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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 461-A:3 — NH Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 461-A / Section 3
461-A:3 Procedure and Jurisdiction.
Status: in_force

I. The procedure in cases concerning parental rights and responsibilities, including child support, shall be the same as the procedure for petitions for divorce and legal separation under RSA 458. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the court, upon proper application and notice to the adverse party, may revise and modify any order made by it, make such new orders as may be necessary, and may award costs as justice may require. II. In cases where husband and wife or unwed parents are living apart, the court, upon petition of either party, may make such order as to parental rights and responsibilities and support of the children as justice may require. All applicable provisions of this chapter and of RSA 458-A, 458-B, 458-C, and 458-D shall apply to such proceedings. III. The jurisdiction granted by this section shall be limited by the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, if another state has jurisdiction as provided in that act. For the purposes of interpreting that act and any other provision of law which refers to a custodial parent, including but not limited to RSA 458-A, any parent with 50 percent or more of the residential responsibility shall be considered a custodial parent.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:8.42 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 8.42
293-A:8.42 Standards of Conduct for Officers.
Status: in_force

(a) An officer, when performing in such capacity, has the duty to act: (1) in good faith; (2) with the care that a person in a like position would reasonably exercise under similar circumstances; and (3) in a manner the officer reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation. (b) The duty of an officer includes the obligation: (1) to inform the superior officer to whom, or the board of directors or the committee thereof to which, the officer reports of information about the affairs of the corporation known to the officer, within the scope of the officer's functions, and known to the officer to be material to such superior officer, board, or committee; and (2) to inform his or her superior officer, or another appropriate person within the corporation, or the board of directors, or a committee thereof, of any actual or probable material violation of law involving the corporation or material breach of duty to the corporation by an officer, employee, or agent of the corporation, that the officer believes has occurred or is likely to occur. (c) In discharging his or her duties, an officer who does not have knowledge that makes reliance unwarranted is entitled to rely on: (1) the performance of properly delegated responsibilities by one or more employees of the corporation whom the officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in performing the responsibilities delegated; or (2) information, opinions, reports, or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, prepared or presented by one or more employees of the corporation whom the officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented or by legal counsel, public accountants, or other persons retained by the corporation as to matters involving skills or expertise the officer reasonably believes are matters (i) within the particular person's professional or expert competence or (ii) as to which the particular person merits confidence. (d) An officer shall not be liable to the corporation or its shareholders for any decision to take or not to take action, or any failure to take any action, as an officer, if the duties of the office are performed in compliance with this section. Whether an officer who does not comply with this section shall have liability will depend in such instance on applicable law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270:43 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270 / Section 43
270:43 Rules; Enforcement.
Status: in_force

I. The commissioner of safety, pursuant to RSA 541-A, shall adopt rules which shall be binding on all persons owning, leasing or operating boats and which: (a) Further define and regulate the practice of rafting of boats; and (b) Designate prohibited locations or times, in or during which the size of rafts is limited and a minimum distance is required between boats and rafts in accordance with the provisions of RSA 270:44. Such prohibited locations and times shall include: (1) The following locations on Lake Winnipesaukee, which shall be more specifically defined in such rules: (i) The Kona mansion area, so-called, in the town of Moultonborough; (ii) Small's cove, in the town of Alton; and (iii) Wentworth cove, southwest of Governor's island bridge in the town of Gilford; and (2) Such other locations and times as the commissioner of safety shall prescribe. II. The provisions of this subdivision and the rules adopted under this section shall be enforced by any law enforcement officer having jurisdiction in the area in which any violation of such provisions or rules occurs or by the commissioner of safety and his duly authorized agents, who shall have all the powers of a peace officer in any county of the state regarding such enforcement.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 477:4-g — NH Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 477 / Section 4-g
477:4-g Notification Prior to Sale, Transfer, Lease, or Rental of Real Property on Which Methamphetamine Has Been Produced.
Status: in_force

I. In any purchase and sale agreement, lease agreement, or rental agreement before signing an agreement to sell, transfer, lease, or rent real property for the time period after any conduct prohibited under RSA 318-D has occurred on such property and prior to the determination by the department of environmental services, pursuant to paragraph II, that the property meets remediation cleanup standards: (a) The seller, transferor, lessor, or owner shall disclose in writing to the buyer, transferee, lessee, or occupant if, to the seller's, transferor's, lessor's or owner's knowledge, methamphetamine production has occurred on the property. (b) If methamphetamine production has occurred on the property, the disclosure shall include a statement to the buyer, transferee, lessee, or occupant informing the buyer, transferee, lessee, or occupant. II. The department of environmental services or any licensed environmental or hazardous substances removal specialist shall be responsible for determining that any property on which methamphetamine production has occurred, meets remediation cleanup standards established pursuant to rules adopted by the department under RSA 541-A. Prior to the establishment of rules, the determination shall be based on the best scientific methods available. The determination that the property meets remediation cleanup standards shall be public information available upon request from the department.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 3:13 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 3 / Section 13
3:13 State Rock.
Status: in_force

Granite is hereby designated as the official state rock of New Hampshire.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-C:62 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-C / Section 62
304-C:62 General Meetings Upon Demand by Members.
Status: in_force

I. Unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, and subject to paragraph II, there shall be, within 30 days after a written demand by any member, a meeting of the members to consider the business and internal affairs of the limited liability company and to take any action permitted to be taken by the members by law, or under the operating agreement. II. No meeting shall be required under paragraph I if there has been such a meeting within 240 days before delivery of the demand under that section. III. In addition to any other business that may come before a meeting under paragraph I: (a) The persons having management of the limited liability company shall report on the business and internal affairs of the company during the meeting; and (b) They shall either make available in writing at the meeting the information listed in RSA 304-C:55, I(a)-(e) or be prepared to respond promptly in writing to demands for information under RSA 304-C:55.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-C:131 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-C / Section 131
304-C:131 Non-Dissolution of Single-Member Limited Liability Company.
Status: in_force

I. Unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, upon the death of an individual who is the only member of a limited liability company, the individual's membership shall pass to the individual's estate and the limited liability company shall not be dissolved. II. Unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, upon the dissolution of an entity that is the only member of a limited liability company or upon the termination of a trust that is the only member of a limited liability company, the membership of the limited liability company shall pass automatically to the successor in interest of the entity or trust and the limited liability company shall not be dissolved.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 384-F:37 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 384-F / Section 37
384-F:37 Limitations on Payment of Interest on Deposits.
Status: in_force

A foreign bank which is licensed to establish and maintain a New Hampshire state branch or New Hampshire state agency shall be subject to the same limitations with respect to the payment of interest on deposits as a state bank which is a member of the Federal Reserve System.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 79-F:1 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 79-F / Section 1
79-F:1 Declaration of Public Interest.
Status: in_force

The general court hereby finds it to be in the public interest to encourage the preservation of productive farms and associated structures. These structures are important in sustaining the economic viability of the state's farms, ensuring a reliable and safe local food supply, and providing an attractive environment for recreation, tourism, and wildlife. Farming in New Hampshire has a long and proud history which shaped our state's landscape. It is further declared to be in the public interest to prevent the loss of farms and their associated structures due to property taxation at values incompatible with their usage.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 637:10 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 637 / Section 10
637:10 Theft by Misapplication of Property.
Status: reserved

I. A person commits theft if he obtains property from anyone or personal services from an employee upon agreement, or subject to a known legal obligation, to make a specified payment or other disposition to a third person, whether from that property or its proceeds or from his own property to be reserved in an equivalent or agreed amount, if he purposely or recklessly fails to make the required payment or disposition and deals with the property obtained or withheld as his own. II. Liability under paragraph I is not affected by the fact that it may be impossible to identify particular property as belonging to the victim at the time of the failure to make the required payment or disposition. III. An officer or employee of the government or of a financial institution is presumed: (a) To know of any legal obligation relevant to his liability under this section, and (b) To have dealt with the property as his own if he fails to pay or account upon lawful demand, or if an audit reveals a shortage or falsification of his accounts. IV. As used in this section: (a) "Financial institution" means a bank, insurance company, credit union, safety deposit company, savings and loan association, investment trust, or other organization held out to the public as a place of deposit of funds or medium of savings or collective investment. (b) "Government" means the United States, any state or any county, municipality or other political unit within territory belonging to the United States, or any department, agency, or subdivision of any of the foregoing, or any corporation or other association carrying out the functions of government or formed pursuant to interstate compact or international treaty.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 507-C:8 — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 507-C / Section 8
507-C:8 Contingent Fees.
Status: in_force

I. In any action for medical injury, no attorney representing any party to such action shall contract for, charge or collect on a contingent fee basis any fee for his services to such party in excess of the following limits: (a) Fifty percent of the first $1,000 recovered; (b) Forty percent of the next $2,000 recovered; (c) Thirty-three and one-third percent of the next $97,000 recovered; (d) Twenty percent of all in excess of $100,000 recovered; (e) Where the amount recovered is for the benefit of an infant or incompetent and the action is settled without trial, the foregoing limits shall apply, except that the fee in any amount recovered up to $50,000 shall not exceed 25 percent. II. No attorney shall enter into such a contingent fee arrangement with his client without first advising the client of his right and affording the client an opportunity to retain the attorney under an arrangement whereby the attorney would be compensated on the basis of the reasonable value of his services. III. Such contingent legal fee shall be computed on the net sum recovered by the client after deducting disbursements made in connection with the institution and prosecution of the client's claim and litigation. IV. The contingent legal fee within the permissible maximum limits shall include legal services rendered in any appeal or review or in any retrial, but this shall not be deemed to require an attorney to take an appeal. V. If, at the conclusion of any action for medical injury, an attorney considers that the fee limitations prescribed in paragraph I of this section are insufficient, he may apply to the court, with written notice to the client, for an increase in the fee, which the court, after hearing, may grant in such amount, if any, as is deemed reasonable under the circumstances of the case.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:7.07 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 7.07
293-A:7.07 Record Date.
Status: in_force

(a) The bylaws may fix or provide the manner of fixing the record date or dates for one or more voting groups in order to determine the shareholders entitled to notice of a shareholders' meeting, to demand a special meeting, to vote, or to take any other action. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing a record date, the board of directors of the corporation may fix a future date as the record date. (b) A record date fixed under this section may not be more than 70 days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of shareholders. (c) A determination of shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a shareholders' meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board of directors fixes a new record date or dates, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting. (d) If a court orders a meeting adjourned to a date more than 120 days after the date fixed for the original meeting, it may provide that the original record date or dates continue in effect or it may fix a new record date or dates. (e) The record date for a shareholders' meeting fixed by or in the manner provided in the bylaws or by the board of directors shall be the record date for determining shareholders entitled both to notice of and to vote at the shareholders' meeting, unless in the case of a record date fixed by the board of directors and to the extent not prohibited by the bylaws, the board, at the time it fixes the record date for shareholders entitled to notice of the meeting, fixes a later record date on or before the date of the meeting to determine the shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 216-J:2 — NH Code / Title XIX / Chapter 216-J / Section 2
216-J:2 Commission Members, Appointment, Term.
Status: in_force

I. The members of the commission shall be as follows: (a) Two members representing the town of Hampton, appointed by the selectmen. (b) Two members representing the Hampton Beach village district, appointed by the precinct commissioners. (c) One member representing the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce, appointed by its board of directors. (d) One member representing the Rockingham regional planning commission, appointed by its board of directors. (e) The commissioner of the department of natural and cultural resources, or designee. (f) The commissioner of the department of transportation, or designee. (g) One member to be appointed by a majority vote of the commission. II. (a) Effective November 1, 2009, members of the commission shall serve staggered terms as follows: (1) One of the members appointed under subparagraph I(a) shall serve a 3-year term and the other member shall serve a 2-year term. (2) One of the members appointed under subparagraph I(b) shall serve a 3-year term and the other member shall serve a one-year term. (3) The member appointed under subparagraph I(c) shall serve a 2-year term. (4) The members appointed under subparagraphs I(d) and I(g) shall serve one-year terms. (b) Following the staggering of terms, subsequent terms of commission members appointed under subparagraphs I(a)-(d) shall be for 3 years. The term of members designated to serve under subparagraphs I(e)-(f) shall be coterminous with his or her term in office. Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term in the same manner and by the same body as the original appointment was made. III. The division of parks and recreation and the town of Hampton shall provide administrative assistance to the commission as necessary for the commission to discharge its responsibilities. IV. The commission shall annually elect one of its members as a chairperson, one as a vice-chairperson and one as secretary-treasurer.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:39 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 38 / Section 39
38:39 Broadband Access Tariffs.
Status: in_force

For defraying the cost of acquisition, construction, payment of the interest on any debt incurred, management, maintenance, operation, and repair of broadband infrastructure, or the construction, enlargement, or improvement of such systems, the governing body may establish a scale of rates called access tariffs, may prescribe the manner and the time for the payment of such tariffs, and may change such tariffs when it deems advisable.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 314-A:9 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 314-A / Section 9
314-A:9 License Revocation or Suspension.
Status: in_force

After a finding of misconduct the executive director may sanction, in accordance with RSA 310:12, any licensee under this chapter if the licensee: I. Violates any provision of this chapter or rule or order adopted or issued under it. II. Knowingly makes any false statement on any application or any report required by the executive director. III. Fails to respond to any lawful inquiry of the executive director. IV. Is under a suspension or revocation of a license, similar to one issued under this chapter, in another jurisdiction and not reinstated.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 361-D:4 — NH Code / Title XXXIII-A / Chapter 361-D / Section 4
361-D:4 Lease Agreement; Warnings.
Status: in_force

Every lease agreement shall contain, in at least 8-point bold type, above the acknowledgment authorized under RSA 361-D:7 or if none exists the space provided for the lessee's signature and circumscribed by a line, the following warnings which shall be signed or initialed by the lessee: I. Notice to the lessee: (a) Do not sign this agreement before you read it or if it contains any blank spaces to be filled in; (b) You are entitled to a completely filled in copy of this agreement; (c) If you default in the performance of your obligations under this agreement, the vehicle may be repossessed and you may be subject to suit and liability for an early termination obligation under this agreement. s/s __________ lessee II. Warning-Unless a charge is included in this agreement for public liability or property damage insurance, payment for such coverage is not provided by this agreement. s/s __________ lessee III. You have the right to return the vehicle, and receive a refund of any payments made if the credit application is not approved, unless nonapproval results from an incomplete application or from incorrect information provided by you. s/s __________ lessee IV. New Hampshire law does not provide for a "cooling-off" or other cancellation period for vehicle leases. Therefore, you cannot later cancel this lease simply because you change your mind, decide the base payment or capitalized costs are too much, or wish you had acquired a different vehicle. You may only cancel this lease with the agreement of the lessor or for legal cause, such as fraud. s/s __________ lessee V. Any holder of this lease is subject to all claims and defenses which: (a) You could assert against the lessor of the vehicle that you have leased and (b) Are clear on the face of the lease. s/s __________ lessee
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 331-A:25 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 331-A / Section 25
331-A:25 Rulemaking.
Status: repealed

The commission shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to: I. Conduct of licensed brokers and salespeople. II. Administration of examinations. III. Eligibility of persons who have failed a salesperson or broker examination to be reexamined. IV. [Repealed.] V. Application forms for original and renewal licenses and registration forms for trade names. VI. Proof of an applicant's good character. VII. [Repealed.] VIII. Accreditation of programs of study in real estate, and the conduct of such programs. IX. A minimum of a 3-hour core course of continuing education for active and inactive license renewal, and an additional 12 elective hours of continuing education for active license renewals. The initial 12 hours of continuing education for salespersons prior to their first license renewal shall be established by the commission in specified topics or courses related to the salesperson's practice. X. [Repealed.] XI. [Repealed.] XII. The ethics code as required under RSA 331-A:9. XIII. [Repealed.] XIV. What constitutes adequate proof of the qualifications under RSA 331-A:10. XV. Distinctions for persons regulated by this chapter between practices concerning 1-4 family dwellings and practices for all other real estate. XVI. The supervision requirements for salespersons. XVII. The accreditation of instructors of preparatory and continuing education courses. XVIII. The requirements for accreditation of preparatory and continuing education courses.