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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 203:14 — NH Code / Title XVII / Chapter 203 / Section 14
203:14 Bonds.
Status: in_force

An authority shall have power to issue bonds from time to time in its discretion, for any of its corporate purposes. An authority shall also have power to issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or retiring bonds previously issued by it. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) bonds on which the principal and interest are payable: (a) exclusively from the income and revenues of the housing project financed with the proceeds of such bonds; (b) exclusively from the income and revenues of certain designated housing projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; or (c) from its revenues generally including a pledge of tax receipts paid to it by the municipality in which it is located pursuant to an agreement made pursuant to RSA 205:4-c or in any other lawful manner. All such bonds may be additionally secured by mortgages upon the property held or to be held by it, by a pledge of a grant of contributions from the federal government, the state, a municipality or municipalities included in its area of operations, or other source. In connection with the incurrence of any indebtedness, an authority may covenant that it shall not thereafter mortgage the whole or any specified part of its property, pledge the whole or any specified part of its revenues, or pledge the whole or any specified part of tax receipts paid to it as aforesaid. Neither the commissioners of an authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. The bonds and other obligations of an authority (and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face) shall not be a debt of the municipality, the state or any political subdivision thereof and neither the municipality, the state or any political subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon, nor in any event shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of said authority. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any debt limitation or restriction. Bonds of an authority are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and to be public instrumentalities and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from taxes.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 188-F:16 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 188-F / Section 16
188-F:16 Tuition Waived for Children of Certain Firefighters and Police Officers.
Status: in_force

I. A person who is a New Hampshire resident, who is under 25 years of age, and who enrolls in a community college system of New Hampshire institution shall not be required to pay tuition for attendance at such school if he or she is the child of a firefighter or police officer who died while in performance of his or her duties and whose death was found to be compensable under RSA 281-A. II. Any person entitled to free tuition under this section shall apply to the community college system of New Hampshire institution he or she wishes to attend, which may require such proof as deemed necessary in order for a person to qualify for free tuition under this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 540:18 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 540 / Section 18
540:18 Effect of Plea, etc.
Status: in_force

After the filing of such plea and the entry of such recognizance no further proceedings shall be had before the municipal court, but the action may be entered and prosecuted in the superior court in the same manner as if it were originally begun there.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 460:10 — NH Code / Title XLIII / Chapter 460 / Section 10
460:10 Operation of Provision.
Status: in_force

RSA 460:8 and 460:9 shall take effect May 1, 1947, but nothing herein contained shall affect the validity or invalidity of any conveyances made prior to May 1, 1947.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:100 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 236 / Section 100
236:100 Nonconforming Established Junk Yards or Automotive Recycling Yards.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of this subdivision, any junk yard or automotive recycling yard in existence on October 22, 1965, which does not conform to the requirements of this subdivision and which as a practical matter cannot be screened, shall not be required to be removed until July 1, 1970.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 644:16 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 644 / Section 16
644:16 Exposing Poisons.
Status: in_force

If any person shall in any way or place purposely expose an active poison or deadly substance for the destruction of any animal, or for any other purpose except the destruction of rats or other vermin in his own building or upon his crops, he shall be guilty of a violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 426:4 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 426 / Section 4
426:4 Use of Brands and Labels Restricted.
Status: in_force

After the establishment of grades and standards and the determination of the design of the brands or labels as provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful to use such brand or label to identify farm products as being of an established grade or standard without authorization for its use, or after the revocation of the right to use such brand or label by the commissioner. For the purpose of further protecting the grades as officially established by the commissioner, or any grades established under an act of Congress by the United States Department of Agriculture on the same products, it shall be unlawful to use the officially designated grade words, titles, or names for the purpose of identifying, advertising, designating, or describing any lots of such products unless such designated grade words, titles, or names for the purpose of identifying, advertising, designating, or describing any lots of such products unless such products fully meet the requirements of the official grade indicated. When, in the opinion of the commissioner or the commissioner's representative, it is believed that any lot or lots of such products so identified, advertised, designated, or described may not be of the grade indicated, the commissioner shall cause inspections of such products to be made for the purpose of determining the actual grade.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 155:70 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 155 / Section 70
155:70 Signs.
Status: in_force

Signs shall be appropriately placed in all buildings and facilities regulated under this subdivision. Such signs shall state the smoking restrictions applicable to the building or facility, in accordance with RSA 155:68.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 411-A:1 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 411-A / Section 1
411-A:1 Purpose and Construction of Chapter.
Status: in_force

I. The purpose of this chapter is to protect the interest of insurers and the public, by providing standards for the investment of the assets of life insurance companies, which standards seek an appropriate balance of the following objectives: safety of principal, maximum appreciation and yield, stability of value, sufficient liquidity and reasonable diversification. II. This chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve the objectives of paragraph I.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5:4 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 5 / Section 4
5:4 Preservation of Papers.
Status: in_force

The secretary shall arrange methodically, fold uniformly, file, and label all the papers in his office belonging to the state, preserve the same carefully, and give copies thereof, duly authenticated, whenever required and paid for such copies.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72:23-i — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 72 / Section 23-i
72:23-i Rannie Webster Foundation.
Status: in_force

The real estate and personal property of the Rannie Webster Foundation, a nonprofit corporation which provides convalescent care and elderly housing for elderly persons through the Webster Pines Homes in Rye, New Hampshire, if none of the income or profits of the elderly housing is used for any purpose other than the purpose for which the housing is established, shall be exempt from taxation. For the purpose of this section an elderly person is one who is 62 years or more of age. The age of the head of the family determines the eligibility of the family unit in the elderly housing. On or before December 1 of each year the owner of the elderly housing shall pay to the town or city in which the property is situated, in lieu of taxes, a sum representing 10 percent of the shelter rent received by the owner during the preceding calendar year. For cause shown, having in mind the nature and purpose of the corporation, the board of tax and land appeals may abate all or a portion of the payment in lieu of taxes in any year. The owner shall on or before June 1 of each year file with the municipality in which the property is located, upon a form prescribed and provided by the board of tax and land appeals, a statement of its financial condition for the preceding fiscal year and such other information as the board of tax and land appeals requires.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 363:9 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 363 / Section 9
363:9 Other Offices Prohibited.
Status: in_force

No commissioner shall hold any national or other state office of profit except the office of justice of the peace or notary public.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 243:53 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 243 / Section 53
243:53 Recording Order.
Status: in_force

If the petition shall be granted, the railroad corporation shall file in the office of the secretary of state a copy of the petition and of the order of the commissioner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 143-A:5-a — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 143-A / Section 5-a
143-A:5-a Soup Kitchens.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may exempt from licensure under this chapter soup kitchens operated for the poor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 454-B:3 — NH Code / Title XLI / Chapter 454-B / Section 3
454-B:3 Execution of Notices and Certificates.
Status: in_force

Certification of notices of liens, certificates, or other notices affecting federal liens by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States or his delegate, or by any official or entity of the United States responsible for filing or certifying of notice of any other lien, entitles them to be filed and no other attestation, certification, or acknowledgement is necessary.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270:124 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270 / Section 124
270:124 Tewksbury Pond.
Status: in_force

No person shall use or operate any boat equipped with any type of petroleum-powered motor on Tewksbury Pond in the town of Grafton. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 541-A:9 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 541-A / Section 9
541-A:9 Rulemaking Register.
Status: in_force

I. The director of legislative services shall publish directly online a weekly rulemaking register which shall contain: (a) Notice of intended rulemaking actions. (b) Notice of rules adopted under RSA 541-A:14, RSA 541-A:18, and RSA 541-A:19. (c) Nonconfidential opinions of the attorney general under RSA 541-A:28. (d) Final objections under RSA 541-A:13, V. (e) Notices of continued or postponed public comment hearings under RSA 541-A:11. (f) Notices of declaratory rulings issued pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A:16, I(d). (g) Notice for the submission of comments on possible rulemaking under RSA 541-A:11, VIII. (h) Publication of notice of the list of regulated toxic air pollutants and classifications by the department of environmental services under RSA 125-I:4. (i) At the request of any agency, any other notices or documents related to rulemaking, at the discretion of the director. (j) A list of proposals filed under RSA 541-A:12, I and proposed interim rules filed under RSA 541-A:19, II, and placed on the agenda for committee review at a regularly scheduled or special committee meeting. I-a. Prior to publication, the director of legislative services may correct clarity, formatting, typographical, spelling, and punctuation errors, as well as unintentional errors in references and citations in a submission. Consistent with RSA 541-A:6, II, the director shall notify the agency prior to publication of the notice of any amendments made to the notice and may set a deadline for agency comment on the amendments. I-b. The date of publication of the rulemaking register shall be the date on which the register is available to the public on the general court information services web site. I-c. The director of legislative services may prescribe the specific electronic file format for all documents provided by state agencies for inclusion in the register. II. The rulemaking register shall be made available free of charge. III. The rulemaking register shall be sent by email to all members of the general court.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 287-E:22 — NH Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 287-E / Section 22
287-E:22 Lucky 7 Fees.
Status: in_force

I. A licensed distributor shall pay a fee of $15 per 3,500 tickets or any portion thereof contained in each deal of pull tab tickets. The commission shall not authorize deal sizes over 14,000 tickets. II. A licensed distributor shall pay a fee of $6 per deal of bag tickets. III. No deal shall have the same serial number as any other deal sold in this state. IV. All funds collected by the commission under this section shall be deposited in the special fund established under RSA 284:21-j. V. A licensed distributor shall pay the fees collected pursuant to this section to the commission within 15 days of the distribution of the tickets.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:25 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 659 / Section 25
659:25 Time Allowed for Voting.
Status: in_force

The voter shall mark and deliver the ballot without undue delay and shall leave the enclosed space within the guardrail as soon as he or she has delivered the ballot to the moderator or fed their ballot into the electronic ballot counting device in accordance with RSA 659:23. Except as provided in RSA 659:20, no voter shall be allowed to occupy a voting booth or voting privacy screen already occupied by another voter nor be allowed to remain within the enclosed space more than the time determined by the moderator.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-F:48 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-F / Section 48
161-F:48 Abrogation of Privileged Communication.
Status: in_force

The privileged quality of communication between husband and wife and any professional person and his patient or client, except that between attorney and client, shall not apply to any proceedings instituted pursuant to this subdivision and shall not constitute grounds for failure to report as required by this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 194:36 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 194 / Section 36
194:36 Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any town district failing to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined for such neglect.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 294-E:19 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 294-E / Section 19
294-E:19 Interoperability.
Status: in_force

The department of information technology, in cooperation with the secretary of state and the department of administrative services, after adopting standards pursuant to RSA 294-E:18, may encourage and promote consistency and interoperability with similar requirements adopted by other governmental agencies of this and other states and the federal government and nongovernmental persons interacting with governmental agencies of this state. If appropriate, those standards may specify differing levels of standards from which governmental agencies of this state may choose in implementing the most appropriate standard for a particular application.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 439:2 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 439 / Section 2
439:2 Protection for Buyers of Farm Products.
Status: in_force

I. A secured party may enforce a security interest in farm products against a buyer who, in the ordinary course of business, purchases farm products from, or a commission merchant or selling agent who, in the ordinary course of business, sells farm products for a person engaged in farming operations only where the buyer, commission merchant or selling agent has received from the secured party or seller written notice of the security interest which complies with the requirements of Section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, as amended, or where the secured party has signed and filed with the secretary of state a form containing the following information: (a) The name and address of the borrower. (b) The borrower's signature. (c) The name and address of the secured party. (d) The social security number of the borrower, or in the case of a borrower doing business other than as an individual, the borrower's Internal Revenue Service taxpayer identification number. (e) A description of the farm products subject to the security interest, including the amount of such products, where applicable. (f) A reasonable description of the real estate, including the name of the county, where the farm products are located. II. The form described in paragraph I shall be amended in writing, and similarly signed and filed, to reflect material changes within 3 months of such changes. The effectiveness and continuation or amendment of the form is to be treated as if it were a financing statement filed under RSA 382-A:9. The fee for filing and indexing the form described in paragraph I, or any continuation or amendment thereof, shall be in accordance with RSA 478:17-g.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 519:17 — NH Code / Title LIII / Chapter 519 / Section 17
519:17 Right of Corporations or Municipalities to.
Status: in_force

Whenever a municipal or other corporation or a quasi corporation is a party to an action the parties to such action shall have the same right of trial by jury that any other party has under the constitution.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 91-A:7-c — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 91-A / Section 7-c
91-A:7-c Appeal and Enforcement.
Status: in_force

I. Any party may appeal the ombudsman's final ruling to the superior court by filing a notice of appeal in superior court no more than 30 calendar days after the ombudsman's ruling is issued. The ombudsman's ruling shall be attached to the document initiating the appeal, admitted as a full exhibit by the superior court, considered by the judge during deliberations, and specifically addressed in the court's written order. Citizen-initiated appeals shall have no filing fee or surcharge. The public body or public agency shall pay the sheriff's service costs if the public body or public agency, or its attorney, declines to accept service. Nothing in this section shall prevent a superior court from staying an ombudsman's decision pending appeal to the superior court. II. On appeal, the superior court shall treat all factual findings of the ombudsman as prima facie lawful and reasonable, and shall not set them aside, absent errors of law, unless it is persuaded by a balance of probabilities on the evidence before it that the ombudsman's decision is unreasonable. III. If the ombudsman's final ruling is not appealed, the ombudsman shall, after the deadline has passed, follow up with all parties, as required, to verify compliance with rulings issued. IV. The ombudsman's final rulings which are not appealed may be registered in the superior court as judgments and enforceable through contempt of court. If such action is necessary to enforce compliance, all costs and fees, including reasonable attorney fees, shall be paid by the noncompliant public body or public agency.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-H:17 — NH Code / Title XIX-A / Chapter 227-H / Section 17
227-H:17 Payment in Lieu of Taxes.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of revenue administration shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to forms for application to the commissioner of revenue administration for payment for lost taxes. Any town in which national forest lands and land held by the state for operation and development as state forestland, as defined by the department for the purposes of this section, are situated, whether acquired by gift, devise, purchase, or in any other manner, may apply, by its selectmen, to the commissioner of revenue administration on forms provided by the commissioner, annually before September 1, for the payment of an amount not exceeding the taxes for all purposes which such town might have received from taxes on such lands in such year had such lands been taxable. In the event that the amount appropriated in any biennium shall be insufficient for the purposes under this section, then the towns entitled to benefits under this section shall be reimbursed proportionately, unless otherwise subsequently ordered by the legislature.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 1:5 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 1 / Section 5
1:5 Perambulation of the New Hampshire-Massachusetts State Line.
Status: in_force

The perambulation of the boundary line between the state of New Hampshire and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be as established and marked on land under the provisions of 1901, 115:1.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 399-A:5 — NH Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 399-A / Section 5
399-A:5 License Grant and Renewal.
Status: in_force

I. Upon the filing of the complete application, payment of the required application fee, and completion of a pre-licensing investigation by the department, the commissioner shall issue a license to the applicant and to the applicant's branches to engage in the business of a small loan lender if the commissioner determines that: (a) The applicant's financial resources and responsibility, experience, character and general fitness, personnel, and record of past or proposed conduct warrant the public's confidence; and that (b) The business will be operated lawfully, honestly, and fairly within the provisions of this chapter. II. A licensee may renew its license by paying the required annual fee of $450 for the principal license and $450 for each branch office license to the banking department on or before December 31 for the ensuing year that begins on January 1 if the licensee: (a) Holds a valid license under this section; and (b) Is in compliance with this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter. III. Failure to renew the license shall result in the license terminating on December 31. IV. No license shall be issued to any person whose principal place of business is located outside of this state unless that person designates an agent residing within this state for service of process. V. The initial license term shall begin on the day the application is approved. The license shall expire on December 31 of the year in which the license term began, unless the initial license date is between November 1 and December 31, in which instance the initial license term shall run through December 31 of the following year.