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NH Rev Stat § 339-D:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-D - Petroleum Inventories|Section 339-D:3 - Inventory Reporting.

    339-D:3 Inventory Reporting. –||I. Upon request of the director of the governor's council on energy, any person owning or leasing petroleum product primary storage facilities shall file a report on the first and fifteenth calendar days of each month or on the first working day thereafter with the director setting forth an inventory of petroleum stored at and expected to be delivered to the facilities. The director shall provide a form for the recording of the information, which form shall require the following information:||(a) The total inventory of each petroleum product stored at the facilities; such inventory shall be made within 3 days prior to the reporting date;||(b) The anticipated quantity of each petroleum product to be delivered to the facilities within 15 days after the reporting date; and||(c) Any other delivery data the director considers necessary.||II. All reports filed pursuant to this section shall be an exempt record and confidential pursuant to RSA 91-A:5, IV, and shall be maintained for the sole and confidential use of the director of the governor's council on energy, except that the reports may be disclosed to the appropriate energy agency or department of another state with substantially similar confidentiality statutes or regulations with respect to such reports.|||Source. 1979, 432:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-D:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-D - Petroleum Inventories|Section 339-D:4 - Remedies; Enforcement.

    339-D:4 Remedies;  Enforcement. –||I. If any person, in violation of the provisions of this chapter, knowingly fails to file complete and accurate reports with the director of the governor's council on energy, the director may petition the superior court for injunctive relief. The director shall be represented by the attorney general. Such petition may be filed in the superior court of the county in which the defendant resides, or if such defendant is a nonresident, in the superior court of any county in which he does business.||II. Upon a finding by the court that a violation of this chapter has occurred, the court may grant such relief as it deems necessary and, in addition, may impose a fine of an amount not exceeding $5,000 for each violation.|||Source. 1979, 432:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-E:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-E - Sales Representatives and Post-Termination Commissions|Section 339-E:1 - Definitions.

    339-E:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Commission" means compensation paid a sales representative by a principal, the rate of which is expressed as a percentage of the dollar amount of orders or sales of the principal's product.||II. "Principal" means a person who manufactures, produces, imports or distributes a product for sale to customers who purchase the product for resale; uses a sales representative to solicit orders for such product; and compensates individuals who solicit orders, in whole or in part, by commission.||III. "Sales representative" means an individual other than an employee, who contracts with a principal to solicit orders and who is compensated, in whole or in part, by commission but shall not include one who places orders or purchases exclusively for his own account for resale.||IV. "Termination" means the end of services performed by the sales representative for the principal by discharge, resignation, or death.|||Source. 1989, 244:1. 1990, 185:1, eff. June 26, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-E:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-E - Sales Representatives and Post-Termination Commissions|Section 339-E:2 - Contract.

    339-E:2 Contract. –||I. A sales representative and a principal shall enter into a written contract for services to be performed within this state by a sales representative. The written contract entered into pursuant to this section shall contain provisions which establish:||(a) The form of payment and the method by which such payment is to be computed and paid;||(b) Reasonable length of notice which either party must provide to the other for termination of the contract;||(c) The number of calendar days, up to a maximum of 45 days, after the date of termination or notification of death when all commissions due shall be paid; and||(d) Any other terms and conditions which the parties agree to include in such contract.||II. The principal shall provide the sales representative a signed copy of a written contract entered into pursuant to this section.||III. A provision in the contract establishing venue for an action arising under the contract in a state other than this state is void.|||Source. 1989, 244:1. 1990, 185:2, eff. June 26, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-E:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-E - Sales Representatives and Post-Termination Commissions|Section 339-E:3 - Damages.

    339-E:3 Damages. –||The party who fails to comply with a provision of a contract entered into under RSA 339-E:2 relating to payment of a commission is liable in a civil action for damages, plus reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The court may award exemplary damages of up to 3 times the commission owed in an action brought under this chapter.|||Source. 1989, 244:1. 1997, 218:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-E:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-E - Sales Representatives and Post-Termination Commissions|Section 339-E:4 - Jurisdiction.

    339-E:4 Jurisdiction. –||A principal who is not a resident of this state who enters into a contract with a sales representative subject to this chapter shall be considered to be doing business in this state for purposes of the exercise of personal jurisdiction over the principal.|||Source. 1989, 244:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-E:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-E - Sales Representatives and Post-Termination Commissions|Section 339-E:5 - Other Remedies; Combination of Claims.

    339-E:5 Other Remedies;  Combination of Claims. –||Nothing in this chapter shall invalidate or restrict any other or additional right or remedy available to a sales representative, or preclude a sales representative from seeking to recover in one action on all claims against a principal.|||Source. 1989, 244:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-E:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-E - Sales Representatives and Post-Termination Commissions|Section 339-E:6 - No Waivers by Contract.

    339-E:6 No Waivers by Contract. –||A provision in any contract between a sales representative and a principal purporting to waive any provision of this chapter, whether by expressed waiver or by a contract subject to the laws of another state, shall be void.|||Source. 1989, 244:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-F:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-F - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|Section 339-F:1 - Definitions.

    339-F:1 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Agent" means any person licensed by the department of revenue administration to purchase and affix adhesive or meter stamps on packages of cigarettes.||II. "Cigarette" means any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco, and wrapped in any material except tobacco.||III. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of safety.||IV. "Manufacturer" means:||(a) Any entity which manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere that such manufacturer intends to be sold in the state, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer; or||(b) The first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the United States cigarettes manufactured anywhere that the original manufacturer or maker does not intend to be sold in the United States; or||(c) Any entity which becomes a successor of an entity described in subparagraph (a) or (b).||V. "Repeatability" means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent of the time.||VI. "Retailer" means any person who sells tobacco products to consumers, and any vending machine in which tobacco products are sold.||VII. "Sale" or "sell" means any transfer, whether by bargain, gift, exchange, barter, or otherwise.||VIII. "Quality control and quality assurance program" means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment related problems do not affect the results of the testing. This program ensures that the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in RSA 339-F:3, V for all test trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this chapter.||IX. "Vending machine operator" means any person operating one or more tobacco vending machines on property or premises other than his or her own.||X. "Wholesaler" means any person doing business in this state who shall purchase all of his or her unstamped tobacco products directly from a licensed manufacturer, and who shall sell all of his or her products to licensed wholesalers, subjobbers, vending machine operators, retailers, and those persons exempt from the tobacco tax under RSA 78:5.|||Source. 2006, 195:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007. 2019, 178:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-F:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-F - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|Section 339-F:2 - General Requirements.

    339-F:2 General Requirements. –||I. On and after October 1, 2007, no cigarettes shall be sold or offered for sale in this state unless:||(a) The cigarettes have been tested in accordance with the test method prescribed in RSA 339-F:3.||(b) The cigarettes meet the performance standard specified in RSA 339-F:4.||(c) A written certification has been filed by the manufacturer with the commissioner and the New Hampshire department of justice in accordance with RSA 339-F:6.||(d) The cigarettes are marked in accordance with RSA 339-F:8.||II. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit wholesalers or retailers from selling their inventory of cigarettes existing on October 1, 2007, provided that such wholesaler or retailer can establish that tax stamps were affixed to such cigarettes pursuant to RSA 78 prior to October 1, 2007, and provided further that such wholesaler or retailer can establish that such inventory was purchased prior to October 1, 2007 in comparable quantity to the inventory purchased during the same 12-month period of the prior year.||III. Consistent with RSA 78:10, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to prohibit any person or entity from selling or offering for sale cigarettes that have not been certified by the manufacturer in accordance with RSA 339-F:6 if such cigarettes are or will be stamped for sale in another state or are packaged for sale outside the United States.||IV. No person shall sell tobacco products through a vending machine in violation of this chapter.|||Source. 2006, 195:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007. 2019, 178:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-F:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-F - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|Section 339-F:3 - Test Method.

    339-F:3 Test Method. –||I. Testing of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials ("ASTM") standard E2187-04, "Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes." The commissioner may adopt a subsequent ASTM Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes upon a finding that the subsequent method does not result in a change in the percentage of full-length burns exhibited by any tested cigarette when compared to the percentage of full-length burns the same cigarette would exhibit when tested in accordance with ASTM Standard E2187-04 and the performance standard in RSA 339-F:4.||II. Testing shall be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper.||III. Forty replicate tests shall comprise a complete test trial for each cigarette tested.||IV. The performance standard required by RSA 339-F:4 shall only be applied to a complete test trial.||V. Laboratories conducting testing in accordance with this section shall implement a quality control and quality assurance program that includes a procedure that will determine the repeatability of the testing results. The repeatability value shall be no greater than 0.19 pursuant to RSA 339-F:4.||VI. This section does not require additional testing if cigarettes are tested consistent with this chapter for any other purpose.|||Source. 2006, 195:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-F:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-F - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|Section 339-F:4 - Performance Standard.

    339-F:4 Performance Standard. –||I. When tested in accordance with RSA 339-F:3, no more than 25 percent of the cigarettes tested in a test trial shall exhibit full length burns.||II. Each cigarette listed in a certification submitted pursuant to RSA 339-F:6 that uses lowered permeability bands in the cigarette paper to achieve compliance with the performance standard set forth in paragraph I shall have at least 2 nominally identical bands on the paper surrounding the tobacco column. At least one complete band shall be located at least 15 millimeters from the lighting end of the cigarette. For cigarettes on which the bands are positioned by design, there shall be at least 2 bands fully located at least 15 millimeters from the lighting end and 10 millimeters from the filter end of the tobacco column, or 10 millimeters from the labeled end of the tobacco column for non-filtered cigarettes.||III. The manufacturer of a cigarette that the commissioner determines cannot be tested in accordance with the test method prescribed in RSA 339-F:3 shall propose a test method and performance standard for such cigarette to the commissioner. Upon approval of the proposed test method and a determination by the commissioner that the performance standard proposed by the manufacturer is equivalent to the performance standard prescribed in paragraph I, the manufacturer may employ such test method and performance standard to certify such cigarette pursuant to RSA 339-F:6. If another state has enacted reduced cigarette ignition propensity standards, or similar requirements, that include a test method and performance standard for cigarettes, and if officials responsible for implementing those requirements have approved a manufacturer's proposed alternative test method and performance standard for a particular cigarette under a legal provision comparable to this paragraph, that manufacturer may employ that alternative test method and performance standard to certify that cigarette in this state, provided that the manufacturer obtains the approval of the commissioner, which shall not be unreasonably withheld. All other applicable requirements of this chapter shall apply to such manufacturer.||IV. This chapter shall be implemented in accordance with the substance of the New York Fire Safety Standards for Cigarettes, as amended.|||Source. 2006, 195:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-F:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-F - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|Section 339-F:5 - Test Data.

    339-F:5 Test Data. –||In order to ensure compliance with the performance standard specified in RSA 339-F:4, data from testing conducted by manufacturers to comply with this performance standard shall be kept on file by such manufacturers for a period of 3 years and shall be sent to the commissioner upon its request and to the department of justice upon its request.|||Source. 2006, 195:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-F:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-F - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|Section 339-F:6 - Certification.

    339-F:6 Certification. –||I. Each manufacturer shall submit a written certification attesting that each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested in accordance with RSA 339-F:3 and meets the performance standard set forth in RSA 339-F:4.||II. Each cigarette listed in the certification shall be described with the following information:||(a) Brand (i.e., the trade name on the package).||(b) Style (i.e., light, ultra light).||(c) Length in millimeters.||(d) Circumference in millimeters.||(e) Flavor (i.e., menthol, chocolate), if applicable.||(f) Filter or non-filter.||(g) Package description (i.e., soft pack, box).||(h) Marking approved in accordance with RSA 339-F:8.||III. Each cigarette certified under this section shall be re-certified every 3 years.||IV. If a manufacturer has certified a cigarette pursuant to paragraph II, and thereafter makes any change to the cigarette that is likely to alter its compliance with the reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard under RSA 339-F:3, such cigarette shall not be sold or offered for sale in this state until the manufacturer retests the cigarette in accordance with the testing standards in RSA 339-F:3 and maintains records of the retesting as required by RSA 339:F-5. Any altered cigarette that does not meet the performance standard in RSA 339-F:4 shall not be sold in this state.||V. For each cigarette listed for certification a manufacturer shall pay a fee of $250 to the department of safety for deposit in the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund established in RSA 21-P:12-d for the purpose of providing fire safety education pursuant to RSA 153:10-c.||VI. For each cigarette re-certified under this chapter a manufacturer shall pay a fee of $250 to the department of safety for deposit in the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund established in RSA 21-P:12-d for the purpose of providing fire safety education pursuant to RSA 153:10-c.||VII. The state fire marshal shall submit an annual report by December 31 relative to certification of reduced ignition propensity cigarettes to the standing committees in the house of representatives and the senate with jurisdiction over matters pertaining to health and human services and ways and means.|||Source. 2006, 195:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007. 2009, 122:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; 144:176, eff. July 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-F:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-F - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|Section 339-F:7 - Notification of Certification.

    339-F:7 Notification of Certification. –||Manufacturers certifying cigarettes in accordance with RSA 339-F:6 shall provide a copy of such certifications to all wholesalers and agents to which they sell cigarettes and also shall provide sufficient copies of an illustration of the cigarette packaging marking utilized by the manufacturer pursuant to RSA 339-F:8 for each retailer to which the wholesalers and agents sell cigarettes. Wholesalers and agents shall provide a copy of these cigarette packaging markings received from manufacturers to all retailers to which they sell cigarettes. Wholesalers and agents shall permit the commissioner or the commissioner's designee to inspect markings of cigarette packaging marked in accordance with RSA 339-F:8. Retailers shall permit the commissioner, the commissioner's designee, any law enforcement official, or any fire chief or fire chief's designee, to inspect markings of cigarette packaging marked in accordance with RSA 339-F:8.|||Source. 2006, 195:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-F:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-F - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|Section 339-F:8 - Marking of Cigarette Packaging.

    339-F:8 Marking of Cigarette Packaging. –||I. Cigarettes which have been certified by a manufacturer in accordance with RSA 339-F:6 shall be marked to indicate compliance with the requirements of this chapter. Such marking shall be in 8 point type or larger and consist of:||(a) Modification of the UPC to include a visible mark printed at or around the area of the UPC. Such mark may consist of alphanumeric or symbolic character permanently stamped, engraved, embossed, or printed in conjunction with the UPC;||(b) Any visible combination of alphanumeric or symbolic character permanently stamped, engraved, or embossed upon the cigarette package or cellophane wrap; or||(c) Printed, stamped, engraved, or embossed text that indicates that the cigarettes meet the standards of this chapter.||II. A manufacturer shall use only one marking, and shall apply this marking uniformly for all packages, including but not limited to packs, cartons, and cases, and brands marketed by that manufacturer.||III. The manufacturer shall notify the commissioner of the selected marking.||IV. Prior to the certification of any cigarette, a manufacturer shall present its proposed marking to the commissioner for approval. Upon receipt of the request, the commissioner shall approve or disapprove the marking offered. A marking in use and approved for the sale of cigarettes in the state of New York shall be deemed approved. Proposed markings shall be deemed approved if the commissioner fails to act within 10 business days of receiving a request for approval.||V. No manufacturer shall modify its approved marking unless the modification has been approved by the commissioner in accordance with this section.|||Source. 2006, 195:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-F:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-F - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|Section 339-F:9 - Penalties.

    339-F:9 Penalties. –||I. Any wholesaler, agent, or other person or entity who knowingly sells cigarettes wholesale in violation of RSA 339-F:2, I(c) shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each sale. Any retailer who knowingly sells cigarettes in violation of RSA 339-F:2 shall be subject to the following:||(a) A civil penalty not to exceed $500 for each sale or offer for sale of such cigarettes if the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale in such sale does not exceed 1,000 cigarettes.||(b) A civil penalty not to exceed $1,000 for each sale or offer for sale of such cigarettes if the total number of cigarettes sold or offered for sale in such sale exceeds 1,000 cigarettes.||II. In addition to any penalty prescribed by law, any corporation, partnership, sole proprietor, limited partnership or association engaged in the manufacture of cigarettes that knowingly makes a false certification pursuant to RSA 339-F:6 shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $10,000 for each such false certification.||III. Notwithstanding RSA 617, any cigarette sold, offered for sale, or possessed for sale in this state, in violation of RSA 339-F:2 shall be contraband under RSA 78:18 and shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture. All cigarettes seized and forfeited shall be destroyed and not resold.|||Source. 2006, 195:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007. 2019, 178:6, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-F:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-F - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|Section 339-F:10 - Enforcement.

    339-F:10 Enforcement. –||To enforce the provisions of this chapter, the department of justice may bring an action on behalf of the people of this state to enjoin acts in violation of this chapter and to recover civil penalties authorized under RSA 339-F:9.|||Source. 2006, 195:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.|
NH Rev Stat § 339-F:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXI - Trade and Commerce|Title 339-F - Reduced Cigarette Ignition Propensity|Section 339-F:11 - Administration.

    339-F:11 Administration. –||The commissioner shall be responsible for administering the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 2006, 195:1, eff. Oct. 1, 2007.|