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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-J:20-a — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-J / Section 20-a
21-J:20-a Notification Required; Failure to Complete Audit.
Status: in_force

I. Upon completion of an audit made pursuant to RSA 21-J:19 or RSA 21-J:20, each city, town, school district, village district, county, or precinct shall provide notification to the department of the completed audit and a copy such audit shall be sent to the department. If a required audit is not completed by the due date of such audit, the commissioner may levy a fine of up to $250 per day for every day of noncompliance, commencing 90 days after the department has provided written notice to the municipality, political subdivision, or county of the intent to levy such fine. II. The municipality, political subdivision, or county may petition the commissioner for waiver of the fine in instances where the failure to complete a statutorily required audit by the due date of such audit was due to reasonable cause. If a waiver is granted, the municipality, political subdivision, or county shall within 90 days of receiving the waiver from the department provide the department an executed contract binding the municipality, political subdivision, or county, to conduct the required audit with an entity licensed and certified to do so, and within a time frame approved by the commissioner. Fines collected by the department pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the general fund.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 361-A:14 — NH Code / Title XXXIII-A / Chapter 361-A / Section 14
361-A:14 Provisions Applicable to All Persons Under This Chapter.
Status: in_force

I. No person making a retail installment contract, shall advertise, print, display, publish, distribute, or broadcast or cause or permit to be advertised, printed, displayed, published, distributed, or broadcast, in any manner whatsoever, any statement or representation with regard to the rates, terms, or conditions which is false, misleading, or deceptive. II. Persons subject to this chapter shall be responsible for the supervision of their employees, agents, and branch offices. Licensees shall establish and maintain a system to supervise the activities of their employees, agents, and branch offices that is reasonably designed to achieve compliance with this chapter and any rules adopted thereunder. III. Each licensee shall maintain a positive net worth of at least $25,000 at all times. IV. Examination expenses, fines, penalties, and other moneys owed to the department shall be paid within 14 days of receipt of notice by the licensee or other person or at such later time as determined by the commissioner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 554:18 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 554 / Section 18
554:18 Real Estate Purchased, Etc.
Status: in_force

Real estate purchased by, or set off to, an administrator to secure or satisfy a debt due to the estate shall vest in the heirs in the same manner as if the deceased had died seized thereof, and may be sold for the payment of debts, or divided as part of the estate.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 282-A:106 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 282-A / Section 106
282-A:106 Management of Funds Upon Discontinuance of Unemployment Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

I. The provisions of RSA 282-A:103 through 105, to the extent that they relate to the unemployment trust fund, shall be operative only so long as such unemployment trust fund continues to exist and so long as the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States of America continues to maintain for this state a separate book account of all funds deposited therein by this state for benefit purposes, together with this state's proportionate share of the earnings of such unemployment trust fund, from which no other state is permitted to make withdrawals. II. If and when such unemployment trust fund ceases to exist, or such separate book account is no longer maintained, all moneys, properties, or securities therein, belonging to the unemployment compensation fund of this state shall be transferred to the treasurer of the unemployment compensation fund who shall hold, invest, transfer, sell, deposit, and release such moneys, properties or securities in a manner approved by the commissioner of the department of employment security in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; provided that such moneys shall be invested in the following readily marketable classes of securities: Bonds or other interest-bearing obligations of the United States of America, or of this state or of its political subdivisions. Provided further that such investment shall at all times be so made that all the assets of the fund shall always be readily convertible into cash when needed for the payment of benefits. III. The treasurer shall dispose of securities or other properties belonging to the unemployment compensation fund only under the direction of the commissioner of the department of employment security.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 147-F:3 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 147-F / Section 3
147-F:3 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: I. The definitions of terms provided in RSA 147-B:2 shall be applicable to this chapter to the extent those terms are used in this chapter unless otherwise defined herein. II. "Brownfields" means properties which have been environmentally contaminated, subject to the limitations of RSA 147-F:4, II. III. "Contaminant" or "Contamination" means hazardous waste, hazardous materials (without regard to whether transported in commerce), or oil, as defined in RSA 146-A:2, III. IV. "Department" means department of environmental services. V. "Eligible person" means a person who meets the criteria under RSA 147-F:4, I, and who qualifies for a covenant not to sue. VI. "Person" means any individual, trust, firm, joint stock company, corporation (including a government corporation), partnership, association, limited liability company, municipality, commission, and the state or a political subdivision of the state. VII. "Program" means the brownfields program established by this chapter. VIII. "Program participant" means any person, whether or not eligible for the liability protections created by this chapter, who is approved by the department to use the remedial process prescribed by this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:129 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 236 / Section 129
236:129 Private Persons.
Status: in_force

Any person owning real property whose property is directly affected by the site of a junk yard or automotive recycling yard maintained in violation of the provisions of this subdivision may in writing addressed to the local governing body request the local governing body to take appropriate action under this subdivision. A copy of the written communication to the local governing body shall be mailed to the person complained of. If the local governing body shall not, within 30 days thereafter, make a determination that a junk yard or automotive recycling yard does exist and issue the appropriate order, such person may, in his own name and in his own right, seek appropriate injunctive relief for the enforcement of this subdivision in the superior court.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-I:17 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 326-I / Section 17
326-I:17 Record; Directory.
Status: in_force

The board shall maintain a record of its proceedings under this chapter and a directory of all persons licensed under this chapter. The directory shall list the name and last known contact information for each licensee, and may include such other information as the board deems necessary.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 354-A:18 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 354-A / Section 18
354-A:18 Exemption for Religious Organizations.
Status: in_force

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to bar any religious or denominational institution or organization, or any organization operated for charitable or educational purposes, which is operated, supervised or controlled by or in connection with a religious organization, from limiting admission to or giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination or from making such selection as is calculated by such organization to promote the religious principles for which it is established or maintained.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 433:11 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 433 / Section 11
433:11 Application for Inspection.
Status: in_force

Any grower of plants or seeds approved by the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food may make application to the commissioner for inspection and certification of his plant or seed crop under such rules as the commissioner may adopt under RSA 541-A. The commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food or his authorized agent shall issue such certificates of inspection and designate or provide such official tags for marking certified plants or certified seeds and establish such standards of grade and quality as are necessary to safeguard the privileges and services provided for in this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-C:2 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 326-C / Section 2
326-C:2 Evaluation and Treatment Authorization.
Status: in_force

Occupational therapy services can be provided without a referral, subject to regulatory and payer requirements.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 612:22 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 612 / Section 22
612:22 Fugitives From This State; Duty of Governors.
Status: in_force

Whenever the governor of this state shall demand a person charged with a crime or with escaping from confinement or breaking the terms of his bail, probation, or parole in this state from the executive authority of any other state, or from the chief justice or an associate justice of the supreme court of the District of Columbia authorized to receive such demand under the laws of the United States, he shall issue a warrant under the seal of this state to some agent, commanding him to receive the person so charged if delivered to him and convey him to the proper officer of the county in this state in which the offense was committed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:70 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 659 / Section 70
659:70 Final Counting; Result.
Status: in_force

The final count of all votes on all ballots cast at the central and additional polling places, if any, shall be combined and the moderator shall announce the final count for each office and question.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 313-A:19-a — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 313-A / Section 19-a
313-A:19-a Operating a School.
Status: in_force

I. Applicants for initial licensure as a school shall meet all requirements established in the rules of the board, including passing an inspection. II. Anyone holding a school license may obtain a one-time Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) certificate that meets or exceeds 10 hours, or its equivalent, relative to health, safety, disinfection, and sanitation in each professional service that is regulated by this chapter and taught at the school. The board may adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A as to what other one-time certification programs are the equivalent of an OSHA certificate that meets or exceeds 10 hours earned in barbering, cosmetology, esthetics, or manicuring. III. It shall be the obligation of any individual who opens, establishes, conducts, maintains, or manages a school to ensure it maintains compliance with this chapter and board rules. Failure to maintain compliance shall constitute conduct sufficient to support disciplinary proceedings initiated pursuant to RSA 310. This provision shall not be construed to prevent the board from also taking disciplinary action against any licensee working at such school.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 669:40 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 669 / Section 40
669:40 Notice.
Status: in_force

All town caucuses shall be called by a notice posted in 4 conspicuous places in the town and published in some newspaper, if there be any published in the town, 10 days or more before the day of the caucus. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of meeting, and the time during which the polls shall be open for the reception of ballots.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651:28 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 651 / Section 28
651:28 Default.
Status: in_force

Whenever a corporation indicted under a statute fails to appear, after being duly served with process or an order of notice, its default shall be recorded, the charges in the indictment taken to be true, and judgment shall be rendered accordingly.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:7.30 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 7.30
293-A:7.30 Voting Trusts.
Status: in_force

(a) One or more shareholders may create a voting trust, conferring on a trustee the right to vote or otherwise act for them, by signing an agreement setting out the provisions of the trust (which may include anything consistent with its purpose) and transferring their shares to the trustee. When a voting trust agreement is signed, the trustee shall prepare a list of the names and addresses of all owners of beneficial interests in the trust, together with the number and class of shares each transferred to the trust, and deliver copies of the list and agreement to the corporation's principal office. (b) A voting trust becomes effective on the date the first shares subject to the trust are registered in the trustee's name. A voting trust is valid for not more than 10 years after its effective date unless extended under subsection (c). (c) All or some of the parties to a voting trust may extend it for additional terms of not more than 10 years each by signing an extension agreement and obtaining the voting trustee's written consent to the extension. An extension is valid for 10 years from the date the first shareholder signs the extension agreement. The voting trustee must deliver copies of the extension agreement and list of beneficial owners to the corporation's principal office. An extension agreement binds only those parties signing it.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 464-A:6 — NH Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 464-A / Section 6
464-A:6 Right to Counsel.
Status: in_force

I. The right to legal counsel for any person for whom a temporary guardian or guardianship of the person and estate, or person, or estate, is sought shall be absolute and unconditional. If the proposed ward does not have his or her own counsel, the court shall appoint counsel for the proposed ward immediately upon the filing of a petition for guardianship of the person and estate, or the person, or estate. The judicial council shall pay the cost of such appointment, including counsel and investigative, expert, or other services and expenses necessary to provide adequate representation, from funds appropriated for indigent defense pursuant to RSA 604-A. Prior to obtaining investigative, expert, and other services necessary to provide adequate representation, counsel shall apply to the court and, upon finding that such services are necessary and that the person is financially unable to obtain them, the court shall authorize counsel to obtain the necessary services on behalf of the person for whom temporary guardian or guardianship of the person and estate, or person or estate, is sought. II. Appointed counsel shall inform the proposed ward that he or she shall be liable for attorney fees unless he or she is found indigent by the probate court. The appointed counsel for the proposed ward shall be compensated for his or her services at a rate as determined by the New Hampshire supreme court.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 261:31-a — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 261 / Section 31-a
261:31-a Rental Vehicle Title and Registration Recovery Fee.
Status: in_force

A vehicle title and registration recovery fee charged to customers by a company engaged in the rental of motor vehicles shall be fully disclosed to the customer by being separately stated and identified on the rental agreement.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 140:5 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 140 / Section 5
140:5 Report.
Status: in_force

I. Every physician in this state attending a patient whom he believes to be suffering from poison from lead, phosphorus, arsenic, brass, wood alcohol, mercury, or their compounds, or from anthrax, compressed air illness, or any other ailment or disease contracted as a result of the nature of the patient's employment, shall, within 48 hours, send to the commissioner of the department of health and human services a report stating the name, address, and occupation of the patient; the name, address, and business of the employer; the nature of the disease; and such other information as may be reasonably required by the commissioner of the department of health and human services. Posting the report within the time required in a stamped envelope addressed to the commissioner of the department of health and human services shall be considered to be in compliance with this section. II. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt by rule the form and contents of blanks for such reports and shall prepare and furnish the same free of cost to physicians. The reports shall be on or in conformity with such blanks. III. Reports prepared under this section shall not be evidence of the facts in any action arising out of the disease reported.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 227-I:9 — NH Code / Title XIX-A / Chapter 227-I / Section 9
227-I:9 Primary Wood Processing Mills; Wood Concentration Yards; Registration; Penalty.
Status: in_force

I. In order to protect and develop the state's forest resources, provide for the safety of woodlands from fire in relation to primary wood processing mills, and to respond to forest health threats, such mills and wood concentration yards shall be registered by the director. Primary wood processing mills shall provide the director with information on the locations, owner, type of mill, operating capacity, species, volumes, and state of origin of wood harvested and timber processed, purchased, and sold, and the output of wood and timber products. II. (a) No person shall operate or cause to be operated any mill processing primary forest products or wood concentration yard unless said mill or wood concentration yard shall be registered by the director. (b) There shall be an annual mill registration fee of $20 for all mills processing primary forest products or wood concentration yards, regardless of size, type of mill or wood concentration yard, or primary product being processed. (c) Application for registration shall be made on forms provided by the director, giving the name of owner or owners, and locations of a primary wood processing mill or a wood concentration yard. Primary wood processing mills shall provide the director with information on the products produced, type, capacity, and such other pertinent information as the director may require. One application shall cover a mill complex in a given location involving more than one unit of equipment. (d) The director shall issue to the applicant a permanent registration number assigned to the mill or wood concentration yard described in the application together with a sign or plate denoting such registration number, to be displayed in a conspicuous place at the mill or wood concentration yard. III. The director, or duly authorized agent, may, at any time, inspect any primary wood processing mill or wood concentration yard to assure compliance with the provisions of this chapter. IV. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section or rules adopted under RSA 541-A shall, for the first 30-day period, be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. Each subsequent 30-day period or part thereof shall constitute a separate offense.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 49-B:8 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 49-B / Section 8
49-B:8 Ordinance, Power Limited.
Status: in_force

Any municipality may, by the adoption, amendment or repeal of ordinances or bylaws, exercise any power or function granted to a municipality by the constitution or general law. No change in the composition, mode of election or terms of office of the legislative body, the mayor or the manager of any municipality may be accomplished by bylaw or ordinance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-T:5 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 162-T / Section 5
162-T:5 Reporting and Approval Regarding Workforce Development Program.
Status: in_force

The business finance authority shall undertake to design the terms, conditions, and provisions of the regenerative manufacturing workforce development program authorized by this chapter. The authority shall deliver to the fiscal committee of the general court, the house ways and means committee, and the senate ways and means committee, a report on the progress of its efforts to develop such terms, conditions, and provisions every 6-month period, on September 1 and March 1, following the effective date of this chapter. Prior to taking any action to implement a final workforce program pursuant to this chapter, the authority shall first present the program to the fiscal committee of the general court and receive the approval of such committee.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 516:8 — NH Code / Title LIII / Chapter 516 / Section 8
516:8 Inclusions.
Status: in_force

The words director, officer and agent as used in this subdivision shall include all persons who may be directors, officers and agents of such corporation at the commencement of the proceeding or who may become such during the pendency thereof, and all persons who may have the custody or possession of the books, records or papers of the corporation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 412:34 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 412 / Section 34
412:34 Schedule Rating.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may permit insurers to use appropriate systems of schedule rating filed by any insurer or advisory organization approved by the commissioner, subject to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, to assure the uniform and impartial application of such rating. Such ratings shall be: I. Based on an employer's safety policies and record, including its policies with regard to injured workers' return to work; II. No greater than plus or minus 25 percent of the insurer's base rates; III. Voluntary on the part of both the insurer and the employer; and IV. Applicable to an annual premium greater than $1,000.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 378:31 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 378 / Section 31
378:31 Appeals.
Status: in_force

Procedure to be followed in connection with appeals shall be in accordance with RSA 541.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 479:20 — NH Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 479 / Section 20
479:20 Expenses.
Status: in_force

The expense of such publication and $.34 for the notice shall be paid to the mortgagee by the person redeeming the mortgage before the redemption thereof.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 228:105 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 228 / Section 105
228:105 Authority to Enter Into Agreements.
Status: in_force

The commissioner may enter into agreements with federal, state, or local agencies or other entities to assist with the planning, construction, maintenance, and management of park and ride facilities.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-F:2 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-F / Section 2
161-F:2 Department of Health and Human Services.
Status: in_force

The department of health and human services established under RSA 126-A:4 shall be responsible for the administration of this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-B:4-403 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-B / Section 4-403
564-B:4-403 Trusts Created in Other Jurisdictions.
Status: in_force

A trust not created by will is validly created if its creation complies with the law of the jurisdiction in which the trust instrument was executed, or the law of the jurisdiction in which, at the time of creation: (1) the settlor was domiciled, had a place of abode, or was a national; (2) a trustee was domiciled or had a place of business; or (3) any trust property was located.