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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270:115 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270 / Section 115
270:115 Connecticut River.
Status: in_force

The department of safety, division of state police, shall post at all boat launching sites on the Connecticut River, within the jurisdiction of the state, a speed limit of headway speed within 150 feet of the shoreline. Any person who violates the posted speed limits shall be guilty of a violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265:8-a — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 265 / Section 8-a
265:8-a Police Pursuit and Emergency Response.
Status: in_force

Each state, county and local law enforcement agency that conducts emergency response and vehicular pursuits shall adopt a written policy or policies that set forth the manner in which these operations shall be conducted. Such policy or policies shall conform to state or national accreditation standards as adopted by the police standards and training council or the national commission on accreditation for law enforcement agencies and shall be kept on file and available for inspection by the police standards and training council and the attorney general.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 633:5 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 633 / Section 5
633:5 Peonage.
Status: in_force

I. An actor is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if such person knowingly holds a victim in a condition of involuntary servitude in satisfaction of a debt owed to the actor. In this section, "involuntary servitude" means a condition of servitude in which the victim is forced to work for the actor by the use or threat of physical restraint or physical injury, or by the use or threat of coercion through law or the legal process. II. The use of the labor of any person incarcerated in a state or county correctional facility or municipal jail shall be exempt from this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 638:15-a — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 638 / Section 15-a
638:15-a False Academic Documentation.
Status: in_force

I. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if such person knowingly does any of the following: (a) Falsely creates, alters, or assists in the false creation or alteration of an academic degree. (b) Solicits from another the false creation or alteration of an academic degree. (c) Uses, offers, or presents as authentic a falsely created or altered academic degree. (d) Sells, gives, purchases, or obtains, or assists in the selling, giving, purchasing, or obtaining of a false academic degree. (e) Makes a false written representation relating to the person's academic degree, or makes a false written representation that the person has received an academic degree from a specific secondary, postsecondary, or professional institution, or governmental program, in the application for: (1) Employment. (2) Admission to any educational program. (3) An award, honor, or other recognition. (4) The issuance of an academic degree to the person himself or herself. II. In this section, "academic degree" means a diploma, certificate, license, academic transcript, or other document which signifies or purports to signify the completion of the academic requirements of a secondary, postsecondary, professional, or governmental program of study.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 12-P:15 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 12-P / Section 15
12-P:15 Suppliers of Natural Gas and Aggregators of Natural Gas Customers; Rulemaking.
Status: in_force

I. The department is authorized to adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, establishing requirements for suppliers of natural gas and the aggregators of natural gas customers, including registration of such suppliers and aggregators before soliciting or doing business in the state, registration fees, disclosure of information to customers, standards of conduct, submission to commission jurisdiction for mediation and resolution of disputes, imposition of penalties for failure to comply with commission requirements, and consumer protection and assistance requirements. II. The department of energy shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A which require all natural gas companies to report to the department, the senate president, and the speaker of the house of representatives, in a uniform manner, lost and unaccounted for gas for each year. (a) Such rules shall include a method using operational and billing data to determine the total amount of lost and unaccounted for gas and to identify and measure each of its components. (b) The department may grant waivers from the rules as necessary for the development of innovative projects to reduce lost and unaccounted for gas. Such innovative projects shall be intended to reduce costs to ratepayers and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. An application for a waiver shall include the goals of the innovative project, the expected cost, the expected benefit to ratepayers and the expected reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. (c) For the purposes of this paragraph, "lost and unaccounted for gas" shall mean an amount of gas that is the difference between the total gas purchased by a gas company and the sum of: (1) total gas delivered to customers; and (2) total gas used by a gas company in the conduct of its operations. III. This section shall not in any way affect the utility or non-utility status of any supplier of natural gas or aggregator of natural gas customers, nor shall it be construed to limit the commission's and the department of energy's existing authority with regard to the regulation of gas utilities or the scope of the commission's and the department's authority in considering whether to expand the availability of competitive natural gas supplies through the distribution system of gas utilities.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-F:40 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-F / Section 40
161-F:40 Establishment of Program.
Status: in_force

I. There is hereby established a senior volunteer grant program in the department. The program shall, within the limits of funds appropriated, reimburse the senior companion and foster grandparents programs for the volunteers' stipends, benefits, travel, and administrative expenses incurred in providing volunteer services. II. The funds so appropriated shall be disbursed by the department in quarterly payments. The funds shall be allocated to senior companion and foster grandparents programs.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 115-A:22 — NH Code / Title VIII / Chapter 115-A / Section 22
115-A:22 Forfeiture of Bonus.
Status: in_force

Any person who obtains a bonus payment under this subdivision by fraud shall forfeit such bonus to the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 214-A:5 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 214-A / Section 5
214-A:5 Unused Blanks and Decals.
Status: in_force

I. Agents shall return to the executive director, within 14 days after the close of the current year, all unused license blanks. Agents shall be held responsible to the state for all license blanks and shall pay for any unaccountable license blanks the full face value of the highest price license printed thereon, except that the executive director may waive this requirement when, in his or her sole judgment, there is just cause to do so. II. Agents shall return to the executive director, within 14 days after the close of the current registration year, all unused OHRV and snowmobile decals. The registration agents shall be held responsible to the state for all OHRV and snowmobile decals and shall pay for any unaccountable decals the full face value of the highest price registration printed thereon, except that the executive director may waive this requirement when, in his or her sole judgment, there is just cause to do so.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 137-J:33 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 137-J / Section 33
137-J:33 Do Not Resuscitate Identification.
Status: in_force

Do not resuscitate identification as set forth in this chapter may consist of either a medical condition bracelet or necklace with the inscription of the person's name, date of birth in numerical form and "NH Do Not Resuscitate" or "NH DNR" on it. Such identification shall be issued only upon presentation of a properly executed do not resuscitate order form as set forth in RSA 137-J:26, a medical orders form in which a physician, physician associate, or advanced practice registered nurse has documented a do not resuscitate order, or a do not resuscitate order properly executed in accordance with a health care facility' s written policy and procedure.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 402-H:11-b — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 402-H / Section 11-b
402-H:11-b Exemption.
Status: in_force

An association administering a pooled risk management program operated pursuant to RSA 5-B or conducting business that is exempt from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code, section 115 shall not be required to obtain a certificate of authority or to meet the other requirements of this chapter for services provided in connection with the administration of its pooled risk management plans or its section 115 business, but shall be required to register with the commissioner pursuant to RSA 402-H:11-a. Pooled risk management program registration may be accomplished by providing the commissioner a copy of the informational filing required to be filed with the department of state pursuant to RSA 5-B:4.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 105-D:1 — NH Code / Title VII / Chapter 105-D / Section 1
105-D:1 Definitions.
Status: in_force

In this chapter: I. "Body-worn camera" or "BWC" means an electronic camera system for creating, generating, sending, receiving, storing, displaying, and processing audiovisual recordings that may be worn about the person of a law enforcement officer. II. "Community caretaking function" means a task undertaken by a law enforcement officer in which the officer is performing an articulable act unrelated to the investigation of a crime. It includes, but is not limited to, participating in town halls or other community outreach, helping a child find his or her parents, providing death notifications, dealing with individuals asking for directions or other assistance, and performing in-home or hospital well-being checks on the sick, elderly, or persons presumed missing. III. "In uniform" means a law enforcement officer who is wearing any officially authorized uniform designated by a law enforcement agency, or a law enforcement officer who is visibly wearing articles of clothing, a badge, tactical gear, gun belt, a patch, or other insignia that he or she is a law enforcement officer acting in the course of his or her duties. IV. "Law enforcement officer" or "officer" means any person employed by a law enforcement agency. V. "Law enforcement agency" or "agency" means a state, county, municipality, special district, security service or police of the community college system of New Hampshire and the university system of New Hampshire, security service of the legislative or judicial branch, unit of local government police department or any other entity authorized by law to employ law enforcement officers or exercise police authority. VI. "Law enforcement-related encounters or activities" include, but are not limited to, traffic stops, pedestrian stops, arrests, searches, interrogations, investigations, pursuits, crowd control, traffic control, non-community caretaking interactions with an individual while on patrol, or any other instance in which the officer is enforcing the laws of the municipality, county, or state. The term does not include: (a) Activities when the officer is completing paperwork alone or is in the presence of another law enforcement officer or officers; or (b) Community caretaking functions. VII. "Recording" means the process of capturing data or information stored on a recording medium. VIII. "Recording medium" means any recording medium for the retention and playback of recorded audio and video including, but not limited to, VHS, DVD, hard drive, cloud storage, solid state, digital, flash memory technology, or any other electronic medium. IX. "Subject of the recording" means any law enforcement officer or any suspect, victim, detainee, conversant, injured party, witness, or other similarly situated person who appears on the recording, and shall not include people who only incidentally appear on the recording.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 331-A:25-a — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 331-A / Section 25-a
331-A:25-a Licensee; Scope of Agency; Interpretation.
Status: in_force

I. A licensee who provides services through a brokerage agreement for a seller, landlord, buyer, or tenant is bound by the duties of loyalty, obedience, disclosure, confidentiality, reasonable care, diligence, and accounting. II. A licensee may be a seller agent, a buyer agent, a disclosed dual agent, or a subagent. If another relationship between the licensee who performs the services and the seller, landlord, buyer, or tenant is intended, it must be described in writing and signed by all parties to the relationship prior to services being rendered.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 177:8-a — NH Code / Title XIII / Chapter 177 / Section 8-a
177:8-a Reimbursement for Emergency Services.
Status: in_force

The commission and the officials of any municipality which is required to provide emergency services to a liquor store located on an interstate highway shall meet and negotiate reimbursement for each store on a per call basis for the services to be provided.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485-A:15 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485-A / Section 15
485-A:15 Penalties.
Status: in_force

I. It shall be unlawful for any person to put or place, or cause to be put or placed into a surface water of the state or on the ice over such waters, or on the banks of such waters, any solid waste as defined in RSA 149-M or hazardous waste as defined in RSA 147-A, including but not limited to bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrap metal, junk, paper, garbage, tires, old automobiles or parts thereof, yard waste, trees or parts thereof, or similar litter. II. For any violation of this section any authorized member or agent of the department of environmental services may order the immediate removal of material involved in the violation, by the person responsible for the material in question. The authority to enforce this section shall extend to all peace officers in the state of New Hampshire, as defined by RSA 594:1, III. III. If the person or persons responsible for a violation of paragraph I refuse or fail to obey the order of any peace officer or authorized member or agent of the department of environmental services, the department of environmental services or authorized member or agency may contract for the removal of the material in question and the cost of the removal shall be recoverable by the state in an action of debt brought by the attorney general in the name of the state. III-a. For a first offense, any person who purposely or recklessly violates paragraph I shall be guilty of a violation. IV. For any second or subsequent offense, any person who purposely or recklessly violates paragraph I shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. V. Any person who purposely or knowingly violates paragraph I shall be guilty of a class B felony.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 472:3 — NH Code / Title XLVII / Chapter 472 / Section 3
472:3 Survey; Monuments.
Status: in_force

The line agreed upon shall be surveyed and established by courses and distances, and suitable and permanent monuments shall be placed at each end and at each angle of the boundary so agreed upon.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 186-C:8 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 186-C / Section 8
186-C:8 Collaborative Programs.
Status: in_force

I. School districts or school administrative units, or both, may enter into cooperative agreements in order to provide approved programs for educating children with disabilities. The state board of education, when appropriate because of a low incidence of a disabling condition, high cost of services, or scarcity of trained personnel, shall encourage such cooperative agreements and shall serve as a source of information, advice and guidance to school districts, school administrative units, or both. II. The state board of education, together with representatives of neighboring states, shall study the feasibility of interstate agreements for the provision of services to children with disabilities.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-G:1 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 126-G / Section 1
126-G:1 Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of this chapter is to provide support to families in their role as primary caregivers for disabled family members.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 246:36 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 246 / Section 36
246:36 Notice.
Status: in_force

Proceedings under this subdivision shall only be had after due notice to the railroad, the town or city and the landowners.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-G:7 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-G / Section 7
21-G:7 Field Operations.
Status: in_force

I. A department shall not establish field operations unless specifically authorized to do so by statute; except that temporary field operations may be established upon a specific written declaration by the governor and council that an emergency exists. A temporary field operation shall not be continued beyond the adjournment of the next regular or special session of the general court following a declaration of emergency. II. Legislative proposals by a department seeking establishment of field operations shall include evidence of the commissioner's written certification to the governor and council that all other agencies with field operations in the same vicinity of the state have been consulted to determine the feasibility of combining such field operations.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 49-C:15 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 49-C / Section 15
49-C:15 General Powers.
Status: repealed

Except as otherwise provided, the elected body hereby established shall have all the powers and discharge all the duties conferred or imposed upon city councils in convention, city councils voting concurrently, or boards of mayor and aldermen acting separately, by RSA 44 through RSA 48 or other general law now in force or later enacted, or upon the existing city councils or board of mayor and aldermen of the city by special laws not hereby repealed. The elected body shall have the powers of selectmen of towns so far as consistent with this charter. All provisions of such laws pertaining to the powers or duties of any or all such bodies shall be construed to apply to the elected body unless there is a contrary intent or provision, it being the purpose of this chapter to confer upon the elected body all functions of the existing board of aldermen or city council, whether legislative, executive or judicial.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 657:12 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 657 / Section 12
657:12 Provisions for General Election.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a properly executed application for an official absentee ballot for a general election, whether the form supplied by the secretary of state, the federal official post card form, or a written statement containing the information required by RSA 657:4, I, a town or city clerk shall forthwith ascertain if the applicant is on the checklist of the town or city. If the applicant is on the checklist, the clerk shall send the materials provided for in RSA 657:15 to the applicant and record the information pursuant to RSA 657:15; if not, the clerk shall refuse to certify as provided in RSA 657:16. An application may be transmitted by facsimile to a town or city clerk.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-C:8-804 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-C / Section 8-804
383-C:8-804 Commissioner Determination.
Status: in_force

After receipt of an application under RSA 383-C:8-801, RSA 383-C:8-802, or RSA 383-C:8-803 that is deemed substantially complete under RSA 383-A:6-603, the commissioner shall make a determination under RSA 383-A:6-604.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 292:9 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 292 / Section 9
292:9 Procedure.
Status: in_force

I. Any such corporation, or 1/4 of the members thereof, may apply by petition to the superior court, or in the case of a charitable corporation to the superior court or the probate court, in the county in which the corporation is located, for a decree of dissolution, or for such other relief as may be just; and the court, after due notice to all parties interested and a hearing, may decree that the corporation be dissolved, subject to such limitations and conditions as justice may require. The attorney general shall be notified and given an opportunity to be heard in all cases involving charitable corporations. II. The court shall have the right to appoint a guardian ad litem in the event that any members or shareholders, or both, are unknown or have abandoned a stock interest or membership interest in the corporation. The guardian ad litem shall file a report with the court setting forth its findings with respect to: the attempt to notify the unknown shareholders or members or both; any response from the unknown shareholders or members or both; and the length of time since the date of last contact by the unknown shareholder or member with the corporation. III. The court shall have the discretion, after reviewing the report of the guardian ad litem, to conclude the extent of the rights and interests of the shareholders or members, or both, who are unknown or have abandoned their interests. IV. No member or shareholder shall be entitled to receive an amount from a dissolution of assets greater than the member's or shareholder's total contribution to capital or purchase price, or both, of membership certificates. Any and all funds which may be payable to members or shareholders, or both, who have been adjudicated to have abandoned their interests under this section shall revert to the corporation as capital assets.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270:93 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270 / Section 93
270:93 Big Pea Porridge Pond; Internal Combustion Engine.
Status: in_force

No person shall use or operate any powerboat equipped with an internal combustion engine on the open waters of Big Pea Porridge Pond in the towns of Madison and Conway. Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-U:2 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 162-U / Section 2
162-U:2 Regulatory Principle for Department Commissioners.
Status: repealed

[RSA 162-U:2 repealed by 2025, 141:331, effective July 1, 2045.] The general court hereby declares that Coos County is a distressed place-based economy. All agencies shall consider this declaration in decisions affecting Coos county.