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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 79:10-a — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 79 / Section 10-a
79:10-a Bond Required.
Status: in_force

I. The assessing officials shall, within 30 days of the receipt of the notice of intent to cut pursuant to RSA 79:10, or within 15 days of written notification of a change in ownership from the owner pursuant to RSA 79:3-a, II, notify in writing the owner filing such notice of the amount and conditions of any bond or other security which they deem necessary to secure the payment of the yield tax due from the operation described in the notice of intent to cut. II. No owner required to furnish bond or other security in accordance with RSA 79:3-a shall commence to cut or continue to cut until such owner has posted the bond or other security. No owner who owns land in the town where the owner intends to cut shall be required to post a bond or other security as a condition to cut, unless the owner is delinquent on town timber taxes or property taxes. III. Any owner who commences a cutting operation or who continues a cutting operation without first furnishing a bond or other securities as deemed necessary by the assessing officials shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 444:2 — NH Code / Title XLI / Chapter 444 / Section 2
444:2 Sale on Default.
Status: in_force

If a time is limited for the payment of the debt or the redemption of the property, the property may be sold at any time after the expiration of the limited time, upon like notice; provided, that such sale will not be in conflict with the terms of the contract under which the property is holden.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 329-C:19 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 329-C / Section 19
329-C:19 Dispute Resolution.
Status: in_force

I. The interstate commission shall attempt, upon the request of a member state, to resolve disputes which are subject to the compact and which may arise among member states or member boards. II. The interstate commission shall promulgate rules providing for both mediation and binding dispute resolution as appropriate.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 7:6-c — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 7 / Section 6-c
7:6-c Enforcement of the Election Laws.
Status: in_force

I. Upon receipt of a signed written complaint, or upon his or her own motion, the attorney general may in his or her discretion, conduct investigations to determine whether any violation of the election or lobbying laws has occurred and may prosecute anyone responsible for such a violation. In conducting an investigation under this section the attorney general may enlist the aid of the county attorneys, the state police, and other public officers. In the exercise of his or her powers and duties under this section, the attorney general may hold hearings and require the attendance of individuals by the use of subpoena and may require the production of books, documents, records, and other tangible goods by use of subpoena duces tecum. Any testimony required by the attorney general at a hearing which he or she is empowered to hold under this section shall be given under oath. The attorney general shall maintain records of complaints and investigations of alleged violations of the election laws. II. (a) Beginning January 31, 2013, the attorney general shall, at least once during every 6-month period, provide a rolling report to the general court on the status of all complaints of alleged violations of the election laws received. The attorney general shall submit the report to the standing committees of the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over election law. (b) The report shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) A summary of complaints received during the preceding 6 months, or during the period since the previous report if such period is less than 6 months, including the number of complaints categorized by type of complaint and month received. (2) For each complaint investigated, the results of the investigation and a description of actions taken following the investigation. (3) For each complaint not investigated, an explanation of why the complaint was not investigated. (c) The requirements of subparagraph (b)(2) or (b)(3) may be satisfied by including with the report, for the complaint described, a closure letter, settlement agreement, cease and desist order, or complaint filed with a court, or any other official communication.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265:35 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 265 / Section 35
265:35 Pedestrian's Right of Way in Crosswalks.
Status: in_force

I. When traffic control signals are not in place or not in operation the driver of a vehicle shall yield the right of way, slowing down or stopping if need be to so yield, to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within a crosswalk when the pedestrian is upon the half of the roadway upon which the vehicle is traveling, or when the pedestrian is approaching so closely from the opposite half of the roadway as to be in danger. II. No pedestrian shall suddenly leave a curb or other place of safety and walk or run into the path of a vehicle which is so close as to constitute an immediate hazard. III. Paragraph I shall not apply under the conditions stated in RSA 265:36. IV. Whenever any vehicle is stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway, the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass such stopped vehicle.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 72:34-a — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 72 / Section 34-a
72:34-a Appeal From Refusal to Grant Exemption, Deferral, or Tax Credit.
Status: in_force

Whenever the selectmen or assessors refuse to grant an applicant an exemption, deferral, or tax credit to which the applicant may be entitled under the provisions of RSA 72:23, 23-d, 23-e, 23-f, 23-g, 23-h, 23-i, 23-j, 23-k, 28, 28-b, 28-c, 29-a, 30, 31, 32, 35, 36-a, 37, 37-a, 37-b, 38-a, 38-b, 39-a, 39-b, 41, 42, 62, 66, or 70 the applicant may appeal in writing, on or before September 1 following the date of notice of tax under RSA 72:1-d, to the board of tax and land appeals or the superior court, which may order an exemption, deferral, or tax credit, or an abatement if a tax has been assessed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 169-C:20-a — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 169-C / Section 20-a
169-C:20-a Notice to School District of Out-of-Home Placement; Development of Transition Plan.
Status: in_force

I. If the department of health and human services recommends or initiates an out-of-home placement or a change in placement, whether within or out of the district, the department shall notify the school district as soon as possible of the change in placement and shall work with the school district to determine how, consistent with the best interest of the child, to assure the child's educational stability. II. When necessary to transition the child to a different school or school district, the department and school district shall develop a transition plan for the child. The objective of the plan shall be to minimize the number of placements for the child and to facilitate any change in placement or school assignment with the least disruption to the child's education. To the extent appropriate, the child may be involved in the formation of the plan.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 402-C:34 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 402-C / Section 34
402-C:34 Setoffs.
Status: repealed

I. Setoffs Allowed in General. Mutual debts or mutual credits between the insurer and another person in connection with any action or proceeding under this chapter shall be set off and the balance only shall be allowed or paid, except as provided in paragraph II. II. Exceptions. No setoff shall be allowed in favor of any person where: (a) The obligation of the insurer to the person would not at the date of the filing of a petition for liquidation entitle him to share as a claimant in the assets of the insurer; (b) The obligation of the insurer to the person was purchased by or transferred to the person with a view to its being used as a setoff; (c) The obligation of the person is to pay an assessment levied against the members or subscribers of the insurer, or is to pay a balance upon a subscription to the capital stock of the insurer, or is in any other way in the nature of a capital contribution; or (d) [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 151:43 — NH Code / Title XI / Chapter 151 / Section 43
151:43 Opportunity to Designate a Caregiver.
Status: in_force

I. A hospital shall provide each patient or, if applicable, the patient's legally designated health care decision maker with at least one opportunity to designate at least one caregiver following the patient's entry into a hospital, prior to the patient's discharge or transfer to another facility, in a timeframe that is consistent with the discharge planning process. (a) If the patient is unconscious or otherwise incapacitated upon his or her entry into a hospital, the hospital shall provide such patient or his or her legally designated health care decision maker with an opportunity to designate a caregiver within 24 hours following the patient's recovery of his or her consciousness or capacity. (b) If the patient or the patient's legally designated health care decision maker declines to designate a caregiver, the hospital shall promptly document this in the patient's medical record, and the hospital shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of RSA 151:43. (c) If the patient or the patient's legally designated health care decision maker designates an individual as a caregiver: (1) The hospital shall promptly request the written consent of the patient or the patient's legally designated health care decision maker to release medical information to the patient's designated caregiver following the hospital's established procedures for releasing personal health information and in compliance with all federal and state laws. If the patient or the patient's legally designated health care decision maker declines to consent to release medical information to the patient's designated caregiver, the hospital shall not be required to provide notice to the caregiver under RSA 151:44 or provide information contained in the patient's discharge plan under RSA 151:45. (2) The hospital shall record the patient's designation of caregiver, the relationship of the designated caregiver to the patient, and the name, telephone number, and address of the patient's designated caregiver in the patient's medical record. (d) A patient may elect to change his or her designated caregiver at any time, and the hospital shall record this change in the patient's medical record. II. A designation of a caregiver by a patient or a patient's legally designated health care decision maker under this section shall not obligate any individual to perform any after-care tasks for any patient. III. This section shall not be construed to require a patient or a patient's legally designated health care decision maker to designate any individual as a caregiver.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38-A:12 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 38-A / Section 12
38-A:12 Details.
Status: in_force

Bonds of the authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as such resolutions, its trust indenture or mortgage may provide. In case any of the members or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any bond or coupon shall cease to be such members or officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes. All bonds may be signed on behalf of the authority by, or with the facsimile signatures of, such persons as at the actual date of such execution shall be the proper officers authorized by resolution of the authority to execute said bonds, notwithstanding the fact that on the day said bonds are dated, or on the date of the delivery thereof, any such person shall not have been such officer.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-O:3 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 125-O / Section 3
125-O:3 Integrated Power Plant Strategy.
Status: repealed

I. The department shall implement an integrated, multi-pollutant strategy to reduce air emissions from affected sources. II. The integrated, multi-pollutant strategy shall be implemented in a market-based fashion that allows trading and banking of emission reductions to comply with the overall statewide annual emission caps established under RSA 125-O:3, III. Allowances, up to the amount of these caps, shall be allocated to each affected source based on the output of each affected source. The department shall make publicly available all allocations prior to the effective date of such allocations. III. The strategy shall include implementation of the following statewide annual emissions caps: (a) 7,289 tons annually applicable to total sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions from the affected sources; (b) 3,644 tons annually applicable to total oxides of nitrogen (NOx) emissions from the affected sources; (c) [Repealed.] [Paragraph III(d) repealed by 2012, 281:11, I, effective as provided by 2012, 281:17.] (d) 5,425,866 tons annually applicable to total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the affected sources until December 31, 2008.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 450:3 — NH Code / Title XLI / Chapter 450 / Section 3
450:3 Notice and Sale.
Status: in_force

If any of the charges referred to in this chapter shall remain unpaid for 60 days, the lienholder may sell such motor vehicle or aircraft or house trailer at public sale, and the proceeds, after first paying the expense of sale, shall be applied in payment of the charges, the balance, if any, to be paid to the debtor. Notice of such sale shall be given and record made as provided in RSA 444:3, 4 and 6.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-C:19 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 141-C / Section 19
141-C:19 Laboratory Support Services; Rules.
Status: in_force

I. The commissioner shall make available laboratory tests for the early detection and control of communicable diseases such as acquired immune deficiency syndrome, rubella, herpes virus, legionnaire's disease, eastern equine encephalitis, viral hepatitis, chlamydia, rabies, rotavirus, rubeola, influenza, salmonella, pertussis and toxoplasmosis. II. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to adding to the list of communicable diseases in paragraph I for which testing shall be available and establishing a fee schedule for all tests available under this section. The commissioner may waive such fees when it is in the best interest of the health of the public to do so.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 378:2 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 378 / Section 2
378:2 Form.
Status: in_force

In the case of public utilities subject to regulation by duly constituted federal authority, the requirements relative to the filing of schedules with the commission and to the publication thereof shall conform as nearly as may be to the requirements of said federal authority.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-E:4-410 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-E / Section 4-410
383-E:4-410 Retention of Securities.
Status: in_force

Any security held under RSA 383-E:4-404 through 409 which becomes nonlegal because of changes in the law relating to legal investments or because of conditions arising subsequent to the purchase of such security, may be retained upon application to the commissioner for approval to retain the security.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 502-A:16-a — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 502-A / Section 16-a
502-A:16-a Change of Venue in Possessory Actions Regarding Residential Property.
Status: in_force

Venue in possessory actions concerning residential property brought pursuant to RSA 540 which are initiated in a judicial district other than that in which the defendant resides may be transferred as follows: I. In cases based on grounds other than nonpayment of rent, venue shall be transferred to the judicial district in which the defendant resides at the request of the defendant. II. In cases based on nonpayment of rent, venue may be transferred to the judicial district in which defendant resides when the court, in its discretion, determines that justice so requires.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 211:29 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 29
211:29 Lobster Meat.
Status: in_force

No person, firm or corporation shall transport, possess or offer for sale lobster meat from sources outside the jurisdiction of this state unless such meat shall comply with RSA 211:27. The inclusion of any such meat of less than the prescribed legal length within any container, package, receptacle or tray shall subject all such meat included in said container, package, receptacle, or tray to be forfeited and the possessor of such meat shall be subject to the penalty imposed for violation of RSA 211:27. Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not prohibit the sale of lobsters canned in hermetically sealed cans not requiring refrigeration when the contents of the cans do not weigh over eight ounces net. Nothing in the provisions of this section or RSA 211:27 shall prohibit the processing and distributing within the state by packers or processors located within or without the state of processed lobster meat for the purpose of canning or freezing for resale as processed stews, newburgs, chowders or pies, or prohibit wholesalers and retailers from selling processed lobster meat packed in stews, newburgs, chowders or pies providing they are licensed as required by RSA 211:38.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-C:199 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-C / Section 199
304-C:199 Singular and Plural.
Status: in_force

Unless the context otherwise requires, as used herein, the singular shall include the plural and the plural may refer to only the singular.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 439:1 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 439 / Section 1
439:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following terms as used in this chapter shall have the meanings given them in Section 1324 of the Food Security Act of 1985, 7 USC section 1631, as amended, and in the regulations adopted pursuant thereto: "amount [of farm products]," "buyer in the ordinary course of business," "commission merchant," "crop year," "description [of farm products]," "farm products," "farm product category," "reasonable description of the real estate," "security interest," and "selling agent."
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-E:110 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-E / Section 110
564-E:110 Termination of Power of Attorney or Agent's Authority.
Status: in_force

(a) A power of attorney terminates when: (1) the principal dies; (2) the principal becomes incapacitated, if the power of attorney is not durable; (3) the principal revokes the power of attorney; (4) the power of attorney provides that it terminates; (5) the purpose of the power of attorney is accomplished; or (6) the principal revokes the agent's authority or the agent dies, becomes incapacitated, or resigns, and the power of attorney does not provide for another agent to act under the power of attorney. (b) An agent's authority terminates when: (1) the principal revokes the authority; (2) the agent dies, becomes incapacitated, or resigns; (3) a petition for divorce, annulment, separation or a decree of nullity is filed with respect to the agent's marriage to the principal, unless the power of attorney otherwise provides; or (4) the power of attorney terminates. (c) Unless the power of attorney otherwise provides, an agent's authority is exercisable until the authority terminates under subsection (b), notwithstanding a lapse of time since the execution of the power of attorney. (d) Termination of an agent's authority or of a power of attorney is not effective as to the agent or another person that, without actual knowledge of the termination, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal's successors in interest. (e) Incapacity of the principal of a power of attorney that is not durable does not revoke or terminate the power of attorney as to an agent or other person that, without actual knowledge of the incapacity, acts in good faith under the power of attorney. An act so performed, unless otherwise invalid or unenforceable, binds the principal and the principal's successors in interest. (f) The execution of a power of attorney does not revoke a power of attorney previously executed by the principal unless the subsequent power of attorney provides that the previous power of attorney is revoked or that all other powers of attorney are revoked.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 359-E:8 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 359-E / Section 8
359-E:8 Prohibited Telemarketing Sales Calls.
Status: in_force

I. Telemarketers are prohibited from conducting telemarketing sales calls to any customer who has registered his or her name or telephone number with the do-not-call registry maintained by the list administrator or Federal Trade Commission. In the case of telemarketers regulated by the Federal Communications Commission, this chapter shall apply in a manner consistent with rules concerning a national do-not-call list developed by that agency. II. In addition, any person who is required to comply with the Federal Trade Commission Telemarketing Sales Rule, 16 C.F.R. part 310, as amended, shall also comply with the provisions of the Federal Trade Commission Telemarketing Sales Rule for telemarketing sales calls made within the state of New Hampshire. This section shall also apply to any person who would be required to comply with the Federal Trade Commission Telemarketing Sales Rule, if such person were making interstate telemarketing sales calls.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-L:2 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 12-L / Section 2
12-L:2 Declaration of Purpose.
Status: in_force

The McAuliffe-Shepard discovery center is the official state memorial for Sharon Christa McAuliffe, the Concord, New Hampshire social studies teacher who was chosen to be America's first teacher in space. The discovery center is also the official state memorial for Alan B. Shepard, the Derry, New Hampshire native who was the first American in space. The discovery center's mission is to educate, incite, and entertain learners of all ages in the sciences and humanities by actively engaging them in the exploration of astronomy, aviation, and earth and space science.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 310-A:77 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 310-A / Section 77
310-A:77 Application.
Status: in_force

Any person, except as specifically exempted in this subdivision, who practices or offers to practice soil science or wetland science in this state shall be subject to the provisions of this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-C:51 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-C / Section 51
304-C:51 Managers who are Also Members.
Status: in_force

Unless the operating agreement provides otherwise, a person who is both a manager and a member: I. Has the rights and powers and is subject to the duties of a manager; and II. Has the rights and powers and is subject to the duties of a member.