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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 660:5 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 660 / Section 5
660:5 Conduct of Recount.
Status: in_force

If directed by the secretary of state, the state police shall collect all ballots requested from the town or city clerks having custody of them and shall deliver them to the public facility designated by the secretary of state. At the time and place so appointed, the ballots cast for such office shall be counted by the secretary of state and such assistants as the secretary of state may require. When counting the ballots, the secretary of state or his or her assistants shall visually inspect each ballot. No mechanical, optical, or electronic device shall be used for the counting of ballots. The candidates, their counsel, and assistants shall have the right to inspect the ballots and participate in the recount under such suitable rules as the secretary of state may adopt. If the candidate requesting the recount cannot attend the recount, the candidate shall designate, in writing, to the secretary of state the name of an individual who will attend the recount and who will be authorized to make decisions on the candidate's behalf. Each candidate or his or her counsel or designee shall have the right to protest the counting of or failure to count any ballot. The secretary of state shall thereupon rule on said ballot and shall attach thereto a memorandum stating such ruling and the name of the candidate making the protest. If, at any time during the counting of the ballots, a discrepancy appears in any ballot for any reason, the secretary of state shall suspend the recount until the discrepancy is resolved, at which time the secretary of state shall continue the recount. In no event shall a discrepancy result in a second recount for the same candidate, as provided in RSA 660:3.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 52-A:2 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 52-A / Section 2
52-A:2 Authority.
Status: in_force

I. Consistent with the provisions of this chapter, any town or city may establish special assessment districts for a part of the area of the town or city, within which may be provided public facilities and services from funds derived from service charges, special assessments, or other charges within the special assessment district. II. For the purpose of providing public facilities and services within any special assessment district, the town or city may levy and collect service charges, special assessments, or other charges within the district, and borrow and expend money, and issue bonds, notes, and other obligations of indebtedness, which powers shall be exercised in the manner and subject to the limitations provided by this chapter and by the general laws of the state. III. The provisions of this chapter shall not affect or limit any other provisions of law authorizing or providing for the furnishing of public facilities and services or the raising of revenue for these purposes. A town or city may use the provisions of this chapter instead of, or in conjunction with, any other method of financing part or all of the cost of providing the public facilities and services authorized under this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 124-A:3 — NH Code / Title IX / Chapter 124-A / Section 3
124-A:3 Moving and Related Expenses.
Status: in_force

I. Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a displacing agency results in the displacement of any person, the displacing agency shall provide payment to the displaced person of: (a) Actual reasonable expenses in moving himself, his family, business, farm operation, or other personal property; (b) Actual direct losses of tangible personal property as a result of moving or discontinuing a business or farm operation, but not to exceed an amount equal to the reasonable expenses that would have been required to relocate such property, as determined by the lead agency; (c) Actual reasonable expenses in searching for a replacement business or farm; and (d) Actual reasonable expenses necessary to reestablish a displaced farm, nonprofit organization, or small business at its new site, in accordance with criteria to be established by the lead agency, but not to exceed $100,000. II. Any displaced person eligible for payments under paragraph I of this section who is displaced from a dwelling and who elects to accept the payments authorized by this paragraph in lieu of the payments authorized by paragraph I of this section may receive an expense and dislocation allowance, which shall be determined according to a schedule established by the lead agency. III. Any displaced person eligible for payments under paragraph I of this section, who is displaced from his place of business or farm operation and who is eligible under criteria established by the lead agency, may elect to accept the payment authorized by this paragraph in lieu of the payment authorized by paragraph I of this section. Such payment shall consist of a fixed payment in an amount to be determined according to criteria established by the lead agency, except that such payment shall be not less than $1,000 nor more than $20,000. A person whose sole business at the displacement dwelling is the rental of such property to others shall not qualify for payment under this paragraph.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 402-O:2 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 402-O / Section 2
402-O:2 Licensure of Owners.
Status: in_force

I. An owner shall hold a limited lines license to sell or offer coverage for self-service storage insurance at any location in this state. An owner is not required to hold a license solely to display and make available to renters and prospective renters brochures and other promotional materials created by or on behalf of an authorized insurer or surplus lines insurer. II. A limited lines license issued under this chapter shall authorize the owner and the employees and authorized representatives of the owner to sell and offer coverage for self-service storage insurance to renters at each location at which the owner conducts business. III. The supervising entity shall maintain a registry of each location at which the owner sells or offers self-service storage insurance in this state. IV. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a license issued pursuant to this chapter shall authorize the licensee and its employees and authorized representatives to engage in those activities that are permitted in this chapter. V. Owners, and their employees and authorized representatives, are exempt from all examination and education requirements under RSA 402-J in regard to self-service storage insurance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 546-B:31 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 546-B / Section 31
546-B:31 Establishment of Support Order.
Status: in_force

I. If a support order entitled to recognition under this chapter has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if: (a) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state; or (b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state. II. The tribunal may issue a temporary child support order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is: (a) A presumed father of the child; (b) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated; (c) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing; (d) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing; (e) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child; (f) An acknowledged father as provided by New Hampshire law; (g) The mother of the child; or (h) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated. III. Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to RSA 546-B:16.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 230:56 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 230 / Section 56
230:56 Determination by Selectmen.
Status: in_force

The selectmen of such town within 60 days after receiving such notice regarding property acquired by the state in 1945 or earlier, shall determine, after notice to the owners of land or abutting owners given in the same manner as provided for in the laying out of highways by selectmen, and hearing, whether there is occasion for the use of such portion for town highway purposes and shall notify the commissioner of transportation, in writing, of their determination.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 168-A:12 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 168-A / Section 12
168-A:12 Statute of Limitations.
Status: in_force

No proceeding under this chapter shall be maintained unless commenced within 18 years of the date of birth of the child in question.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-F:12-1207 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-F / Section 12-1207
564-F:12-1207 Removal.
Status: in_force

(a) A protector may be removed in accordance with the governing documents. (b) The court may remove a protector if: (1) The protector has committed a serious breach of duty; (2) Lack of cooperation among the protectors substantially impairs the performance of the protector's duties or the management of the foundation's affairs; (3) Because of unfitness, unwillingness, persistent failure of the protector to manage the foundation effectively, the court determines that removal of the protector best serves the foundation's purposes and the beneficiaries' interests; or (4) The court finds that: (A) There has been a substantial change of circumstances or all of the beneficiaries request the removal; (B) The protector's removal best serves the foundation's purposes and the beneficiaries' interests; (C) The protector's removal is not inconsistent with any of the foundation's material purpose; and (D) One or more suitable persons are continuing to serve as protectors or a suitable successor protector is available. (c) For purposes of subsection (b)(4)(C), the removal of a person whom the founder personally appointed as a protector is presumptively inconsistent with one of the foundation's material purposes, but that presumption may be rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-A:23 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 162-A / Section 23
162-A:23 Reports.
Status: in_force

The accounts of the authority shall be subject to an annual audit performed by an independent certified public accountant selected by the authority. The authority shall submit annually to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the state library, the committee on commerce, small business, consumer affairs and economic development of the house of representatives, the committee on economic development of the senate, and the governor and council a report on its operations and its audited financial statements for the preceding fiscal year.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 476:1 — NH Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 476 / Section 1
476:1 Fence as Private Nuisance.
Status: in_force

Any fence or other structure in the nature of a fence, unnecessarily exceeding 5 feet in height, erected or maintained for the purpose of annoying the owners or occupants of adjoining property shall be deemed a private nuisance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 399-A:7 — NH Code / Title XXXVI / Chapter 399-A / Section 7
399-A:7 License Posting.
Status: in_force

No licensee shall engage in the business of a small loan lender without a conspicuously posted license in the licensee's principal place of business within this state and in each of the licensee's licensed branch offices.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485-A:6 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485-A / Section 6
485-A:6 Rulemaking.
Status: repealed

The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, after public hearing, relative to: I. The classification system required by RSA 485-A:9. II. Requirements under RSA 485-A:4, VI. III. Requirements under RSA 485-A:4, IX and establishing the methodology and review process for approval of innovative/alternative wastewater treatment systems. IV. The fees and contract documents required under RSA 485-A:4, XII. V. The prequalification and contract award procedures required under RSA 485-A:4, XIII. VI. The standards required under RSA 485-A:4, XV. VI-a. Procedures and criteria for requesting, reviewing, and acting on requests for certification under RSA 485-A:12, III and IV, including public notice and public hearing requirements of the department's proposed action on certification requests. VII. The required information and prescribed conditions needed to implement the program described in RSA 485-A:13, I(a). VIII. The requirements for a permit under RSA 485-A:17. IX. [Repealed.] X. The safety standards for swimming pools and bathing places required by RSA 485-A:26. X-a. The requirements for permits under RSA 485-A:4, XVI-a and XVI-b. XI. The minimum qualifications for and certification of operators of pollution control facilities. XI-a. The contents of the written notification required in RSA 485-A:13, I(c). XI-b. Certification of operators of wastewater treatment plants and revocation and suspension of such certificates as provided in RSA 485-A:7-d. XI-c. The location, extent, and duration of the standards specified in RSA 485-A:8, III for the temporary partial use areas provided for in RSA 485-A:8, II. XII. [Repealed.] XIII. The disposal of dental office waste under RSA 485-A:4, XVIII. XIV. Dissolved oxygen water quality standards under RSA 485-A:8, II and II-a. XV. Water quality standards consistent with RSA 485-A:8 and as required by the Clean Water Act.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-B:35 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-B / Section 35
304-B:35 Distribution in Kind.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in writing in the partnership agreement, a partner, regardless of the nature of his contribution, has no right to demand and receive any distribution from a limited partnership in any form other than cash. Except as provided in writing in the partnership agreement, a partner may not be compelled to accept a distribution of any asset in kind from a limited partnership to the extent that the percentage of the asset distributed to him exceeds a percentage of that asset which is equal to the percentage in which he shares in distributions from the limited partnership.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 421-A:16 — NH Code / Title XXXVIII / Chapter 421-A / Section 16
421-A:16 Severability.
Status: in_force

If any provision of this chapter or the application of this chapter to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or application; and, to this end, the provisions of this chapter are severable.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-L:3 — NH Code / Title XIX-A / Chapter 227-L / Section 3
227-L:3 Taking Land.
Status: in_force

If sites or rights of way necessary for the maintenance and effective operation of forest fire towers, fire trails, or lines cannot be acquired by gift or purchase, the department shall have the right to acquire the same under the power of eminent domain, and the value shall be determined as provided in RSA 227-H:3, II.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 189:53 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 189 / Section 53
189:53 Literacy Skill Development in Elementary Grades.
Status: in_force

Beginning July 1, 2027, all school districts and chartered public schools that provide elementary education shall provide measurable, evidence-based instruction in literacy for all students through grade 5, including: explicit, systematic instruction in phonemic awareness, phonics (both decoding and encoding of sounds and words), fluency, vocabulary and comprehension; writing(including grammar and mechanics); speaking; listening; mathematics reasoning; and mathematics calculation (including fluency). All instruction shall be designed to assist students to achieve grade-level literacy and to provide the opportunity for each student to learn according to such student's needs and abilities as set forth by the state board of education in the minimum standards for New Hampshire public elementary schools.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 401-C:4 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 401-C / Section 4
401-C:4 ORSA Requirement.
Status: in_force

Subject to RSA 401-C:6, an insurer, or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member, shall regularly conduct an ORSA consistent with a process comparable to the ORSA guidance manual. The ORSA shall be conducted no less than annually but also at any time when there are significant changes to the risk profile of the insurer or the insurance group of which the insurer is a member.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 328-E:1 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 328-E / Section 1
328-E:1 Findings and Purpose.
Status: in_force

I. The general court finds that a significant number of New Hampshire residents choose naturopathic medicine for their health care needs and declares that naturopathic medicine is a distinct health care profession that affects the public health, safety and welfare, and provides for freedom of choice in health care. II. The purpose of this chapter is: (a) To provide standards for the licensure and regulation of doctors of naturopathic medicine in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare. (b) To insure that naturopathic medicine by qualified doctors of naturopathic medicine is available to the people of New Hampshire. (c) To provide a means of identifying qualified doctors of naturopathic medicine.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5-C:106 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 5-C / Section 106
5-C:106 Requests for Public Records to Clerk of Towns and Cities.
Status: in_force

I. Requests made to a clerk of a town or city for records as specified in RSA 5-C:105, I, contained in ledger books may be denied for any of the following reasons: (a) The physical condition of the record, such as being too frail to be photocopied. (b) The location of the record, such as the proximity of confidential records to the record to be accessed. (c) The physical space and personnel available to assist the requestor. II. In the case of a denial pursuant to paragraph I, the clerk of the town or city shall redact the record in order to fill the request. III. In the case of a denial pursuant to subparagraph I(c), the clerk of the town or city shall provide the requestor with the date by which the clerk could provide the information. IV. In the case of any denial under this section, the clerk of the town or city shall refer the request to the genealogical research facilities at the division.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 78:18 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 78 / Section 18
78:18 Seizure and Forfeiture of Contraband Tobacco Products.
Status: in_force

I. Any tobacco products found at any place in this state, pursuant to inspection under RSA 78:16, without the indicia of tax paid required under RSA 78:10, RSA 78:11, RSA 78:13 or RSA 78:14 are contraband goods and subject to forfeiture to the state. II. Any tobacco products imported, sold, or offered for sale in violation of RSA 78 are contraband goods and subject to forfeiture to the state. III. Any official designated in RSA 78:16 shall have the power to seize contraband tobacco products in the manner provided in RSA 617 or by immediately seizing the contraband tobacco products. The official shall provide an accounting to the commissioner itemizing the contraband seized within 30 days after the seizure. IV. The commissioner shall provide the owner of seized contraband tobacco products with an opportunity to appeal the seizure through an administrative proceeding before the department, as provided in RSA 78:19. V. If the commissioner determines that the seizure was appropriate and that determination is affirmed through failure on the part of the owner to pursue further action or through the final action of a court of competent jurisdiction, the commissioner shall destroy the seized contraband tobacco products.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265:3-b — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 265 / Section 3-b
265:3-b Obedience to Flagpersons.
Status: in_force

I. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any flagperson in the act of directing, controlling, or regulating traffic within any construction, maintenance, or utility work area indicated by official traffic control devices. If the flagperson is displaying a signal to stop, the driver of a vehicle upon a way shall stop the vehicle at least 25 feet before reaching such flagperson. The driver shall not proceed until the flagperson indicates that traffic may proceed and until the driver may do so safely. II. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation and shall be fined not more than $100 for the first offense and not more than $250 for any subsequent offense committed during any calendar year.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 350-B:7 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 350-B / Section 7
350-B:7 Effect on Other Law.
Status: in_force

I. Except as provided in paragraph II, this chapter displaces conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other law of this state providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret. II. This chapter shall not affect: (a) Contractual remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret; (b) Other civil remedies that are not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret; or (c) Criminal remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 124:13 — NH Code / Title IX / Chapter 124 / Section 13
124:13 Departments to Submit Plan.
Status: in_force

I. Each department or agency responsible for block grants shall prepare and submit its complete proposed plan to the presiding officers of the legislature at least 30 days before the required legislative public hearing on the plan. The department or agency shall also make copies of such plan available to the public at least 30 days before that hearing. II. In preparing its complete proposed plan, a department or agency shall comply with all federal requirements and the notice and hearing requirements of RSA 541-A:3. No plan shall be submitted to the legislature under paragraph I of this section unless all such requirements have been met.