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N.H. Rev. Stat. § 228:14 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 228 / Section 14
228:14 Authorization to Encumber Federal Aid.
Status: in_force

The department of transportation is hereby authorized to encumber a total amount not to exceed one year of the regular federal aid highway appropriations. This authorization shall be a continuing authorization and shall be utilized to encumber contracts under the direction of the commissioner.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125-F:7 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 125-F / Section 7
125-F:7 Licensing and Registration of Sources of Radiation.
Status: in_force

I. When adopting rules under RSA 541-A, the department, through its program, shall provide for general or specific licensing of naturally occurring, artificially produced, byproduct, source, and special nuclear materials or devices or equipment utilizing such material. The rules shall provide for amendment, suspension, and revocation of licenses. II. The department, through its program, may require registration of other sources of radiation. III. The department, through its program, is authorized to exempt certain sources of radiation or kinds of uses or users from the licensing or registration requirements of this section, provided they shall be specifically named in a schedule of such exempt uses, users, or sources of radiation within the context of rules adopted under RSA 541-A. IV. The rules may provide for recognition of other state or federal licenses and radiation machine registration as the program may deem desirable, subject to such registration requirements, including the payment of such fees, as the department, through its program, may establish.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 231:169 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 231 / Section 169
231:169 Joint Licenses.
Status: in_force

Joint licenses for erecting or installing and maintaining any jointly owned poles, structures, conduits, cables and wires may be granted under the provisions hereof to 2 or more petitioners.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 304-A:15 — NH Code / Title XXVIII / Chapter 304-A / Section 15
304-A:15 Nature of Partner's Liability.
Status: in_force

I. Except as provided in paragraph II, all partners are liable: (a) Jointly and severally for everything chargeable to the partnership under RSA 304-A:13 and RSA 304-A:14. (b) Jointly for all other debts and obligations of the partnership; but any partner may enter into a separate obligation to perform a partnership contract. II. Subject to paragraph III, a partner in a registered limited liability partnership is not liable directly or indirectly (including by way of indemnification, contribution, assessment or otherwise) for debts, obligations and liabilities of or chargeable to the partnership, whether in tort, contract, or otherwise, arising from omissions, negligence, wrongful acts, misconduct or malpractice committed while the partnership is a registered limited liability partnership and in the course of the partnership business by another partner or an employee, agent, or representative of the partnership. III. Paragraph II shall not affect the liability of a partner in a registered limited liability partnership for the partner's own omissions, negligence, wrongful acts, misconduct or malpractice, or that of any person under the partner's direct supervision and control. IV. A partner in a registered limited liability partnership is not a proper party to a proceeding by or against a registered limited liability partnership, the object of which is to recover damages or enforce the obligations arising out of the omissions, negligence, wrongful acts, misconduct or malpractice of the type described in paragraph II, unless such partner is personally liable under paragraph III.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 281-A:56 — NH Code / Title XXIII / Chapter 281-A / Section 56
281-A:56 Penalty for False Representation.
Status: in_force

I. A person who makes a false statement or representation for the purpose of obtaining any benefit or payment under this chapter, whether for himself or herself or for any other person, and who does not believe the statement or representation to be true, shall be subject to prosecution and punishment for false swearing under RSA 641:2, unsworn falsification under RSA 641:3, or perjury under RSA 641:1, as the case may be, and, upon conviction, the court may order forfeit all of the person's rights to the compensation sought. In addition to any other remedy, the employer or insurance carrier providing the benefit or payment shall be entitled to restitution as authorized in RSA 651:63. II. An employer or insurance carrier, or any employee, agent, or person acting on behalf of an employer or insurance carrier, who makes a false statement or representation in the course of reporting, investigating or adjusting a claim for any benefit or payment under this chapter and who does not believe the statement or representation to be true shall be subject to prosecution and punishment for false swearing under RSA 641:2, unsworn falsification under RSA 641:3, or perjury under RSA 641:1, as the case may be.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 464-C:6 — NH Code / Title XLIV / Chapter 464-C / Section 6
464-C:6 Taking Testimony in Another State.
Status: in_force

I. In a guardianship or protective proceeding, in addition to other procedures that may be available, testimony of a witness who is located in another state may be offered by deposition or other means allowable in this state for testimony taken in another state. The court on its own motion may order that the testimony of a witness be taken in another state and may prescribe the manner in which and the terms upon which the testimony is to be taken. II. In a guardianship or protective proceeding, a court in this state may permit a witness located in another state to be deposed or to testify by telephone or audiovisual or other electronic means. A court of this state shall cooperate with the court of the other state in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony. III. Documentary evidence transmitted from another state to a court of this state by technological means that do not produce an original writing may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the best evidence rule.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 143-A:5 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 143-A / Section 5
143-A:5 Exemptions.
Status: in_force

The following establishments and events shall be exempt from departmental licensure and inspection under this chapter, except that the department may inspect when the department has reason to suspect an imminent health hazard as defined in RSA 143-A:3, IV-b: I. Food service establishments and retail food stores licensed by city health officers under RSA 47:17. II. Food service establishments and retail food stores licensed by town health officers under RSA 147:1. III. Temporary food service establishments and occasional food service establishments and occasional food service events which are not under the jurisdiction of city or town health officers under RSA 147:1 and RSA 47:17. IV. Recreation camps inspected and licensed under RSA 170-E, including recreation camps that offer food to camp families or alumni in the 45 days prior to or after the camp operating season. V. Health care facilities inspected and licensed under RSA 151. VI. Child care facilities inspected and licensed under RSA 170-E. VII. Homestead food operations selling food, excluding potentially hazardous food as defined in RSA 143-A:12, I(b), from the homestead residence, at the owner's own farm stand, at farmers' markets, or at retail food stores. VIII. A farm owned or operated by a federally exempt poultry producer, as defined in RSA 143-A:14, I, and the direct sale of such poultry to the consumer from the producer's farm, at the producer's farm stand, and by the producer at a farmers market, or when sold to a licensed restaurant in accordance with RSA 143-A:14 through RSA 143-A:17. IX. A farm owned or operated by any person, firm, or corporation that raises bison, elk, or red deer for human consumption, and the direct sale within this state of the carcasses, parts, meat, and meat food products of such animals, when slaughtered and processed in accordance with RSA 427:2-a, IV, to the consumer from such farm, at the producer's farm stand, and by the producer at farmers' markets, or when sold to a licensed restaurant in accordance with RSA 143-A:20.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 9:15 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 9 / Section 15
9:15 Creation.
Status: in_force

The governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant, with the advice and consent of the council, upon any money in the general fund of the treasury for sums to be delivered into the custody of the responsible heads of departments and institutions for their use as petty cash revolving funds within their departments or institutions. The authorized balances and number of revolving funds shall be kept at minimum levels consistent with efficiency, and shall be carried as a charge against the departments or institutions concerned. No revolving fund shall be authorized by the governor and council except upon written application establishing the necessity for such fund consistent with the efficient operation of the applicant department. Any revolving fund authorized hereunder for the department of transportation or for the fish and game department shall be established from the highway fund or the fish and game fund, respectively. The heads of such departments and institutions shall be personally responsible for such moneys while in revolving funds, and shall be authorized to use the same as a petty cash fund only for such departmental purposes as are authorized by law. No payment from a revolving fund shall bind the state unless and until the specific payment has been pre-audited by the director, division of accounting services and warranted by the governor with the advice and consent of the council. After such audit and warrant, the treasurer shall be authorized to issue out public funds to restore the authorized balance of the revolving fund concerned. Department heads responsible for revolving funds shall be bonded in sums sufficient to protect the state against loss of any revolving funds the authorized balances of which exceed $1,000. All existing revolving funds shall lapse upon the date of the first meeting of the governor and council in 1953, unless renewed at that meeting and revolving funds thereafter authorized hereunder shall similarly lapse on the date of the first meeting of the governor and council in each biennium thereafter, unless then renewed and unless sooner reduced or lapsed by resolution of the governor and council. Upon such reduction or lapse, the responsible head of the department or institution concerned shall pay the revolving fund moneys into the treasury and the treasurer shall credit the same against the amount standing as a charge to the department or institution concerned.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 246:28 — NH Code / Title XX / Chapter 246 / Section 28
246:28 Order to Establish.
Status: in_force

The department of transportation, upon petition of the selectmen or of 20 or more legal voters of a town, after notice and hearing, may order a railroad to establish such stopping places or depots in the town as it finds that the public good requires, within a time by it limited, and to stop trains at such stopping places or depots.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 511-A:9 — NH Code / Title LII / Chapter 511-A / Section 9
511-A:9 Other Procedures.
Status: in_force

Once an order of the court has been made in conformance with the provisions of this chapter, all other statutory process shall prevail.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 652:16-b — NH Code / Title LXIII / Chapter 652 / Section 16-b
652:16-b UOCAVA Voters.
Status: in_force

"UOCAVA voters" shall mean absent uniformed services voters, absent voters temporarily residing outside the United States, and federal ballot only voters domiciled outside the United States as described in RSA 654:3.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 5:1 — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 5 / Section 1
5:1 Department; Secretary; Election and Bond; Transition.
Status: in_force

I. There is hereby established a department of state under the executive direction of the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall be chosen biennially in the manner directed in the constitution and in accordance with RSA 14:2-b and shall hold office until a successor is elected and assumes the duties of the office. The secretary of state's duties shall be those of both a legislative branch as well as an executive branch officer. The penal sum of his bond shall be $10,000, and the sureties upon it must be satisfactory to the governor and council. II. The term of office for the new secretary of state shall begin on the first Wednesday following the first Tuesday in January. The new secretary of state shall assume the duties of office upon taking the oath of office. III. It shall be the duty of the outgoing secretary of state to make available to the new secretary of state all official documents and vital information necessary for a full and complete understanding of the operation of the department of state.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 482:9 — NH Code / Title L / Chapter 482 / Section 9
482:9 Preliminary Filing of Information.
Status: repealed

I. No person shall begin the construction or reconstruction of any dam until: (a) The person has filed with the department a statement of the height of the proposed dam and the location at which it is to be erected and any other information the department may require. (b) A permit has been issued by the department. II. The filing of the statement required by paragraph I or an application required by RSA 482:5 shall be accompanied by a fee for each statement or application filed. The fee shall be deposited in the dam maintenance fund established in RSA 482:55 to be used for the permitting of dams. The fee shall be as follows: (a) Non-hazard potential dam $4,000 (b) Low hazard potential dam $6,000 (c) Significant hazard potential dam $8,000 (d) High hazard potential dam $8,000 III. After receipt of the statement required under paragraph I of this section if the department shall be of the opinion that the proposed dam, if improperly constructed or reconstructed, would be a menace to the public safety, it shall notify the owner or applicant, and the construction or reconstruction of the dam shall not begin until plans and specifications shall have been filed and a permit for construction issued by the department. IV. [Repealed.] V. The department shall not permit the construction or reconstruction of any significant hazard potential or high hazard potential dam unless: (a) The dam provides a public benefit of water supply, flood control, storage or treatment of industrial, agricultural, commercial, or municipal wastes, hydropower, public recreation, or preservation of historic or cultural resources; or (b) The reconstruction is ordered by the department to correct a deficiency identified by the department.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-I:26-a — NH Code / Title I / Chapter 21-I / Section 26-a
21-I:26-a Excise Tax; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Status: in_force

The state shall not provide any health insurance plan to state employees subject to the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009, Public Law 111-148, as amended.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 415-I:8 — NH Code / Title XXXVII / Chapter 415-I / Section 8
415-I:8 Fees; Refund Requirements; Bundling of Services.
Status: in_force

I. A discount medical plan organization may charge a periodic charge as well as a reasonable one-time processing fee for a discount medical plan. II. If a member cancels his or her membership in the discount medical plan within the first 30 days after the date of receipt of the written document for the discount medical plan described in RSA 415-I:11, IV, the member shall receive a reimbursement of all periodic charges. (a) Cancellation occurs when notice of cancellation is given to the discount medical plan organization. (b) Notice of cancellation is deemed given when delivered by hand or deposited in a mailbox, properly addressed and postage prepaid to the mailing address of the discount medical plan organization or e-mailed to the e-mail address of the discount medical plan organization. III. A discount medical plan organization shall return within 30 days any periodic charge charged or collected after the member has given the discount medical plan organization notice of cancellation. IV. If the discount medical plan organization cancels a membership for any reason other than nonpayment of fees by the member, the discount medical plan organization shall reimburse within 30 days all periodic charges collected for membership from the date of cancellation to the member.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 33:16 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 33 / Section 16
33:16 Tax Exemption.
Status: in_force

All bonds and notes, and the interest thereon, heretofore or hereafter issued by municipal corporations and counties under the provisions of this chapter or of any general or special act, heretofore or hereafter enacted, shall be exempt from taxation in the state of New Hampshire. For the purpose of this section the amount of the discount on any notes which are sold at discount shall be deemed to be interest paid in advance.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 422-C:2 — NH Code / Title XXXIX / Chapter 422-C / Section 2
422-C:2 Exemption from Liability.
Status: in_force

No such custodian shall be liable to the owner for any damages of such aircraft or aircraft component while it is in his custody.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 125:9-a — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 125 / Section 9-a
125:9-a Medical Advice to Director of Motor Vehicles.
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the department of health and human services to recommend to the director of motor vehicles the policies and procedures to be followed by the state with respect to all medical aspects of licensing drivers, enforcement, including but not limited to differentiating between ill and intoxicated drivers, and accident investigation, including but not limited to examination of the dead for alcohol and drugs.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 571-C:1 — NH Code / Title LVIII / Chapter 571-C / Section 1
571-C:1 Minor Blood Donors.
Status: in_force

I. Any minor of sound mind who has attained the age of 17 years or any married minor regardless of age may donate blood in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program without the necessity of obtaining the consent of any parent, guardian, or any other person having the care and custody of such minor. II. Any minor of sound mind who has attained the age of 16 may donate blood in any voluntary and noncompensatory blood program if the minor provides written consent from the minor's parent, guardian, or any other person having the care and custody of such minor.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-A:102 — NH Code / Title X / Chapter 126-A / Section 102
126-A:102 Data Privacy and Information Technology Security Governance Board Established.
Status: in_force

There is hereby established a data privacy and information technology security governance board to oversee the department's use of data, data privacy, and information technology security that shall be maintained by the department of health and human services.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 265-A:26 — NH Code / Title XXI / Chapter 265-A / Section 26
265-A:26 Revocation of License for Driving While Intoxicated and Appeal.
Status: in_force

I. Upon a conviction of a violation of RSA 265-A:2 or RSA 265-A:3, the court shall report to the department and shall immediately revoke the license or driving privilege of the person so convicted, or the right of a nonresident so convicted to drive within the state of New Hampshire; and said court in the case of holders of New Hampshire licenses shall return such license with its findings marked thereon, together with the court return, to the department; and the department may revoke the license of any person who shall be convicted of a similar offense by a court of any other state in a criminal proceeding, or who shall be found to have committed a similar act by a court of any other state in a civil proceeding. II. Whenever any person convicted of a violation of RSA 265-A:2 or RSA 265-A:3 appeals, the district court shall forthwith revoke the license or driving privilege of such person and, in case of a holder of a New Hampshire license, shall return such license together with the court return to the department which shall not reissue any license until the period of revocation determined by the court has elapsed.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 35-A:27 — NH Code / Title III / Chapter 35-A / Section 27
35-A:27 Additional Powers.
Status: in_force

In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this chapter, the bank, in addition to any powers granted to it elsewhere in this chapter, shall have the following powers: I. In connection with any loan to a governmental unit, to consider the need, desirability or eligibility of such loan, the ability of such governmental unit to secure borrowed money from other sources and the costs thereof, and the particular public improvement or purpose to be financed by the municipal bonds to be purchased by the bank; II. To charge for its costs and services in review or consideration of any proposed loan to a governmental unit or purchase of municipal bonds of such governmental unit, and to charge therefor whether or not such loan shall have been made or such municipal bonds shall have been purchased; III. To fix and establish any and all terms and provisions with respect to any purchase of municipal bonds by the bank, including date and maturities of such bonds, provision as to redemption or payment prior to maturity, and any and all other matters which in connection therewith are necessary, desirable or advisable in the judgment of the bank; IV. To conduct examinations and hearings and to hear testimony and take proof, under oath or affirmation, at public or private hearings, on any matter material for its information and necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; V. To issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers pertinent to any hearing before the bank, or before one or more of the directors of the bank appointed by it to conduct such hearing; VI. To apply to the superior court, under the provisions of RSA 491:19-20, to have punished for contempt any witness who refuses to obey a subpoena, or who refuses to be sworn or affirmed to testify, or who is guilty of any contempt after summons to appear; VII. To procure insurance against any losses in connection with its property, operations or assets in such amounts and from such insurers as it deems desirable; VIII. To the extent permitted under its contracts with the holders of bonds or notes of the bank, to consent to any modification with respect to rate of interest, time and payment of any installment of principal or interest, security or any other term or bond or note, contract or agreement of any kind to which the bank is a party; and IX. To make, enter into, carry out and enforce all contracts or agreements with respect to obtaining or maintaining insurance, letters or lines of credit or other credit facilities for the purpose of providing security for any bonds or notes issued by the bank or for the purpose of meeting any bond reserve fund requirement, and to pay all reimbursements, premiums, commitment fees and other fees and expenses necessary, convenient or desirable to the obtaining or maintaining of said insurance, letters or lines of credit or other credit facilities.
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 597:4 — NH Code / Title LIX / Chapter 597 / Section 4
597:4 In Superior Court.
Status: in_force

If any person is charged with murder, the superior court or any justice thereof, upon application and notice to the attorney general or county attorney, and examination of such evidence as may be laid before them, may determine the amount of the bail, and take the recognizance required or authorize the clerk or any suitable justice to take it.