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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 384-F:9 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 384-F / Section 9
384-F:9 Branches and Agencies of Foreign Banks; Necessity of Licensure.
Status: in_force

I. No foreign bank shall transact business in this state except at a New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency which it is licensed to establish and maintain pursuant to this chapter, and at which it conducts such activities as are permitted by this chapter. II. Paragraph I shall not be deemed to prohibit: (a) Any foreign bank which establishes and maintains a federal agency or federal branch in this state from transacting at such federal agency or federal branch such business as it may be authorized to transact under applicable federal laws and regulations; (b) Any foreign bank which does not maintain a New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency from making in this state loans secured by liens on real or personal property located in this state or enforcing such loans in this state; (c) Any foreign bank which does not maintain a New Hampshire branch or New Hampshire agency from transacting trust business in this state as long as the trust business is not conducted from an office or location in this state; (d) Any foreign bank which maintains a New Hampshire branch or agency from transacting business as agent for an affiliated depository or other institution in accordance with provisions of this chapter; or (e) Any foreign bank organized under the laws of a territory of the United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, or the Virgin Islands, the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, from establishing and operating an interstate branch in this state in its capacity as a "state bank" as defined in the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, pursuant to the authorities contained in that Act and in the laws of this state. III. For purposes of paragraph I, no foreign bank shall be deemed to be transacting business in this state merely because a subsidiary or affiliate transacts business in this state, including business that any depository institution, subsidiary, or affiliate may lawfully conduct in this state as an agent for the foreign bank in accordance with and to the extent authorized by the laws of this state and applicable rules, regulations, or orders of the commissioner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-C:134 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-C / Section 134
304-C:134 Judicial Dissolution Upon Application by a Member.
Status: in_force

I. Unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, upon application by a member, the superior court may decree the dissolution of a limited liability company in any of the following circumstances: (a) It is not reasonably practicable for the limited liability company to carry on its business. (b) A voting deadlock has occurred among the members and, upon the occurrence of the deadlock, the members have been unable to break the deadlock; and because of the deadlock, either irreparable injury to the limited liability company is threatened or being suffered or the limited liability company's business and internal affairs can no longer be conducted to its advantage. II. In a proceeding brought under paragraph I, a court may order a remedy other than dissolution. III. A member shall have the right to apply to the superior court to decree the dissolution of a limited liability company, and the superior court may issue such a decree, in any of the following circumstances: (a) The limited liability company has procured its certificate of formation through fraud. (b) The limited liability company has exceeded or abused its lawful authority under this act. (c) The limited liability company has carried on, conducted, or transacted its business in a persistently fraudulent or illegal manner. (d) The limited liability company has abused its power contrary to the public policy of the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 31:39 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 31 / Section 39
31:39 Purpose and Penalties.
Status: in_force

I. Towns may make bylaws for: (a) The care, protection, preservation and use of the public cemeteries, parks, commons, libraries and other public institutions of the town; (b) The prevention of the going at large of horses and other domestic animals in any public place in the town; (c) The observance of Memorial Day, whereby interference with and disturbance of the exercises for such observance, by processions, sports, games or other holiday exercises, may be prohibited; (d) Regulation of the use of mufflers upon boats and vessels propelled by gasoline, oil or naphtha and operating upon the waters within the town limits; (e) The kindling, guarding and safekeeping of fires, and for removing all combustible materials from any building or place, as the safety of property in the town may require; (f) The collection, removal and destruction of garbage, snow and other waste materials; (g) Regulating the operation of vehicles, except railroads as common carriers, upon their streets; (h) Regulating the conduct of public dances; (i) Regulating the conduct of roller skating rinks; (j) Regulating the sanitary conditions of restaurants within town limits in accordance with the provisions of RSA 147:1; (k) Issuing a license for the operation of a restaurant and other food serving establishments within the town limits and charging a reasonable fee for same; (l) Making and ordering their prudential affairs; (m) Issuing permits for tattooing facilities and charging a fee for the permit; and (n) Regulating noise, except that no ordinance or bylaw that attempts to regulate noise from activities related to farms, agriculture, and farming as defined in RSA 21:34-a shall be enforceable within a town. This exception shall not apply to agritourism as defined in RSA 21:34-a, II(b)(5). (o) Requiring the reporting of contributions to, and expenditures by, any candidate or political committee made for the purpose of influencing the election of any candidate for local elective office, or any person or committee for the purpose of influencing the vote on any local ballot or referendum question. (p) Regulating the retail display and accessibility of martial arts weapons including throwing stars, throwing darts, nunchaku, blow guns, or any other objects designed for use in the martial arts that are capable of being used as lethal or dangerous weapons. II. Towns may appoint all such officers as may be necessary to carry the bylaws into effect. III. Towns may enforce the observance of the bylaws by suitable penalties not exceeding $1,000 for each offense to enure to such uses as the town may direct.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 487:16 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 487 / Section 16
487:16 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subdivision: I. "Department" means the department of environmental services. I-a. "Exotic aquatic species of wildlife" means wildlife, as defined in RSA 207:1, XXXV, that: (a) Depend on a freshwater aquatic environment; and (b) Are not naturally occurring in New Hampshire or have not become established in New Hampshire as a result of an intentional introduction program by a state agency. II. The term "exotic aquatic weeds" includes only those species of vascular aquatic plants which were not part of New Hampshire's native aquatic flora before 1950. Cabomba caroliniana and Myriophyllum heterophyllum are examples of exotic aquatic weeds. III. "Federal program" means the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C.A. 1324, the federal clean lakes program (P.L. 92-500, section 314), as amended, now known as the Water Quality Act of 1987 (P.L. 100-4), as amended. IV. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of environmental services. V. "Aquatic plants" means plants that are adapted to live in freshwater aquatic environments, also referred to as aquatic macrophytes.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 400-A:25 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 400-A / Section 25
400-A:25 Records; Inspection; Destruction.
Status: in_force

I. Unless otherwise provided by law, all records and documents of the insurance department are subject to public inspection pursuant to the right to know law, RSA 91-A. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 91-A, the commissioner may determine by order that it is in the public interest to make public additional records and documents or to hold certain records and documents confidential within the insurance department. II. Except as otherwise provided by law, all records and documents of the department are subject to subpoena by a court of competent jurisdiction. III. The commissioner may destroy at the end of 3 years from the date of filing any records determined to be no longer of any value to the state. The commissioner may destroy at an earlier date such records of the department which are readily available to the commissioner in an unaltered form from any other state or federal agency or from any licensed insurance company.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-D:2 — NH Code / Title XIX / Chapter 227-D / Section 2
227-D:2 Agreements for Management and Supervision of Land.
Status: in_force

The department of natural and cultural resources is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate agreements with the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, the towns involved, and others, by which such lands shall be managed and supervised by department personnel. Such agreements shall include, but are not limited to, provisions for the exercise of enforcement powers vested in department personnel on such lands; timber cutting; trail location and maintenance; search and rescue operations; public liability; restrictive uses such as camping; and all other aspects of operating said lands for public recreational uses consistent with the natural environment.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 604:1-b — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 604 / Section 1-b
604:1-b Discovery in Criminal Matters.
Status: in_force

After an accused person has been bound over to the superior court and prior to indictment, the accused person shall have the same rights to discovery and deposition as he or she has subsequent to indictment, provided that all judicial proceedings with respect thereto shall be within the jurisdiction of the superior court, and notice of complaint therefor and hearing thereon shall be given to the county attorney, or the attorney general if the attorney general shall have entered the case.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 266:47 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 266 / Section 47
266:47 Sale and Use of Regrooved Tires Prohibited.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for any person to use or sell any used passenger car tires that have been regrooved.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 408-F:3 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 408-F / Section 3
408-F:3 Construction.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purpose under RSA 408-F:2 which shall constitute an aid and guide to interpretation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-P:7-b — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-P / Section 7-b
21-P:7-b State Office Complex Police Force.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of safety is authorized to organize a state office complex police force for the purpose of patrolling the New Hampshire hospital's buildings, roads, and grounds of the campus of the state office park south and providing for general security on the campus. The state office complex police force shall be under the immediate control of and responsible to the commissioner of safety or his or her designee.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-F:20-2013 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-F / Section 20-2013
564-F:20-2013 Judicial Dissolution.
Status: in_force

(a) A court may dissolve a foundation if: (1) The foundation procured its certificate of formation through fraud, duress, or undue influence; (2) The foundation's purposes are not lawful or are contrary to the public policy of this state; (3) The foundation has exceeded or abused its lawful authority under this chapter; (4) The foundation has carried on, conducted, or transacted its affairs in a persistently fraudulent or illegal manner; or (5) The foundation has abused its power contrary to the public policy of this state. (b) A court may dissolve a foundation if: (1) All of the foundation officials consent to the termination; (2) All of the beneficiaries consent to the termination; (3) To the extent that the foundation is a charitable trust, the director of charitable trusts consents to the dissolution; and (4) The dissolution does not violate any of the foundation's material purposes. (c) A court may dissolve a foundation if: (1) Because of circumstances that the founder did not anticipate, the dissolution will further the foundation's purposes; and (2) The dissolution does not violate any of the foundation's material purposes. (d) Any of the following persons may commence a judicial proceeding seeking the foundation's dissolution under this section: (1) A foundation official; (2) A beneficiary unless the governing documents prohibit the beneficiary from commencing a judicial proceeding seeking the foundation's dissolution; (3) To the extent that the foundation is a charitable trust, the director of charitable trusts; and (4) With respect to a dissolution under subsection (a), the attorney general.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 407-C:3 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 407-C / Section 3
407-C:3 Agents.
Status: in_force

No person, for himself or herself or in behalf of any individual, firm, association, or corporation, shall sell, or offer to sell, any such road or other service, without being licensed as a producer therefor by the insurance commissioner pursuant to the provisions of RSA 402-J. However, no producer license shall be required of a person employed by a licensed business entity pursuant to the provisions of RSA 402-J.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 525-A:1 — NH Code / Title LIII / Chapter 525-A / Section 1
525-A:1 Statement of Purpose.
Status: in_force

Funds appropriated to New Hampshire Legal Assistance for the purposes of civil legal assistance shall be used to enable the state to fund civil legal services to low-income persons in the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 534:2 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 534 / Section 2
534:2 Limitation on.
Status: in_force

Persons imprisoned upon legal process, civil or criminal, in which the cause of the imprisonment is distinctly expressed, and persons committed by a court or judge of the United States, and where no judge of a court of this state has authority to discharge or to commit to bail, are not entitled of right to such writ.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 482:42 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 482 / Section 42
482:42 License to Flow Public Lands.
Status: in_force

The governor and council may grant to the owner of a dam located at the outlet of an inland public water the right to flow public lands contiguous to such public water and its tributaries when, in the opinion of the department, it is in the public interest to do so, and under such terms and conditions with respect to water levels and otherwise as the department may specify.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 100-A:23 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 100-A / Section 23
100-A:23 Benefits.
Status: repealed

I. Employees who become members of the retirement system under the provisions of RSA 100-A:20 through 100-A:22 and on behalf of whom contributions are paid as provided herein shall be entitled to benefits under the retirement system as though they were state employees. II. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-C:16-a — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 141-C / Section 16-a
141-C:16-a Closure; Decontamination.
Status: in_force

I. The commissioner, with the written approval of the governor, may close, direct, and compel the evacuation and decontamination of any building located within the state that is accessible to the public, such as businesses, primary and secondary schools, and universities, regardless of whether publicly or privately owned, when there is reasonable cause to believe the building may present an imminent danger to the public health. The commissioner may also cause any material located within or on the grounds of a building to be decontaminated or destroyed when there is reasonable cause to believe that the material may present imminent danger to the public health. Destruction of any material under this chapter shall be considered a taking of private property and shall be subject to the compensation provisions of RSA 4:46. II. Notice shall be made by posting notice on all means of ingress or egress of the building and, within 24 hours of posting, mailing the notice, return receipt requested, to the owner of record. The notice shall state the reason for the action and its anticipated duration. III. Orders issued pursuant to this section shall be effective immediately and shall remain in effect in accordance with this section unless the superior court issues a decision directing otherwise. Any person who is aggrieved by an order pursuant to this section may request a hearing in the superior court to contest that order. The superior court shall schedule and hold a hearing and issue a decision within 5 working days of the court's receipt of the request for a hearing, unless a shorter period is required for review. At the hearing, the burden of proof shall be on the commissioner to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the action taken is reasonably necessary to protect the health of the public. IV. Orders issued under this section shall be subject to the due process provisions of RSA 141-C:14-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 188-E:18 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 188-E / Section 18
188-E:18 Automotive Technology Curriculum; Funding.
Status: in_force

I. The department of education shall develop and implement an automotive technology curriculum in the regional career and technology education centers to provide statewide opportunities for high school students interested in careers in the automotive industry to enroll in a high quality automotive technology curriculum. II. The state board of education shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to course content, curricular requirements, and general procedures for implementing the automotive technology curriculum. At a minimum, the curriculum shall include standards established by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF). III. In developing and implementing an automotive technology curriculum, the efforts of the department of education shall complement existing public and private actions, and shall include the pursuit of innovative public-private partnerships with businesses, nongovernmental organizations, the community college system of New Hampshire, and other appropriate groups. Such partnerships shall at a minimum consist of a 50/50 match of public and private funds, or like kind compensation. (a) Funding shall not exceed $5,000 per automotive technology program or $90,000 in total non-lapsing appropriations in a fiscal year. Such funding shall be used exclusively to assist an automotive technology program in obtaining or maintaining NATEF certification and may include instructor professional development, including ASE certification, automotive laboratory equipment, hand tools, maintenance of equipment or tools, learning resources, multimedia periodicals, and any other items deemed necessary to assist an automotive technology program in obtaining or maintaining NATEF certification. (b) Automotive technology programs that will meet certification requirements within 2 years shall be given priority for funding. All other programs not eligible to be certified within the first 2 years shall be eligible for any remaining funding. IV. When appropriate, the department of education shall include in its biennial capital budget request funding for the planning, construction, and renovation of equipment necessary for the operation of automotive technology curriculum in the regional career and technical education centers. V. Regional career and technology education centers which implement the automotive technology curriculum shall be responsible for maintaining the program with funding requests made through the budgetary cycle. VI. Existing or new technical education centers that provide automotive technology education shall obtain program certification pursuant to paragraph II of this section prior to becoming eligible to receive state renovation and construction funds.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72-B:7 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 72-B / Section 7
72-B:7 Lien.
Status: in_force

Unless a bond or other security is required pursuant to RSA 72-B:5, excavation tax assessments levied under RSA 72-B:4 shall, on the date the excavating commences, create a lien upon the land on account of which it is made and against the owner of record of such land and shall continue for a period of 18 months following the date of assessment by the local assessing officials. All excavation tax assessments shall be subject to statutory collection proceedings against real estate as prescribed by RSA 80.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 32:5-d — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 32 / Section 5-d
32:5-d Disclosure of State Funding Received.
Status: in_force

All municipalities and school district governing bodies shall post the amount of funds received from the state, either by allocation or grant, on their official town or school website within 30 days of receipt. In the absence of a website a political subdivision shall post the information in 2 appropriate places.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5:4-a — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 5 / Section 4-a
5:4-a Display of Historical Documents.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall, during certain times within his discretion, put on public display in rooms 118 and 119 of the state house the authentic copy of the declaration of independence and bill of rights which he has in his possession. This document shall be displayed under conditions which ensure its security and protection from theft, damage, or destruction. When the document is not on public display, it shall be under the care of the secretary of state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 52:8 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 52 / Section 8
52:8 Duties.
Status: in_force

The moderator, clerk, treasurer and commissioners shall severally qualify and possess the same powers and perform the same duties in respect to the district's meetings and business affairs that the moderator, clerk, treasurer and selectmen of towns respectively possess and perform in respect to like matters in towns.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 664:20 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 664 / Section 20
664:20 Subpoena Power.
Status: in_force

In the exercise of the powers and duties of the attorney general under this chapter, the attorney general is authorized to require the appearance of individuals and to secure testimony and evidence by use of a subpoena duces tecum.