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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 237:11 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 237 / Section 11
237:11 Toll Criteria.
Status: in_force

Tolls shall be established on the New Hampshire turnpike system, the central New Hampshire turnpike and the eastern New Hampshire turnpike in accordance with the following criteria: I. Until the eastern New Hampshire turnpike becomes part of the New Hampshire turnpike system, tolls shall be established and revised from time to time under RSA 237:24 which are at least sufficient to meet the operating expenses and maintenance costs of the eastern New Hampshire turnpike and to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued to finance the eastern New Hampshire turnpike. II. Until the central New Hampshire turnpike becomes part of the New Hampshire turnpike system, tolls shall be established and revised from time to time under RSA 237:40 which are at least sufficient to meet the operating expenses and maintenance costs of the central New Hampshire turnpike and to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued to finance the central New Hampshire turnpike. III. The tolls established or revised from time to time under RSA 237:24 and 237:40 and under 237:9 shall be at least sufficient in the aggregate to meet the aggregate operating expenses and maintenance costs of the central New Hampshire turnpike, the eastern New Hampshire turnpike and the New Hampshire turnpike system and to pay the aggregate principal and interest on bonds issued to finance the central New Hampshire turnpike, the eastern New Hampshire turnpike and the New Hampshire turnpike system. IV. Insofar as practicable, the tolls on the central New Hampshire turnpike, the eastern New Hampshire turnpike and the New Hampshire turnpike system shall be comparable. V. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the discount on the established tolls on any of the New Hampshire turnpikes in the system for vehicles listed on a funded New Hampshire E-Z Pass account and using the regional electronic toll collection system with a working and properly mounted New Hampshire E-Z Pass transponder shall be 30 percent for passenger vehicles, including motorcycles, and 10 percent for commercial vehicles.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 239-A:2 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 239-A / Section 2
239-A:2 Greater Derry-Salem Cooperative Alliance for Regional Transportation Established.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established a public body corporate and politic having a distinct legal existence separate from the state and not constituting a department or agency of the state government to be known as the greater Derry-Salem cooperative alliance for regional transportation, also known as CART. Creation of this regional transit alliance is a key recommendation of the greater Derry-Salem regional transportation plan, completed in 2003 by the Rockingham planning commission, southern New Hampshire planning commission, and Nashua regional planning commission. The public purpose of CART is to acquire, own, and operate or cause to be operated a regional public transportation system serving the citizens of the CART region, which is the only urbanized area in the state of New Hampshire which lacks regular transit service. Municipal participation in this regional system will be voluntary, though provision of transit service to any individual municipality will be based on financial participation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 282-A:94 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 282-A / Section 94
282-A:94 Employer Liability Determination.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the department of employment security or his authorized representative shall make an initial determination on all questions relating to the liability of employing units or employers or both, including the amount of contributions, the rate at which contributions shall be paid and successorship. A copy of the initial determination shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, or first class mail, whichever the commissioner determines to be most appropriate, to the last address, according to the records of the department, of each employing unit or employer affected thereby.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 490:3 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 490 / Section 3
490:3 Disqualification; Temporary Justices.
Status: in_force

I. The provisions as to the disqualification of justices of the superior court apply to justices of the supreme court. Whenever a justice of the supreme court shall be disqualified or otherwise unable to sit in any cause or matter pending before such court, the chief or senior associate justice of the supreme court may assign another justice to sit according to the provisions of paragraph II of this section. II. Upon the retirement, disqualification, or inability to sit of any justice of the supreme court, the chief justice or senior associate justice of the supreme court may assign a justice of the supreme court who has retired from regular active service or, if a retired supreme court justice is unavailable, shall assign a justice of the superior court who has retired from regular active service to sit during supreme court sessions while the vacancy continues. The selection of a retired supreme or superior court justice shall be on a random basis. However if no retired supreme or superior court justice is available, then the selection of a replacement justice shall be made on a random basis from a pool of full-time justices of the superior court. In the event that no superior court justices are available, then the selection of a replacement justice shall be made on a random basis from a pool of full-time justices of the district and probate courts. The clerk of the supreme court shall maintain a list of superior, probate, and district court judges who are willing to serve as temporary supreme court judges. II-a. If a vacancy occurs within 7 days of the scheduled oral argument of a case, the chief justice of the supreme court may assign to the case a temporary justice on a non-random basis if the assigned justice was assigned randomly to another case scheduled at the same monthly argument session or if the assigned justice is the chief justice of the superior court. II-b. The chief justice of the supreme court may assign to a cause or matter as a temporary justice on a non-random basis a justice of the supreme court who sat in the cause or matter while it was pending before such court and who retired before the decision thereof. This paragraph shall not apply to any subsequent hearing of the same cause or matter. III. A justice assigned to sit temporarily on the supreme court pursuant to paragraph II of this section shall have all the authority of a supreme court justice to hear arguments, render decisions, and file opinions. No justice shall be assigned to sit on the supreme court in the determination of any cause or matter upon which the justice has previously sat or for which such justice is otherwise disqualified nor without such justice's consent.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 80:40 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 80 / Section 40
80:40 Return of Reports.
Status: in_force

Whenever a tax collector, under the provisions of RSA 80:22, 23, 27, 33 and 37, shall make a return or a report to the register of deeds of advertisement or consummation of a tax sale, or of a payment before sale or redemption therefrom, or discharge of a tax lien for any reason, the register of deeds shall cause the time of his receipt thereof to be stamped or written upon the back of said report or certificate and shall, after entering the same in the registry records, return it to the tax collector within a reasonable time.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 170-E:4 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 170-E / Section 4
170-E:4 License Required; Prohibition Against Child Endangerment.
Status: in_force

I. No person shall establish, maintain, operate or conduct any child day care agency without a license or permit issued by the department under this subdivision. The requirements of this chapter applicable to licensed child day care agencies shall apply with equal force to any child day care agency required to be licensed under this chapter that is not so licensed. II. No child care provider, whether licensed as a child day care agency, required to be licensed as a child day care agency under paragraph I, or exempted from licensing pursuant to RSA 170-E:3, I, shall care for a child in a manner which endangers the health, safety or welfare of the child. For purposes of this paragraph, endangerment shall mean the negligent violation of a duty of care or protection owed to such child or negligently inducing such child to engage in conduct which endangers his or her health or safety. Endangerment shall also include corporal punishment, as defined by the department. Licensees in violation of this paragraph shall be subject to the provisions of RSA 170-E:12. Persons exempted from licensing who are in violation of this paragraph shall be enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction in accordance with the provisions of RSA 170-E:22 from caring for such child and may be enjoined, as the court may determine, from caring for other children. Persons operating a child day care agency without a license in violation of paragraph I who engage in negligent conduct that endangers the health, safety, or welfare of the children in their care shall be subject to the criminal penalties in RSA 170-E:21 and may be enjoined from caring for children in accordance with the provisions of RSA 170-E:22.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 51:9 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 51 / Section 9
51:9 Alteration of Town Lines.
Status: in_force

No portion of the territory of any town or city shall be united with another town or city unless the legislative enactment providing for such union shall be ratified by 2/3 of the voters of each town or city affected, present and voting by ballot at the regular annual or biennial meeting for the election of town or city officers held next after the passage of such act.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-B:15 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-B / Section 15
304-B:15 Scope of Notice.
Status: in_force

The fact that a certificate of limited partnership is on file in the office of the secretary of state is notice that the partnership is a limited partnership and the persons designated therein as general partners are general partners, but it is not notice of any other fact.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 352:5 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 352 / Section 5
352:5 Purchase or Resale of Consigned Art by Art Dealer.
Status: in_force

I. If a work of art is trust property under RSA 352:4 when it is initially received by the art dealer, it shall remain trust property, notwithstanding the subsequent purchase of the work of art by the art dealer directly or indirectly for the art dealer's own account, until the purchase price specified pursuant to RSA 352:7 is paid in full to the artist. II. If an art dealer resells a work of art that he purchased for his own account to a bona fide third party before the artist has been paid in full, the work of art shall cease to be trust property and the proceeds of the resale shall be trust funds in the possession or control of the art dealer for the benefit of the artist to the extent necessary to pay any balance still due to the artist. The trusteeship of the proceeds shall continue until the artist is paid in full under the contract entered into pursuant to RSA 352:7. A separate trust account for each artist shall not be required under this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-Z:6 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 126-Z / Section 6
126-Z:6 Telehealth Prescreening.
Status: in_force

I. Notwithstanding any regulation or provision of law to the contrary, any health care provider, while physically located in New Hampshire, may conduct a telehealth prescreening with any patient, in any state or jurisdiction, who has been diagnosed by a physician with a terminal illness. II. No regulatory or law enforcement agency or subdivision shall take action against a health care facility, a health care provider, or a person or entity involved in the care of a patient for conducting a telehealth prescreening as defined in this chapter and pursuant to paragraph I. III. A health care facility, a health care provider, or a person or entity involved in the care of a patient shall be immune from suit to the extent that the suit is based upon a telehealth prescreening.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 405:34 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 405 / Section 34
405:34 Brokers; Producer License.
Status: in_force

An insurance producer license to act as a broker shall be issued to any eligible person or business entity pursuant to the provisions of RSA 402-J.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 269:6 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 269 / Section 6
269:6 Parking.
Status: in_force

I. An EPAMD may be parked on a sidewalk unless prohibited or restricted by an official traffic control device. II. An EPAMD shall not be parked on a roadway in such a manner as to prevent the movement of a legally parked motor vehicle. III. In all other respects, any person operating an EPAMD shall conform with provisions of law regulating the parking of vehicles. IV. All violations of parking restrictions shall be deemed the responsibility of the owner of the EPAMD. The owner shall be presumed to be in control of the EPAMD at the time of the parking violation, and no evidence of actual control or culpability need be proved as an element of the offense.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 507-C:2 — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 507-C / Section 2
507-C:2 Burden of Proof.
Status: in_force

I. In any action for medical injury, the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving by affirmative evidence consisting of the expert testimony of a competent witness or witnesses: (a) The standard of acceptable professional practice in the medical care provider's profession or specialty thereof, if any, at the time the medical care in question was rendered; and (b) That the medical care provider failed to act in accordance with such standard; and (c) That as a proximate result thereof, the injured person suffered injuries which would not otherwise have occurred. II. Without limiting the applicability of paragraph I of this section, where the plaintiff claims that a medical care provider failed to supply adequate information to obtain the informed consent of the injured person: (a) The plaintiff shall have the burden of proving by affirmative evidence, consisting of expert testimony of a competent witness or witnesses, that the treatment, procedure or surgery was performed in other than an emergency situation and that the medical care provider did not supply that type of information regarding the treatment, procedure or surgery as would customarily have been given to a patient in the position of the injured person or other persons authorized to give consent for such a patient by other medical care providers with similar training and experience at the time of the treatment, procedure or surgery. (b) In determining whether the plaintiff has satisfied the requirements of subparagraph (a) of this paragraph, the following matters shall also be considered as material issues: (1) Whether a person of ordinary intelligence and awareness in a position similar to that of the injured person or person giving consent on his behalf could reasonably be expected to know of the risks or hazards inherent in such treatment, procedure or surgery; (2) Whether the injured person or the person giving consent on his behalf knew of the risks or hazard inherent in such treatment, procedure or surgery; (3) Whether the injured party would have undergone the treatment, procedure or surgery regardless of the risk involved or whether he did not wish to be informed thereof; (4) Whether it was reasonable for the medical care provider to limit disclosure of information because such disclosure could be expected to adversely and substantially affect the injured person's condition. III. In any action for medical injury, the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur shall not apply.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 397-A:21 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 397-A / Section 21
397-A:21 Receivership; Liquidation.
Status: in_force

The provisions of RSA 395 shall apply to all entities licensed under this chapter insofar as such provisions are applicable.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-A:31 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 215-A / Section 31
215-A:31 State Parks and Forests.
Status: in_force

All trails under the jurisdiction of the department of natural and cultural resources so far as possible and consistent with their primary functions, shall be made available for use by OHRVs subject to the fees, and rules as established by the directors of the division of parks and recreation and the division of forests and lands with the approval of the commissioner of natural and cultural resources.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 407:24 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 407 / Section 24
407:24 Conflicting Acts.
Status: repealed

Any act or parts of acts which may be construed as providing for a form different from the one herein prescribed are hereby repealed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 130-A:13 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 130-A / Section 13
130-A:13 Notification Program.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may, if necessary, institute a program requiring the notification to the department of all inspections for lead base substances carried out by lead inspectors, risk assessments carried out by lead risk assessors, and of all lead hazard reduction activities conducted on child care facilities and on leased or rented dwelling and dwelling units, carried out by lead abatement contractors or by lead abatement workers. The program shall be conducted in accordance with rules adopted under RSA 130-A:10, VII, and the commissioner shall collect fees for notifications. The commissioner may conduct inspections of such activities as necessary to assure that the provisions of this chapter and rules adopted under it are carried out.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 339-F:1 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 339-F / Section 1
339-F:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Agent" means any person licensed by the department of revenue administration to purchase and affix adhesive or meter stamps on packages of cigarettes. II. "Cigarette" means any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco, and wrapped in any material except tobacco. III. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of safety. IV. "Manufacturer" means: (a) Any entity which manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere that such manufacturer intends to be sold in the state, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer; or (b) The first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the United States cigarettes manufactured anywhere that the original manufacturer or maker does not intend to be sold in the United States; or (c) Any entity which becomes a successor of an entity described in subparagraph (a) or (b). V. "Repeatability" means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent of the time. VI. "Retailer" means any person who sells tobacco products to consumers, and any vending machine in which tobacco products are sold. VII. "Sale" or "sell" means any transfer, whether by bargain, gift, exchange, barter, or otherwise. VIII. "Quality control and quality assurance program" means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment related problems do not affect the results of the testing. This program ensures that the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in RSA 339-F:3, V for all test trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this chapter. IX. "Vending machine operator" means any person operating one or more tobacco vending machines on property or premises other than his or her own. X. "Wholesaler" means any person doing business in this state who shall purchase all of his or her unstamped tobacco products directly from a licensed manufacturer, and who shall sell all of his or her products to licensed wholesalers, subjobbers, vending machine operators, retailers, and those persons exempt from the tobacco tax under RSA 78:5.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 282-A:49 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 282-A / Section 49
282-A:49 Determination Final.
Status: in_force

If no appeal from a determination by a certifying officer is taken within the time limits in RSA 282-A:48, such determination shall thereupon become final and benefits shall be paid or denied in accordance therewith, subject to the provision in RSA 282-A:48 relative to good cause for late filing of the appeal; provided, however, that the certifying officer's determination shall continue to have effect as though no appeal had been filed with respect to all weeks of unemployment and any amount not affected by the appeal.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 188-F:17 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 188-F / Section 17
188-F:17 Federal Funds.
Status: in_force

The state board of education, acting as the state board for technical education, shall be the primary recipient of federal funds provided under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. The state board shall, each year, provide the community college system of New Hampshire with funds available under the Titles I-IV of the act and subsequent amendments to the act. The board of trustees of the community college system of New Hampshire shall jointly plan with the department of education for the expenditure of funds in the New Hampshire state plan for vocational education. The chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire and the commissioner of education shall cooperate in the development of applications for such funds.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 317-A:2-b — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 317-A / Section 2-b
317-A:2-b Anesthesia and Sedation Committee.
Status: in_force

I. (a) An anesthesia and sedation committee is established, which shall consist of one dentist member of the board, and 4 additional licensed anesthesia providers, permitted to administer anesthesia in a dental office appointed by the board. (b) The committee shall elect a chair for a 3-year term. There shall be no term limits on committee membership. II. The committee shall develop and propose the administrative rules regarding the practice, discipline, education, examination, and permitting of dentists and facilities authorized to administer anesthesia in a dental practice, for the board's consideration pursuant to RSA 317-A:12. The committee shall have no independent regulatory or disciplinary authority. III. The rules proposed by the committee may be accepted by the board for adoption under RSA 317-A:12 and RSA 541-A or the board may decline to accept the committee recommendations if the board finds that the proposed rules exceed the jurisdiction or expand the scope of the committee beyond the authority granted in paragraph II; create an undue financial impact on dentists, the public, or the board; or are not supported by the record.