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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-C:33 — NH Code / Title XIX / Chapter 227-C / Section 33
227-C:33 New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places.
Status: in_force

I. In order to recognize, honor, and promote the state's historical, cultural, and archaeological heritage, the division of historical resources, department of natural and cultural resources, shall maintain and administer the New Hampshire state register of historic places. Buildings, districts, sites, landscapes, structures, or objects that are meaningful in the history, architecture, archaeology, engineering, or traditions of the state may be listed in the state register. II. Properties may be proposed for listing in the state register by submission of a nomination to the division of historical resources. With the consent of the property owner, the division shall forward correct and sufficient nominations of properties that meet the criteria in paragraph I to the state historical resources council for final approval and listing. III. Listing a property in the state register does not prohibit any actions that may otherwise be taken by the property owner with respect to the listed property.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 429:17 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 429 / Section 17
429:17 Labeling Container of Artificial Maple Flavored Products.
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful to use the term "maple syrup" or "maple sugar", however modified, to describe any product, flavoring, sweetener or food additive unless the product, flavoring, sweetener or food additive so described meets the statutory definition of "maple syrup" or "maple sugar". Terms such as "artificial maple syrup" or "artificial maple sugar" are declared to be misleading and deceptive and may not be used in the labeling or advertising of any product. Terms such as "artificial maple flavor" or "artificial maple flavor sweetener" may be used to describe a product flavored or sweetened with a substance which attempts to duplicate real maple flavor, providing that words such as "artificial", "flavor", and other modifiers of the word "maple" shall appear in equal prominence to the word "maple" on the label and in all advertising of the product.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:1.21 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 1.21
293-A:1.21 Forms.
Status: in_force

(a) The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish on request forms for: (1) an application for a certificate of existence. (2) a foreign corporation's application for a certificate of authority to transact business in this state. (3) a foreign corporation's application for a certificate of withdrawal. (4) the annual report. If the secretary of state so requires, use of these forms is mandatory. (b) The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish on request forms for other documents required or permitted to be filed by this chapter but their use is not mandatory.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 471-C:4 — NH Code / Title XLVI / Chapter 471-C / Section 4
471-C:4 Travelers Checks and Money Orders.
Status: in_force

I. Subject to paragraph IV, any sum payable on a travelers check that has been outstanding for more than 15 years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within 15 years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer. II. Subject to paragraph IV, any sum payable on a money order or similar written instrument, other than a third-party check, that has been outstanding for more than 7 years after its issuance is presumed abandoned unless the owner, within 7 years, has communicated in writing with the issuer concerning it or otherwise indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum or other record on file prepared by an employee of the issuer. III. A holder may not deduct from the amount of a travelers check or money order any charge imposed by reason of the failure to present the instrument for payment unless there is a valid and enforceable written contract between the issuer and the owner of the instrument pursuant to which the issuer may impose a charge and the issuer regularly imposes such charges and does not regularly reverse or otherwise cancel them. IV. No sum payable on a travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument, other than a third-party bank check, described in paragraphs I and II may be subjected to the custody of this state as unclaimed property unless: (a) The records of the issuer show that the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased in this state; (b) The issuer has its principal place of business in this state and the records of the issuer do not show the state in which the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased; or (c) The issuer has its principal place of business in this state, the records of the issuer show the state in which the travelers check, money order, or similar written instrument was purchased and the laws of the state of purchase do not provide for the escheat or custodial taking of the property or its escheat or unclaimed property law is not applicable to the property. V. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, paragraph IV applies to sums payable on travelers checks, money orders, and similar written instruments presumed abandoned on or after February 1, 1965, except to the extent that those sums have been paid over to a state prior to January 1, 1974.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 415:18-b — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 415 / Section 18-b
415:18-b Cancellation or Nonrenewal of Group Insurance Contracts.
Status: in_force

No group accident or health insurance contract, authorized under this chapter, may be cancelled or nonrenewed by the insurer, except for nonpayment of premium, unless the group policyholder receives either a notice of cancellation or nonrenewal or an offer of renewal in accordance with this section. The notice of cancellation or nonrenewal or offer of renewal shall be delivered to the group policyholder or mailed to the group policyholder's last address as shown in the records of the insurer at least 45 days prior to the renewal date of the contract. Notice of cancellation for lack of participation, if permitted by the terms of the policy, shall be delivered to the group policyholder or mailed to the group policyholder's last address as shown in the records of the insurer, at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the cancellation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 431:9 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 431 / Section 9
431:9 Commercial Value.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of determining the commercial value to be applied under the provisions of RSA 431:8, the commissioner shall determine the value of the deficient lot based on the invoiced price.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-B:53-c — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 546-B / Section 53-c
546-B:53-c Initiation by Department of Health and Human Services of Support Proceeding Under Convention.
Status: in_force

I. In a support proceeding under this article, the department of health and human services of this state shall: (a) Transmit and receive applications; and (b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state. II. The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention: (a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order; (b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state; (c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child; (d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under RSA 546-B:53-g, II (b), (d), or (i); (e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and (f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. III. The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order: (a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state; (b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state; and (c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country. IV. A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:69 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 236 / Section 69
236:69 Policy.
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state and in the public interest to provide for maximum visibility along the interstate system, federal aid primary system, and turnpike system, and connecting roads or highways; to prevent unreasonable distraction of operators or motor vehicles; to prevent confusion with regard to traffic lights, signs or signals or other interference with the effectiveness of traffic regulations; to promote maximum safety, comfort and well-being of users of the interstate system, federal aid primary system, and turnpike system; to preserve and enhance the natural scenic beauty or the aesthetic features of the interstate system, federal aid primary system, turnpike system and adjacent areas; to promote the reasonable, orderly and effective display of advertising devices along such systems; and to regulate advertising devices along such systems in a manner consistent with customary use in this state. To implement this declared policy and cooperate with the United States government in the construction and maintenance of public highways in accordance with Title 23, United States Code as amended and supplemented, this subdivision provides for the regulation of advertising devices on the interstate and federal aid primary highway systems.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 110-B:20 — NH Code / Title VIII / Chapter 110-B / Section 20
110-B:20 Qualifications of Officers, Warrant Officers and Enlisted Personnel.
Status: in_force

I. No person shall be appointed or promoted as a commissioned officer or warrant officer of the national guard unless such person shall have passed such examination as to his physical, moral and professional qualifications as may be prescribed by this chapter and the regulations issued thereunder. II. Any person who has been dismissed or dishonorably discharged from the organized militia of this or any other state or from the armed forces of the United States and has not been restored to duty, or any commissioned officer or warrant officer who was discharged from the national guard as a result of the findings of an efficiency examining board or whose resignation from the national guard was accepted by the governor at a time when such officer was under arrest or under charges for the commission of an offense involving moral turpitude or punishable by a court-martial, shall not be eligible for appointment as a commissioned officer or warrant officer in the national guard. III. Every commissioned officer or warrant officer shall take and subscribe the oaths of office prescribed for officers of the national guard by the laws of this state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 339:54 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 339 / Section 54
339:54 Authority to Embargo and Condemn.
Status: in_force

Any article found in violation of this subdivision may be subject to embargo and condemnation in accord with the provisions of RSA 146:20.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-I:112 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-I / Section 112
21-I:112 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subdivision: I. "Agency" means any department, office, commission, board, subdivision, or other unit, however designated, of the executive branch of state government. II. "Diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "DEI" shall mean any program, policy, training, or initiative that classifies individuals based on a characteristic identified under RSA 354-A:1 for the purpose of achieving demographic outcomes, rather than treating individuals equally under the law. III. "Political subdivision" means any village district, school district, town, city, county, or unincorporated place in the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 652:15 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 652 / Section 15
652:15 Supervisors of the Checklist.
Status: in_force

The term "supervisors of the checklist" shall include any board of registrars or similar body performing the functions of registering voters and correcting the checklist in cities.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 53-B:12 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 53-B / Section 12
53-B:12 Tax Exemption.
Status: in_force

All bonds and notes, and the interest thereon, heretofor or hereafter issued by a district formed under the provisions of RSA 53-B or of any general or special act, heretofor and hereafter enacted, shall be exempt from taxation in the state of New Hampshire.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564:13 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564 / Section 13
564:13 Duties.
Status: in_force

Any trustee appointed by the judge shall demand and receive of the original trustee all such estate as may have come to his hands by virtue of the trust, and shall manage, pay, and deliver over such property, or the income thereof, in the same manner and under the same obligations and duties as guardians, except as otherwise provided in the instrument creating the trust.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 169-C:3-a — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 169-C / Section 3-a
169-C:3-a Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to: I. Information contained in the central registry under RSA 169-C:35. II. Access to confidential records under RSA 169-C:36. III. The authority to investigate reports of institutional abuse or neglect under RSA 169-C:37.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 482:47 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 482 / Section 47
482:47 Municipal Appropriations.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of paying the expense, or a part of the expense, of the cost of a facility undertaken by the state under the provisions of this subdivision, as provided by any agreement with the state, a city or town may raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required under such agreement or may borrow money and issue serial notes or bonds for the paying of such expense.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 135-F:4 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 135-F / Section 4
135-F:4 Duties of Commissioner of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall: I. To the extent possible within existing statutory and budgetary constraints, modify the policies and practices of the department of health and human services to establish a system of care; and II. Develop a plan for full establishment and maintenance of a system of care. Such plan shall be reviewed and amended annually. It shall include sufficient detail to allow compliance with the reporting requirements of RSA 126-A:5, XXXIII, and shall address at least the following elements: (a) System capacity, including workforce sufficiency. (b) Federal funding participation, including but not limited to Medicaid waivers and plan amendments. (c) Changes to statutes, administrative rules, and structure of appropriations, and department policy, practice, and structure. (d) Projections of cost savings from increased service effectiveness and reductions in costly forms of care and use of such savings to close existing gaps in children's behavioral health services. (e) Recommended modifications to law, practice, and policy to prepare for and accommodate the participation of privately funded service providers in the system of care. (f) Coordination with the plans and activities of the commissioner of the department of education to implement the system of care. III. Establish and maintain at least one care management entity to oversee and coordinate the care for children with complex behavioral health needs who are at risk for residential, hospital, or corrections placement or involved in multiple service systems. In this section, "care management entity" means an organizational entity that serves as a centralized entity to coordinate all care for youth with complex behavioral health challenges who are involved in multiple systems and their families. (a) The care management entity shall oversee and manage residential treatment, psychiatric hospitalization, and the development of a continuum of community-based services and supports for children and youth with more complex needs. (b) Beginning January 1, 2020, the care management entity shall coordinate behavioral health services in no less than 25 percent of cases involving referrals for residential treatment. Beginning January 1, 2021, the care management entity shall coordinate services in no less than 50 percent of such cases, and, beginning January 1, 2022 and thereafter, the care management entity shall coordinate services in no less than 75 percent of such cases.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 486:7 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 486 / Section 7
486:7 Application for Funding.
Status: in_force

Application for payments under the provisions of this chapter shall be made in accordance with rules adopted by the department under RSA 541-A, and shall be based upon reports filed with the department prior to January 31 in the calendar year for which payment is being requested. Final applications must be received within one year of final completion of project to be eligible for funding.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 231:182 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 231 / Section 182
231:182 Temporary Removal.
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall be necessary for any lawful purpose temporarily to displace, remove, or sever any wire, pole, or structure lawfully maintained in any highway and the proprietor thereof shall neglect or refuse to take such action within 24 hours after request therefor, the person desiring such action may apply to the selectmen for an order requiring such action to be taken by such proprietor. Thereupon the selectmen shall appoint a hearing to be held within 6 days after such petition has been presented to them and shall give such proprietor at least 3 days' notice thereof. After hearing, the selectmen may by order require the proprietor to take the action requested, if in their judgment said action is reasonably necessary, and fix the time within which it shall be completed and specify whether the petitioner shall pay all or any part of the expense thereof; and it shall be the duty of such proprietor to comply with such order within the time stated therein and he shall thereupon be entitled to reimbursement from the petitioner in accordance with said order, within 6 days after demand therefor by the proprietor stating the amount. Such proprietor shall be entitled to recover from the petitioner in an action of debt the petitioner's part of the expense determined in said order. In case such proprietor shall fail to comply with such order, he shall forfeit to the petitioner a sum equivalent to $10 for each day while such default continues.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 214:2 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 214 / Section 2
214:2 License Required; Exception.
Status: in_force

I. The provisions of RSA 214:1 shall not apply to resident land owners while upon their own land or to the owner's children under 16 years of age when accompanied by the owner or another licensed person 18 years of age or over on such land, to persons fishing in ponds operated and maintained in an aquaculture operation, to persons hunting on a regulated shooting area, to persons under 16 years of age while fishing, to persons under 16 years of age while hunting when accompanied by a licensee 18 years of age or over, or to residents under 16 years of age while trapping when accompanied by a licensee 18 years of age or over. II. Fishing licenses may be issued without charge to resident legally blind persons, but no hunting licenses shall be issued to such persons. A fishing license issued to a resident blind person shall be effective during the remainder of the person's life unless sooner suspended or revoked by the executive director. The executive director may issue complimentary nonresident fishing licenses to legally blind persons if the state in which the person is a resident provides a reciprocal privilege for legally blind residents of this state. The executive director shall determine the form of such complimentary licenses. A complimentary nonresident fishing license under this paragraph shall be effective for the lifetime of the applicant unless sooner suspended or revoked by the executive director.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-G:14 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 170-G / Section 14
170-G:14 Purpose of Juvenile Services.
Status: in_force

Establishment of field services under the administration of the department of health and human services for children in need of services and juvenile delinquents will support the state's continuing efforts to consolidate in one agency the field services provided to children and youth.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 146-D:3 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 146-D / Section 3
146-D:3 Fund Established.
Status: in_force

I. There is established a nonlapsing oil discharge and disposal cleanup fund. This fund shall be used, consistent with the provisions of this chapter, to reimburse costs incurred in cleaning up oil discharges in the groundwater and surface waters and soils of the state and in paying third party damages. II. The fund shall also be used to pay administrative, technical and legal support required by the oil fund disbursement board in administering the fund, including collection of import fees under RSA 146-A:11-b. III. Moneys in the fund not currently needed to meet the obligations of the board under this chapter shall be deposited with the state treasurer to the credit of said fund and may be invested as provided by law. Interest received on such investment shall also be credited to the fund.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 190:1 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 190 / Section 1
190:1 Establishment.
Status: in_force

An advisory and coordinating council for teacher education, hereinafter called the council for teacher education, is hereby established.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 408-G:4 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 408-G / Section 4
408-G:4 Effects of Transfer of Structured Settlement Payment Rights.
Status: in_force

Following a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under this chapter: I. The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer may rely on the court order approving the transfer in redirecting periodic payments to an assignee or transferee in accordance with the order approving the transfer and shall, as to all parties except the transferee or an assignee designated by the transferee, be discharged and released from any and all liability for the redirected payments; and such discharge and release shall not be affected by the failure of any party to the transfer to comply with this chapter or with the court order approving the transfer; II. The transferee shall be liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer: (a) If the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement, for any taxes incurred by the structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer as a consequence of the transfer; and (b) For any other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorneys' fees, arising from compliance by the structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer with the court order approving the transfer or from the failure of any party to the transfer to comply with this chapter; III. Neither the annuity issuer nor the structured settlement obligor may be required to divide any periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between 2 or more transferees or assignees; and IV. Any further transfer of structured settlement payment rights by the payee may be made only after compliance with all of the requirements of this chapter.