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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 245:19 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 245 / Section 19
245:19 Action.
Status: in_force

No action shall be brought for damages before entry upon the land; and, if the location of the road shall be changed before the land is entered upon for the purpose of building the road, no damages shall be paid.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 287-D:25 — NH Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 287-D / Section 25
287-D:25 Subpoenas.
Status: in_force

The lottery commission may issue subpoenas for witnesses and for documents relative to investigations or adjudicatory hearings held by the lottery commission. The attorney general shall assist the lottery commission in matters pertaining to the enforcement of subpoenas.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 6:8-b — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 6 / Section 8-b
6:8-b Agreements Relating to Registered Bonds and Notes.
Status: in_force

I. In connection with the issuance by the state of original or replacement bonds or notes in registered form, the treasurer is authorized to contract for and engage the services of banks, trust companies, banking or financial institutions or other persons within or without the state to perform authentication, registration, transfer, exchange and record or book entry functions, and prepare and maintain reports and accounts and perform related duties relative to the payment of those bonds or notes and the interest thereon. The treasurer may also enter into agreements with custodian banks and financial intermediaries and nominees of any of them in connection with the establishment and maintenance by others of a central depository system for the transfer of bonds and notes or of interests therein. II. Any agreement entered into under this section shall include provisions for indemnifying the state for losses sustained by it on account of the negligence of a designated bank, trust company, banking or financial institution or on account of the failure of such designated bank, trust company, banking or financial institution to perform faithfully its duties and obligations under the agreement. The agreement may include additional provisions, necessary or desirable, to protect the state and may provide for the limitation of liabilities of the parties, indemnification or payment of liquidated damages.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 106-G:1 — NH Code / Title VII / Chapter 106-G / Section 1
106-G:1 Committee Established.
Status: repealed

The advisory committee on breath analyzer machines is hereby established. The committee shall establish priorities and guidelines for the distribution by the department of safety to municipal police departments of breath analyzer machines to test alcohol concentration. The committee shall periodically review the usage and performance of the breath analyzer machines currently in use in this state and make recommendations to the commissioner of safety on the adequacy of the machines and the needs of the state and municipalities for new machines and technology. The committee shall consist of the following members and shall elect a chairman from its membership: I. One senator, appointed by the senate president. II. One representative, appointed by the speaker of the house. III. One public member, appointed by the governor. IV. The attorney general or his designee. V. The commissioner of safety or his designee. VI. The coordinator of the New Hampshire highway safety agency or his designee. VII. [Repealed.] VIII. The chairman of the police standards and training council, or his designee. IX. The president of the New Hampshire Police Chiefs' Association, or his designee.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-L:1 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-L / Section 1
161-L:1 Definitions.
Status: repealed

In this chapter: I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services. II. "Covered drugs" means drugs that are on the New Hampshire preferred drug list. III. "Department" means the department of health and human services. IV. "Dispensing fee" means a fee for each prescription dispensed by a pharmacy that is paid to the pharmacy. V. [Repealed.] VI. "Initial discounted price" for a drug means the price which has been discounted from a pharmacy's usual and customary charge that participating retail pharmacies may charge qualified residents participating in the program for that drug. VII. "Labeler" means an entity or person that receives prescription drugs from a manufacturer or wholesaler and repackages those drugs for later retail sale and that has a labeler code from the federal Food and Drug Administration under 21 C.F.R. section 207.20. VIII. "Participating retail pharmacy" or "retail pharmacy" means a retail pharmacy located in this state, or another business licensed to dispense prescription drugs in this state, that participates in the program. IX. "Program" means the New Hampshire Rx advantage program established under this chapter. X. "Qualified resident" means a resident of this state who has a family income equal to or less than 300 percent of the federal poverty level and who self-qualifies as an enrollee in the program. "Qualified resident" also means a resident of this state whose family incurs unreimbursed expenses for prescription drugs that equal 5 percent or more of family income or whose total unreimbursed medical expenses equal 15 percent or more of family income. For purposes of this definition, the cost of drugs provided under this chapter shall be considered an expense incurred by the family for eligibility determination purposes. XI. "Secondary discounted price" means the initial discounted price minus any further discounts. XII. "Usual and customary charge" means the charge a pharmacy charges a customer for a prescription drug.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 278:2 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 278 / Section 2
278:2 Apprenticeship Council.
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a state apprenticeship advisory council (the council), composed of: the labor commissioner or designee, the commissioner of the department of employment security or designee, the commissioner of the department of education or designee, a member representing the community college system of New Hampshire appointed by the chancellor of the community college system, and 2 members who shall be employers and 2 members who shall be employees or persons who represent said employees. The commissioner of labor, or designee, shall act as chairman. The 2 members who are employers and the 2 members who are employees or who represent said employees shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. The initial appointment of these 4 members shall be as follows: one member for a term of one year, one member for a term of 2 years, one member for a term of 3 years, and one member for a term of 4 years. Upon the expiration of each of their terms and each year thereafter, one new member shall be appointed for a term of 4 years. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their services.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 147-A:16-b — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 147-A / Section 16-b
147-A:16-b Special Rules Relative to Knowing Endangerment.
Status: in_force

I. In determining whether a natural person knew that his or her conduct placed another in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, knowledge possessed by another may not be attributed to that person. Circumstantial evidence may be used to prove possession of actual knowledge. II. In addition to other available affirmative defenses, it is an affirmative defense that the conduct charged was consented to by the person endangered and that the danger and conduct charged were reasonably foreseeable hazards of: (a) an occupation, a business or a profession; or (b) medical treatment or medical or scientific experimentation conducted by professionally approved methods and such other person has been made aware of the risks involved prior to giving consent.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 556:27 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 556 / Section 27
556:27 Adjustment of Claims.
Status: in_force

The probate court may authorize administrators and guardians to adjust by compromise or arbitration any controversy between them and persons making claims against the estates in their hands. The attorney general or the director of the register of charitable trusts shall be a necessary party to any agreement between an executor and creditors or legatees or heirs-at-law whenever such agreement may directly or indirectly affect a charitable interest, residuary or otherwise, created in any estate.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-P:32 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-P / Section 32
21-P:32 Facilities.
Status: in_force

In order to promote the effectiveness and efficiency of the fire service training and research program, the commission is encouraged to use such personnel and equipment from other state agencies, federal agencies, district fire mutual aid associations, and public and private fire departments, as may be made available to them by the heads or appropriate authorities of such agencies, including but not limited to the use of radio and other communications facilities, including computer systems.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 100-C:7 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 100-C / Section 7
100-C:7 Death Benefits.
Status: in_force

I. If a member dies in office, his or her surviving spouse, as long as he or she remains unmarried, or, if the member leaves no spouse, or at the surviving spouse's death or remarriage, then the member's child or children under the age of 18 years and until they respectively reach their eighteenth birthday, shall annually be entitled to 1/2 of the member's final year's salary. In case there is more than one child, the compensation shall be divided equally among them. II. If such member dies having terminated service as such and having become entitled to benefits pursuant to RSA 100-C:5 or RSA 100-C:6, his or her surviving spouse, as long as he or she remains unmarried, or, if the member leaves no spouse, or at the surviving spouse's death or remarriage, then the member's child or children under the age of 18 years and until they respectively reach their eighteenth birthday, shall annually be entitled to 1/2 the member's final year's salary. In case there is more than one child, the compensation shall be divided equally among them.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 119:5 — NH Code / Title VIII / Chapter 119 / Section 5
119:5 Powers of Board.
Status: in_force

The board shall have the custody and care of the property of the institution, shall make needed bylaws and shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to the management of the veterans' home and for the admission and discharge of residents. The board shall do all things necessary to carry into effect the purposes for which the home was established.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 234:41 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 234 / Section 41
234:41 Penalty.
Status: in_force

Any person who operates or attempts to operate any vehicle on such bridge when the weight of the load, inclusive of the vehicle exceeds such posted load limit, without such permit, or who operates or attempts to operate any vehicle on such bridge in violation of such conditions and regulations, shall be fined not more than $100, except in the case of a covered wooden bridge, where the fine and civil penalty shall be determined under RSA 234:39-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 53-B:7-b — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 53-B / Section 7-b
53-B:7-b Project Financing.
Status: in_force

I. Bonds or notes issued pursuant to this chapter may be secured by any assets or revenues, or both, of the district. The district may mortgage a facility and grant security interests in such other assets or rights to receive money as the district committee may determine. Such bonds or notes may, but need not be, the full faith and credit obligation of the district, provided that bonds or notes which are not the full faith and credit obligation of the district shall so state in a conspicuous manner on their face. II. A district may use the proceeds of bonds or notes to acquire land and to plan, construct and equip, or purchase or otherwise acquire the use of, one or more facilities, or to close one or more facilities, and to create such reserve funds and to pay such costs of financing and capitalized interest as the district committee deems appropriate, or it may loan such proceeds to any person for such purposes in connection with a facility which by contract it has the right to use or which by contract will provide management services to the district for a period at least equal to the period of the bonds or notes.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-C:27 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-C / Section 27
161-C:27 Judicial Review.
Status: in_force

Any person who is aggrieved by any action of the commissioner relative to the administrative process under this chapter may appeal to the superior court within 30 days of the receipt of the decision of a hearings officer. Such appeal shall be restricted to a review of the record. Upon review of the record, the court in its discretion may request the submission of additional evidence and order a hearing on the additional evidence.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5-C:72 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 5-C / Section 72
5-C:72 Disinterment and Reinterment Forms.
Status: in_force

I. A permit for disinterment, transit, and reinterment shall be obtained from the division prior to disinterment of a dead body, except as exempted by RSA 290:5. An application for disinterment and reinterment shall not be processed by the division unless it includes the following: (a) The applicant's relationship to the deceased. (b) The name of the deceased. (c) The date, place, and cause of death. (d) The name and location of the cemetery where the body is presently buried. (e) The name and location of the cemetery for reinterment. (f) The name and address of the funeral director. (g) The applicant's signature and address. (h) Identification of the applicant as either the next of kin or a person authorized by the next of kin to the deceased. II. The application shall become the permit for disinterment and reinterment upon completion of the following: (a) Submission of the application form to the state registrar by the funeral director. (b) Signature of the state registrar. (c) Countersignature of the application and entry of the date signed and the city, town or state of the signing official by the chairman or secretary by the local board of health where the body is presently buried, by the local health officer when there is no local board of health for that city or town, or by another local official in the event that the local health officer is a part time officer and cannot be reached.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 277:31 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 277 / Section 31
277:31 Reference.
Status: in_force

The court may, and on the request of the parties shall, refer any issues arising in such action to one or more persons, who shall find and report the facts, together with his or their recommendations, to the court. One or more of such persons may be a layman conversant with the subject matter involved in such appeal.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 301-A:21 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 301-A / Section 21
301-A:21 Regular Meetings.
Status: in_force

The bylaws of each association shall provide for regular meetings of members to be held at least once a year.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 106-D:7 — NH Code / Title VII / Chapter 106-D / Section 7
106-D:7 Reports.
Status: in_force

The chief fiscal officer of the conference shall submit to the board of trustees such information and shall cause to be performed, with respect to the New Hampshire employees of said conference who are members of said retirement system, such duties as shall be prescribed by the board of trustees in order to carry out the provisions of the state employees' retirement system.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 166:14 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 166 / Section 14
166:14 Removals by Order of Court.
Status: in_force

Every such poor and indigent person may be removed, by order of the superior court, from said county into the county from which he was so brought.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-E:10 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 326-E / Section 10
326-E:10 Eligibility for License Renewal.
Status: in_force

Licensees are eligible for renewal of their licenses if the licensees: I. Have not violated this chapter or RSA 328-F nor demonstrated poor professional character. II. Meet any continuing education and continuing competency requirements established by the executive director, in consultation with the advisory board, in rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 273-C:7 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 273-C / Section 7
273-C:7 Violations.
Status: in_force

I. The board shall have primary and exclusive jurisdiction of all violations of RSA 273-C:6. II. Complaints shall be filed by affidavit. A copy of the complaint shall be given to the party complained against at the time the complaint is filed. The board shall hold a hearing within 45 days under rules adopted by the board pursuant to RSA 541-A and shall give 5 working days' notice of the hearing by certified mail to all persons required to appear and to the representative of a party against whom a complaint has been filed. III. The board may issue a cease and desist order if it deems one necessary in the public interest, pending the hearing. IV. The board shall have the power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents by the issuance of subpoenas, and to take testimony under oath, as provided in RSA 516, and may delegate such powers to any persons it may appoint. V. Both parties shall have the right to be represented by counsel. VI. The board shall render its decision within 45 days after the hearing, in accordance with rules adopted by the board pursuant to RSA 541-A. Upon finding that a party has violated RSA 273-C:6, the board may (a) issue a cease and desist order; (b) order reinstatement of an employee with back pay; (c) require periodic reporting of compliance; (d) order payment of the costs incurred by a party negotiating in good faith in negotiations found by the board to have been carried on not in good faith by the other party, if the board finds such penalty appropriate to the circumstances; or (e) order such other relief as the board may deem necessary, but in no event shall the board have the authority to void an existing collective bargaining agreement. VII. The board shall summarily dismiss any complaint of an alleged violation of RSA 273-C:6 which occurred more than 180 days prior to the filing of the complaint with the board.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 143-A:10 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 143-A / Section 10
143-A:10 Penalty.
Status: in_force

Whoever violates any of the provisions of this chapter or fails to comply with the lawful orders and requirements of the commissioner shall, upon conviction of a: I. First offense, be guilty of a violation; II. Second offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor; and III. Third offense, be guilty of a misdemeanor, if a natural person, or be guilty of a felony, if any other person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 275-D:5 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 275-D / Section 5
275-D:5 Reports.
Status: in_force

The director of each center shall report to the commissioner as prescribed by rule, and shall evaluate the effectiveness of the job training, placement and service to displaced homemakers, including the number of persons trained, the number of persons placed in employment, follow-up data on such persons, the number of persons served by the various service programs, and cost effectiveness of the various components of the center.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 197:24 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 197 / Section 24
197:24 Acting Treasurer.
Status: in_force

If any person holding the office of treasurer shall, by reason of illness, accident, absence from the state, or other cause, become temporarily incapacitated and unable to perform the duties of such office, the school board may, unless the district has a deputy treasurer appointed in accordance with RSA 197:24-a who is not similarly unavailable to perform the requisite duties, declare a temporary vacancy and appoint an acting district treasurer to perform the duties of the office for a limited period of time and fix the appointee's compensation and the amount of bond. The appointee shall be subject to the requirements and liabilities of such office during the appointee's term.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 524-A:7 — NH Code / Title LIII / Chapter 524-A / Section 7
524-A:7 Uniformity of Interpretation.
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-G:20 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 170-G / Section 20
170-G:20 Reasonable and Prudent Parent Standard.
Status: in_force

The rights of children in foster care exist within the context of the reasonable and prudent parent standard defined in 42 U.S.C. section 675(10). This means that foster parents, caretakers, and department staff must make careful and sensible decisions that maintain the health, safety, and best interests of a child while at the same time encouraging the emotional and developmental growth of the child. The rights and privileges established in this section are to be applied in accordance with the reasonable and prudent parent standard, in a context appropriate to the age and developmental level of the child, and in recognition of the fact that some of these privileges may need to be earned.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:67 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 236 / Section 67
236:67 Erection by City or Town.
Status: in_force

Any city or town may, after October 15, erect a fence upon property adjacent to a public highway in order to prevent snow from drifting thereon. The view from the landowner's buildings shall not be obstructed by such fence unless he consents, and the fence shall be removed on or before May 1.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 282-A:129 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 282-A / Section 129
282-A:129 Term of Office.
Status: in_force

The term of office of each nonlegislative member of the advisory council shall be 3 years and until his successor is appointed and qualified. The term of office of each legislative member shall be coterminous with the legislative term. In the event of a vacancy in the membership of said council, the appointment shall be made in the manner provided in RSA 282-A:128 and for the unexpired term.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-M:13 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-M / Section 13
21-M:13 Unemployment Compensation.
Status: in_force

I. The attorney general shall appoint no more than 2 assistant attorneys general pursuant to the provisions of RSA 21-M:3 and a stenographer. These personnel shall be paid by the department of employment security but shall be under the administrative direction and control of the attorney general. II. Any assistant attorney general appointed pursuant to RSA 21-M:13, I shall be a member of the civil bureau of the division of legal counsel and shall be responsible for representing the department of employment security for all civil and criminal matters in any court arising under RSA 282-A or the rules adopted under it. III. The commissioner of the department of employment security and all employees of that department shall give the office of the attorney general such aid and assistance as it deems necessary to investigate, prosecute and defend matters arising under RSA 282-A or the rules adopted under it.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 407-D:1 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 407-D / Section 1
407-D:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Insurer" includes any person authorized to represent the insurer with respect to a claim who is acting within the scope of the person's authority. II. "Non-original manufacturer" means any manufacturer other than the original manufacturer of the part. III. "After market part" means sheet metal or plastic parts which generally constitute the exterior of a motor vehicle, including inner and outer panels.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 79-C:12 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 79-C / Section 12
79-C:12 Lien for Unpaid Taxes.
Status: in_force

The real estate of every person shall be held for the taxes levied pursuant to RSA 79-C:8.