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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 494:3 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 494 / Section 3
494:3 Duties of the Council.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the judicial council: I. To serve as an institutional forum for the on-going and disinterested consideration of issues affecting the administration of justice. II. To survey and study continuously the administration of justice within the state and the organization, procedure, practice, rules and methods of administration and operation of the courts of the state. III. To devise ways of simplifying judicial procedure, expediting the transaction of judicial business, and of improving the administration of justice. IV. To recommend and provide general information to the general court, to the supreme court, to the superior court, to the circuit court, to any public official, department or agency or to the state bar association, either upon request or upon the council's own motion, such changes in the law or in the rules, organization, operation or methods of conducting the business of the courts, or with respect to any other matter pertaining to the administration of justice, as it may deem desirable. V. To serve as a catalyst for the discussion of legal and judicial issues through seminars, forums and special studies, and any other means, within the limits of available state and private funding. VI. To administer the indigent defense delivery system and ensure its quality and cost effectiveness, pursuant to RSA 604-A and RSA 604-B. VII. To provide legal and guardian-ad-litem services in child protection cases, pursuant to RSA 169-C:10, RSA 604-A, and RSA 170-C:13. VIII. To provide legal services for indigent proposed wards in guardianship proceedings brought under RSA 463 and RSA 464-A.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 206:33-d — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 206 / Section 33-d
206:33-d Wildlife Legacy Initiative; Account Established.
Status: in_force

I. The executive director may establish a wildlife legacy initiative that encourages gifts and donations to support fish, wildlife, and marine resource conservation projects, conservation education activities, and opportunities to use, access, and appreciate these public resources by promoting the benefits of the initiative and recognizing individuals or organizations for their voluntary participation. The executive director in establishing any relationship with such persons shall use care to deal with persons who are supportive of the full mission of the fish and game department and not persons opposing the legal taking of game or fish. II. The executive director may establish levels of giving and offer incentives for various levels of donations, enter into agreements and partnerships with the public or private sector as necessary to develop, market, promote, solicit for, and conduct the wildlife legacy initiative. The executive director may issue certificates, documentation, and other gifts to identify and recognize participants. III. There is established an account within the fish and game fund to be known as the wildlife legacy initiative account. All gifts and donations received through the wildlife legacy initiative shall be deposited in this account. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, donations made to the wildlife legacy initiative shall not require acceptance by the commission or the governor and council. Moneys deposited in the wildlife legacy initiative account are nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the fish and game department and may be used with approval of the fish and game commission for the purposes stated in paragraphs I and II.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 362-F:7 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 362-F / Section 7
362-F:7 Sale, Exchange, and Use of Certificates.
Status: in_force

I. A certificate may be sold or otherwise exchanged by the source to which it was initially issued or by any other person or entity that acquires the certificate. A certificate may only be used once for compliance with the requirements of this chapter. It may not be used for compliance with this chapter if it has been or will be used for compliance with any similar requirements of another non-federal jurisdiction, or otherwise sold, retired, claimed, or represented as part of any other electrical energy output or sale. Certificates shall only be used by providers of electricity for compliance with the requirements of RSA 362-F:3 in the year in which the generation represented by the certificate was produced, except that unused certificates of the proper class issued for production during the prior 2 years may be used to meet up to 30 percent of a provider's requirements for a given class obligation in the current year of compliance. II. Certificates from behind-the-meter distributed generation shall be initially issued to the owner of the customer-sited source or its designee, regardless of whether the source has received assistance from the renewable energy fund established in RSA 362-F:10.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-L:8 — NH Code / Title XIX-A / Chapter 227-L / Section 8
227-L:8 Special Deputy Forest Fire Wardens.
Status: in_force

The director may appoint as special deputy forest fire wardens persons in the employ of the department and, upon the recommendation of the forest ranger, such other persons as may be in a position to assist the director in preventing and suppressing fires. The appointees shall have the same powers and duties as the town forest fire wardens, but the powers and duties shall be exercised and performed only in emergencies or in the absence of a regularly appointed forest fire warden or deputy forest fire warden or when requested by the director or the director's agent. Appointees shall be allowed for their services such compensation as may be fixed by the commissioner and the director, and such compensation shall be deemed to be an expense of fighting woodland fires and paid by the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:104 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 104
259:104 Special Mileage Commercial Tire.
Status: in_force

"Special mileage commercial tire" shall mean a tire manufactured with an extra layer of rubber between the cord body and original tread design, which extra layer is designed for the purpose of recutting or regrooving, and which tire is specially labelled as a special mileage commercial tire.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 146:18-a — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 146 / Section 18-a
146:18-a Administrative Fines.
Status: in_force

The commissioner of the department of health and human services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, except for those provisions relating to additives to fresh produce. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the commissioner shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt rules, in accordance with RSA 541-A, relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 91:4 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 91 / Section 4
91:4 Undated Resignations Prohibited.
Status: in_force

The term of office of any appointed state official who delivers an undated resignation of his position to the appointing official for the position shall cease immediately upon such delivery. Any appointing official who accepts an undated resignation from a state official appointed by him shall, notwithstanding RSA title LXII, be subject to a fine of $1,000.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 4:12-cc — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 4 / Section 12-cc
4:12-cc Executive Council Operations.
Status: in_force

The governor and executive council may appoint an executive assistant who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and council, and shall perform such duties as the governor and council may determine. The executive assistant shall be an unclassified employee under RSA 94:1-a.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 359-P:1 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 359-P / Section 1
359-P:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Claimant" means a person who is a victim of the Financial Resources Mortgage fraud and who has filed a complete application for recovery assistance under this chapter. II. "Director" means the director of charitable trusts, department of justice. III. "Financial Resources Mortgage" means Financial Resources Mortgage, Inc., C L and M, Inc., and any predecessor, successor, or affiliated entities, and any entities established by, through, or with Scott Farah or Donald Dodge, through which moneys of Financial Resources Mortgage, Inc., C L and M, Inc., and any predecessor, successor, or affiliated entities passed. IV. "Financial Resources Mortgage fraud" means fraudulent acts committed by Financial Resources Mortgage or its principals where loans were brokered by or serviced by Financial Resources Mortgage. V. "Fund" means the FRM victims' contribution recovery fund established in RSA 359-P:2. VI. "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, association, joint stock company, unincorporated organization, or any other entity. VII. "Qualifying claimant" means a person who suffered financial losses as a result of the Financial Resources Mortgage fraud and is a claimant eligible for recovery assistance under this chapter. Qualifying claimant shall not include a borrower under any loan transaction borrowed or serviced by Financial Resources Mortgage. VIII. "Recovery assistance" means payments from the fund to persons who suffered financial losses as a result of the Financial Resources Mortgage fraud. IX. "Victim" means a person who suffered monetary injury as a result of the Financial Resources Mortgage fraud.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215:5 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 215 / Section 5
215:5 Qualifications of Licensee.
Status: in_force

I. A person licensed as a guide shall be at least 18 years of age. He shall furnish such recommendations as the executive director shall require. He shall be skilled in the use, management and handling of such boats or canoes as are customarily used in fishing and hunting, and shall be a safe and competent person under all circumstances to be a guide for hunting or fishing parties. II. Notwithstanding RSA 215:4, every resident 65 years of age or older who has been a licensed guide in this state for 5 or more years may obtain a license as a guide to fish or to hunt by payment of only the cost of issuing said license as determined by the executive director. III. Individuals who are licensed operators of for-hire vessels pursuant to RSA 214:9, XVI(b) for recreational fishing in coastal and estuarine waters shall possess a United States Coast Guard issued Master License or an Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels License, and shall have current basic first aid and CPR certification from a course requiring a practical examination or have a crew member on board the licensed for-hire vessel who possesses the required certification. Such individuals licensed pursuant to RSA 214:9, XVI(b) shall be exempt from all other provisions of this chapter when operating such for-hire vessels in coastal and estuarine waters. Any individual exempted under this paragraph shall present the vessel license and first aid certification upon demand of any person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-I:99 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-I / Section 99
21-I:99 Granite State Paid Family Leave Plan.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the granite state paid family leave plan, which shall be implemented under this subdivision and as provided in RSA 282-B and RSA 77-E.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 519:6 — NH Code / Title LIII / Chapter 519 / Section 6
519:6 Judgment on.
Status: in_force

The court shall thereupon render judgment against such party, as upon nonsuit or default, and, if necessary, cause the damages to be assessed by the jury.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:58 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 674 / Section 58
674:58 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this subdivision: I. "Affordable" means housing with combined rental and utility costs or combined mortgage loan debt services, property taxes, and required insurance that do not exceed 30 percent of a household's gross annual income. II. "Multi-family housing" for the purpose of workforce housing developments, means a building or structure containing 5 or more dwelling units, each designed for occupancy by an individual household. III. "Reasonable and realistic opportunities for the development of workforce housing" means opportunities to develop economically viable workforce housing within the framework of a municipality's ordinances and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter and consistent with RSA 672:1, III-e. The collective impact of all such ordinances and regulations on a proposal for the development of workforce housing shall be considered in determining whether opportunities for the development of workforce housing are reasonable and realistic. If the ordinances and regulations of a municipality make feasible the development of sufficient workforce housing to satisfy the municipality's obligation under RSA 674:59, and such development is not unduly inhibited by natural features, the municipality shall not be in violation of its obligation under RSA 674:59 by virtue of economic conditions beyond the control of the municipality that affect the economic viability of workforce housing development. IV. "Workforce housing" means housing which is intended for sale and which is affordable to a household with an income of no more than 100 percent of the median income for a 4-person household for the metropolitan area or county in which the housing is located as published annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. "Workforce housing" also means rental housing which is affordable to a household with an income of no more than 60 percent of the median income for a 3-person household for the metropolitan area or county in which the housing is located as published annually by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. Housing developments that exclude minor children from more than 20 percent of the units, or in which more than 50 percent of the dwelling units have fewer than two bedrooms, shall not constitute workforce housing for the purposes of this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 198:5 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 198 / Section 5
198:5 Assessment.
Status: in_force

The selectmen of the town, in their next annual assessment, shall assess upon the taxable property of the district a sum sufficient to meet the obligations above enumerated, with such alterations thereof as may be voted by the district, and shall pay the same over to the district treasurer as the school board shall require for the maintenance of schools.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 415:18-aa — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 415 / Section 18-aa
415:18-aa Coverage for Blood Lead Testing.
Status: in_force

Each insurer that issues or renews any policy of group or blanket accident or health insurance providing benefits for medical or hospital expenses shall provide to each group, or to the portion of each group comprised of certificate holders of such insurance who are residents of this state, coverage for the costs of blood lead testing conducted pursuant to RSA 130-A:5-a. Benefits provided under this section shall not be subject to any co-payment, deductible, or coinsurance. Benefits provided under this section shall include any follow-up blood lead testing that is necessary to complete the preventive screening when the initial blood lead testing indicates an elevated blood lead level or is inconclusive.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 110-D:1 — NH Code / Title VIII / Chapter 110-D / Section 1
110-D:1 Compact.
Status: in_force

The interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children, hereinafter called "the compact", is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows in this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 328-C:10 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 328-C / Section 10
328-C:10 Limitations.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the court from retaining jurisdiction to make emergency orders as appropriate, nor to stop family mediation if one party or the family mediator has indicated to the court that no agreement can be reached through family mediation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 281-A:21-a — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 281-A / Section 21-a
281-A:21-a Time Limitations for Filing Claim.
Status: in_force

Compensation for disability, rehabilitation, medical benefits, or death benefits under this chapter shall be barred unless a claim is filed within 3 years after the date of injury; provided, however, that if the nature of the injury and its possible relationship to the employment are not known to the employee, the time for filing a claim shall not begin to run until the earlier of the following: I. The date the employee knows, or by reasonable diligence should know, of the nature of the injury and its possible relationship to the employment; or II. In the event of death, the date any dependent knows, or by reasonable diligence should know, of the nature of the injury and its possible relationship to the employee's employment.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-C:91 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-C / Section 91
304-C:91 Distribution, Etc.-Definitions.
Status: in_force

Unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings: I. Distribution. A distribution by the limited liability company to a member shall mean any transfer of its cash or other assets to the member except: (a) Payments to a member relating to a transaction between the limited liability company and a member acting in a capacity other than as a member; (b) Payments to a member made without regard to the limited liability company's profit or loss for services to or for the limited liability company or for the limited liability company's use of the member's capital; and (c) Payments to a member under a limited liability company's indemnification obligations as referenced in RSA 304-C:116 or a limited liability company's obligation to advance expenses as referenced in RSA 304-C:117. II. Interim Distribution. An interim distribution to a member shall mean any distribution except a liquidating distribution, as defined in paragraph III. III. Liquidating Distribution. A liquidating distribution shall mean a distribution in connection with: (a) The limited liability company's partial or complete redemption of a member's membership rights; or (b) The limited liability company's dissolution and liquidation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 329:22 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 329 / Section 22
329:22 Similar Rights.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall abridge the rights of any class of persons to whom authority is given by any other statute to perform any acts which might be deemed the practice of medicine.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 195-F:19 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 195-F / Section 19
195-F:19 Effectuation of Purposes.
Status: in_force

In order to effectively carry out its purpose under this chapter of making loans to educational institutions by purchase of educational institution bonds, and by receipt of its income from service charges and from payments of interest on and the maturing principal of educational institution bonds purchased and held by it, and in order to produce revenues or income to the bank sufficient at all times to meet its costs and expenses of operation under this chapter and to pay the principal of and interest on its outstanding bonds and notes when due, the bank shall at all times, and to the greatest extent possible, so plan to issue its bonds and notes and so lend money to educational institutions by the purchase of educational institution bonds so that the aforesaid intention and purpose is achieved without in any manner or respect jeopardizing any rights of the holders of bonds or notes of the bank or affecting other matters provided for in or pursuant to this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 188-J:1 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 188-J / Section 1
188-J:1 Definitions:
Status: reserved

I. "Benefit" means the recognition, registration, or use of facilities of the institution of higher education for meetings or speaking purposes; or the use of channels of communication of the same; or funding sources that are otherwise available to other student organizations at the public institution of higher education. II. "Campus community" includes students, administrators, faculty, and staff at the institution of higher education. III. "Materially and substantially disrupts" means when a person, with the intent to or with knowledge of doing so, significantly hinders another person's or group's expressive activity which occurs in a campus space reserved for such activity under the exclusive use or control of that particular person or group, prevents the communication of the message, or prevents the transaction of the business of a lawful meeting, gathering or procession by: (a) Engaging in fighting, violent, or other unlawful behavior; or (b) Physically blocking or using threats of violence to prevent any person from attending, listening to, viewing, or otherwise participating in an expressive activity. Conduct that "materially disrupts" shall not include conduct that is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution or part I, article 22 of the New Hampshire constitution. Such protected conduct includes, but is not limited to, lawful protests in the outdoor areas of campus generally accessible to the members of the public, except during times when those areas have been reserved in advance for other events, or minor, brief, or fleeting nonviolent disruptions of events that are isolated and short in duration. IV. "Outdoor areas of campus" means the generally accessible outside areas of campus where members of the campus community are commonly allowed, such as grassy areas, walkways, or other similar common areas and shall not include outdoor areas where access is restricted from a majority of the campus community. V. "Public institution of higher education" means any public technical institute, public junior college, public senior college or university, law school, medical or dental school, public state college, or other agency of higher education as defined in state law. VI. "Harassment" shall mean only that expression that is unwelcome, so severe, pervasive, and subjectively and objectively offensive, that a student is effectively denied equal access to educational opportunities or benefits provided by the public institution of higher education. VII. "Student" means any person who is enrolled on a full-time or part-time basis in a public institution of higher education. VIII. "Student organization" means an officially recognized group at a public institution of higher education, or a group seeking official recognition, comprised of admitted students that receive, or are seeking to receive, benefits through the public institution of higher education.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:38-b — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 38-b
259:38-b Gross Vehicle Weight Rating or GVWR.
Status: in_force

"Gross vehicle weight rating" or "GVWR" shall, for the purposes of the commercial driver licensing statutes, mean the value specified by the manufacturer as the maximum loaded weight of a single vehicle.