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NH Rev Stat § 14-C:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-C - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements Requirements for Legislators and Legislative Employees|Section 14-C:10 - Severability.

    14-C:10 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.|||Source. 2016, 328:9, eff. Dec. 7, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 15:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15 - Lobbyists|Section 15:2 - Name Tag.

    15:2 Name Tag. –||I. Any person who is required to register as a lobbyist under RSA 15:1 shall wear on his or her outer garment a clearly visible name tag when lobbying in the state house or the legislative office building, or before the governor, governor and council, or a state agency. Such name tag shall have white lettering on a hunter orange background and shall be at least 11/2 inches high and 21/2 inches long. This name tag shall consist of lobbyist's first and last name and the word "lobbyist" or the name of the organization represented in letters at least 1/4 inch high.||II. [Repealed.]|||Source. 2006, 21:7, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15 - Lobbyists|Section 15:3 - Registration Form.

    15:3 Registration Form. –||I. The lobbyist registration shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state that shall at a minimum include:||(a) The full name of the person registering, if that person is affiliated with a partnership, firm, or corporation, the name of that partnership, firm, or corporation, the name of the client who has employed the person registering, his or her respective business addresses, or if none, his or her residence address.||(b) The usual occupation or primary field of business of each.||(c) The date and character of the employment or agreement therefor.||(d) The duration of the employment if it can be determined.||(e) The special subjects of legislation or executive branch action, if any, to which the employment relates.||(f) If the person registering is a member of or affiliated with a partnership, firm, or corporation that has other members or employees who are also registered as a lobbyist, a list of the full name of each such person. Being listed in this subparagraph does not relieve anyone who will be lobbying for this client from being listed individually under subparagraph (a).||(g) The following statement followed by a line for each person filing the form to sign and date the form: "I have read RSA 15 and hereby swear or affirm that the foregoing information is true and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief."||II. If the employment varies from time to time, a current registration shall be maintained for each employment.|||Source. 2006, 21:7, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15 - Lobbyists|Section 15:4 - Registration Fee.

    15:4 Registration Fee. –||The fee for registration as a lobbyist under RSA 15:1 for any one year shall be $50 for each person lobbying for each reported client or employer. A fee shall be paid for each individual who acts as a lobbyist for each client or employer regardless of his or her affiliation with any other registered lobbyist.|||Source. 2006, 21:7, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15 - Lobbyists|Section 15:5 - Prohibited Activities.

    15:5 Prohibited Activities. –||I. Except as provided in paragraph II, no recipient of a grant or appropriation of state funds may use the state funds to lobby or attempt to influence legislation, participate in political activity, or contribute funds to any entity engaged in these activities.||II. Any recipient of a grant or appropriation of state funds that wishes to engage in any of the activities prohibited in paragraph I, or contribute funds to any entity engaged in these activities, shall segregate the state funds in such a manner that such funds are physically and financially separate from any non-state funds that may be used for any of these purposes. Mere bookkeeping separation of the state funds from other moneys shall not be sufficient.|||Source. 2006, 21:7, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15 - Lobbyists|Section 15:7 - Blanks.

    15:7 Blanks. –||The secretary of state shall provide suitable forms in paper or electronic form to carry out the requirements of this chapter.|||Source. 2006, 21:7, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15 - Lobbyists|Section 15:8 - Penalty.

    15:8 Penalty. –||Whoever violates any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Whoever shall make and file any statement under this chapter which is to his or her knowledge false shall be deemed guilty of perjury and punished accordingly.|||Source. 2006, 21:7, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15 - Lobbyists|Section 15:9 - Examination of Statements of Fees and Expenditures.

    15:9 Examination of Statements of Fees and Expenditures. –||It shall be the duty of the attorney general to examine the statements of fees and expenditures which are made under this chapter to the secretary of state and to compel such returns be made to comply with the law.|||Source. 2006, 21:7, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15 - Lobbyists|Section 15:10 - Testimonial Privilege.

    15:10 Testimonial Privilege. –||No person shall be excused from testifying in a proceeding instituted against another person under the foregoing sections for the reason that he might thereby incriminate himself; but no testimony so given by him shall be used directly or indirectly as evidence against him in any prosecution, nor shall he be prosecuted for any offenses so disclosed by him.|||Source. 2006, 21:7, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15 - Lobbyists|Section 15:11 - Severability.

    15:11 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.|||Source. 2006, 21:7, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-A - Financial Disclosure|Section 15-A:1 - Purpose.

    15-A:1 Purpose. –||The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that the performance of official duties does not give rise to a conflict of interest, by requiring the following persons to file a statement of financial interests with the secretary of state. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect this purpose.|||Source. 2006, 21:8, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-A - Financial Disclosure|Section 15-A:2 - Definitions.

    15-A:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Agency" means the executive branch and any department, division, board, commission, or equivalent entity of the executive branch.||II. "Agency head" means the commissioner or equivalent leader of any department, and the highest ranking member of any commission, board, institution, bureau, or office, which is not a subordinate component of a department or equivalent agency, by whatever name called, other than the legislative and judicial branches of state government.||III. "Family member" shall mean any person related to and living in the same domicile as the elected official, public official, public employee, constitutional official, or legislative employee who shares a common economic interest in the expenses of daily living, including, but not limited to, a spouse, child, or parents.||IV. "Income" means any money or thing of value received.||V. "Primary occupation" means any business, business association, public sector employment, nonprofit employment, or self- employment which provides the largest source of income for the candidate.|||Source. 2006, 21:8, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-A - Financial Disclosure|Section 15-A:3 - Persons Required to File.

    15-A:3 Persons Required to File. –||I. The following persons shall file a statement of financial interests as required by this chapter:||(a) All candidates who file for state or county office.||(b) All persons filing an acceptance of nomination form for state or county office.||(c) Every person appointed by the governor, governor and council, president of the senate, or the speaker of the house of representatives to any board, commission, committee, board of directors, authority, or equivalent state entity whether regulatory, advisory, or administrative in nature.||(d) All agency heads.||(e) Any public official designated, due to the responsibilities of the position, by the agency head.||(f) The secretary of state and the treasurer, and any of their subordinates designated, due to the responsibilities of the position, by the secretary of state or treasurer.||(g) All persons elected to state or county office, and all persons appointed to such elective office to fill a vacancy.||(h) Any person, not employed by or working under contract for the state, who is acting on behalf of the governor or an agency while engaged in state business.||II. The filing of a financial disclosure form by an elected member of the house of representatives or senate pursuant to RSA 14-B:8 shall satisfy the requirement for filing a statement of financial interest pursuant to this chapter.||III. Any person who is otherwise subject to the filing requirements of subparagraph I(h) shall be exempt from filing a statement of financial interests provided the individual volunteering:||(a) Does not directly or indirectly influence the setting of public policy;||(b) Does not directly or indirectly influence decisions on how state funds will be expended; and||(c) Does not directly or indirectly influence the selection of vendors for the state.|||Source. 2006, 21:8. 2009, 203:5, eff. Sept. 13, 2009; 261:4, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-A - Financial Disclosure|Section 15-A:4 - Designated Public Officials.

    15-A:4 Designated Public Officials. –||The governor shall file with the secretary of state an organizational chart identifying the names and titles of all persons who are acting on behalf of the governor and who are required to file a statement of financial interests. Each agency head shall file with the secretary of state an organizational chart identifying the names, titles, and position numbers of persons in his or her department that are required to file a statement of financial interests. The secretary of state and the state treasurer shall file with the secretary of state an organizational chart identifying the names and titles of all persons in his or her department that are required to file a statement of financial interests.|||Source. 2006, 21:8, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-A - Financial Disclosure|Section 15-A:6 - Deadlines for Filing.

    15-A:6 Deadlines for Filing. –||All persons subject to this chapter shall file a statement of financial interests annually no later than the third Friday in January. All persons subject to this chapter, except those who are elected, shall file a statement of financial interests within 14 days of assuming the office, position, or appointment that makes the person subject to this chapter, unless the person has previously filed a statement during the calendar year. No person required to file a statement of financial interest pursuant to RSA 15-A:3, I, shall be eligible to serve in his or her appointed capacity prior to filing a statement in accordance with this section.|||Source. 2006, 21:8. 2009, 154:1. 2010, 106:1, eff. May 26, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-A - Financial Disclosure|Section 15-A:7 - Penalty.

    15-A:7 Penalty. –||Any person who knowingly fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or knowingly files a false statement shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It shall be an absolute defense in any prosecution under this chapter that the person acted in reliance upon an advisory opinion on the subject issued under RSA 14-B:3, I(c) or RSA 21-G:30, I(c).|||Source. 2006, 21:8. 2007, 194:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-A - Financial Disclosure|Section 15-A:8 - Examination of Disclosures.

    15-A:8 Examination of Disclosures. –||The attorney general may examine the statements of financial interests which are made under this chapter to the secretary of state and compel such disclosures to be made to comply with the law.|||Source. 2006, 21:8. 2009, 203:8, eff. Sept. 13, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-A:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-A - Financial Disclosure|Section 15-A:9 - Severability.

    15-A:9 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.|||Source. 2006, 21:8, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-B:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-B - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements|Section 15-B:1 - Purpose.

    15-B:1 Purpose. –||The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that the performance of official duties does not give rise to a conflict of interest, by prohibiting certain gifts and by requiring certain persons to file with the secretary of state a report of any honorariums or expense reimbursements received. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect this purpose.|||Source. 2006, 21:9, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-B:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-B - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements|Section 15-B:3 - Prohibition on Gifts.

    15-B:3 Prohibition on Gifts. –||I. It shall be unlawful to knowingly give any gift as defined in this chapter, directly or indirectly, to any elected official, public official, public employee, or constitutional official.||II. It shall be unlawful to knowingly give any gift as defined in this chapter, directly or indirectly, to any family member, as defined in this chapter, of any elected official, public official, public employee, or constitutional official with a purpose of influencing or affecting the official conduct of such official or employee.||III. No elected official, public official, public employee, or constitutional official shall knowingly accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, as defined in this chapter.|||Source. 2006, 21:9, eff. June 2, 2006. 2016, 328:12, eff. Dec. 7, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-B:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-B - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements|Section 15-B:4 - Limitation on Receipt of an Honorarium.

    15-B:4 Limitation on Receipt of an Honorarium. –||No public official or public employee shall accept an honorarium from a person who is subject to or likely to become subject to or interested in any matter or action pending before, or contemplated by, the public official, public employee, or the governmental body with which that person is affiliated.|||Source. 2006, 21:9, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-B - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements|Section 15-B:5 - Expense Reimbursement.

    15-B:5 Expense Reimbursement. –||An elected official, public official, public employee, or constitutional official may accept expense reimbursement for the reasonable expenses for attendance, registration, travel, meals, and lodging for a bona fide conference, meeting, seminar, or educational or informational program which the person attends and that is related to the office, position, or employment held with the state or county, provided that the person attaches to the disclosure report a copy of the agenda or an equivalent document which discloses the subjects addressed and the time schedule of all activities at the event. This provision shall not be construed to require reporting of an expense reimbursement made by an organization to which the state or county pays dues, when the prepayment, underwriting or reimbursement is provided because of the dues paid.|||Source. 2006, 21:9. 2007, 354:5, eff. Sept. 15, 2007. 2016, 328:13, eff. Dec. 7, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-B - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements|Section 15-B:6 - Duty to Report.

    15-B:6 Duty to Report. –||An elected official, public official, or public employee who receives an, honorarium or expense reimbursement shall file a report with the secretary of state no later than the last day of the month following the month during which the honorarium or expense reimbursement was received.|||Source. 2006, 21:9. 2007, 354:6, eff. Sept. 15, 2007. 2016, 328:14, eff. Dec. 7, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-B - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements|Section 15-B:7 - Honorarium, or Expense Reimbursement Report.

    15-B:7 Honorarium, or Expense Reimbursement Report. –||The secretary of state shall establish a uniform report of receipt of an honorarium or expense reimbursement, which may be in paper or electronic form.||I. The report shall include at a minimum the following information, which shall be public:||(a) The full name, work address, work phone number, the office, appointment, or employment held by person subject to the reporting requirement.||(b) The full name, post office address, occupation, and principal place of business, if any, of the source of any reportable honorarium or expense reimbursement. When the source is a corporation or other entity, the name and work address of the person representing the corporation or entity in making the honorarium or expense reimbursement must be provided in addition to the name of the corporation or entity.||(c) The value of the honorarium or expense reimbursement. When the exact value is unknown, the person filing the report shall provide an estimate of the value of the gift or honorarium and identify the value as an estimate.||(d) A brief description of the service or event that gave rise to the honorarium or expense reimbursement. Reports of expense reimbursement must include a copy of the agenda or an equivalent document.||(e) The date on which the honorarium or expense reimbursement was received.||(f) The following statement followed by a line for the person filing the form to sign and date the form: "I have read RSA 15-B and hereby swear or affirm that the foregoing information is true and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief."||II. The secretary of state may also require information such as home phone numbers, home addresses, and other information helpful to the administration and enforcement of laws relating to honorariums or expense reimbursements. This information shall be non-public and shall not be subject to the provisions of RSA 91-A.|||Source. 2006, 21:9, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-B - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements|Section 15-B:8 - Forms; Place of Filing.

    15-B:8 Forms;  Place of Filing. –||The secretary of state shall furnish all forms required under this chapter. All persons filing a report under this chapter shall file with the secretary of state. The reports shall be held in the original form for 6 years from the date of filing, after which time they may be destroyed. The public information on the forms shall be available to the public in the form of a photocopy or an electronic record. The secretary of state shall, as soon as is practical, implement an electronic record keeping system that makes the public information in the reports required by this chapter available to the public through the Internet.|||Source. 2006, 21:9, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-B - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements|Section 15-B:9 - Penalty.

    15-B:9 Penalty. –||Any person who knowingly fails to comply with the provisions of this chapter or knowingly files a false report shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. It shall be an absolute defense in any prosecution under this chapter that the person acted in reliance upon an advisory opinion on the subject issued under RSA 14-B:3, I(c) or RSA 21-G:30, I(c).|||Source. 2006, 21:9. 2007, 194:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-B - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements|Section 15-B:10 - Examination of Reports.

    15-B:10 Examination of Reports. –||It shall be the duty of the attorney general to examine the reports which are made under this chapter to the secretary of state and to compel such returns be made to comply with the law.|||Source. 2006, 21:9, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-B:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-B - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements|Section 15-B:11 - Limitations.

    15-B:11 Limitations. –||This chapter shall not be construed to:||I. Prevent receptions, breakfasts, luncheons, dinners, dances, or picnics or like events from being held for the sole purpose of raising political contributions, provided such contributions comply with and are reported as required by RSA 664.||II. Prohibit gifts or expense reimbursements made to the state of New Hampshire and accepted in accordance with the law.|||Source. 2006, 21:9, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 15-B:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 15-B - Gifts, Honorariums, and Expense Reimbursements|Section 15-B:12 - Severability.

    15-B:12 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.|||Source. 2006, 21:9, eff. June 2, 2006.|