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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-A:30 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 162-A / Section 30
162-A:30 Authorization to Accept State Money.
Status: in_force

The authority is authorized to accept such moneys as may be appropriated from time to time by the legislature for carrying out its corporate purpose. The authority shall repay the state all sums which are appropriated to the authority for organizational purposes in 5 annual installments, beginning with the fifth year after the receipt of such funds.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:14.01 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 14.01
293-A:14.01 Dissolution by Incorporators or Initial Directors.
Status: in_force

(a) A majority of the incorporators or initial directors of a corporation that has not issued shares or has not commenced business may dissolve the corporation by delivering to the secretary of state for filing articles of dissolution that set forth: (1) the name of the corporation; (2) the date of its incorporation; (3) either (i) that none of the corporation's shares has been issued or (ii) that the corporation has not commenced business; (4) that no debt of the corporation remains unpaid; (5) that the net assets of the corporation remaining after winding up have been distributed to the shareholders, if shares were issued; and (6) that a majority of the incorporators or initial directors authorized the dissolution.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 438:7 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 438 / Section 7
438:7 General Powers and Duties of Commissioner.
Status: in_force

I. The commissioner shall have the custody of the state standards of weight and measure and of the other standards and equipment provided for by this chapter, and shall keep accurate records of such standards and equipment. II. The commissioner shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and the administrative rules adopted under this chapter. III. The commissioner may issue an order to any person in violation of this chapter, any term or condition of a license, permit or registration issued under this chapter, or any rule adopted under this chapter. This order may require such remedial or corrective measures as may be necessary. The order shall require elimination of the violation and shall set the time frame within which the remedial or corrective measures shall be completed. Any person to whom an order is directed may appeal to the commissioner or to the superior court. IV. The commissioner may hold hearings concerning the issuance of licenses, permits or registrations and the enforcement of these and any other provisions of this chapter. V. The commissioner may impose administrative fines pursuant to RSA 438:40. VI. The commissioner shall license annually all devices used commercially to provide services on the basis of weight, measure, or count or to establish size, quantity, extent, area or measurement of commodities or articles sold or offered or exposed for sale. VII. The commissioner shall biennially make to the governor a report on all of the activities under this chapter within its biennial report pursuant to RSA 20:7. VIII. The commissioner shall designate the registration and expiration dates for all licenses, permits, and registrations issued under this chapter. IX. The commissioner shall make an annual report on October 1 of each year to the house and senate committees on executive departments and administration and to the house and senate clerks including the number of consumer complaints, the number of inspections, and the number of audits during the prior fiscal year for meters, scales, and other devices.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 187-A:16-a — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 187-A / Section 16-a
187-A:16-a Prohibition on Preferential Treatment and Discrimination.
Status: in_force

I. (a) Within the state college and university system, there shall be no preferential treatment or discrimination in recruiting, hiring, promotion, or admission based on race, sex, national origin, religion, or sexual orientation. (b) Within the state college and university system, there shall be no discrimination based on an applicant's or employee's law enforcement, military, or veteran status. II. Notwithstanding paragraph I: (a) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting bona fide qualifications based on sex which are reasonably necessary to the normal operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting. (b) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as invalidating any court order or consent decree which is in force as of the effective date of this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 436:109 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 436 / Section 109
436:109 Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who violates the provisions of this subdivision or rule adopted under it shall be guilty of a violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 463-A:19 — NH Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 463-A / Section 19
463-A:19 Accounting by and Determination of Liability of Custodian.
Status: in_force

I. A minor who has attained the age of 14 years, the minor's guardian of the person or legal representative, an adult member of the minor's family, a transferor, or a transferor's legal representative may petition the court for an accounting by the custodian or the custodian's legal representative, or for a determination of responsibility, as between the custodial property and the custodian personally, for claims against the custodial property unless the responsibility has been adjudicated in an action under RSA 463-A:17 to which the minor or the minor's legal representative was a party. II. A successor custodian may petition the court for an accounting by the predecessor custodian. III. The court, in a proceeding under this chapter or in any other proceeding, may require or permit the custodian or the custodian's legal representative to account. IV. If a custodian is removed under RSA 463-A:18, VI, the court shall require an accounting and order delivery of the custodial property and records to the successor custodian and the execution of all instruments required for transfer of the custodial property.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-P:28 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-P / Section 28
21-P:28 Powers and Duties.
Status: repealed

I. The commission, within budgetary limitations, shall: (a) Certify fire service personnel as meeting minimum educational and training standards. (b) Act upon request as the advisory committee to the state board of education concerning any fire educational programs. (c) Require submission of reports and information from fire departments within the state that may be pertinent to the functioning of the commission. (d) In coordination with the division of fire standards and training and emergency medical services, make such investigations as may be necessary to determine whether governmental units are complying with the provisions of this subdivision. II. The commission may: (a) Make or cause to be made studies of any aspect of fire service, education, operations, training, research or recruitment; (b) Recommend to the director of the division of fire standards and training and emergency medical services that he enter into contracts or do such things as may be necessary and incidental to the administration of the commission's authority pursuant to this subdivision; (c) Undertake any project and engage in any activity which will serve to improve public fire safety or public safety; and (d) [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 672:3 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 672 / Section 3
672:3 Abutter.
Status: in_force

"Abutter" means any person whose property is located in New Hampshire and adjoins or is directly across the street or stream from the land under consideration by the local land use board. "Directly across the street or stream" shall be determined by lines drawn perpendicular from all pairs of corner boundaries along the street or stream of the applicant to pairs of projected points on any property boundary across the street or stream that intersect these perpendicular lines. Any property that lies along the street or stream between each pair of projected points, or is within 50 feet of any projected point shall be considered an abutter. For purposes of receiving testimony only, and not for purposes of notification, the term "abutter" shall include any person who is able to demonstrate that his land will be directly affected by the proposal under consideration. For purposes of receipt of notification by a municipality of a local land use board hearing, in the case of an abutting property being under a condominium or other collective form of ownership, the term abutter means the officers of the collective or association, as defined in RSA 356-B:3, XXIII. For purposes of receipt of notification by a municipality of a local land use board hearing, in the case of an abutting property being under a manufactured housing park form of ownership as defined in RSA 205-A:1, II, the term "abutter" includes the manufactured housing park owner and the tenants who own manufactured housing which adjoins or is directly across the street or stream from the land under consideration by the local land use board.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 420-F:5-a — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 420-F / Section 5-a
420-F:5-a Dependent Coverage.
Status: in_force

I. A policy may, at the election of the carrier, insure, originally or by subsequent amendment, upon application of an adult member of a family who shall be deemed the policyholder, any 2 or more eligible members of that family, including husband, wife, dependent children, or any other person dependent upon the policyholder. In the event a carrier elects to provide coverage for dependent children, the term "dependent child" shall include a subscriber's child by blood or by law, who is under age 26. I-a. The coverage of any family member insured by such policy, pursuant to paragraph I, who is mentally or physically incapable of earning his or her own living as of the date on which such dependent's status as a covered family member would otherwise expire because of age, shall continue under such policy while such policy remains in force or is replaced by another policy as long as such incapacity continues and as long as such dependent remains chiefly financially dependent on the policyholder or the employee or his or her estate is chargeable for the care of such dependent; provided, that due proof of such incapacity is received by the insurer within 31 days of such expiration date. If such coverage is continued in accordance with this paragraph, such dependent shall be entitled upon the termination of such incapacity to coverage offered by the New Hampshire high risk pool under RSA 404-G. II. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require: (a) Coverage for services provided to a dependent before the effective date of this section; or (b) That an employer pay all or part of the cost of family coverage that includes a dependent as provided pursuant to this section. III. A subscriber that elects family coverage during any applicable open enrollment period may enroll any dependent eligible pursuant to this section. IV. Coverage for a dependent provided pursuant to this section shall be provided until the earlier of the following: (a) The dependent is disqualified for dependent status as set forth in paragraph I of this section; or (b) The date upon which the employer under whose contract coverage is provided to a dependent ceases to provide coverage to the subscriber. V. Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a health insurance carrier to refuse an election for coverage by a dependent pursuant to paragraph III, based upon the dependent's prior disqualification pursuant to subparagraph IV(a). VI. (a) Notice regarding coverage for a dependent as provided pursuant to this section shall be provided to a subscriber: (1) In the certificate of coverage prepared for subscribers on or about the date of commencement of coverage; and (2) Within 30 days following the effective date of this section. (b) Such notice shall include information regarding the required special open enrollment period.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 482-A:30-b — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 482-A / Section 30-b
482-A:30-b Payment for Other Jurisdictional Resource Losses.
Status: in_force

For losses to sand dunes, undeveloped portions of duly-established 100-foot buffers of designated prime wetlands, and undeveloped tidal buffer zones, the in-lieu payment shall be the sum of: I. The cost that would have been incurred if a resource of the same type was restored at the ratios adopted by the department, based on a price of $65,000 per acre of resource area created, to be adjusted at the beginning of the calendar year according to the annual simple rate of interest on judgments established by RSA 336:1; II. The area of resources impacted, as used in the calculation performed under paragraph I, times the cost of land in the municipality where the impact is occurring as calculated by the total assessed land values in the municipality, as determined by the department of revenue administration, which are equalized, divided by the number of acres in the municipality to yield a per acre equalized land value; and III. An administrative assessment equal to 20 percent of the amount in paragraphs I and II.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 644:19 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 644 / Section 19
644:19 Unauthorized Recording in a Motion Picture Theater.
Status: in_force

I. In this section: (a) "Audiovisual recording function" means the capability of a device to record or transmit a motion picture or any part thereof by means of any technology now known or later developed. (b) "Motion picture theater" means a movie theater, screening room, or other venue that is being utilized primarily for the exhibition of a motion picture at the time of the offense. II. Any person who knowingly operates the audiovisual recording function of any device in a motion picture theater, while a motion picture is being exhibited and without the written consent of the motion picture theater owner, commits a crime punishable as provided in paragraph III. III. Unauthorized operation of a recording device shall be a class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a class B felony for a second or subsequent offense. IV. This section does not prevent any lawfully authorized investigative, law enforcement, protective, or intelligence gathering employee or agent, of the local, state, or federal government or a duly authorized private investigator, from operating any audiovisual recording device in a motion picture theater, as part of lawfully authorized investigative, protective, law enforcement, or intelligence gathering activities. V. This section does not apply to a person who operates the audiovisual recording function of a device in a retail establishment solely to demonstrate the use of that device for sales purposes. VI. Nothing in this section prevents prosecution, instead of prosecution pursuant to this section, under any provision of law providing for a greater penalty.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 518:4 — NH Code / Title LIII / Chapter 518 / Section 4
518:4 Minors.
Status: in_force

When the persons supposed to be interested are minors notices may be given to their guardians. If they have no guardians the judge of probate in the county where they reside, on application, may appoint guardians, to whom notice may be given to appear for and protect the rights of such minors.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 559:1 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 559 / Section 1
559:1 When License Granted.
Status: in_force

The judge, on application of the administrator, may grant a license for the sale of the real estate of any person deceased, or of lands purchased or set off to the administrator in payment of debts due to the estate, when the personal property shall be insufficient to pay the just demands by law chargeable to the estate.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 553:28 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 553 / Section 28
553:28 Removal of Administrator for Noncompliance.
Status: in_force

If an administrator does not comply with the provisions of the preceding sections he shall be removed from his trust.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 662:6 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 662 / Section 6
662:6 Delegates to State Party Conventions.
Status: in_force

At every state primary election, the voters shall elect delegates to each state party convention in the same manner and in the same proportion as state representative districts.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 551-A:10 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 551-A / Section 10
551-A:10 Self-Proved Will.
Status: in_force

Any will meeting the requirements of this chapter is self-proved and shall be allowed as such by the probate court.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72-A:5 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 72-A / Section 5
72-A:5 Town Treasurer.
Status: in_force

I. Every clerk, tax collector, and authorized agent shall each week send all boat fees collected to his town or city treasurer. Except as provided in paragraph II, boat fees shall be for the general use of the town or city. II. When the boat fee is collected by the department of safety, the fee shall be deposited in the navigation safety fund established under RSA 270-E:6-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 486:6 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 486 / Section 6
486:6 Retention of Funds.
Status: in_force

I. The grantee shall retain an amount of the revenues derived from the payment of costs by industrial users of waste treatment services, to the extent costs are attributable to the federal share of eligible project costs provided pursuant to this chapter as determined by the department, equal to: (a) The amount of the nonfederal cost of the project paid by the grantee; plus (b) The amount determined in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner, pursuant to RSA 541-A, which is necessary for future expansion and reconstruction of the project, except that the retained amount shall not exceed 50 percent of the revenues from the project. II. That portion of revenues retained by the grantee attributable to paragraph I(b), together with any interest on that portion, shall be used solely for the purposes of future construction, expansion, and reconstruction of any treatment works within the grantee's jurisdiction.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-G:15 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-G / Section 15
21-G:15 Protection of Obligations.
Status: in_force

I. The general court hereby specifically states that this chapter is in no way and to no extent intended to, nor shall it be construed in any manner to, impair the contractual or other obligations of any agency abolished by the general court or of the state of New Hampshire. It is hereby specifically provided that all obligations of any agency abolished, whose powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred in accordance with this chapter, hereafter shall be deemed to be the obligations of the department to which the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the agency are transferred, and of its commissioner, to the same extent as if originally made by them. In like manner, and in order to prevent any violation of the provisions, terms, or conditions of any gift, donation, deed, will, trust, or other instrument or disposition by which property of any kind has been vested in an agency abolished by the general court, or diversion from the purposes for which such property was thus vested in any such agency, it is hereby specifically provided that each such instrument or disposition hereafter shall be deemed to have been vested in the department to which the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the agency are transferred, and its commissioner, in the same manner and to the same extent as if originally so done. II. The department to which the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of each such agency are transferred and its commissioner shall be the successor in every way to each such agency, including all of the obligations and debts of each such agency. All funds heretofore dedicated by or under authority of the constitution and laws of this state, or any of its subdivisions, to the payment of any bonds issued for construction or improvements for any institution or facility under the control of any such agency shall continue to be collected and dedicated to the payment of those bonds. In like manner, all other dedications and allocations of revenues and sources of revenues heretofore made shall continue in the same manner, to the same extent, and for the same purposes as were provided prior to the enactment of this chapter, and shall so continue, notwithstanding the passage of any laws by the general court relative to reorganization of the executive branch.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 334:47 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 334 / Section 47
334:47 Procuring Bill, Mortgaged Goods.
Status: in_force

Any person who ships goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a negotiable bill, which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the lien or mortgage, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5:28 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 5 / Section 28
5:28 Appointment of Director.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state, with the approval of governor and council, shall appoint the director of the division of archives and records management, who shall be known as the state archivist and who shall be an unclassified state employee. The director shall have a minimum of a master's degree in library science, history, or equivalent or 10 years prior experience as an archivist or experience in a related field. The term of office for the state archivist shall be for 4 years. Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term. The salary of the state archivist shall be as specified in RSA 94:1-a.