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NH Rev Stat § 31:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:36 - Deposits.

    31:36 Deposits. –||Deposits in any federally insured bank authorized to accept deposits under RSA 6:8, I and I-a or any credit union shall be made in the name of the town which holds the same in trust, and it shall appear upon the book thereof that the same is a trust fund.|||Source. 1915, 162:7. PL 42:28. RL 51:30. 2001, 54:5, eff. Jan. 1, 2002. 2021, 65:11, eff. Aug. 3, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:37 - Payment by Towns.

    31:37 Payment by Towns. –||Each town shall pay over to the trustees the full amount of its trust funds.|||Source. 1915, 162:6. PL 42:29. RL 51:31.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:38 - Reports.

    31:38 Reports. –||A copy of the reports required of the town and city trustees and of the auditor thereof shall be filed annually with the attorney general, the department of revenue administration, and with the governing body of the town or city.|||Source. 1951, 227:1, par. 31-d, eff. Aug. 29, 1951. 2014, 32:2, eff. July 26, 2014.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:38-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:38-a - Professional Banking and Brokerage Assistance.

    31:38-a Professional Banking and Brokerage Assistance. –||I. The provisions of RSA 31:19 through 31:38 as amended shall remain in full force and effect. This section is intended only to provide help to trustees covered by this subdivision by enabling them to have professional banking and brokerage assistance in the performance of their duties as trustees.||II. "Bank" as used in this section means a savings bank, national bank or trust company in this state, any building and loan association or cooperative bank, incorporated and doing business under the laws of this state or any federal savings and loan association located and doing business in this state.||II-a. "Brokerage firm" in this section means a firm registered under the securities law effecting transactions in securities for the accounts of others.||II-b. "Portfolio management department" in this section means the department of a brokerage firm responsible for investment management of client accounts.||II-c. "Investment advisor" in this section means a qualified investment advisory firm registered with the appropriate regulatory authorities. Such firm may or may not be associated with a brokerage firm as defined in paragraph II-a.||III. Any trustee or trustees of trust funds authorized by this chapter may hire or employ the trust department or departments of a bank or banks or a brokerage firm to assist in the management and investment of trust fund resources or to provide bookkeeping services in connection therewith or to do both. They may also place securities in the nominee name of a trust department or departments or a brokerage firm to facilitate transfers for such securities. Trust fund records maintained by any bank or brokerage firm must be available at all times for examination by local auditors, by independent accountants or auditors retained by a municipality, or by the auditors of the department of revenue administration; and such records shall be municipal records and property. In employing such trust departments, portfolio management departments, or investment advisors, the trustees may enter into contracts or agreements delegating the management of such trust funds to those departments subject to investment guidelines adopted by the trustees under applicable statutes and subject to at least quarterly review and approval of such management by the trustees.||IV. Any expenses incurred pursuant to paragraph III of this section by a trustee or trustees of trust funds authorized by this chapter shall be charges against the trust funds involved and shall be identified and reported in the annual report of the trustee or trustees as expenditures out of trust funds made pursuant to RSA 31:38-a, III.|||Source. 1977, 214:1. 1983, 107:1, eff. July 23, 1983; 264:4, eff. Aug. 17, 1983. 1996, 209:5-7, eff. Aug. 9, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:39 - Purpose and Penalties.

    31:39 Purpose and Penalties. –||I. Towns may make bylaws for:||(a) The care, protection, preservation and use of the public cemeteries, parks, commons, libraries and other public institutions of the town;||(b) The prevention of the going at large of horses and other domestic animals in any public place in the town;||(c) The observance of Memorial Day, whereby interference with and disturbance of the exercises for such observance, by processions, sports, games or other holiday exercises, may be prohibited;||(d) Regulation of the use of mufflers upon boats and vessels propelled by gasoline, oil or naphtha and operating upon the waters within the town limits;||(e) The kindling, guarding and safekeeping of fires, and for removing all combustible materials from any building or place, as the safety of property in the town may require;||(f) The collection, removal and destruction of garbage, snow and other waste materials;||(g) Regulating the operation of vehicles, except railroads as common carriers, upon their streets;||(h) Regulating the conduct of public dances;||(i) Regulating the conduct of roller skating rinks;||(j) Regulating the sanitary conditions of restaurants within town limits in accordance with the provisions of RSA 147:1;||(k) Issuing a license for the operation of a restaurant and other food serving establishments within the town limits and charging a reasonable fee for same;||(l) Making and ordering their prudential affairs;||(m) Issuing permits for tattooing facilities and charging a fee for the permit; and||(n) Regulating noise.||(o) Requiring the reporting of contributions to, and expenditures by, any candidate or political committee made for the purpose of influencing the election of any candidate for local elective office, or any person or committee for the purpose of influencing the vote on any local ballot or referendum question.||(p) Regulating the retail display and accessibility of martial arts weapons including throwing stars, throwing darts, nunchaku, blow guns, or any other objects designed for use in the martial arts that are capable of being used as lethal or dangerous weapons.||II. Towns may appoint all such officers as may be necessary to carry the bylaws into effect.||III. Towns may enforce the observance of the bylaws by suitable penalties not exceeding $1,000 for each offense to enure to such uses as the town may direct.|||Source. RS 31:6, 7. 1845, 242:1. CS 32:6, 7, 8. GS 34:5, 6, 7; 45:5. GL 37:5, 6, 7; 49:6. PS 40:7, 8. 1901, 5:1. 1909, 94:1. 1919, 86:3. 1925, 140:1. PL 42:30. 1937, 84:1. RL 51:32. 1949, 133:4. RSA 31:39. 1969, 68:1. 1971, 93:1; 512:8. 1981, 211:1. 1983, 166:1. 1985, 71:1. 1993, 306:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1993. 2007, 43:1, eff. July 20, 2007. 2010, 263:1, eff. July 6, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:39-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:39-a - Conflict of Interest Ordinances.

    31:39-a Conflict of Interest Ordinances. –||The legislative body of a town or city may adopt an ordinance defining and regulating conflicts of interest for local officers and employees, whether elected or appointed. Any such ordinance may include provisions requiring disclosure of financial interests for specified officers and employees, establishing incompatibility of office requirements stricter than those specified by state law or establishing conditions under which prohibited conflicts of interest shall require removal from office. Any such ordinance shall include provisions to exempt affected officers and employees who are in office or employed at the time the ordinance is adopted for a period not to exceed one year from the date of adoption. The superior court shall have jurisdiction over any removal proceedings instituted under an ordinance adopted under this section.|||Source. 1981, 221:1, eff. Aug. 10, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:39-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:39-c - Administrative Enforcement of Ordinances.

    31:39-c Administrative Enforcement of Ordinances. –||[There is no RSA 31:39-b.]||Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a town may use the following provisions in the enforcement of its ordinances and regulations:||I. Any town may establish, by ordinance adopted by the legislative body, a system for the administrative enforcement of violations of any municipal code, ordinance, bylaw, or regulation and for the collection of penalties, to be used prior to the service of a formal summons and complaint. Such a system may be administered by a police department or other municipal agency. The system may include opportunities for persons who do not wish to contest violations to pay such penalties by mail. The system may also provide for a schedule of enhanced penalties the longer such penalties remain unpaid; provided, however, that the penalty for any separate offense shall in no case exceed the maximum penalty for a violation as set forth in RSA 31:39, III.||II. A written notice of violation containing a description of the offense and any applicable schedule of penalties, delivered in person or by first-class mail to the last-known address of the offender, shall be deemed adequate service of process for purposes of any administrative enforcement system established under paragraph I.||III. If the administrative enforcement system established under paragraph I is unsuccessful at resolving alleged violations, or in the case of a town that has not established such a system, a summons may be issued as otherwise provided by law, including use of the procedure for plea by mail set forth in RSA 31:39-d.|||Source. 2009, 270:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:39-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:39-e - Bylaws Affecting Forestry Activities.

    31:39-e Bylaws Affecting Forestry Activities. –||I. In this section, "forestry activities" means developing, caring for, or cultivating forests; timber harvesting; silviculture; and customary management and supporting activities.||II. Before enacting any ordinance, bylaw, rule, or other regulatory provision that is likely to affect forestry activities, a municipality shall consider the possible adverse effects on forestry activities and take any steps that are reasonably available to minimize such effects.||III. No municipality shall enact any ordinance, bylaw, rule, or other regulatory provision that applies only to forestry activities which adversely affects such activities. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit a municipality's authority to regulate forestry activities under duly adopted land use ordinances and regulations, subject to the protections of RSA 672:1, III-c, RSA 674:1, VI, and RSA 674:32-a through 674:32-d.|||Source. 2018, 179:2, eff. June 8, 2018.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:40 - Taxicabs.

    31:40 Taxicabs. –||Towns within which any taxicab shall be operated shall have the power to make bylaws relating to the licensing of such vehicles therein, fixing reasonable license fees therefor, and requiring proof of reasonable insurance or bond for the protection of passengers riding therein, and failure to conform to such bylaws shall constitute a violation and any fines collected hereunder shall inure to such uses as said towns may direct. The word "taxicabs" as used in this section shall mean any rubber-tired motor vehicle, having a manufacturers rated capacity of not more than 7 passengers, used in the call and demand transportation of passengers for compensation to or from points chosen or designated by the passengers and not operated on a fixed schedule, between fixed termini, or any such vehicle leased or rented, or held for leasing or renting, with or without driver or operator.|||Source. 1943, 146:1. RSA 31:40. 1973, 531:4, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:41 - Open-Air Motion Picture Theatres.

    31:41 Open-Air Motion Picture Theatres. –||Towns shall have the power to make bylaws relating to the regulation and licensing of open-air motion picture theatres within the limits of the town, and may fix reasonable fees for the operation of said theatres, and failure to conform to such bylaws shall constitute a violation and any fines collected hereunder shall inure to such uses as said towns may direct.|||Source. 1949, 252:1, par. 32-b. RSA 31:41. 1973, 531:5, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:41-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:41-a - Motor Vehicle Race Tracks.

    31:41-a Motor Vehicle Race Tracks. –||Towns shall have the power to make bylaws relating to the regulation and licensing of motor vehicle race tracks within the limits of the town, and may fix fees not to exceed $100 annually for the operation of such race tracks, and failure to observe such bylaws shall constitute a violation and any fines collected hereunder shall inure to such uses as said towns may direct. For the purposes of this section, a motor vehicle shall be defined as any self-propelled vehicle, except tractors, activated by an internal combustion engine and not operated exclusively on stationary tracks.|||Source. 1967, 149:1. 1973, 531:6, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:41-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:41-b - Hazardous Embankments.

    31:41-b Hazardous Embankments. –||Towns shall have the power to make bylaws regulating hazardous embankments, including the removal, stabilization, or fencing thereof, for the protection of the health and safety of the public. Whoever violates any such bylaw shall be guilty of a violation for each offense and the penalty therefor shall inure to such uses as the town may direct. Regulation of "excavation" as defined in RSA 155-E:1, II shall be in accordance with RSA 155-E, but any hazardous embankment resulting from excavation, whether undertaken prior to, on, or after August 4, 1989, may be subject to bylaws made under the authority of this section.|||Source. 1971, 212:1. 1973, 531:7. 1989, 363:16. 1991, 310:2, eff. Aug. 23, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:41-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:41-c - Electioneering.

    31:41-c Electioneering. –||Towns shall have the power to make bylaws regulating the distribution of campaign materials or electioneering or any activity which affects the safety, welfare and rights of voters at any election held for any purpose in such town. Such power shall not extend to the display of printed or written matter attached to any legally parked motor vehicle, nor shall such power extend to activities conducted wholly on private property so as not to interfere with people approaching or entering a polling place. Failure to conform to bylaws adopted under this section shall constitute a violation. A copy of the bylaws adopted under this section shall be provided to the town clerk immediately following adoption so that they may be made available to candidates filing for office, and shall be posted at each polling place at least 72 hours in advance of any town election.|||Source. 1981, 298:1. 1989, 272:1, eff. July 25, 1989. 1997, 243:1, eff. Aug. 18, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:41-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:41-d - Pinball Machines and Coin Operated Amusements.

    31:41-d Pinball Machines and Coin Operated Amusements. –||Towns may adopt bylaws regulating and licensing the location and operation of coin operated amusement devices, including pinball machines. Bylaws may include, without limitation because of enumeration, provisions governing: hours of operation; use by persons under a specified age; numbers of devices allowed; reasonable license fees; and parking and building requirements. Any person who violates such a bylaw shall be guilty of a violation.|||Source. 1981, 517:1, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:41-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:41-e - Drug-Free Zones; Public Housing Authorities.

    31:41-e Drug-Free Zones;  Public Housing Authorities. –||A town may adopt bylaws establishing as a drug-free zone any area inclusive of public housing authority property and within 1,000 feet of such public housing authority property. Any person violating such bylaw shall be guilty of a violation, in addition to any penalties imposed under RSA 318-B. If such drug-free zones are established, the town shall publish a map clearly indicating the boundaries of such drug-free zone, which shall be posted in a prominent place in the district or municipal court of jurisdiction, the local police department, and on the public housing authority property. The town shall also develop signs or markings for the drug-free zone which shall:||I. Be posted in one or more prominent places in or near the public housing authority property; and||II. Indicate that the posted area is a drug-free zone which extends to 1,000 feet surrounding such property; and||III. Warn that a person who violates RSA 318-B, the controlled drug act, within the drug-free zone, shall be subject to severe criminal penalties under RSA 318-B and a penalty of up to $1,000 under this section.|||Source. 1991, 364:6, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:42 - Regulation by Selectmen.

    31:42 Regulation by Selectmen. –||Prior to adoption of bylaws by a town under RSA 31:41, 41-a or 41-d, the selectmen may regulate the operation of open-air motion picture theatres, motor vehicle race tracks or coin operated amusement devices within the limits of the town and fix reasonable fees for such operation. Such regulations made by the selectmen shall be effective only until the next annual town meeting. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prohibit the town from adopting bylaws in accordance with RSA 31:41, 41-a, or 41-d, at any special town meeting, which shall supersede any regulations made by the selectmen.|||Source. 1949, 252:1, par. 32-c. RSA 31:42. 1967, 149:2. 1981, 517:2, eff. Aug. 28, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:43 - When in Force.

    31:43 When in Force. –||Bylaws adopted by any town without limitation shall continue in force until altered or annulled by vote of the town or bylaw.|||Source. RS 31:8. CS 32:9. GS 34:8. GL 37:8. PS 40:12. PL 42:31. RL 51:33.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:43-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:43-a - Adoption of Curfew Law.

    31:43-a Adoption of Curfew Law. –||Any city by vote of its city council, and any town at any meeting, may adopt the provisions of this subdivision.|||Source. 1913, 172:1. PL 379:8. RL 441:8. RSA 571:8. 1973, 532:7, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:43-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:43-b - City of Rochester.

    31:43-b City of Rochester. –||The city of Rochester may, in like manner as this subdivision was adopted, rescind such adoption, or suspend the operation of the provisions of this subdivision in said city during such period of the year as it may designate.|||Source. 1963, 182:1. RSA 571:8-a. 1973, 532:7, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:43-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:43-c - Minors under 16.

    31:43-c Minors under 16. –||In all such cities and towns it shall be unlawful for any minor under the age of 16 years to be upon any public street, or in any public place, after the hour of 9 o'clock in the evening, unless accompanied by a parent, guardian, or other suitable person.|||Source. 1913, 172:1. PL 379:9. RL 441:9. RSA 571:9. 1973, 532:7, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:43-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:43-d - Curfew Signal.

    31:43-d Curfew Signal. –||Whistles which can be heard in every part of the city, town, or village shall be blown, or bells shall be rung at the appointed time, and shall be called the curfew signal, after which all children under 16 years of age shall be required to be off the street, except they are in company of a parent, guardian, or other suitable adult person.|||Source. 1913, 172:3. PL 379:10. RL 441:10. RSA 571:10. 1973, 532:7, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:43-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:43-e - Penalty, Custodian.

    31:43-e Penalty, Custodian. –||Any parent, guardian, or person having the control of any minor under the age of 16 years who shall permit any such minor to be upon any public street or in any public place in any such city or town, in violation of this subdivision, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1913, 172:2. PL 379:11. RL 441:11. RSA 571:11. 1973, 532:7, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:43-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:43-f - Penalty, Minors.

    31:43-f Penalty, Minors. –||For the first violation of this subdivision by any child it shall be taken to its home by the officers, and the parents or guardian shall be notified of the penalty for any subsequent violation.|||Source. 1913, 172:4. PL 379:12. RL 441:12. RSA 571:12. 1973, 532:7, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 31:43-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places|Title 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns|Section 31:43-g - Second Offense.

    31:43-g Second Offense. –||Upon any subsequent violation by any child said parents or guardians shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1913, 172:4. PL 379:13. RL 441:13. RSA 571:13. 1973, 532:7, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.|