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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 498:1 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 498 / Section 1
498:1 Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

The superior court shall have the powers of a court of equity in the following cases: charitable uses; trusts other than those trusts described in RSA 564-B, over which the probate court has exclusive jurisdiction as provided in RSA 547:3, I(c) and (d); fraud, accident and mistake; the affairs of partners, joint tenants or owners and tenants in common; the redemption and foreclosure of mortgages; contribution; waste and nuisance; the specific performance of contracts; discovery; cases in which there is not a plain, adequate and complete remedy at law; and in all other cases cognizable in a court of equity, except that the court of probate shall have exclusive jurisdiction over equitable matters arising under its subject matter jurisdiction authority in RSA 547, RSA 547-C and RSA 552:7.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:75-b — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 75-b
259:75-b Roadway.
Status: in_force

For purposes of RSA 259:75-b and RSA 265:163, "roadway" means that portion of a way improved, designed, or ordinarily used for vehicular travel, including the berm or shoulder where such berm or shoulder is used by persons riding bicycles or other human powered vehicles.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 165:1-a — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 165 / Section 1-a
165:1-a Assisted Person Defined; Local Responsibility.
Status: in_force

Any person in a town or city who is poor and unable to support himself shall be known as a town or city assisted person, and shall be relieved and maintained at the expense of the town or city of residence.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-F:10-1006 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-F / Section 10-1006
564-F:10-1006 Resignation.
Status: in_force

(a) A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice of the resignation to: (1) The other directors; and (2) The persons who have the power to appoint a successor director. (b) A resignation is effective upon the delivery of the notice of resignation, unless that notice specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 507-I:3 — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 507-I / Section 3
507-I:3 Obligations of the Department of Justice.
Status: in_force

The department of justice, through the office of victim/witness assistance established in RSA 21-M:8-b, upon receipt of notice of a contract, an agreement to pay, or payment of profits from a murder, shall notify all known victims of the existence of such contract, profits or funds at their last known address.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 155:76 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 155 / Section 76
155:76 Enforcement; Penalties.
Status: in_force

I. The person in charge or his designee may call law enforcement authorities if any person refuses to refrain from smoking in an area where smoking is prohibited. II. Any person who smokes in an enclosed public place where smoking is prohibited shall be guilty of a violation and subject to a fine of not less than $100. III. Any person in charge who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this subdivision or rules adopted pursuant to it shall be subject to a fine imposed under RSA 155:78.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-I:4 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-I / Section 4
161-I:4 Department Responsibilities.
Status: repealed

I. The department shall develop personal care services for department programs that authorize personal care services. Eligible consumers shall be afforded the option to receive their personal care services through a home health agency or other qualified agency and/or a consumer-directed services program. II. The department shall develop a process for allowing a representative to act on the behalf of an eligible consumer. III. The department shall develop intermediary services for eligible consumers using consumer-directed services. IV. Coverage of personal care services under department programs shall be subject to the availability of appropriated funds. V. Nothing in this section shall be construed to change the personal care program for the severely disabled as set forth in RSA 161-E. VI. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 47:22-b — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 47 / Section 22-b
47:22-b Manufactured Housing Foundations.
Status: in_force

The authority granted under RSA 47:22-a to establish minimum construction standards for manufactured housing, as defined by RSA 674:31, shall not extend to imposing requirements that manufactured housing which is located in parks be placed on other than the structural carriers designed for that purpose.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 124:11-a — NH Code / Title IX / Chapter 124 / Section 11-a
124:11-a Federal Proposals; Indirect Costs.
Status: in_force

Any agency that submits an application for federal funds shall include in such application provisions for reimbursement of the allocated statewide central services cost and any agency indirect costs. If no federal funds are approved for indirect costs, the agency shall provide written notice of that determination to the department of administrative services.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458:52 — NH Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 458 / Section 52
458:52 Limitation.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall abrogate the common law doctrines of recrimination or condonation, or the rights of persons to enter into binding and enforceable prenuptial contracts concerning their respective property rights.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 204-C:8-a — NH Code / Title XVII / Chapter 204-C / Section 8-a
204-C:8-a Publication Required.
Status: in_force

The authority shall publish annually such information on maximum restricted rents, utility allowances, vacancy rates, and capitalization rates as necessary to appraise property pursuant to RSA 75:1-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 359-U:20 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 359-U / Section 20
359-U:20 TNC Drivers; Independent Contractors.
Status: in_force

TNC drivers are presumed to be independent contractors and not employees of the TNC provided all of the following conditions are met: I. The TNC does not prescribe specific hours during which a TNC driver must be logged into the TNC's digital platform. II. The TNC imposes no restrictions on the TNC driver's ability to utilize digital platforms from other TNCs. III. The TNC does not assign a TNC driver a particular territory in which prearranged rides can be provided. IV. The TNC does not restrict a TNC driver from engaging in any other occupation or business. V. The TNC and TNC driver agree in writing that the TNC driver is an independent contractor of the TNC.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 110-B:61 — NH Code / Title VIII / Chapter 110-B / Section 61
110-B:61 Revenue for Enlistment Incentive Program.
Status: in_force

I. There is hereby established a fund to be known as national guard enlistment and reenlistment incentive program fund. Any appropriations received shall be deposited in the fund. Moneys in the fund and any interest earned on the fund shall be used for the purpose of encouraging enlistment and reenlistment in the national guard and shall not be used for any other purpose. The adjutant general shall oversee expenditures from the fund. The moneys in the fund shall be continually appropriated and nonlapsing. II. In addition to any moneys appropriated, the New Hampshire national guard enlistment incentive program fund may consist of an annual appropriation, as determined by the general court, to be awarded in accordance with written policies promulgated by the adjutant general under RSA 110-B:62.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-I:110 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-I / Section 110
21-I:110 Appropriation and Funding Transfer.
Status: in_force

The state treasurer shall transfer funds from the general fund to the department of administrative services for payment of the administrative and implementation costs associated with this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 374:28 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 374 / Section 28
374:28 Authority of Commission.
Status: in_force

The commission may authorize any public utility to discontinue, temporarily or during such portion of each year as the commission may deem expedient, any part of its service whenever it shall appear that such temporary or seasonal discontinuance will not unreasonably inconvenience the public, or to discontinue the same permanently and remove the equipment essential to the same, whenever it shall appear that the public good does not require the further continuance of such service. The commission, upon its own motion or upon petition of any interested party, may make an order withdrawing from a public utility its authority to engage in business in all or any part of the territory in which it is authorized to operate whenever it shall find, after notice and public hearing, that said utility has declined or unreasonably failed to render service in said territory or that its service in said territory is inadequate, no sufficient reason for such inadequacy appearing.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 618:15 — NH Code / Title LX / Chapter 618 / Section 15
618:15 Liability for Costs.
Status: in_force

All legal costs attending the arrest, examination or conveyance of an offender, except when directed or approved in writing by the counsel of the state or county commissioners, shall be paid by the complainant.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 271:20 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 271 / Section 20
271:20 State Water Jurisdiction; Published List of Public Waters; Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

I. All natural bodies of fresh water situated entirely in the state having an area of 10 acres or more are state-owned public waters, and are held in trust by the state for public use; and no corporation or individual shall have or exercise in any such body of water any rights or privileges not common to all citizens of this state; provided, however, the state retains its existing jurisdiction over those bodies of water located on the borders of the state over which it has exercised such jurisdiction. II. The department of environmental services shall prepare, maintain, and publish an official list of all public waters in the state. The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to this publication. III. The general court finds, based on all available information, that the natural mean high water mark of Ossipee Lake is 407.25 feet above mean sea level.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 7:15-b — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 7 / Section 15-b
7:15-b Debt Collection Attorney.
Status: in_force

The department of justice shall have the authority to hire a full-time support attorney and such staff as may be necessary, who shall be responsible solely for all duties associated with the collection of debt owed to the state. The position shall be funded through the debt recovery fund established in RSA 7:15-a, IV.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38-B:5 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 38-B / Section 5
38-B:5 Regulation.
Status: in_force

The district shall be considered a public body and have the same status as a city or town with regard to motor carrier regulation, road tolls, fuel taxes, and vehicle registration. All agreements between municipalities shall be in accordance with RSA 53-A.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 230:47 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 230 / Section 47
230:47 New and Existing Facilities.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of transportation may designate and establish limited access highways as new and additional facilities or may designate and establish any existing road, street or highway within the state as included within a limited access facility. He shall have authority to provide for the elimination of intersections at grade of limited access facilities with any existing road, street or highway, by grade separation or service road or by closing off such road, street, or highway at the right-of-way boundary line of such limited access facility; and after the establishment of any limited access facility, no road, street or highway which is not part of said facility shall intersect the same except at such locations and upon such conditions as the commissioner of transportation shall approve.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 325-A:23 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 325-A / Section 23
325-A:23 Signature.
Status: in_force

I. Any person signing a cremation authorization form shall be deemed to warrant the truthfulness of any facts set forth on such form, including the identity of the deceased whose remains are sought to be cremated and the authority of the person to authorize such cremation. Any person signing a cremation authorization form is personally liable for all damages resulting from false, incorrect, or misleading information contained on such form. II. A crematory authority may cremate human remains upon the receipt of a cremation authorization form signed by an authorizing agent and a completed and executed permit for transit or cremation or cremation permit as required by law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 402-C:52 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 402-C / Section 52
402-C:52 Conservation of Property of Foreign or Alien Insurers Found in This State.
Status: in_force

I. Grounds for Petition. If a domiciliary liquidator has not been appointed, the commissioner may apply to the superior court for Merrimack county by verified petition for an order directing him to conserve the property of an alien insurer not domiciled in this state or a foreign insurer on any one or more of the following grounds: (a) Any of the grounds in RSA 402-C:15; (b) Any of the grounds in RSA 402-C:20; (c) That any of its property has been sequestered by official action in its domiciliary state, or in any other state; (d) That enough of its property has been sequestered in a foreign country to give reasonable cause to fear that the insurer is or may become insolvent; (e) That 1) its certificate of authority to do business in this state has been revoked or that none was ever issued, and 2) there are residents of this state with outstanding claims or outstanding policies. II. Terms of Order. The court may issue the order in whatever terms it deems appropriate. The filing or recording of the order with any register of deeds in this state imparts the same notice as a deed, bill of sale or other evidence of title duly filed or recorded with that register of deeds. III. Transformation to Liquidation or Ancillary Receivership. The conservator may at any time petition for and the court may grant an order under RSA 402-C:53 to liquidate the assets of a foreign or alien insurer under conservation or, if appropriate, for an order under RSA 402-C:55 to be appointed ancillary receiver. IV. Order to Return to Company. The conservator may at any time petition the court for an order, terminating conservation of an insurer. If the court finds that the conservation is no longer necessary, it shall order that the insurer be restored to possession of its property and the control of its business. The court may also make such finding and issue such order at any time upon its own motion.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-C:7 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-C / Section 7
293-C:7 Standard of Conduct for Directors.
Status: in_force

I. In discharging the duties of their respective positions and in considering the best interests of the benefit corporation, the board of directors, committees of the board, and individual directors of a benefit corporation: (a) Shall consider the effects of any action or inaction upon: (1) The shareholders of the benefit corporation; (2) The employees and work force of the benefit corporation, its subsidiaries, and its suppliers; (3) The interests of customers as beneficiaries of the general public benefit or specific public benefit purposes of the benefit corporation; (4) Community and societal factors, including those of each community in which offices or facilities of the benefit corporation, its subsidiaries, or its suppliers are located; (5) The local and global environment; (6) The short-term and long-term interests of the benefit corporation, including benefits that may accrue to the benefit corporation from its long-term plans and the possibility that these interests may be best served by the continued independence of the benefit corporation; and (7) The ability of the benefit corporation to accomplish its general public benefit purpose and any specific public benefit purpose; and (b) May consider other pertinent factors or the interests of any other group that they deem appropriate; but (c) Need not give priority to a particular interest or factor referred to in subparagraph (a) or (b) over any other interest or factor unless the benefit corporation has stated in its articles of incorporation its intention to give priority to certain interests or factors related to its accomplishment of its general public benefit purpose or of a specific public benefit purpose identified in its articles. II. The consideration of interests and factors in the manner required by paragraph I shall not constitute a violation of RSA 293-A:8.30. III. Except as provided in the articles of incorporation or bylaws, a director is not personally liable for monetary damages for: (a) Any action or inaction in the course of performing the duties of a director under this chapter if the director performed the duties of office in compliance with RSA 293-A:8.30 and this section; or (b) Failure of the benefit corporation to pursue or create general public benefit or specific public benefit. IV. A director shall not have a duty to a person that is a beneficiary of the general public benefit purpose or a specific public benefit purpose of a benefit corporation arising from the status of the person as a beneficiary. V. A director who makes a business judgment in good faith fulfills the duty under this section if the director: (a) Is not interested in the subject of the business judgment; (b) Is informed with respect to the subject of the business judgment to the extent the director reasonably believes to be appropriate under the circumstances; and (c) Rationally believes that the business judgment is in the best interests of the benefit corporation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 14:27-b — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 14 / Section 27-b
14:27-b Expenses of the General Court During Interim.
Status: in_force

During the period when the legislature is not in session, no expenditure shall be charged against the legislative appropriation for the expenses of the legislature, exclusive of appropriations included therein for the office of the legislative budget assistant to the house and senate finance committees, and the office of the director of legislative services, without the authorization and approval of the president of the senate in the case of expenditures for the senate and the speaker of the house in the case of expenditures for the house. Authority is also granted hereby to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house to purchase supplies and equipment and to cause payment of expenses incidental to the operation and business of the legislature while the legislature is not in session. Such purchasing or payments shall be a charge upon the legislative appropriation, except such expenses as are otherwise specifically provided for by law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 541:13 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 541 / Section 13
541:13 Burden of Proof.
Status: in_force

Upon the hearing the burden of proof shall be upon the party seeking to set aside any order or decision of the commission to show that the same is clearly unreasonable or unlawful, and all findings of the commission upon all questions of fact properly before it shall be deemed to be prima facie lawful and reasonable; and the order or decision appealed from shall not be set aside or vacated except for errors of law, unless the court is satisfied, by a clear preponderance of the evidence before it, that such order is unjust or unreasonable.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 230:60 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 230 / Section 60
230:60 Recording of Certification.
Status: in_force

The certification by the commissioner of transportation shall be recorded by the town or owner of land to whom certification is made with the register of deeds for the county in which such land is situate.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 7:28-e — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 7 / Section 28-e
7:28-e Fiduciary Capacity.
Status: in_force

Every person soliciting, collecting, or expending contributions for charitable purposes, and every officer, director, trustee, and employee of any such person concerned with the solicitation, collection, or expenditure of such contributions, shall be deemed to be a fiduciary and acting in a fiduciary capacity.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 396:10-a — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 396 / Section 10-a
396:10-a Open-Bank Assistance.
Status: in_force

If an institution is reorganized in an open-bank assistance transaction under 12 U.S.C. section 1823(c) or as it may be amended from time to time, no agreement, claim, counterclaim or defense involving the institution prior to its reorganization shall thereafter be valid against the institution, or any transferee or assignee thereof, if such agreement, claim, counterclaim or defense would not have been valid under 12 U.S.C. section 1823(e) or as it may be amended from time to time or any other applicable federal law against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any successor federal agency, in its capacity as a receiver, if the institution had been closed pursuant to RSA 395 or any other federal or state law instead of having been reorganized.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 330-D:14 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 330-D / Section 14
330-D:14 Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws.
Status: in_force

I. A licensee providing professional counseling services in a remote state under the privilege to practice shall adhere to the laws and regulations, including scope of practice, of the remote state. II. Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact. III. Any laws in a member state in conflict with the compact are superseded to the extent of the conflict. IV. Any lawful actions of the commission, including all rules and bylaws properly promulgated by the commission, are binding upon the member states. V. All permissible agreements between the commission and the member states are binding in accordance with their terms. VI. In the event any provision of the compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any member state, the provision shall be ineffective to the extent of the conflict with the constitutional provision in question in that member state.