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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485-A:9 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485-A / Section 9
485-A:9 Classification Procedure.
Status: in_force

The department shall follow the procedures provided in this section and recommend to the legislature a classification for all streams, lakes, ponds, and tidal waters or section of such water. I. A notice setting forth the contemplated classification of any stream, lake, pond, tidal water or section of such water, shall be published for 3 successive weeks in a newspaper circulated within the county or counties in which the surface water in question is situated. The last notice shall be published at least 7 days before the hearing date. The notice shall stipulate the time and place where a public hearing on the contemplated classification shall be held. II. A public hearing shall be conducted by the department, at which hearing all interested parties shall be heard relative to their views on classification of the area or areas in question. III. Following the hearings the department shall review the pertinent evidence and data presented. IV. After such hearing and review of evidence the department shall determine which classification is for the best interest of the public giving consideration to the health, industrial, economic, geographical and social factors involved.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 303:21 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 303 / Section 21
303:21 Custody of Records.
Status: in_force

If in any town having 50 families or more settled therein there is no clerk of the proprietors of the common lands lying in such towns residing therein, the town clerk thereof shall demand and receive the proprietary records of any person having the possession thereof, and shall keep the same with the records of the town; and any person having possession thereof shall deliver the same to such town clerk.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 79-A:25-a — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 79-A / Section 25-a
79-A:25-a Land Use Change Tax Fund.
Status: in_force

I. Towns and cities may, pursuant to RSA 79-A:25-b, vote to account for all revenues collected pursuant to this chapter in a land use change tax fund separate from the general fund. After a vote pursuant to RSA 79-A:25-b, no land use change tax revenue collected under this chapter shall be recognized as general fund revenue for the fiscal year in which it is received, except to the extent that such revenue is appropriated pursuant to paragraph II of this section. Any land use change tax revenue collected pursuant to this chapter which is to be placed in a conservation fund in accordance with RSA 79-A:25, II, shall first be accounted for as revenue to the land use change tax fund before being transferred to the conservation fund at the time of collection. II. After any transfer to the conservation fund required under the provisions of RSA 79-A:25, II, the surplus remaining in the land use change tax fund shall not be deemed part of the general fund nor shall any surplus be expended for any purpose or transferred to any appropriation until such time as the legislative body shall have had the opportunity at an annual meeting to appropriate a specific amount from said fund for any purpose not prohibited by the laws or by the constitution of this state. At the end of an annual meeting, any unappropriated balance of land use change tax revenue received during the prior fiscal year shall be recognized as general fund revenue for the current fiscal year.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 260:70 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 260 / Section 70
260:70 Continuance of Action; Costs.
Status: in_force

The court in which the action is pending may order such continuances as may be necessary to afford the defendant reasonable opportunity to defend the action. The fee of $2 paid to the director by the plaintiff at the time of the service shall be taxed in his costs if he prevails in his suit.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 490-J:15 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 490-J / Section 15
490-J:15 Privilege Against Disclosure for Collaborative Law Communication.
Status: in_force

I. Except as set forth in this section, a collaborative law communication is privileged, is not subject to discovery, and is not admissible into evidence. Accordingly, a party or a party's lawyer or a neutral participant may refuse to disclose, and may prevent any other person from disclosing, a collaborative law communication. II. Evidence or information that is otherwise admissible or subject to discovery does not become inadmissible or protected from discovery solely because of its disclosure or use in a collaborative law process. III. Waiver of Privilege. (a) The privilege may be waived wholly or in part in a document or orally during a proceeding if it is expressly waived by all parties and, in the case of the privilege of a neutral participant, it is also expressly waived by the neutral participant. (b) A party who discloses a collaborative law communication for which the privilege has not been waived under subparagraph (a) shall be deemed to have waived the privilege, but only to the extent necessary to permit any other party to respond to the unauthorized disclosure. IV. There is no privilege under this chapter for a collaborative law communication that is: (a) A threat or statement of a plan to inflict bodily injury or commit a crime of violence; (b) In an agreement resulting from the collaborative law process, evidenced by a document signed by all parties to the agreement; (c) Sought or offered to prove or disprove a claim or complaint of professional misconduct or malpractice arising from or related to a collaborative law process; or (d) Sought or offered to prove or disprove abuse, neglect, abandonment, or exploitation of a child or adult. V. There is no privilege under this chapter if a court finds, after a hearing in camera, that the party seeking discovery or the proponent of the evidence has shown the evidence is not otherwise available, the need for the evidence substantially outweighs the interest in protecting the privilege and the collaborative law communication is sought or offered in: (a) A court proceeding involving a felony; or (b) A proceeding seeking rescission or clarification of an agreement arising out of the collaborative law process or in which a defense to avoid liability on the contract is asserted. VI. If a collaborative law communication is subject to an exception under paragraph IV or V, only the part of the communication necessary for the application of the exception may be disclosed or admitted. VII. Disclosure or admission of evidence excepted from the privilege under paragraph IV or V does not make the evidence or any other collaborative law communication discoverable or admissible for any other purpose.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 282-A:57 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 282-A / Section 57
282-A:57 Records.
Status: in_force

A full and complete record shall be kept of all proceedings in connection with an appeal, and all testimony at any hearing shall be recorded verbatim.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 406-B:11-a — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 406-B / Section 11-a
406-B:11-a Unauthorized Insurance Premium Tax; Insurance Transactions on Multi-State Risks.
Status: in_force

For lawfully procured insurance premiums in unlicensed insurance companies reporting multi-state risks, the provisions of RSA 405-B shall apply.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 151-G:8 — NH Code / Title XI / Chapter 151-G / Section 8
151-G:8 Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of health and human services, with the advice and consent of a majority of members of the commission, shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, to assure de-identification of all individuals and facilities involved in the cases reviewed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 188-J:7 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 188-J / Section 7
188-J:7 Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or any application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this chapter and the application of the provision to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 106-L:17 — NH Code / Title VII / Chapter 106-L / Section 17
106-L:17 The Law Enforcement Conduct Review Committee.
Status: in_force

I. There is established the law enforcement conduct review committee. The governor shall appoint members of the law enforcement conduct review committee and name its chairperson. This committee shall be administratively attached to New Hampshire police standards and training council and shall report to the director or his or her designee. Such committee shall be composed of 4 law enforcement members and 3 public members, none of whom shall be employed as a certified police officer, lawyer, or judge, and none of whom shall have a spouse, sibling, or parent, by birth, adoption, or marriage, who is a certified police officer, lawyer, or judge. II. The quorum required for the committee to transact business shall be 5 members, of whom at least 3 are law enforcement officers, and 2 are public members. The committee shall meet at least 4 times a year to address their responsibilities. Their meetings shall be conducted in nonpublic session. A staff attorney hired by and reporting to the director shall provide guidance to the committee, shall direct investigations as authorized by the committee or the director, and shall be responsible to present recommended findings in front of the council on behalf of the committee. No committee member may serve concurrently as a member of the council. Each member shall be appointed for 2 years and no appointed member may serve more than 3 consecutive terms. No member shall participate in any proceedings before the committee involving his, her, or their own conduct or the conduct of his, her, or their agency. III. The council shall post a link to the law enforcement conduct review committee on the council's public website.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:3-e — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-C / Section 3-e
161-C:3-e Disclosure of Health Carrier Information for Medical Child Support Enforcement.
Status: in_force

I. Each health carrier, as defined in RSA 420-G:2, shall electronically cross-match claims data, policyholder, and subscriber information with the department of health and human services to provide health insurance coverage information, for the purpose of enforcing medical child support orders administered by the office of child support enforcement services under RSA 161-C:3-b, concerning individuals subject to an order to provide health insurance coverage for dependents administered by the office of child support enforcement services, or dependents covered by such medical support orders, in accordance with rules adopted by the commissioner under RSA 161-C:28. II. Such electronic cross-match shall be made by any health carrier upon certification by the department that all persons identified on the electronic medium are individuals subject to an order to provide health insurance coverage for dependents administered by the office of child support enforcement services, or dependents covered by such medical support orders. III. All information disclosed by the department for the purpose of the electronic cross-match shall remain property of the state of New Hampshire. Any health carrier, public agency, or contracted agent engaged by the department to perform the electronic cross-match shall purge any information received from the department pursuant to this section concerning individuals or dependents from its records and databases immediately upon the completion of the data match exchange. IV. In any case where the department administers a medical child support order on behalf of a dependent child who does not receive temporary assistance to needy families or medical assistance, the transaction costs associated with the electronic cross-match shall be paid in advance by the custodial parent or guardian, and the non-custodial parent shall reimburse the custodial parent for such transaction costs. V. Any health carrier who supplies information in accordance with this section and with rules adopted under RSA 161-C:28 shall have immunity from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be imposed or incurred.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 35-A:15 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 35-A / Section 15
35-A:15 Action Upon Default.
Status: in_force

I. In the event that the bank shall default in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of notes or bonds after the same shall become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and such default shall continue for a period of 30 days, or in the event that the bank shall fail or refuse to comply with the provisions of this chapter or shall default in any agreement made with the holders of any issue of notes or bonds, the holders of 25 percent in aggregate principal amount, or more, of the notes or bonds of such issue then outstanding, by instrument or instruments filed in the office of the secretary of state and executed and acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may, subject to agreement as contained in the resolution of the bank authorizing such bonds or notes, appoint a trustee to represent the holders of such notes or bonds for the purposes herein provided. II. Such trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of 25 percent in principal amount, or more, of such notes or bonds then outstanding shall, in his or its own name: (a) By mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity, enforce all rights of the noteholders or bondholders, including the right to require the bank to collect rates, charges and other fees and to collect interest and amortization payments on municipal bonds and notes held by it adequate to carry out any agreement as to, or pledge of, such rates, charges and other fees and of such interest and amortization payments, and to require the bank to carry out any other agreements with the holders of such notes or bonds and to perform its duties under this chapter; (b) Bring suit upon such notes or bonds; (c) By action or suit, require the bank to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such notes or bonds; (d) By action or suit in equity enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such notes or bonds; (e) Declare all such notes or bonds due and payable, and if all defaults shall be made good, then with the consent of the holders of 25 percent of the principal amount, or more, of such notes or bonds then outstanding, to annul such declaration and its consequences. III. Such trustee shall in addition to the foregoing have and possess all of the powers necessary or appropriate for the exercise of any functions specifically set forth herein or incident to the general representation of bondholders or noteholders in the enforcement and protection of their rights. IV. The superior court shall have jurisdiction of any suit, action or proceeding by the trustee on behalf of such noteholders or bondholders. The venue of any such suit, action or proceeding shall be laid in the county of Merrimack. V. Before declaring the principal of notes or bonds due and payable, the trustee shall first give 30 days' notice in writing to the governor, to the bank, to the state treasurer and to the attorney general of the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 34:4 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 34 / Section 4
34:4 Limitations on Appropriations.
Status: in_force

No city shall raise and appropriate or transfer from any of its unencumbered surplus funds in any one year for such reserves a total amount in excess of 1/4 of one percent of the last assessed valuation of the city.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 612:12 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 612 / Section 12
612:12 Confinement in Jail When Necessary.
Status: in_force

The officer or person executing the governor's warrant of arrest, or the agent of the demanding state to whom the prisoner has been delivered, may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he may pass, and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or person having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such officer or person being chargeable with the expense of keeping. The officer or agent of a demanding state to whom a prisoner has been delivered following extradition proceedings in another state, or to whom a prisoner has been delivered after waiving extradition in such other state, and who is passing through this state with the prisoner for the purpose of immediately returning such prisoner to the demanding state may, when necessary, confine the prisoner in the jail of any county or city through which he may pass, and the keeper of such jail must receive and safely keep the prisoner until the officer or agent having charge of him is ready to proceed on his route, such officer or agent, however, being chargeable with the expense of keeping; provided, however, that such officer or agent shall produce and show to the keeper of such jail satisfactory written evidence of the fact that he is actually transporting such prisoner to the demanding state after a requisition by the executive authority of such demanding state. Such prisoner shall not be entitled to demand a new requisition while in this state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 655:24 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 655 / Section 24
655:24 Oath on Petition "Prima Facie" Evidence of Party Membership.
Status: in_force

The oath of a voter upon a primary petition shall be prima facie evidence that he is a member of the party stated therein.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 294-A:27 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 294-A / Section 27
294-A:27 Revocation of Certificate of Authority.
Status: in_force

The certificate of authority of a foreign professional corporation may be revoked pursuant to RSA 293-A:14.21 by the secretary of state if the corporation fails to comply with any provision of this chapter applicable to it.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 308:8 — NH Code / Title XXIX / Chapter 308 / Section 8
308:8 Procedure; Notice.
Status: in_force

When in the judgment of the state body of any denomination, or, in case there is no state body, of the superior body of such denomination, any church or religious society affiliated with such denomination shall have become extinct under the definition of RSA 308:7, such body may file, in the superior court for the county in which such church or religious society has been theretofore situated, a bill in equity setting forth the facts and asking that the title to the property of such church or religious society, real and personal, including invested and uninvested funds, be vested in such body. In every such bill in equity, the church or society alleged to be extinct shall be named as defendant. Summons shall be issued and served as provided for in other equitable proceedings; and if no officer of such church or society can be found upon whom service of process can be had, the court, upon affidavit showing such fact, may order notice to be served upon some one or more members of such church or society; and, if no such officer or member can be found, the court, upon affidavit showing such fact, may order notice by publication. Notice shall also be given to the attorney general.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 80:91 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 80 / Section 91
80:91 Liability and Obligations Limited.
Status: in_force

With respect to actions of a municipality under RSA 80:88 and 80:89, if the municipality has complied with the provisions of this chapter it shall not have any liability whatsoever to any former owner or lienholder in connection with its management of the property or for the amount of consideration received upon disposition of the property. After the execution of a tax deed, the municipality may treat the property in all respects as the fee owner thereof, including leasing or encumbering all or any portion of the property, without any accountability to former owners, except that the proceeds of any sale must be accounted for as provided in RSA 80:88. Nothing in this chapter shall obligate a municipality to dispose of property acquired by tax deed, except as provided in RSA 80:89. Nothing in RSA 80:88 or 80:89 shall be construed to preclude a municipality from granting more favorable terms to a former owner pursuant to RSA 80:80, VI.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 147-F:20 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 147-F / Section 20
147-F:20 State Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund.
Status: in_force

Authority is granted for the state of New Hampshire to participate in the federally funded state brownfields cleanup revolving loan funds as may be provided under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or related federal legislation as amended from time to time. The loan funds shall be administered by the commissioner, under rules adopted by the commissioner pursuant to RSA 541-A.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-A:2 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 12-A / Section 2
12-A:2 Commissioner of Natural and Cultural Resources.
Status: in_force

There shall be a commissioner of natural and cultural resources who shall be appointed by the governor and council for a term of 4 years from the date of appointment. A vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term. It shall be the responsibility of the commissioner to organize and direct the work of the department. The commissioner of natural and cultural resources shall appoint one member of his or her staff who shall act in the commissioner's stead when said commissioner is absent from the state and at such other times as directed by the commissioner. When acting for the commissioner said person shall have all the power, duties and authority of the commissioner. Directors of departmental divisions shall be subject to the supervisory authority of the commissioner, which authority shall include power to establish department and divisional policy as well as to control the actual operations of the department and all divisions therein. The commissioner shall consult with the advisory commission prior to the establishment of general and divisional departmental policy.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 544:6 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 544 / Section 6
544:6 Temporary Injunction.
Status: in_force

After such filing, application for a temporary injunction may be made to the superior court, who shall grant a hearing thereon within ten days thereafter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 292:5 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 292 / Section 5
292:5 Fees for Recording.
Status: in_force

The fee for recording the articles of agreement in the office of the secretary of state as required in RSA 292:4 shall be $25. The fee for recording any record of amendment in the office of the secretary of state as required in RSA 292:7 shall be $25. The fee for recording the articles of agreement or amendments to such articles in the office of the town or city clerk as required in RSA 292:4 and RSA 292:7 shall be $5.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 402-D:20 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 402-D / Section 20
402-D:20 Rulemaking Authority.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, as are necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 519:24 — NH Code / Title LIII / Chapter 519 / Section 24
519:24 Rooms.
Status: in_force

The county commissioners shall furnish at least one room in each court house where jury trials are held with twelve substantial and comfortable seats, and convenient desks, for the use of jurors when deliberating. The court may, in its discretion and subject to such rules as it may prescribe, permit women jurors to use a designated rest room or lavatory situated in any part of the court house; and the temporary separation of women jurors from the remainder of the jury for such purposes shall not work a mistrial in any civil or criminal case, provided that women jurors shall be accompanied by a sheriff or his deputy in case of necessity to use such room or lavatory after a case has been finally committed to the jury for deliberation thereon.