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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 365:16 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 365 / Section 16
365:16 Testimonial Privilege.
Status: in_force

No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any book or paper in any investigation or inquiry by or upon any hearing before the commission, when ordered to do so by the commission, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, book or document required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no person shall be prosecuted, punished or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any act, transaction, matter or thing concerning which under oath, after claiming his privilege, he shall by order of the commission have testified or produced documentary evidence.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 135-A:2 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 135-A / Section 2
135-A:2 Administrator.
Status: in_force

Pursuant to the compact, the governor is hereby authorized to designate an officer who shall be the compact administrator and who, acting jointly with like officers of other party states, shall have power to adopt rules relative to the effective administration of the compact. The compact administrator is hereby authorized and directed to cooperate with all departments, agencies and officers of this state and its subdivisions in the proper administration of the compact and in the administration of any supplementary agreement or agreements entered into by this state under the compact.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 463-A:15 — NH Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 463-A / Section 15
463-A:15 Custodian's Expenses, Compensation, and Bond.
Status: in_force

I. A custodian is entitled to reimbursement from custodial property for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of the custodian's duties. II. Except for one who is a transferor under RSA 463-A:4, a custodian has a non-cumulative election during each calendar year to charge reasonable compensation for services performed during that year. III. Except as provided in RSA 463-A:18, VI, a custodian need not give a bond.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 228:115 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 228 / Section 115
228:115 Liability Insurance.
Status: in_force

Any contract for public-private design-build-finance-operate-maintain or design-build-operate-maintain services shall provide for securing and maintaining a liability insurance policy for contractors and engineers in the design phase of a project which shall be limited to 10 percent of the cost of such project. A certificate of liability compliance shall be included in the bid. Any such contract shall require a bond under RSA 447:16 for the design-build and bonds, letters of credit, or other forms of security for the operations and maintenance phases of the project.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 154:30-e — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 154 / Section 30-e
154:30-e Limitation of Liability.
Status: in_force

There shall be no liability imposed by law on the system or on any municipality, on the personnel of its fire department, nor on any private fire department or its personnel, belonging to such a system, for failure to respond or to respond reasonably for the purpose of extinguishing any fire. This immunity is not intended to be exclusive of other immunities existing by statute or at common law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 676:11 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 676 / Section 11
676:11 Building Permits Required.
Status: in_force

After a municipality has adopted a building code, any person who intends to erect or remodel any building in the municipality shall submit the plans to the building inspector for the building inspector's examination and approval prior to commencement of the planned construction.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 214:8 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 214 / Section 8
214:8 Form; Fees.
Status: in_force

I. The executive director shall prepare licenses, game tags, permits, and such other forms as determined necessary to comply with all licensing requirements of title XVIII. Such license, when issued to the licensee, shall bear the date of issuance, and shall contain the name, age, color of eyes, and residence of the licensee and such other information, including affidavits, as may be requested by the executive director. The license, to be valid, shall be countersigned by the licensee on the face of the license in the space provided. II. The executive director shall set fees for the various license types described in RSA 214:9 pursuant to RSA 206:10, I.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 186:77 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 186 / Section 77
186:77 Interpretation and Compliance.
Status: in_force

I. Should a public school fail to abide by any section of this subdivision, either knowingly or unknowingly, the commissioner of the department of education shall immediately halt all sources of public funding to that public school, until such time as the school comes into compliance with all sections of this subdivision. II. The commissioner of the department of education shall notify the state treasurer if a public school is not in compliance with this subdivision, at which time the treasurer shall halt all forms of public funding to the school until the commissioner has certified the school come into compliance with this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 234:19 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 234 / Section 19
234:19 Maintenance.
Status: in_force

All bridges constructed or reconstructed with bridge aid funds and which are located on class II highways shall be maintained by the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 481:1-a — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 481 / Section 1-a
481:1-a Declaration of Need.
Status: in_force

I. It is declared that there is a statewide need for conservation and distribution of water and the regulation of the flow of rivers and streams, and for the development and promotion of hydro-energy resources, and that the public interest, welfare and necessity may, at times, require the construction of projects for the conservation, development, storage, distribution, and utilization of water and the operation of hydro-energy production facilities relying on water energy resources. The department of environmental services shall be regarded as performing a governmental function in carrying out these provisions. In carrying out the provisions and purposes of this chapter, the department of environmental services shall not, however, perform promotion activities which involve new or existing hydroelectric generation projects. II. It is further declared that there is a special public need for dams, reservoirs and hydro-energy production facilities at strategic locations for regulating the flow of rivers and streams to lessen damages resulting from floods and to promote the state's industrial and economic welfare by enhancing and utilizing the present and potential water power along the rivers and streams. The construction, maintenance and operation of such dams, reservoirs and hydro-energy production facilities is the primary purpose of this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 310:1 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 310 / Section 1
310:1 Purpose.
Status: in_force

The purpose of the office of professional licensure and certification is to promote efficiency and economy in the administration of the business processing, record keeping, and other administrative and clerical operations of professional licensing and certification boards, including both professional healthcare licensing and professional technical licensing. The individual licensing and certification boards that are organized under the office of professional licensure and certification have specialized knowledge and experience and are separate and distinct for the purpose of regulating their various professions. Notwithstanding the unique regulatory role of each board, the legislature finds that there are opportunities for improving efficiency and customer service by providing for the joint administration of the boards' administrative, clerical, business processing, and record keeping functions. Except as provided in this section, the licensing and certification boards and entities organized under the office of professional licensure and certification shall exercise the powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities granted by statute.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 204-C:62 — NH Code / Title XVII / Chapter 204-C / Section 62
204-C:62 Rulemaking.
Status: repealed

Pursuant to RSA 204-C:53, the authority shall adopt rules governing the affordable housing fund. Such rules shall include, but shall not be limited to: I. Eligibility requirements for applicants. II. Criteria for eligible projects, including, but not limited to, construction and quality standards. III. Procedures for monitoring the implementation and management of projects. IV. Reasonable fees to offset the cost of monitoring the operation of projects funded under this subdivision. V. Requirements for long-term affordability of housing units in projects financed under this subdivision. Such requirements shall ensure that, at a minimum, at least 50 percent of the units in a project shall remain affordable to low and moderate income persons for the period of any loan or 20 years, whichever is longer. VI. Requirements regarding rents and fees which may be charged for housing units funded under this subdivision. VII. Restrictions on the ability of loan recipients to convert housing units constructed under this subdivision to uses other than those permitted by this subdivision and provisions for financial penalties and equity sharing if such conversion occurs. VIII. [Repealed.] IX. Any other matter necessary for the administration of this subdivision.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 141-J:4 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 141-J / Section 4
141-J:4 Program Ability to Share Data.
Status: in_force

Program staff and authorized department employees, agents, and contractors may use or disclose individually identifiable health information solely for the purposes specified in RSA 141-J:1. Such uses or disclosures shall be limited to the minimum amount of individually identifiable health information necessary to further such purposes.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-B:1-102 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-B / Section 1-102
564-B:1-102 Scope.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to express trusts, charitable or noncharitable, and trusts created pursuant to a statute, judgment, or decree that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust, including, but not limited to, a special needs trust authorized by 42 U.S.C. section 1396p(d)(4)(A) and (C) that requires the trust to be administered in the manner of an express trust. (b) This chapter shall not apply to a resulting or constructive trust, a business trust which provides for certificates to be issued to the beneficiary, an investment trust, a voting trust, a security instrument, a trust created by the judgment or decree by any other court, a liquidation trust, or a trust for the primary purpose of paying dividends, interest, interest coupons, salaries, wages, pensions or profits, or employee benefits of any kind, an instrument wherein a person is nominee or escrowee for another, a trust created in deposits in any financial institution, or other trust the nature of which does not admit of general trust administration. (c) Without precluding other means for establishing that this chapter applies to a specific trust, this chapter applies to a trust to the extent that the terms of the trust provide that this state's laws govern the trust's validity, interpretation, or administration. (d) Unless otherwise provided under the terms of the trust, New Hampshire law shall apply to the administrative matters of a trust that has its principal place of administration within this state. (e) This chapter shall not limit the authority of the director of charitable trusts or the department of health and human services as otherwise provided by statute or common law.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 411-A:6 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 411-A / Section 6
411-A:6 Diversification.
Status: in_force

I. An insurer shall not at any one time have any combination of investments in or loans upon the security of obligations, property or securities of any one municipal corporation, institution, person or corporation (other than its lawful subsidiary) aggregating over 10 percent of the insurer's assets. This shall not apply as to general obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States, its agencies or government sponsored enterprises, or of any state, or of Canada or any province thereof, or include policy loans made under RSA 411-A:27. II. An insurer shall not invest in or hold at any one time more than 10 percent of the outstanding voting stock of any corporation, except as to voting rights of preferred stock during default of dividends. This does not apply as to stock of a subsidiary of the insurer acquired under RSA 411-A:13 or to controlling stock of an insurer acquired under RSA 411-A:12, II. III. An insurer shall invest and have invested at any one time in aggregate amount not more than 10 percent of admitted assets in all stocks, investment in which is permitted under RSA 411-A:11, 411-A:12 and 411-A:14, and not more than 20 percent of its assets in stocks referred to in RSA 411-A:10. For the purposes of this paragraph stocks shall be valued at cost. This provision shall not apply to stock of controlled or subsidiary corporations or money market mutual funds. IV. An insurer shall not at any one time have more than 50 percent of its assets invested in obligations secured by mortgages of real property, exclusive of that portion of such obligations guaranteed or insured by an agency or government sponsored enterprise of the United States government. For the purposes of this paragraph, mortgages shall be valued at book value.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 374:62 — NH Code / Title XXXIV / Chapter 374 / Section 62
374:62 Property Owner's Consent Required for Smart Meter Gateway Devices.
Status: in_force

I. In this subdivision: (a) "Smart meter gateway device" means any electric utility meter, electric utility meter component, electric utility load control device, or device ancillary to the electric utility meter, which is located at an end-user's residence or business, and which serves as a communications gateway or portal to electrical appliances, electrical equipment, or electrical devices within the end-user's residence or business, or which otherwise communicates with, monitors, or controls such electrical appliances, electrical equipment, or electrical devices. (b) "Electric utility" means any public utility, as defined in RSA 362:2, which is engaged in the sale or distribution of electricity ultimately sold to the public, any rural electric cooperative, without regard to whether a certificate of regulation or deregulation is on file with the public utilities commission, and any municipal electric system operating pursuant to RSA 38 within or outside its municipal boundaries. II. (a) No electric utility that sells or provides electricity within the state of New Hampshire shall install a smart meter gateway device on or in a person's home or business without the written consent of the person or persons who own the home or business. (b) An electric utility selling or providing electricity shall create a form that the person or persons who own the home or business must sign to opt-in to having a smart meter gateway device installed on or in his or her home or business. The form shall, in at least 12-point boldface type, state that: (1) The opt-in is optional and one's service will not be affected if one elects not to opt-in; and (2) The device is a "smart meter gateway device," and provide the definition in subparagraph I(a). III. When an electric utility enrolls a homeowner or business owner for electrical service at his or her home or business, the electric utility shall disclose in writing whether a smart meter gateway device has been installed, and shall remove, or allow to be removed, all smart meter gateway devices upon written request of the homeowner or business owner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 235:15 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 235 / Section 15
235:15 Cost; How Borne.
Status: in_force

If any city or town desires state aid for the purpose of constructing or reconstructing a section of class I, II, or III highway, the town shall pay 1/3 of the cost and the state shall pay 2/3 of the cost.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 645:1-a — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 645 / Section 1-a
645:1-a Public Urination or Defecation.
Status: in_force

A person is guilty of a violation if such person urinates or defecates in a public place, other than a public restroom, under circumstances where the person knew or should have known would likely cause affront or alarm to another.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 436:94 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 436 / Section 94
436:94 Requirement for a Second Test.
Status: in_force

Any equine in the state which reacts positively to an official test is hereby required to be tested a second time at the expense of the state; and, if the test reads positive a second time, the equine shall be so identified with a freeze marking 12A which shall be at least 2 inches high. Such marking shall be applied to the left shoulder or the left side of the neck of the reactor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 597:23 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 597 / Section 23
597:23 Commitment in Default of Recognizance.
Status: in_force

Whenever a witness, upon being ordered by a superior court justice to recognize, neglects or refuses to do so, the justice may issue a warrant and cause such witness to be committed to jail until he complies with the order.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 231:126 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 231 / Section 126
231:126 Abatement of Assessments.
Status: in_force

For good cause shown, the assessors may abate any such assessment made by them or by their predecessors.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-C:1-103 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-C / Section 1-103
383-C:1-103 Reservation of Power to Amend or Repeal.
Status: in_force

The general court has power to amend or repeal all or part of this chapter at any time, and all persons subject to this chapter are governed by the amendment or repeal.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 239-A:5 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 239-A / Section 5
239-A:5 Contracts Made by CART.
Status: in_force

I. CART may enter into contracts and agreements which it considers to be in the interests of its public purposes with any person or persons, with any public or quasi-public corporation with any state, and with the United States and any department or agency thereof. It may enter into agreements for the joint use of any property and rights by CART and by any public utility operating any transportation facilities; agreements with any public utility operating any transportation facilities either within or without the service area for the joint use of any property of CART or public utility, or the establishment of through routes, joint fares, and transfer of passengers; and agreement with any person, or public corporation or quasi-public corporation for the maintenance, servicing, storage, operation, or use of any transit facility, property, or equipment on such basis as shall seem to CART consonant with its public purposes. II. CART may make contracts, leases, and agreements with any department or agency of the United States of America or of the state of New Hampshire, or with any person, municipality, county, or labor union, and may generally perform all acts necessary for the full exercise of the powers vested in it. CART may acquire rolling stock or other property under conditional sales contracts, leases, equipment trust certificates, or any other form of contracts, leases, equipment, trust certificates, or any other form of contract or trust agreement. Contracts may be let by an officer, employee, or agent of CART in such manner as may be authorized from time to time by CART.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 613:2-a — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 613 / Section 2-a
613:2-a Alternative Procedure to Compel the Attendance of a Witness to a Contiguous State.
Status: in_force

A justice of the peace, upon receipt of a certificate of the clerk of a court of record in any jurisdiction contiguous to the state of New Hampshire that a criminal prosecution is pending in such court, and that a resident of this state is supposed to be a material witness therein, shall issue a summons requiring such person to appear and testify at the court in which such case is pending.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 432:28 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 432 / Section 28
432:28 Covenants Already in Force Relating to the Affected Site.
Status: in_force

Any prior right, easement, privilege, restriction or condition relative to a designated site which then becomes subject to an agricultural preservation restriction shall remain enforceable. The restriction shall be subject to the prior covenants except upon the express release of the covenants due to the acquisition of the site's agricultural land development rights. If prior covenants are released upon the acquisition of the agricultural land development rights and the agricultural preservation restriction is then released pursuant to RSA 432:24 or RSA 432:25, the covenants shall be revived to the same status as prior to the acquisition of the development rights.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 19-A:9 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 19-A / Section 9
19-A:9 Granite Patron of the Arts Fund.
Status: in_force

I. There is hereby established in the office of the state treasurer a fund to be known as the granite patron of the arts fund, which shall be kept separate and distinct from all other funds and shall be continually appropriated to the division of the arts and the New Hampshire council on the arts. Such fund shall be the depository of all gifts, grants, federal funds, or donations made to the division of the arts or the New Hampshire council on the arts pursuant to RSA 19-A and RSA 12-A:2-K, IV. Implementation expenses, the expenses of the division and council, any employees of the division or council, and operations and initiatives of the division and council shall be paid from such fund. Any moneys in such fund shall not lapse into the general fund of the state. II. The division and the council are authorized to institute programs to solicit and receive any gifts, grants, donations, or to receive federal matching funds made for the encouragement of the arts and to deposit such gifts, grants, or donations in the New Hampshire council on the arts fund under this section. The division and the council shall acknowledge receipt of any gifts, grants, or donations within 15 days of receipt on a form provided by the commissioner of the department of revenue administration.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485:9 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485 / Section 9
485:9 Highway Construction.
Status: in_force

No public highway, access roads, or private ways of any sort, shall be constructed so as to traverse any watershed tributary to a lake, pond or reservoir used for the storage of public drinking water without first obtaining the approval of the department.