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NH Rev Stat § 14-A:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-A - Members of the General Court|Section 14-A:2 - Resignations.

    14-A:2 Resignations. –||I. A member of the general court may resign his office by delivering a written resignation to the presiding officer of the branch in which the member serves. When the general court is in session the resignation becomes effective by delivering the letter of resignation to the presiding officer concerned at the state house in Concord, by mail or otherwise. If the general court is in recess, the resignation becomes effective on the delivery of the letter of resignation to the presiding officer concerned at his place of residence, by mail or otherwise. The presiding officer who receives a letter of resignation shall send it to the secretary of state for filing.||II. If the general court is not in session, and if the office of the presiding officer is vacant, a resignation from the general court may be made and becomes effective by delivering a letter of resignation to the secretary of state at his office in the state house, by mail or otherwise. The secretary of state shall file the letter of resignation in his office, and he shall notify the clerk of the branch in which the resignation occurs of the existence of the vacancy. The secretary of state shall also notify the town or city clerk of the town or ward in which the vacancy occurs.|||Source. 1965, 32:1, eff. May 31, 1965.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-A - Members of the General Court|Section 14-A:3 - Travel and Expenses When on Legislative Business.

    14-A:3 Travel and Expenses When on Legislative Business. –||I. A member of the general court shall be entitled to a mileage allowance at the rates specified by RSA 14:15-a for miles actually traveled while on legislative business. Except as otherwise specifically provided only travel paid out of legislative travel funds shall be considered legislative travel. The presiding officer of the house of representatives or senate, or his respective designee, shall determine what constitutes travel on legislative business for the members of his respective house.||II. In addition to legislative mileage, the president of the senate or the speaker of the house may authorize payment of expenses incident to travel by a member of his respective house on official legislative business, provided that no additional expenses shall be paid for such business at Concord on a day when the general court meets.||III. Any member of the general court who travels on official state business which is not legislative business as determined by the president of the senate or the speaker of the house shall be reimbursed for his actual travel by the appropriate state agency at the same rate provided for state employees. Except as otherwise specifically provided, no mileage paid out of executive agency funds shall be considered legislative business.||IV. The provisions of this section shall not apply to members of the general court traveling on official business pursuant to a specific statute which provides for legislative mileage. In such cases, the members shall receive legislative mileage at the rate provided for in RSA 14:15-a, notwithstanding that the mileage is paid out of executive agency funds.|||Source. 1965, 239:16. 1979, 294:2, eff. Dec. 3, 1980.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-A - Members of the General Court|Section 14-A:4 - Members Entitled to Health Screening.

    14-A:4 Members Entitled to Health Screening. –||Every 2 years, the department of health and human services shall provide, at no charge, health screening to be conducted at the state house for each member of the general court who chooses to receive it. Such screening shall include oral cancer, diabetes, glaucoma, hypertension and nutritional counseling. The speaker of the house and the president of the senate shall determine the date, time and place for administering these examinations.|||Source. 1979, 84:1. 1988, 139:1. 1995, 310:181, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-A:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-A - Members of the General Court|Section 14-A:5 - Repealed by 1986, 206:3, eff. June 6, 1986.

    14-A:5 Repealed by 1986, 206:3, eff. June 6, 1986. –|
NH Rev Stat § 14-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-A - Members of the General Court|Section 14-A:6 - Group Insurance Participation.

    14-A:6 Group Insurance Participation. –||I. Members of the general court may participate at their own expense in a group health and dental insurance arrangement for members of the general court during their tenure in office. Such group health and dental insurance arrangement shall be the state employees group insurance plan afforded full-time state employees. Participation in such state employees group insurance plan by a member of the general court shall not be considered by any judicial, administrative, executive or any other body as evidence that a member of the general court is an employee of the state.||II. Notwithstanding the terms of any state employee group insurance contract or other state law to the contrary, members of the general court who have participated in a group health and dental insurance arrangement for members of the general court during their tenure in office, shall elect, within 30 days after they leave the general court, either to continue to participate fully in that arrangement for as long as they choose to do so at their own expense, or to discontinue their participation.||III. The commissioner of the department of administrative services shall invoice and collect amounts due from members. Collected amounts shall be deposited in the employee and retiree benefit risk management fund.||IV. Failure to remit payment for participation pursuant to paragraph I of this section in full within 30 days of billing shall be grounds for terminating benefits, effective with the beginning of the billing period. Reenrollment shall be dependent upon payment of outstanding participation or other amounts.||V. Failure to remit payment in full for participation pursuant to paragraph II of this section within 60 days of billing shall be grounds for permanently terminating benefits effective upon the beginning of the billing period. Either in the billing notice or in a separate notice to the person billed, the department of administrative services shall advise that failure to pay the specified amount in full within the required time shall be grounds for permanent termination of benefits.|||Source. 1988, 162:1. 1991, 69:1. 1998, 339:1, eff. Aug. 25, 1998. 2012, 80:1, eff. July 22, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-B:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-B - Legislative Ethics Committee|Section 14-B:2 - Committee Established; Membership.

    14-B:2 Committee Established;  Membership. –||I. There is hereby established a legislative ethics committee to develop standards for legislative ethics and resolve, through procedures established in this chapter, issues, questions or complaints involving legislators and legislative staff and officers. The committee shall have the power to investigate allegations of improper conduct as set forth in this chapter. The committee shall consist of the following members, at least one of whom shall be an attorney who is a member of the New Hampshire bar:||(a) One house member, appointed by the speaker of the house.||(b) One house member, appointed by the house minority leader.||(c) One public member, appointed by the speaker of the house.||(d) One senator, appointed by the senate president.||(e) One senator, appointed by the senate minority leader.||(f) One public member, appointed by the senate president.||(g) [Repealed.]||(h) One public member, appointed jointly by the speaker of the house, the house minority leader, the senate president, and the senate minority leader.||II. No person registered with the secretary of state as a lobbyist under RSA 15 shall serve as a member of the legislative ethics committee or for 6 months following the expiration of such registration.||III. Appointments to the committee shall be made by December 31 prior to the first legislative session of the biennium. A committee meeting shall be called no later than February 1 in the first legislative session of the biennium. Prior to the first committee meeting, the speaker of the house of representatives and the senate president shall jointly select from the members of the committee a chairperson and vice-chairperson. The members shall serve for the biennium and shall not be removed from the committee for any reason except for good cause by unanimous vote of the remaining committee members. Members shall receive no compensation, except that legislative members shall receive mileage at the legislative rate and public members shall receive mileage at the state employee rate. The committee shall provide the executive branch ethics committee with copies of all publicly issued guidelines, procedures, decisions, and opinions.|||Source. 1991, 103:2; 105:1. 1994, 329:2, 5, 6. 1997, 113:1. 2001, 215:1, 2. 2004, 86:1. 2006, 21:5, eff. June 2, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-B:4-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-B - Legislative Ethics Committee|Section 14-B:4-a - Penalty for Unauthorized Disclosure.

    14-B:4-a Penalty for Unauthorized Disclosure. –||Any person who knowingly or willfully makes unauthorized disclosure of confidential matters or materials contrary to RSA 14-B:4, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and may be subject to disciplinary action as provided in this chapter and other applicable law.|||Source. 2008, 132:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-B:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-B - Legislative Ethics Committee|Section 14-B:5 - Rules; Procedures and Guidelines.

    14-B:5 Rules;  Procedures and Guidelines. –||The committee shall adopt, publish, and make available to the public rules governing its procedures as well as guidelines referred to in RSA 14-B:3, II consistent with the procedures set forth in RSA 541-A.|||Source. 1991, 105:1. 2004, 234:5, eff. June 11, 2004. 2016, 328:7, eff. Dec. 7, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-B:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-B - Legislative Ethics Committee|Section 14-B:6 - Publication and Retention of Records.

    14-B:6 Publication and Retention of Records. –||All records required to be filed or placed on file with the secretary of state under the provisions of this chapter, or with the clerk of the senate or the clerk of the house of representatives under the rules or guidelines adopted in accordance with RSA 14-B:5, shall be made available on the website maintained by the committee in a timely manner. Records maintained by the office of the secretary of state shall be retained for a period of 6 years, after which time they may be destroyed.|||Source. 2001, 215:5. 2004, 86:3. 2009, 261:2, eff. Sept. 14, 2009. 2012, 126:1, eff. Aug. 4, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-B:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-B - Legislative Ethics Committee|Section 14-B:7 - Repealed by 2006, 21:10, I, eff. June 2, 2006.

    14-B:7 Repealed by 2006, 21:10, I, eff. June 2, 2006. –|
NH Rev Stat § 14-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-B - Legislative Ethics Committee|Section 14-B:9 - Filing With Secretary of State.

    14-B:9 Filing With Secretary of State. –||All forms filed under RSA 14-B:8 shall be on file with the secretary of state on or before February 15 in the first legislative session of the biennium.|||Source. 2009, 261:3, eff. Sept. 14, 2009. 2021, 37:2, eff. July 16, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-B:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-B - Legislative Ethics Committee|Section 14-B:10 - Penalty.

    14-B:10 Penalty. –||Any representative, senator, or officer of the house of representatives or senate who knowingly fails to file the form required under RSA 14-B:8 or who knowingly files a false statement on such form shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 2009, 261:3, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-B:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-B - Legislative Ethics Committee|Section 14-B:11 - Repealed by 2013, 211:2, eff. Dec. 2, 2014.

    14-B:11 Repealed by 2013, 211:2, eff. Dec. 2, 2014. –|
NH Rev Stat § 14-C:1 (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:1 - Purpose.

    14-C:1 Purpose. –||The purpose of this chapter is to ensure that persons charged with carrying out the duties and activities of the legislative branch of state government do so in an atmosphere that supports the independent judgment of such persons and minimizes the opportunity for inappropriate influence by persons or organizations subject to or likely to become subject to or interested in any matter or action pending in the legislative branch. To that end, this chapter defines gifts that may not be given to, solicited by, or accepted by persons subject to the provisions of the chapter and establishes requirements for the reporting of honorariums, expense reimbursements, and certain other receipts. This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect this purpose.|||Source. 2016, 328:9, eff. Dec. 7, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-C:3 (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:3 - Prohibition on Gifts; Duty to Report.

    14-C:3 Prohibition on Gifts;  Duty to Report. –||I. It shall be unlawful to knowingly give any gift as defined in this chapter, directly or indirectly, to any legislator or legislative employee.||II. It shall be unlawful to knowingly give any gift as defined in this chapter, directly or indirectly, to any household member, as defined in this chapter, of any legislator or legislative employee, with a purpose of influencing or affecting the official conduct of such legislator or employee.||III. (a) It shall be unlawful for any legislator or legislative employee to solicit or to knowingly accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, as defined in this chapter, or to fail to meet the reporting requirements of this chapter.||(b) The prohibition in subparagraph (a) shall not apply to legislative employees or officers who solicit or accept gifts, grants, or donations on behalf of an official meeting, conference, or event held within the state of New Hampshire of a state or national legislative association to which the general court pays dues and which includes among its membership the New Hampshire general court, officers, or staff. Any legislative employee or officer who receives gifts, grants, or donations pursuant to this subparagraph shall disclose the source and amount of any gift, grant, or donation to the office of the secretary of state.||IV. Under no circumstances shall the prohibitions in this section be nullified by filing an honorarium or expense reimbursement report pursuant to RSA 14-C:4 or a declaration of intent under the guidelines enforced by the legislative ethics committee.|||Source. 2016, 328:9, eff. Dec. 7, 2016. 2019, 206:2, eff. July 12, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-C:4 (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:4 - Duty to Report and Reporting Deadlines.

    14-C:4 Duty to Report and Reporting Deadlines. –||I. A legislator or legislative employee who receives an honorarium, expense reimbursement, or tickets or free admission with a value of greater than $50 to a political, charitable, or ceremonial event under RSA 14-C:2, IV(b)(9)(A), (B), or (C) 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 or tickets or free admission was received.||II. A legislator or legislative employee who consumes meals or beverages with a value of greater than $50 at a meeting or event the purpose of which is to discuss official business pursuant to RSA 14-C:2, IV(b)(12) shall file a report with the secretary of state no later than 10 days following the meeting or event at which the meals or beverages were consumed, which report shall be established by the secretary of state, shall be public, and shall contain the same information and affirmations required under RSA 14-C:5.||III. A legislative employee or legislative officer who solicits or accepts gifts, grants, or donations for the underwriting of expenses associated with holding an official meeting, conference, or event of a state or national legislative association to which the general court pays dues, and which includes among its membership the New Hampshire general court, officers, or staff, under RSA 14-C:2, IV(b)(15), shall file a report with the secretary of state no later than the last day of the month following the month during which the official meeting, conference, or event was held. Such report shall include an itemized listing of all individuals, corporations, or other entities from whom the legislative employee or legislative officer received a donation, the value of the donation, date received, and name of the legislative association benefiting from the donation. The report shall be established by the secretary of state, shall be public, and shall contain the same information and affirmations required under RSA 14-C:5.|||Source. 2016, 328:9, eff. Dec. 7, 2016. 2019, 206:3, eff. July 12, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-C:5 (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:5 - Form Established by the Secretary of State.

    14-C:5 Form Established by the Secretary of State. –||The secretary of state shall establish a form for reporting of receipt of an honorarium or expense reimbursement, or other such report required by this chapter, 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, and office, appointment, or employment held by the 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 shall 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 or honorariums shall include a copy of the agenda or an equivalent document which addresses the subjects addressed and the time schedule of all activities at the event. To the extent practicable, the recipient shall report the names of the sponsors of activities in cases where they are not indicated on the agenda or 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 14-C 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. The information provided under this paragraph shall be nonpublic and shall not be subject to the provisions of RSA 91-A.|||Source. 2016, 328:9, eff. Dec. 7, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-C:6 (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:6 - Forms; Place of Filing.

    14-C:6 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. 2016, 328:9, eff. Dec. 7, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-C:7 (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:7 - Penalty.

    14-C:7 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).|||Source. 2016, 328:9, eff. Dec. 7, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-C:8 (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:8 - Examination of Reports.

    14-C:8 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. 2016, 328:9, eff. Dec. 7, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-C:9 (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:9 - Limitations.

    14-C:9 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 or the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended.||II. Prohibit gifts or expense reimbursements made to the state of New Hampshire and accepted in accordance with the law.|||Source. 2016, 328:9, eff. Dec. 7, 2016.|