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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 110-D:7 — NH Code / Title VIII / Chapter 110-D / Section 7
110-D:7 Eligibility.
Status: in_force

I. Eligibility for enrollment. (a) Special power of attorney, relative to the guardianship of a child of a military family and executed under applicable law, shall be sufficient for the purposes of enrollment and all other actions requiring parental participation and consent. (b) A local education agency shall be prohibited from charging local tuition to a transitioning military child placed in the care of a non-custodial parent or other person standing in loco parentis who lives in a jurisdiction other than that of the custodial parent. (c) A transitioning military child, placed in the care of a noncustodial parent or other person standing in loco parentis who lives in a jurisdiction other than that of the custodial parent, may continue to attend the school in which he/she was enrolled while residing with the custodial parent. II. Eligibility for cocurricular participation. State and local education agencies shall facilitate the opportunity for transitioning military children's inclusion in cocurricular activities, regardless of application deadlines, to the extent they are otherwise qualified and eligible.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 211:13-b — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 211 / Section 13-b
211:13-b Lead Fishing Sinkers and Jigs; Use Prohibited.
Status: in_force

I. No person shall use any lead sinker or lead jig for the taking of fish in any fresh water, except as otherwise specifically permitted in this title. II. A person using any such lead sinker or jig shall be guilty of a violation. Notwithstanding RSA 651:2, the penalty for a violation of this section shall not exceed $250. III. The prohibition under this section shall apply to interstate waters pursuant to RSA 211:4 and 211:5. IV. For purposes of this section, "lead sinker" means any sinker made from lead that weighs one ounce or less, and "lead jig" means a lead weighted hook that weighs one ounce or less. Prohibited fishing tackle shall include lead sinkers with a total weight of one ounce or less and lead jigs with a total weight of one ounce or less, regardless of whether they are painted, coated, or covered by some other substance or by attached skirts. Lead sinkers and lead jigs shall not include lead fishing related items including but not limited to lead core line, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, spoons, poppers, plugs, or flies.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 674:55 — NH Code / Title LXIV / Chapter 674 / Section 55
674:55 Wetlands.
Status: in_force

Wherever the term "wetlands," whether singular or plural, is used in regulations and ordinances adopted pursuant to this chapter, such term shall be given the meaning in RSA 482-A:2, X and the delineation of wetlands for purposes of such regulations and ordinances shall be as prescribed in rules adopted under RSA 482-A. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to limit the powers otherwise granted under this chapter for municipalities to plan land use and enact regulations based on consideration of environmental characteristics, vegetation, wildlife habit, open space, drainage, potential for flooding, and protection of natural resources, including critical or sensitive areas or resources and groundwater. In the context of such authority, municipalities may define and delineate resources or environmental characteristics, such as wet soils or areas, and shoreline or buffer areas, in a manner different from the common meaning and delineation of wetlands required herein.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 490:8-a — NH Code / Title LI / Chapter 490 / Section 8-a
490:8-a Publication of the Status of Cases.
Status: in_force

I. Beginning with notices of appeal filed on January 1, 2002, the supreme court shall make available to the public a record of cases pending before the court. The record shall be by calendar year, with the current year recording all cases filed with the court in that year. The record for prior years shall only document cases pending. Cases pending shall be those cases in which a decision has not been made as to accepting the notice of appeal or the accepted appeal has not been decided. The record shall be updated and printed quarterly and shall be available not later than 15 days after the end of each quarter. This report shall list the following data: (a) Name and docket number. (b) Date of acceptance or rejection of the notice of appeal and if the appeal was accepted or rejected. (c) Date of oral argument. (d) Date of decision. II. At the end of each calendar year, all cases for which the notice of appeal was rejected and all cases decided shall be removed from the list.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 424:10 — NH Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 424 / Section 10
424:10 Acquisition of Air Rights.
Status: in_force

In any case in which: (1) it is desired to remove, lower, or otherwise terminate a nonconforming use; or (2) the approach protection necessary according to the department's airport-approach plan cannot, because of constitutional limitations, be provided by airport zoning regulations hereunder; or (3) it appears advisable that the necessary approach protection be provided by acquisition of property rights rather than by airport zoning regulations, the town within which the property or nonconforming use is located, the town owning the airport or served by it, or the governor and council, upon recommendation of the department, may acquire, by purchase, grant, or condemnation in the manner provided by law by which towns or the governor and council are authorized to acquire real property for public purposes, such an air right, easement, or other estate or interest in the property or nonconforming use in question, and so may acquire a substitute property, structure and easement and convey the same to anyone whose structures, easements and property are or may be a nonconforming use, as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes hereof.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 402-B:3 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 402-B / Section 3
402-B:3 Applications.
Status: in_force

Applications for licenses as an insurance claims adjuster shall be made in writing to the commissioner of insurance on forms prescribed by him or her stating the age, domicile, line or lines of insurance for which the applicant desires a license, and the place of business of the individual applicant. The commissioner shall require the applicant to set forth personal and professional background information in the application as the commissioner may reasonably require to determine suitability for issuance of a license.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 132:12-e — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 132 / Section 12-e
132:12-e Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program Fund.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established the women, infants, and children (WIC) fund. The fund shall be composed of food rebates, including but not limited to, infant formula and baby food, purchased under the WIC program established pursuant to this chapter. The fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner of the department of health and human services for the purposes of continuous support for the WIC program as required by federal law and regulations.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 478:5 — NH Code / Title XLVIII / Chapter 478 / Section 5
478:5 Record; Index.
Status: in_force

Upon acceptance of any deed or instrument for recording, the register of deeds shall enter into the index of the grantors the names of the grantors-to-grantees and into the index of the grantees the names of the grantees-to-grantors.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 420-J:21 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 420-J / Section 21
420-J:21 Rate Schedule Established for Certain Ground Ambulance Providers.
Status: repealed

I. There is hereby established a rate schedule applicable to all health carriers doing business in the state to reimburse participating and enrolling ground ambulance providers. [Paragraph I(a) repealed by 2025, 262:2, II, effective January 1, 2028.] (a) Beginning January 1, 2026, through December 31, 2027, participating and enrolling ground ambulance providers shall be reimbursed for ambulance services at a temporary rate schedule of 3.25 times the Medicare rate that is current as of the date of service. (b) Beginning January 1, 2028, participating ground ambulance providers shall be reimbursed for ambulance services at a rate established by the commissioner. The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A with an effective date of January 1, 2028, that establish a statewide, cost-based rate schedule for health carriers to use in reimbursing participating ground ambulance providers that implements the rate schedule recommended by the independent accounting and actuarial expert retained pursuant to RSA 420-J:26. (c) Beginning January 1, 2029, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall adjust the participating ground ambulance provider rate for inflation using the general consumer price index as reported by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. The commissioner shall publish the updated rate by bulletin before January 1 each year. II. Nothing shall prevent health carriers and ground ambulance providers from voluntarily negotiating an alternative agreed upon rate schedule. III. Health carriers may apply cost sharing for ambulance services. IV. For the purpose of determining cost sharing amounts, the rates established in this section shall be considered the allowed amount. V. Ambulance providers shall be responsible for collecting any cost sharing associated with the ground ambulance services.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 657:26 — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 657 / Section 26
657:26 Absentee Voter Website.
Status: in_force

The secretary of state shall make available a public website by which an absentee voter, in every state election, may determine whether the voter's absentee ballot request has been received by the clerk, whether the absentee ballot has been sent pursuant to such request, whether the envelope purporting to contain the absentee ballot has been received by the clerk, and whether the absentee ballot was challenged and rejected by the moderator on election day, including the reason for the challenge. The town and city clerk shall, without delay, enter into the statewide centralized voter registration database the dates that all valid requests for absentee ballots are received, the dates all absentee ballots are sent, and the dates all envelopes purporting to contain absentee ballots are received. The secretary of state shall allow free and secure access to any voter who enters on the website his or her full first name, full last name, the town where the voter has requested an absentee ballot, and the voter's date of birth as they appear in the statewide centralized voter registration database. The city and town clerk shall provide instructions to absentee voter applicants describing how to access this website.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:73-a — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 236 / Section 73-a
236:73-a "RV Friendly" Markers.
Status: in_force

I. Subject to the prior approval of the Federal Highway Administration, the department of transportation shall incorporate the use of "RV friendly" markers on specific business directional signs for business establishments that cater to the needs of persons driving recreational vehicles. A business establishment that qualifies for a business directional sign and that also qualifies as "RV friendly" may request that an "RV friendly" marker be displayed immediately adjacent to such establishment's business logo sign on the appropriate background sign panel. The business applicant shall pay all costs of the "RV friendly" marker. For purposes of this section, the "RV friendly" marker to be displayed shall be such marker as may be approved by the Federal Highway Administration in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. II. In accordance with the provisions of RSA 21-L:12, and subject to the approval of the Federal Highway Administration, the department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, necessary to implement the provisions of this section, including rules setting forth the minimum requirements for business establishments to qualify as "RV friendly." Such requirements shall include, but shall not be limited to: (a) Roadways shall be hard surface, such as gravel, compacted stone dust, pavement, or other firm surface, and at least 12 feet wide with a minimum swing radius of 50 feet for entering and exiting the facility. (b) Roadway access and parking facilities shall be free of any obstructions up to 14 feet above the surface. (c) Facilities requiring short-term parking shall have 2 or more spaces that are 12 feet wide and 65 feet long with a swing radius of 50 feet to enter and exit the spaces. (d) Fueling facilities with canopies shall have a 14-foot clearance and facilities selling diesel fuel shall have pumps with non-commercial nozzles. (e) Fueling facilities shall allow for pull-through with a swing radius of 50 feet. (f) Campgrounds shall have 2 or more spaces that are 18 feet wide and 45 feet long.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 111:15 — NH Code / Title VIII / Chapter 111 / Section 15
111:15 Armed Civilian Groups.
Status: in_force

No organization, society, club, post, order, league or other combination of persons, or civil group, or any members thereof, are authorized to assume any semblance of military organization or character by bearing or possessing rifles, pistols, sabres, clubs, or military weapons of any kind, or wearing a military uniform of any kind. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section or taking part in such military organization shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person; and any rifles, pistols, sabres, clubs or other military weapons used in violation hereof shall be forfeited. This section shall not apply to regularly constituted military units under state or federal laws; and nothing in this section shall be construed as forbidding the possession and use of rifles for color guards or firing squad purposes, or the wearing of uniforms of a military character, by an organization composed wholly of veteran soldiers who participated in any war of the United States, or by any other recognized fraternal group of long-standing in the community which uses rifles or sabres merely as a part of its ritualistic exercises and which is not specifically disapproved by the President of the United States, the Department of Defense, or the governor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 201-A:20 — NH Code / Title XVI / Chapter 201-A / Section 20
201-A:20 Building and Facilities.
Status: in_force

The state library shall control all space in the state library building. The department of administrative services shall maintain the state library building and grounds in suitable repair and condition for use by the state library.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 200-C:3 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 200-C / Section 3
200-C:3 State Matching Funds.
Status: in_force

The federal funds anticipated under this chapter are to match state funds on the basis of a state matching share not less than the percentage established by federal law of the total expenditure of funds provided for by the federal legislation and the approved state plan of the bureau of vocational rehabilitation. The funds made available to the bureau of vocational rehabilitation by any state agency or subdivision of the state or agency thereof in the form of use of personnel or facilities or in other ways, may be construed as state matching funds if federal laws or the regulations of the federal agency authorized such a construction.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 402-E:2 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 402-E / Section 2
402-E:2 Licensure.
Status: in_force

I. No person, firm, association, corporation, or other entity shall act as an MGA until an MGA license has been issued by the commissioner. The license shall be renewed annually thereafter so long as the MGA complies with applicable law and rules and upon remittance of the renewal fee. II. No person, firm, association, or corporation shall act in the capacity of an MGA with respect to risks located in this state for an insurer licensed in this state, unless such person is a licensed producer in this state. III. No person, firm, association, or corporation shall act in the capacity of an MGA representing an insurer domiciled in this state with respect to risks located outside this state unless such person is licensed as a producer in this state, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. Such license may be a nonresident license. IV. The commissioner may require a bond in an amount acceptable to the commissioner for the protection of the insurer. V. The commissioner may require the MGA to maintain an errors and omissions policy. VI. The commissioner may require financial and other data in form and context satisfactory to the commissioner as part of the license application process.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 193:5 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 193 / Section 5
193:5 Exemption From Attendance.
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall appear to the superintendent of schools that the welfare of any child will be best served by the withdrawal of such child from school, the superintendent or a majority of the members of the school board shall make recommendation to the commissioner of education, who shall, if the facts warrant it, make an order exempting such child from attendance for such period of time as seems best for the interest of such child.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 325-A:28 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 325-A / Section 28
325-A:28 Rulemaking.
Status: repealed

The board shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to: I. Criteria for licensure of crematory authorities. II. [Repealed.] III. The content of all forms. IV. Conditions under which human remains of persons whose death was caused by a disease declared by the board to be infectious, contagious, communicable, or dangerous to the public health may be transported in this state to a crematory for the purpose of cremation. The board shall consult with the chief medical examiner on rules adopted under this paragraph. V. Minimum sanitation standards for all crematories. VI. [Repealed.]
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 155:2 — NH Code / Title XII / Chapter 155 / Section 2
155:2 Regulations.
Status: in_force

In the absence of such bylaws the selectmen shall make regulations for the purposes named in the preceding section.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 293-A:8.01 — NH Code / Title XXVII / Chapter 293-A / Section 8.01
293-A:8.01 Requirement for and Functions of Board of Directors.
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in RSA 293-A:7.32, each corporation must have a board of directors. (b) All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of the board of directors of the corporation, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by or under the direction, and subject to the oversight, of its board of directors, subject to any limitation set forth in the articles of incorporation or in an agreement authorized under RSA 293-A:7.32.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 326-G:5 — NH Code / Title XXX / Chapter 326-G / Section 5
326-G:5 Professional Identification.
Status: in_force

I. Any person licensed to practice as an athletic trainer in this state may use the title "New Hampshire Licensed Athletic Trainer" and the abbreviation, "N.H.LAT" to designate such person's practice of athletic training and shall produce such person's license upon the request of the board. II. Any person who uses the title or the abbreviation or otherwise states or implies by word or act that he or she is currently licensed to practice athletic training, and does so at a time when she or he does not possess a valid license, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 214:17 — NH Code / Title XVIII / Chapter 214 / Section 17
214:17 Refusing Licenses; Appeal.
Status: in_force

The executive director and his agents shall refuse to issue any license to hunt if it appears that the applicant is not a suitable person to carry firearms. Any person who has been refused a license by an agent shall have the right of appeal to the executive director, whose decision, given after hearing, shall be final. Any attempt to secure a license from another agency, after having been refused by an agency and before appealing to the executive director, and any attempt to secure a license from any source in the same year that the executive director, on appeal, has decided that the applicant is not a suitable person to carry firearms, shall be a violation of the provisions of this chapter.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 195:9-a — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 195 / Section 9-a
195:9-a Property Not Taken Over by District.
Status: in_force

Whenever a cooperative district is formed and assumes all of the functions of a preexisting school district but does not take over all of the property in a preexisting district, the school board of such preexisting district shall call a special school district meeting prior to the time of establishment of the cooperative district to see what action shall be taken relative to the remaining property. Where such special meeting neglects to dispose of remaining real property, the successor in interest to a preexisting school district that is coextensive with a city or town is the city or town.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 189-B:3 — NH Code / Title XV / Chapter 189-B / Section 3
189-B:3 Infringement of Parental Rights Prohibited.
Status: in_force

No school may infringe on the fundamental rights of a parent to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of his or her minor child without demonstrating that such action is necessary to achieve a compelling state interest, that such action is narrowly tailored, and that such interest is not otherwise served by less restrictive means.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 147:21-a — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 147 / Section 21-a
147:21-a Discarded Refrigerators.
Status: in_force

Any person who owns, controls or has in custody a container originally used for refrigeration purposes shall, before discarding it, remove the door, doors or lid. Any person failing to comply with this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 177:5 — NH Code / Title XIII / Chapter 177 / Section 5
177:5 Sunday and Holiday Openings.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commission may, in its discretion, open for business on any Sunday or legal holiday any state liquor store located on a main route where traffic is heavy; provided, however, that no state liquor store may be opened for business at any time on Easter or Thanksgiving day, whenever appointed, and Christmas day. Although full-time employees shall be given the option of working, no such employee shall be required to work on such days. The commission may employ part-time employees, subject to the rules of the director of personnel, to staff stores open on Sundays or holidays. Any full-time employee who works on such days shall be paid 1-1/2 times the employee's regular rate of pay for the actual number of hours worked.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 231:57 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 231 / Section 57
231:57 Levy of Highway Taxes.
Status: in_force

Each town shall, at each annual meeting, raise and appropriate for the repair of highways and bridges within such town a sum not less than 1/4 of one percent of the valuation of the ratable estate on which other taxes are assessed by the town; and in addition thereto may raise as much more as it may deem necessary; providing, that no town shall be required to raise under the provisions of this subdivision more than $50 per mile for the repair of highways and bridges regularly maintained within the town.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 232:21 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 232 / Section 21
232:21 Tender or Payment of Damages.
Status: in_force

No land or other property taken for a highway or alteration laid out by the county commissioners shall be appropriated or used for making the same until judgment is entered on the report that the highway or alteration is legally laid out and established, and the damages awarded have been tendered or paid in the same manner as required of selectmen.