duration of Tax Relief Period.
Status: in_force

I. The governing body may grant such tax assessment relief for a period of up to 5 years, beginning with the completion of the substantial rehabilitation. I-a. For the approval of a replacement of a qualifying structure, the governing body may grant such tax assessment relief for a period of up to 5 years, beginning only upon the completion of construction of the replacement structure. The governing body may, in its discretion, extend such additional years of tax relief as provided for under this section, provided that no such additional years of tax relief may be provided prior to the completion of construction of the replacement structure. The municipal tax assessment of the replacement structure and the property on which it is located shall not increase or decrease in the period between the approval by the governing body of tax relief for the replacement structure and the time the owner completes construction of the replacement structure and grants to the municipality the covenant to protect the public benefit as required by this chapter. The governing body may not grant any tax assessment relief under this chapter with respect to property and structures for which an election has been made for property appraisal under RSA 75:1-a. II. The governing body may, in its discretion, add up to an additional 2 years of tax relief for a project that results in new residential units and up to 4 years for a project that includes affordable housing. III. The governing body may, in its discretion, add up to an additional 4 years of tax relief for the substantial rehabilitation of a qualifying structure that is listed on or determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places, state register of historic places, or is located within and important to a locally designated historic district, provided that the substantial rehabilitation is conducted in accordance with the U.S. Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation. IV. The governing body may adopt local guidelines to assist it in determining the appropriate duration of the tax assessment relief period.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 155-E:1 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 155-E / Section 1
155-E:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Earth" means sand, gravel, rock, soil or construction aggregate produced by quarrying, crushing or any other mining activity or such other naturally-occurring unconsolidated materials that normally mask the bedrock. II. "Excavation" means a land area which is used, or has been used, for the commercial taking of earth, including all slopes. III. "Regulator" means: (a) The planning board of a city or town, or if a town at an annual or special meeting duly warned for the purpose so provides, the selectmen of the town or the board of adjustment; or (b) If there is no planning board, the selectmen of the town or the legislative body of the city; or (c) The county commissioners if the land area is in an unincorporated place. IV. "Dimension stone" means rock that is cut, shaped, or selected for use in blocks, slabs, sheets, or other construction units of specified shapes or sizes and used for external or interior parts of buildings, foundations, curbing, paving, flagging, bridges, revetments, or for other architectural or engineering purposes. Dimension stone includes quarry blocks from which sections of dimension stone are to be produced. Dimension stone does not include earth as defined in RSA 155-E:1, I. V. "Excavation site" means any area of contiguous land in common ownership upon which excavation takes place. VI. "Excavation area" means the surface area within an excavation site where excavation has occurred or is eligible to occur under the provisions of this chapter.