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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 153:10-d — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 153 / Section 10-d
153:10-d Exemption for Recovery Houses.
Status: in_force

I. An owner or operator of a recovery house which is in compliance with rules adopted by the commissioner of health and human services under RSA 172-B:2, V for the voluntary registry for operators of recovery houses or who is certified by the New Hampshire Coalition of Recovery Residences may apply to the state fire marshal and maybe granted an exemption under RSA 153:5, IV from certain requirements of the state fire code, provided the following requirements are in place: (a) A properly maintained electrical system. (b) A properly maintained heating system, inspected and tagged annually by a qualified service technician, including a domestic sprinkler head over the unit and smoke separation from living area. (c) Properly maintained cooking appliances. (d) Street number of the recovery house posted and visible from the street. (e) No smoking within 10 feet of the building unless approved by the local fire department. (f) A written evacuation plan submitted to and approved by the local fire department. (g) Monthly evacuation drills must be conducted with documentation available for review onsite. (h) Basement living spaces shall have an exit directly to grade. (i) The facility shall have a minimum of 50 gross square feet per bed per sleeping room. (j) At least one escape window in each sleeping room. An escape window shall comply with the state fire marshal's most recent informational bulletin document relative to size and dimensions. (k) Installed interconnected smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, electrically powered with battery backup, on each level and in each sleeping room. Ten-year battery alarms with wireless interconnectivity may be substituted for electrically powered alarms. For occupancies exceeding 8 occupants, the installation of a complete fire alarm system, with carbon monoxide detection, including automatic notification to the local fire department shall be required. (l) Annual compliance inspection by the local fire department. (m) If the travel distance to an exit is greater than 75 feet, or for occupancies with living space above the second floor regardless of travel distance, there shall be 2 remote means of egress from each floor. (n) A 24-hour emergency contact person with contact information and the approved building occupant load shall be posted in the common area of the building so it is readily visible to the fire department. II. In this section, "recovery house" means a residence that provides a safe, healthy, family-like, substance-free living environment that supports individuals in recovery from addiction and is centered on peer support and a connection to services that promote long-term recovery; provided that "recovery housing" shall not include a halfway house or any other facility requiring a license pursuant to RSA 151.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:13-b — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 659 / Section 13-b
659:13-b Affidavit of Religious Exemption.
Status: in_force

The affidavit of religious exemption shall be in the following form: AFFIDAVIT OF RELIGIOUS EXEMPTION Name: ____________________ Domicile Address: ____________________ Date of birth: _______________ I hereby swear or affirm that because of my religious beliefs, I object to having my photograph taken and that I do not possess a form of identification that meets the requirements of the election laws of this state showing my photograph. I hereby swear or affirm, under the penalties for voting fraud set forth below, that I am the identical person whom I represent myself to be and that to the best of my knowledge and belief the information above is true and correct. _________________________ (Signature of affiant) In accordance with RSA 659:34, the penalty for knowingly or purposely providing false information when voting is a class A misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of imprisonment not to exceed one year and a fine not to exceed $2,000. Fraudulently registering to vote or voting is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000. This affidavit was executed before us on the date shown and the person who subscribed his or her name to the foregoing affidavit swore that the facts contained in this affidavit are true to the best of his or her knowledge and belief. _ _ (Name of Election Officer) (Date) _ (Signature of Election Officer)
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 430:57 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 430 / Section 57
430:57 Penalties.
Status: in_force

I. Any person who is convicted of violating any provision of this subdivision or rule adopted under this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For any subsequent offense, a person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. II. Any person who violates any provision of this subdivision or any rule adopted or order issued under this subdivision shall, in addition, be liable for a civil forfeiture not to exceed $5,000 for each violation, for each day of a continuing violation, which may be collected in a civil action or in connection with an action for injunctive relief brought by the attorney general. III. Any person who violates any provision of this subdivision, or any rule or order of the commissioner, shall be subject to the imposition of an administrative fine levied by the commissioner, not to exceed $1,000 for each violation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 208:5-b — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 208 / Section 5-b
208:5-b Special Deer Permits.
Status: in_force

The executive director may issue special deer permits to a person licensed with the applicable license to hunt issued under RSA 214, RSA 208:5, or RSA 208:5-a. The executive director shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to fixing the number and sex limitations for wild deer and any other conditions governing the location, method, and manner of taking as well as the issuance and fee for special deer permits.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-F:74 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-F / Section 74
161-F:74 Administration; Services.
Status: in_force

I. The department shall administer this subdivision and shall coordinate adult in-home care services with existing home care resources. The department shall provide the services on behalf of eligible adults from adult in-home care providers. To the extent possible, the purchase of services shall be coordinated through local agencies. II. Services provided to an individual may be on a full- or part-time basis. The eligibility of persons shall be determined under rules adopted by the commissioner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 259:5 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 259 / Section 5
259:5 Automobile Utility Trailer.
Status: in_force

"Automobile utility trailer" shall mean any trailer suitable for towing by a passenger automobile or pick-up truck, and which is being towed by such vehicle for the purpose of hauling personal property intrastate or interstate; excepting such trailers when hauling livestock.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 400-A:26 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 400-A / Section 26
400-A:26 Annual Report.
Status: in_force

On or before November 1 in each year, the commissioner shall make a written report to the governor and council showing with respect to the preceding calendar year the receipts and expenses of the department for the year and such recommendations as he deems advisable.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 53-B:8 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 53-B / Section 8
53-B:8 District Committee.
Status: in_force

I. The powers, duties, and liabilities of a district shall be vested in and exercised by a district committee organized in accordance with the district agreement. The district committee shall authorize and govern all actions of a district, and the district committee's actions which are consistent with the district agreement and this chapter are binding on member municipalities without any additional action by the governing or legislative bodies of those municipalities. A majority of district committee representatives shall constitute a quorum, unless the district agreement provides for weighted voting, in which case a quorum shall consist of representatives holding more than 50 percent of the voting power. A simple majority of the voting authority present shall be sufficient to approve an action by the committee except as otherwise provided in the district agreement and with the following exceptions. An affirmative 2/3 vote of the total votes of the district committee shall be required to authorize the incurrence of long-term debt or the dissolution of the district. II. The committee shall choose a chairman by ballot from its membership. It shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer, who may be the same person, but who need not be members of the committee, and such other officers as may be provided for in the district agreement. The treasurer shall receive and take charge of all money belonging to the district and shall pay any debt of the district which has been approved by the committee, or by a noncontemporaneously signed manifest signed by 2 or more members of the district committee empowered by the district committee as a whole to authorize payments. The treasurer may, by vote of the committee, be compensated for his services. Proceedings of the committee shall be held in accordance with RSA 91-A. III. The committee shall send to the member municipalities, by January 31 of each year, an annual report on the general activities and affairs of the district, including a detailed financial report.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5:45 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 5 / Section 45
5:45 Duties.
Status: in_force

The state historical records advisory board shall serve as a central advisory body for historical records, planning for projects developed and carried out under the program established under RSA 5:25 in the state and in compliance with the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The board may: I. Sponsor surveys regarding the condition and needs of historical records in the state. II. Solicit and develop plans for historical records projects. III. Review and make recommendations regarding historical records projects proposed by institutions in the state. IV. Develop and revise state plans for historical records projects according to established priorities. V. Review the operation and progress of approved historical records projects in the state, financed by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, through the board.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 644:18 — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 644 / Section 18
644:18 Facilitating a Drug or Underage Alcohol House Party.
Status: in_force

I. A person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if such person owns or has control of the occupied structure, dwelling, or curtilage, where a drug or underage alcohol house party is held and such person knowingly commits an overt act in furtherance of the occurrence of the drug or underage alcohol house party knowing persons under the age of 21 possess or intend to consume alcoholic beverages or use controlled drugs at such drug or underage alcohol house party. II. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section if a person gives timely notice to a law enforcement official of the occurrence of the drug or underage alcohol house party or engages in other conduct designed to prevent the occurrence of such party, or takes action to terminate such party once underway. III. In this section, "drug or underage alcohol house party" means a gathering of 5 or more people under the age of 21 at any occupied structure, dwelling, or curtilage, who are unrelated to the person who owns such occupied structure, dwelling, or curtilage or has control thereof, where at least one person under the age of 21 unlawfully possesses or consumes an alcoholic beverage or controlled drug. "Occupied structure" has the same meaning as in RSA 635:1, and "dwelling" and "curtilage" have the same meaning as in RSA 627:9. IV. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the use of alcoholic beverages at legally protected religious observances or activities, or to those persons using a controlled drug under a physician's care where the use of the drug is consistent with the directions of a physician.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 161-J:5 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 161-J / Section 5
161-J:5 Standard Disclosure Summary.
Status: in_force

I. The standard disclosure summary, which shall accompany a residential services agreement, shall be in a form adopted by the commissioner of the department of health and human services by rule pursuant to RSA 541-A. II. A copy of the residential services agreement shall be given to prospective residents upon request and at least 24 hours prior to signing.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 79:11 — NH Code / Title V / Chapter 79 / Section 11
79:11 Report.
Status: in_force

I. Every owner who has filed a notice of intent to cut as provided in RSA 79:10 shall make under the penalties of perjury and file with the assessing officials a report of all wood and timber cut within 60 days after completion of an operation. The report shall be upon a form provided by the commissioner of revenue administration, with 2 copies to be sent to him. The report shall state if no growing wood and timber was cut on an operation for which a notice of intent to cut was filed. The assessing officials may require that a report of cut be filed immediately upon the completion or termination of the cutting referred to in a notice of intent to cut. Reports of cut shall contain the name, residence of the owner, volume of wood and timber cut by species or species group and primary products, and such other information as may be necessary to enable the assessing officials to locate, identify, verify and determine the full amount and true stumpage value of all wood and timber cut on the operation for which the report is filed. In addition, the person who did the cutting or the person responsible for the cutting must sign and verify the volumes of wood and timber reported to have been cut by the owner. The commissioner of revenue administration shall send one copy of the report of cut to the division of forests and lands of the department of natural and cultural resources. A report of wood and timber severed covering operations still in progress through March 31 of any year shall be filed not later than May 15 of said year for all wood and timber severed during the tax year up to and including March 31. II. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, any owner who has commenced cutting operations under a valid notice of intent to cut prior to April 1, which notice has been extended to June 30 under provisions contained in RSA 79:10, II, shall be required to file the report of cut as required in paragraph I of this section within 60 days of the completion of the operation or by August 15, whichever occurs first.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 282-A:81 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 282-A / Section 81
282-A:81 Newly Covered Employers.
Status: in_force

No employer shall be entitled to a rate of less than 2.7 percent unless and until as of January 1 of the year in which such rate becomes applicable there has been one calendar year immediately preceding the computation date throughout which such separate account was chargeable with benefits, except as provided in RSA 282-A:82.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 564-B:4-411 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 564-B / Section 4-411
564-B:4-411 Modification or Termination of Noncharitable Irrevocable Trust by Consent.
Status: in_force

(a) A noncharitable irrevocable trust may be terminated upon consent of all of the beneficiaries if the court concludes that continuance of the trust is not necessary to achieve any material purpose of the trust. A noncharitable irrevocable trust may be modified upon consent of all of the beneficiaries if the court concludes that modification is not inconsistent with a material purpose of the trust. (b) Upon termination of a trust under subsection (a), the trustee shall distribute the trust property as agreed by the beneficiaries. (c) If not all of the beneficiaries consent to a proposed modification or termination of the trust under subsection (a), the modification or termination may be approved by the court if the court is satisfied that: (1) if all of the beneficiaries had consented, the trust could have been modified or terminated under this section; and (2) the interests of a beneficiary who does not consent will be adequately protected.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 275:35 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 275 / Section 35
275:35 Exceptions.
Status: in_force

RSA 275:32 and 33 shall not apply to the following employees: I. Janitors, watchmen, firemen employed at stationary plants, or caretakers. II. Employees whose duties on Sunday include only setting sponges in bakeries; caring for live animals or caring for machinery and plant equipment. III. Employees engaged in the preparation, printing, publication, sale or delivery of newspapers, or periodicals with definite on-sale newsstand dates. IV. Employees engaged in farm or personal service. V. Employees engaged in any labor called for by an emergency which could not reasonably have been anticipated. VI. Employees engaged in the canning of perishable goods. VII. Employees engaged in any work connected with retail stores in resort areas; cabins and inns; and in theatres, motion picture houses, hotels and restaurants. VIII. Employees of telegraph and telephone offices. IX. Employees of a recreation camp or a youth skill camp licensed pursuant to RSA 170-E:56.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 284:20-c — NH Code / Title XXIV / Chapter 284 / Section 20-c
284:20-c Veterinarians Appointed.
Status: in_force

There shall be a veterinarian appointed by the lottery commission at each race or meet conducted under the provisions of this chapter at which pari-mutuel pools are sold. The governor and council shall approve a rate per performance to be paid to such veterinarians. Said veterinarians shall not be eligible for state fringe benefits. Veterinarians appointed under this section shall exercise such powers and perform such duties at each race or meet as may be prescribed by the rules of the lottery commission.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 383-C:1-104 — NH Code / Title XXXV / Chapter 383-C / Section 1-104
383-C:1-104 Commissioner.
Status: repealed

The commissioner shall have the powers necessary or incidental to performing all of the commissioner's duties under this chapter, including the power to adopt rules as provided in this chapter in accordance with RSA 541-A. All rules previously adopted by the commissioner relating to the subject matter of this chapter shall be subject to RSA 541-A:17, except for rules adopted under RSA 394-A:7 which shall continue in full force and effect until amended or repealed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 230:3 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 230 / Section 3
230:3 Class II State Aid Highways; Improved Portions.
Status: in_force

The department of transportation shall assume full control and pay the costs of reconstruction and maintenance of all class II highways which have been improved to the satisfaction of the commissioner of transportation.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 149-M:62 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 149-M / Section 62
149-M:62 Regulation of Advanced Recycling.
Status: in_force

I. The department shall regulate advanced recycling facilities as manufacturing facilities. An advanced recycling facility and the products and by-products of advanced recycling shall be subject to applicable statutes and departmental rules relative to air, water, waste, and land use. The department may enter and inspect any advanced recycling facility to determine whether storage of materials prior to advanced recycling is a nuisance or poses a threat to the environment. The department may utilize its enforcement authorities under RSA 149-M:15 to require abatement of the nuisance or threat if found. The department may enter and inspect any advanced recycling facility to ensure compliance with all applicable statutes and departmental rules relative to air, water, waste, and land use and take any enforcement actions necessary. II. Products of advanced recycling shall not be considered "waste-derived products" or "refuse-derived fuel" and shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter and rules created under its authority relating to waste-derived products and refuse-derived fuel, including but limited to the certification provisions of department of environmental services rule Env-Sw 1500. III. Advanced recycling facilities shall give priority to utilizing post-use polymers and recovered feedstocks generated within the state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:15 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 659 / Section 15
659:15 Voter Proceeds to Booth.
Status: in_force

On receipt of his or her ballot, the voter shall forthwith without leaving the space enclosed by the guardrail proceed to one of the voting booths or voting privacy screens and shall mark his or her ballot.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 31:143 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 31 / Section 143
31:143 Authority to Incur Capital Debt.
Status: in_force

The commission shall have the authority to issue bonds under RSA 33 or RSA 33-B, as approved by the governing body of the municipality or, if intermunicipal, in accordance with the terms of the intermunicipal agreement.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 436:18 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 436 / Section 18
436:18 Witnessing Disposal.
Status: in_force

When such animals are killed on the premises of their importer or owner, the commissioner or his agent shall witness their burial or burning as aforesaid, unless their carcasses are shipped, used or sold as herein provided.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 659:91 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 659 / Section 91
659:91 Nominations for Incompatible Offices.
Status: in_force

Any person who is nominated by the same political party for incompatible offices shall notify the secretary of state in person, in writing, by facsimile transmission, or by e-mailing a signed statement as an attachment no later than the Friday following the date of the primary of which nomination he or she will accept. Thereupon the secretary of state shall declare a vacancy to exist in the nomination which such person declined. The vacancy shall be filled as provided in RSA 655:37 except that all the necessary declarations of candidacy and affidavits shall be filed no later than 5:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday following the date of the primary.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 415-A:3 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 415-A / Section 3
415-A:3 Minimum Standards for Benefits.
Status: in_force

I. The commissioner may adopt rules to establish minimum standards for benefits under each of the following categories of coverage: (a) Basic hospital expense coverage. (b) Basic medical-surgical expense coverage. (c) Basic hospital/medical-surgical expense coverage. (d) Hospital confinement indemnity coverage. (e) Major medical expense coverage. (f) Basic medical expense coverage. (g) Disability income protection coverage. (h) Accident only coverage. (i) Specified disease coverage. (j) Specified accident coverage. (k) Limited benefit health coverage. (l) Student major medical expense coverage. (m) Paid family medical leave coverage. II. Nothing in this section shall preclude the issuance of any policy or contract which combines 2 or more of the categories of coverage enumerated in subparagraphs I(a) through (m). III. No policy shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state which does not meet the prescribed minimum standards for the categories of coverage listed in subparagraphs I(a) through (m) which are contained within the policy unless the commissioner finds such policy will be in the public interest and such policy meets the requirements set forth in RSA 415. The commissioner may disapprove specific policy forms pursuant to RSA 415:2 and 3. IV. The commissioner shall prescribe the method of identification of policies and contracts based upon coverages provided and may issue rules prescribing reasonable standardization and simplification of coverage to facilitate understanding and comparisons.