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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 651:8-b — NH Code / Title LXII / Chapter 651 / Section 8-b
651:8-b Hospitalization; Persons Acquitted by Reason of Insanity.
Status: in_force

I. If a person is found not guilty by reason of insanity at the time of the offense charged, he shall be committed to the secure psychiatric unit until such time as he is eligible for release pursuant to paragraph IV. II. A hearing shall be conducted not later than 40 days following a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, at which the defendant shall be represented by counsel. The state and the defendant shall be offered the opportunity to present evidence and to cross-examine witnesses who appear at the hearing. III. Prior to the date of the hearing pursuant to paragraph II, the court shall order that a psychiatric or psychological examination of the defendant be conducted, and that a psychiatric or psychological report be filed with the court, with copies provided to the defendant and to the attorney for the state. IV. If, after the hearing, the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the acquitted person is presently suffering from a mental disease or defect as a result of which his or her release would create a substantial risk of bodily injury to himself or herself or another, or serious damage to the property of another, the court shall commit the person pursuant to the provisions of RSA 651:9-a and RSA 651:11-a. The court shall supply a copy of the report ordered pursuant to paragraph III to the secure psychiatric unit or other treatment facility in which the person is confined. The existence of clear and convincing evidence that a person's release would create a substantial risk of bodily injury to himself or herself or another person or serious damage to the property of another shall be presumed, subject to rebuttal by the acquitted person, where the person has been found not guilty by reason of insanity of an offense involving bodily injury or serious damage to property of another, or substantial risk of such injury or damage.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 204-C:38 — NH Code / Title XVII / Chapter 204-C / Section 38
204-C:38 Validity of Signatures.
Status: in_force

In case any of the members, executive director or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any notes or bonds or coupons shall cease to be such members, executive director or officers before the delivery of such notes or bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such members, executive director or officers had remained in office until such delivery.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 99-D:3 — NH Code / Title VI / Chapter 99-D / Section 3
99-D:3 Insurance.
Status: in_force

The state, or any department or agency thereof, shall self-insure against all such damages, losses, and expenses except to the extent that insurance coverage is obtained under the authority of RSA 9:27.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 162-F:15 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 162-F / Section 15
162-F:15 Committee Established.
Status: in_force

I. A nuclear decommissioning financing committee shall be established for each facility. The committee shall have jurisdiction to determine the projected cost of decommissioning the facility and the schedule of payments for each owner. The committee shall have jurisdiction to determine what decommissioning is required. The radiological standards of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall apply for purposes of releasing the site for unrestricted use. II. Each committee shall consist of one person who is a resident of the town or city in which the facility is located and who shall be appointed by the selectmen of the town or the mayor and council of the city, the chairman of the public utilities commission, the commissioner of the department of energy, one senator, to be appointed by the senate president, one house member, to be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, the state treasurer or designee, the commissioner of the department of health and human services or designee, and the commissioner of the department of safety or designee. III. The person appointed by the selectmen of the town or the mayor and council of the city shall serve a 3-year term and any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. In the event that more than one facility is licensed to be built in the state, the committee as designated in RSA 162-F:15, II shall serve in the same capacity, except that the appointed member who is a resident of the city or town shall be selected in the manner prescribed by this section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 359-B:19 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 359-B / Section 19
359-B:19 Obtaining Information Under False Pretenses.
Status: in_force

Any person who knowingly and willfully obtains information on a consumer from a consumer reporting agency under false pretenses shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 541-A:3 — NH Code / Title LV / Chapter 541-A / Section 3
541-A:3 Procedure for Adoption of Rules.
Status: in_force

Except for interim or emergency rules, an agency shall adopt a rule by: I. Filing a notice of the proposed rule under RSA 541-A:6, including a fiscal impact statement and a statement that the proposed rule does not violate the New Hampshire constitution, part I, article 28-a; II. Providing notice to occupational licensees or those who have made timely requests for notice as required by RSA 541-A:6, III; III. Filing the text of a proposed rule under RSA 541-A:10; IV. Holding a public hearing and receiving comments under RSA 541-A:11; V. Filing a final proposal under RSA 541-A:12; VI. Responding to the committee when required under RSA 541-A:13; and VII. Adopting and filing a final rule under RSA 541-A:14.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 263:6-d — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 263 / Section 6-d
263:6-d Reporting Medically Unfit Person; Immunity.
Status: in_force

Any licensed health care provider who reasonably and in good faith believes a person cannot safely operate a motor vehicle based on clinical evaluation appropriate to his or her practice and who reports such to the division of motor vehicles shall be immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise result from making the report. All reports made and medical records reviewed and maintained by the division of motor vehicles pursuant to this section shall be considered motor vehicle records under RSA 260:14.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-M:10 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-M / Section 10
21-M:10 Environmental Protection Bureau.
Status: in_force

I. There is established in the division of public protection an environmental protection bureau. The bureau shall be supervised by a senior assistant attorney general who shall be appointed by the attorney general in accordance with the provisions of RSA 21-M:3 and who shall carry out the duties imposed by this section under the supervision of the attorney general and do such other work as the attorney general may assign. The attorney general shall appoint such other assistant attorneys general pursuant to the provisions of RSA 21-M:3 and such additional clerical, stenographic, and other staff as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section within the limits of the appropriations made for the bureau. II. The environmental protection bureau shall have the following duties and functions: (a) Enforcing statutes pertaining to environmental protection, control, and preservation. (b) Counseling state agencies and commissions given responsibility over environmental concerns, including, but not limited to, the department of environmental services and the pesticides control board. (c) Exercising the common law powers of the attorney general to protect the environment. (d) Bringing public nuisance and other actions in superior court in the name of the state upon complaint by private citizens when in the opinion of the attorney general the activity or activities complained of may have a substantial impact upon the environment of the state. III. The environmental protection bureau is hereby authorized to call upon any other state department, agency, commission, authority, or institution for whatever help or assistance the senior assistant attorney general deems necessary to investigate and prosecute cases involving environmental damage and such other departments, agencies, commissions, authorities, and institutions are hereby required to immediately cooperate with and assist the division without charge.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 354-A:32 — NH Code / Title XXXI / Chapter 354-A / Section 32
354-A:32 Prohibition on the Content of Government Programs and Speech.
Status: in_force

No government program shall teach, advocate, or advance any one or more of the following: I. That people of one age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin are inherently superior or inferior to people of another age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin; II. That an individual, by virtue of his or her age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin, is inherently racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or unconsciously; III. That an individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment solely or partly because of his or her age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin; or IV. That people of one age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin cannot and should not attempt to treat others equally and/or without regard to age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, marital status, familial status, mental or physical disability, religion, or national origin.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 485:57 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 485 / Section 57
485:57 Ice; Notice of Pollution.
Status: in_force

If the waters of the sources of ice supplies shall be found so polluted that the ice taken from those sources will be unsafe for domestic use, the local health officer or the department of environmental services shall immediately notify such person who may have taken, or who proposes to take, ice from such polluted source for domestic use, of the dangerous character of the waters inspected, and that the taking of such ice for domestic use must cease.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 432:2 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 432 / Section 2
432:2 State Department of Agriculture, Markets, and Food to Administer.
Status: in_force

In order to carry out the purposes of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act enacted by the Congress of the United States, the department of agriculture, markets, and food of the state of New Hampshire is hereby designated as the agency of the state of New Hampshire to administer any state plan authorized under this subdivision which shall be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States for the state of New Hampshire pursuant to the provisions of said Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 270:2 — NH Code / Title XXII / Chapter 270 / Section 2
270:2 Definitions and Classifications.
Status: repealed

The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: I. [Omitted.] II. The term "person" means any individual, firm, co-partnership, corporation, company, association or joint-stock association, including any trustee, administrator, executor, receiver, assignee or other personal representative thereof. III. The term "common carrier" means any person who undertakes, directly, or by his agent or under a lease or any other arrangement, to transport passengers or property on the public waters of the state operating on a regular schedule, for compensation. For the purpose of this chapter boats shall be classified in accordance with the following definitions: IV. The term "commercial boat" shall mean: (a) Any boat used as a common carrier of passengers or property operating on a regular schedule; or (b) Any boat propelled by electric or mechanical power carrying passengers for hire; or (c) Any such boat or outboard motor when rented either separately or in connection with camps, cottages or other real estate; provided, however, any applicant applying for a commercial boat registration pursuant to this subparagraph shall certify that said application is bona fide and that the applicant does in fact rent the boat or outboard motor on a regular commercial basis either separately or in connection with the camp, cottage or other real estate under penalty of perjury. The director of the division of motor vehicles shall be the sole judge of whether or not applicant qualifies for a commercial boat registration pursuant to this subparagraph; or (d) Any such boat or outboard motor used by the proprietor of any school or camp in which minors are received for compensation, or by any officer, agent or employee of such proprietor for the transportation of minors. V. The term "private boat" shall mean any boat, not a commercial boat, propelled by electric, human or mechanical power used exclusively for pleasure purposes by its owner, or others with his permission. VI. The term "manufacturer or dealer" shall mean any person engaged in the business of manufacturing or dealing in boats or outboard motors. VII. [Repealed.] VIII. "Airboat" means any shallow-draft boat propelled by an airplane propeller and steered by an airplane rudder or any boat, including a hovercraft, which is designed to travel on a cushion of air on or within 2 feet of the water, not including any mechanical device which also functions as an airplane. IX. The term "seaplane" means any aircraft on floats or an amphibian aircraft with a hull and sponson, which is capable of landing on land or water. X. "Swim line" means a combination of ropes, cables, and floats which encompass an area abutting the shore line, for the use of swimmers.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 38:5 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 38 / Section 5
38:5 By Unincorporated Towns and Unorganized Places.
Status: in_force

Any unincorporated town or unorganized place may initially establish such a plant after 2/3 of the members of the county convention shall have voted that it is expedient to do so, and, if there are any registered voters in that unincorporated town or unorganized place, after such action by the county convention shall have been confirmed by a majority of the qualified votes in that unincorporated town or unorganized place at a regular election or at a special meeting duly warned in either case. Such confirming vote shall be had within one year from the date of the vote to establish such a plant, and if favorable, shall create a rebuttable presumption that such action is in the public interest. If the vote is unfavorable, the question shall not be again submitted to the voters within 2 years thereafter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 438:33 — NH Code / Title XL / Chapter 438 / Section 33
438:33 Furnace and Stove Oil.
Status: in_force

I. All distillate heating oil sold at retail shall be sold by liquid measure or by net weight in accordance with the provisions of RSA 438:20. II. In the case of each delivery of such liquid fuel not in package form and in an amount greater than 100 gallons in the case of sale by liquid measure, or 100 pounds in the case of sale by weight, there shall be rendered to the purchaser at the time of delivery, or as otherwise specified by the customer, a printed delivery ticket which shall clearly state the following: (a) The date the product was delivered. (b) The name and address of the vendor, including the street, city, state, and zip code. (c) The name and address of the purchaser. (d) The type of product being delivered. (e) In the case of sale by liquid measure, the liquid volume of the delivery shall be determined by a meter with a register printing the meter readings on a ticket from which such liquid volume shall be computed and expressed in terms of the gallon and its binary or decimal subdivisions (said ticket shall not be inserted into the register until immediately before delivery is begun, and in no case shall a ticket be in the register when the vehicle is in motion); or the liquid volume may be determined by a vehicle tank used as a measure when in full compliance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology Handbook 44, as adopted by the National Conference of Weights and Measures, and calibrated by a weights and measures official. Sale by a liquid measuring device, as defined in said Handbook 44, and sale by a vapor meter are excluded from this paragraph. (f) In the case of sales by weight, the net weight of the delivery, together with any weighing scale readings from which such net weight has been computed, expressed in terms of tons or pounds avoirdupois. (g) If there is correction for temperature: (1) The net gallons or liters delivered; and (2) The statement: "The volume delivered has been adjusted to the volume at 60 degrees Fahrenheit." III. All invoices, whether mailed or left at time of delivery, shall contain at least the following: (a) The date the product is delivered; (b) The name and address of the vendor, including the street, city, state, and zip code; (c) The name and address of the purchaser, including the street, city, state, and zip code; (d) The type of product being delivered; (e) The unit price, per gallon or liter, of the product being delivered; (f) The total computed price for the volume delivered or the terms of any prompt payment discount being offered to the purchaser.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 121:8 — NH Code / Title IX / Chapter 121 / Section 8
121:8 Eminent Domain Proceedings, When Permissible.
Status: in_force

No owner of land which the United States proposes hereby to acquire shall be required to sell by institution of proceedings for condemnation; but when a landowner shall have agreed to sell to the United States and the sale price has been agreed upon, proceedings for condemnation may be instituted for the sole purpose of clearing title.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-P:12-e — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-P / Section 12-e
21-P:12-e Fire Standards and Training, Emergency Medical Services, and Fire Safety Report and Budget.
Status: in_force

I. The department of safety shall submit as part of the annual report required under RSA 20:7, a report on the training and educational programs offered or contracted by the division of fire standards and training and emergency medical services and the activities of the division of fire safety, the development of the technological advancements in division programs, the revenue generated from the sale of motor vehicle records, the budget and revenue projections of the 2 divisions, the degree of coordination with municipal fire and emergency medical services departments, and the extent of direct aid to municipalities and mutual aid associations. II. In conjunction with the operating budget of the department of safety, the department shall submit a budget for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, and for each biennium thereafter, which shall include financial responsibility for and the costs of all programs offered or contracted by the division of fire standards and training and emergency medical services and the division of fire safety, the development of technological advancements in division programs, the revenue generated from the sale of motor vehicle records, the extent of direct aid to municipalities and mutual aid associations, and all revenues and expenditures of the dedicated fund established in RSA 21-P:12-d.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 498-A:1 — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 498-A / Section 1
498-A:1 Intent of Chapter.
Status: in_force

I. It is the intent by the enactment of this chapter to provide a complete and exclusive procedure to govern all condemnations of property for public uses including the review of necessity, public uses, and net-public benefit, and the assessment of damages therefor. It is not intended to enlarge or diminish the power of condemnation given by law to any condemnor and it is not intended to enlarge or diminish the rights given by law to any condemnee to challenge the necessity, public uses, and net-public benefit for any condemnation. II. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no person's private real property shall be taken pursuant to this chapter unless that real property is to be put to public use, as defined in RSA 498-A:2, VII.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 554-A:3 — NH Code / Title LVI / Chapter 554-A / Section 3
554-A:3 Applicability.
Status: in_force

(a) This chapter applies to: (1) A fiduciary acting under a will or power of attorney executed before, on, or after the effective date of this chapter; (2) A personal representative acting for a decedent who died before, on, or after the effective date of this chapter; (3) A conservatorship or guardianship proceeding commenced before, on, or after the effective date of this chapter; and (4) A trustee acting under a trust created before, on, or after the effective date of this chapter. (b) This chapter applies to a custodian if the user resides in this state or resided in this state at the time of the user's death. (c) This chapter shall not apply to a digital asset of an employer used by an employee in the ordinary course of the employer's business. (d) This chapter shall not apply to a digital asset that includes protected health information as defined under 45 C.F.R. section 160.103 unless the requirements to access such information under applicable federal and state law are satisfied.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 187-A:40 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 187-A / Section 40
187-A:40 Responsibility for Compliance.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of any official having charge of or authority over the hiring of employees by the state or its political subdivisions, and over state supported institutions of postsecondary higher education, and over decisions relating to the granting of state-supported financial assistance for postsecondary higher education as described in this subdivision, to assure themselves that applicants are in compliance with the provisions of RSA 187-A:39.