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NH Rev Stat § 541-B:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-B - Claims Against the State|Section 541-B:21 - Claims Arising From the Clinical Services Provided to the Department of Health and Human Services.

    541-B:21 Claims Arising From the Clinical Services Provided to the Department of Health and Human Services. –||I. Without otherwise limiting or defining the sovereign immunity of the state and its agencies, this chapter shall apply to all claims against any nonprofit entity, or any employee, trustee, or director of such nonprofit entity when acting in the scope of such person's elected or appointed capacity, providing clinical services in accordance with any contract entered into by the department of health and human services for the clinical operation and administration of the New Hampshire hospital pursuant to RSA 135-C:3 and RSA 135-C:4 or, at the discretion of the commissioner of the department of health and human services, any other public health or clinical services provided to the department.||II. The limitations on awards provided in RSA 541-B:14 shall not be increased by the proceeds from any insurance policy procured by a nonprofit entity, or any employee of such entity, included under RSA 541-B:21, I.||III. This section shall apply only to claims arising out of incidents occurring on or after July 1, 1988.|||Source. 1988, 217:3. 1993, 358:20. 1995, 310:20. 1999, 50:2. 2003, 83:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-B:21-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-B - Claims Against the State|Section 541-B:21-a - Claims Arising From the Clinical Services Provided to the Department of Corrections.

    541-B:21-a Claims Arising From the Clinical Services Provided to the Department of Corrections. –||I. Without otherwise limiting or defining the sovereign immunity of the state and its agencies, this chapter shall apply to all claims against any nonprofit entity, or any employee, trustee, or director of such nonprofit entity when acting in the scope of such person's elected or appointed capacity, providing clinical services of psychiatrists, other medical doctors, or psychiatric/mental health nurse practitioners in accordance with any contract limited to such services entered into by the department of corrections.||II. The limitations on awards provided in RSA 541-B:14 shall not be increased by the proceeds from any insurance policy procured by a nonprofit entity, or any employee of such entity, included under RSA 541-B:21-a, I.||III. This section shall apply only to claims arising out of incidents occurring after the effective date of this section.|||Source. 2000, 301:2. 2001, 72:2, eff. July 1, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-B:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-B - Claims Against the State|Section 541-B:22 - Repealed by 1995, 10:16, VIII, eff. April 12, 1995.

    541-B:22 Repealed by 1995, 10:16, VIII, eff. April 12, 1995. –|
NH Rev Stat § 541-B:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-B - Claims Against the State|Section 541-B:23 - Repealed by 2010, 368:1(52), eff. Dec. 31, 2010.

    541-B:23 Repealed by 2010, 368:1(52), eff. Dec. 31, 2010. –|
NH Rev Stat § 541-C:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-C - Tobacco Manufacturers Not Entering Master Settlement Agreement|Section 541-C:1 - Findings and Purpose.

    541-C:1 Findings and Purpose. –||I. Cigarette smoking presents serious public health concerns to the state and to the citizens of the state. The Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease and other serious diseases, and that there are hundreds of thousands of tobacco-related deaths in the United States each year. These diseases most often do not appear until many years after the person in question begins smoking.||II. Cigarette smoking also presents serious financial concerns for the state. Under certain health-care programs, the state may have a legal obligation to provide medical assistance to eligible persons for health conditions associated with cigarette smoking, and those persons may have a legal entitlement to receive such medical assistance.||III. Under these programs, the state pays millions of dollars each year to provide medical assistance for these persons for health conditions associated with cigarette smoking.||IV. It is the policy of the state that financial burdens imposed on the state by cigarette smoking be borne by tobacco product manufacturers rather than by the state to the extent that such manufacturers either determine to enter into a settlement with the state or are found culpable by the courts.||V. On November 23, 1998, leading United States tobacco product manufacturers entered into a settlement agreement, entitled the "Master Settlement Agreement" with the state. The Master Settlement Agreement obligates these manufacturers, in return for a release of past, present and certain future claims against them as described therein, to pay substantial sums to the state (tied in part to their volume of sales); to fund a national foundation devoted to the interests of public health; and to make substantial changes in their advertising and marketing practices and corporate culture, with the intention of reducing underage smoking.||VI. It would be contrary to the policy of the state if tobacco product manufacturers who determine not to enter into such a settlement could use a resulting cost advantage to derive large, short-term profits in the years before liability may arise without ensuring that the state will have an eventual source of recovery from them if they are proven to have acted culpably. It is thus in the interest of the state to require that such manufacturers establish a reserve fund to guarantee a source of compensation and to prevent such manufacturers from deriving large, short-term profits and then becoming judgment-proof before liability may arise.|||Source. 1999, 222:1, eff. July 1, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-D:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-D - Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Failure to Comply|Section 541-D:1 - Findings and Purpose.

    541-D:1 Findings and Purpose. –||The legislature finds that violations of RSA 541-C threaten the integrity of the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement. The legislature finds that enacting procedural enhancements will safeguard the Master Settlement Agreement. The provisions of this act are not intended to and shall not be interpreted to amend RSA 541-C.|||Source. 2003, 152:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-D:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-D - Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Failure to Comply|Section 541-D:2 - Definitions.

    541-D:2 Definitions. –||In this chapter:||I. "Brand family" means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trade mark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, "menthol," "lights," "kings," and "100s" and includes any use of a brand name (alone or in conjunction with any other word) trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes.||II. "Cigarette" has the same meaning as in RSA 541-C:2, IV.||III. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of revenue administration.||IV. "Non-participating manufacturer" means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer.||V. "Participating manufacturer" has the meaning given that term in Section II(jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement and all amendments thereto.||VI. "Qualified escrow fund" has the same meaning as that term is defined in RSA 541-C:2, VI.||VII. "Stamping agent" means a person that is authorized to affix tax stamps to packages or other containers or cigarettes under RSA 78 or any person that is required to pay the tobacco tax imposed pursuant to RSA 78 on cigarettes.||VIII. "Tobacco product manufacturer" has the same meaning as that term is defined in RSA 541-C:2, IX.||IX. "Units sold" has the same meaning as that term is defined in RSA 541-C:2, X.|||Source. 2003, 152:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-D:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-D - Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Failure to Comply|Section 541-D:4 - Agent for Service of Process.

    541-D:4 Agent for Service of Process. –||I. Any non-resident or foreign non-participating manufacturer that has not registered to do business in the state as a foreign corporation or business entity shall, as a condition precedent to having its brand families listed or retained in the directory, appoint and continually engage without interruption the services of an agent in this state to act as agent for the service of process on whom all process, and any action or proceeding against it concerning or arising out of the enforcement of the Master Settlement Agreement and RSA 541-C, may be served in any manner authorized by law. Such service shall constitute legal and valid service of process on the non-participating manufacturer. The non-participating manufacturer shall provide the name, address, phone number, and proof of the appointment and availability of such agent to and to the satisfaction of the attorney general.||II. The non-participating manufacturer shall provide notice to the attorney general 30 calendar days prior to termination of the authority of an agent and shall further provide proof to the satisfaction of the attorney general of the appointment of a new agent no less than 5 calendar days prior to the termination of an existing agent appointment. In the event an agent terminates an agency appointment, the non-participating manufacturer shall notify the attorney general of said termination within 5 calendar days and shall include proof to the satisfaction of the attorney general of the appointment of a new agent.||III. Any non-participating manufacturer whose products are sold in this state, without appointing or designating an agent as herein required shall be deemed to have appointed the secretary of state as such agent and may be proceeded against in courts of this state by service of process upon the secretary of state; however, the appointment of the secretary of state as such agent shall not satisfy the condition precedent to having its brand families listed or retained in the directory.|||Source. 2003, 152:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-D:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-D - Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Failure to Comply|Section 541-D:5 - Reporting of Information; Escrow Installments.

    541-D:5 Reporting of Information;  Escrow Installments. –||I. Not later than 20 days after the end of each calendar quarter, and more frequently if so directed by the attorney general, each stamping agent shall submit such information as the attorney general requires to facilitate compliance with this section, including, but not limited to, a list by brand family of the total number of cigarettes or in the case of roll your own, the equivalent stick count for which the stamping agent affixed stamps during the previous calendar quarter or otherwise paid the tax due for such cigarettes. The stamping agent shall maintain, and make available to the attorney general, all invoices and documentation of sales of all non-participating manufacturer cigarettes and any other information relied upon in reporting to the attorney general for a period of 5 years.||II. As provided under RSA 21-J:14, XII, the commissioner is authorized to disclose to the attorney general or designee any information received under this chapter and requested by the attorney general or designee for purposes of determining compliance with and enforcing the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner and attorney general shall share with each other the information received under this chapter, and may share such information with other federal, state or local agencies only for purposes of enforcement of this chapter, the Master Settlement Agreement, RSA 541-C, or corresponding laws of other states.||III. The attorney general may require at any time from the non-participating manufacturer, proof from the financial institution in which such manufacturer has established a qualified escrow fund for the purpose of compliance with RSA 541-C of the amount of money in such fund being held on behalf of the state and the dates of deposits, and listing the amounts of all withdrawals from such fund and the dates thereof.||IV. In addition to the information required to be submitted pursuant to this section, the attorney general may require a stamping agent, distributor or tobacco product manufacturer to submit any additional information including, but not limited to, samples of the packaging or labeling of each brand family, as is necessary to enable the attorney general to determine whether a tobacco product manufacturer is in compliance with this chapter.||V. To promote compliance with the provisions of this chapter, the attorney general may adopt rules requiring a tobacco product manufacturer subject to the requirements of RSA 541-C:3, I(b) to make the escrow deposits required in quarterly installments during the year in which the sales covered by such deposits are made. The attorney general may require production of information sufficient to enable the attorney general to determine the adequacy of the amount of the installment deposit.|||Source. 2003, 152:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-D:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-D - Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Failure to Comply|Section 541-D:6 - Penalties and Other Remedies.

    541-D:6 Penalties and Other Remedies. –||I. In addition to or in lieu of any other civil or criminal remedy provided by law, upon a determination that any person has violated RSA 541-D:3, III or any rule adopted pursuant thereto, the commissioner may revoke or suspend the license of any stamping agent in the manner provided by RSA 78:20. Each stamp affixed and each offer to sell cigarettes in violation of RSA 541-D:3, III shall constitute a separate violation. For each violation hereof, the commissioner may also impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed the greater of 500 percent of the retail value of the cigarettes sold or $5,000 upon a determination of violation of RSA 541-D:3, III or any rules adopted pursuant thereto. Such penalty shall be imposed in the manner provided by RSA 78 or RSA 21-J.||II. Any cigarettes that have been sold, offered for sale, or possessed for sale in this state, in violation of RSA 541-D:3, III shall be deemed contraband under RSA 78:18 and such cigarettes shall be subject to seizure and forfeiture as provided in such section, and all such cigarettes so seized and forfeited shall be destroyed and not resold.||III. The attorney general, on behalf of the commissioner, may seek an injunction to restrain a threatened or actual violation of RSA 541-D:3, III, 541-D:5, I, or 541-D:5, IV, by a stamping agent and to compel the stamping agent to comply with such provisions. In any action brought pursuant to this section, the state shall be entitled to recover the costs of investigation, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney's fees.|||Source. 2003, 152:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2019, 178:7, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-D:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-D - Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Failure to Comply|Section 541-D:7 - Notice and Review of Determination.

    541-D:7 Notice and Review of Determination. –||A determination of the attorney general to not list or to remove from the directory a brand family or tobacco product manufacturer shall be subject to review in the manner prescribed by RSA 541.|||Source. 2003, 152:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-D:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-D - Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Failure to Comply|Section 541-D:8 - Recovery of Costs and Fees by Attorney General.

    541-D:8 Recovery of Costs and Fees by Attorney General. –||In any action brought by the state to enforce this chapter, the state shall be entitled to recover the costs of investigation, expert witness fees, costs of the action, and reasonable attorney's fees.|||Source. 2003, 152:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-D:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-D - Tobacco Product Manufacturers' Failure to Comply|Section 541-D:9 - Rulemaking.

    541-D:9 Rulemaking. –||The attorney general shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, necessary to effect the purposes of this chapter.|||Source. 2003, 152:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 542:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 542 - Arbitration of Disputes|Section 542:1 - Validity of Arbitration Agreements.

    542:1 Validity of Arbitration Agreements. –||A provision in any written contract to settle by arbitration a controversy thereafter arising out of such contract, or an agreement in writing to submit to arbitration any controversy existing at the time of the agreement to submit, shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any arbitration agreement between employers and employees, or between employers and associations of employees unless such agreement specifically provides that it shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.|||Source. 1929, 147:1. RL 415:1. 1945, 191:1, eff. May 18, 1945.|
NH Rev Stat § 542:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 542 - Arbitration of Disputes|Section 542:2 - Stay of Proceedings Brought in Violation of Arbitration Agreements.

    542:2 Stay of Proceedings Brought in Violation of Arbitration Agreements. –||If any suit or proceeding be brought upon any issue referable to arbitration under such an agreement in writing for arbitration, the court in which such suit is pending, upon being satisfied that the issue involved in such suit or proceeding is referable to arbitration under such an agreement, shall on application of one of the parties stay the trial of the action until such arbitration has been had in accordance with the terms of the agreement, providing the applicant for the stay is not in default in proceeding with such arbitration.|||Source. 1929, 147:1. RL 415:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 542:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 542 - Arbitration of Disputes|Section 542:3 - Remedy in Case of Default; Jurisdiction; Proceedings.

    542:3 Remedy in Case of Default;  Jurisdiction;  Proceedings. –||The party aggrieved by the alleged failure, neglect, or refusal of another to perform under such a written agreement for arbitration may petition the superior court for an order directing that such arbitration proceed in the manner provided for in such agreement. If the making of the arbitration agreement or the failure, neglect, or refusal to perform the same be in issue, the court shall proceed to the trial thereof. If it is found that no agreement in writing for arbitration was made or that there is no default in proceeding thereunder, the proceeding shall be dismissed, otherwise the court shall make an order summarily directing the parties to proceed with the arbitration in accordance with the terms thereof.|||Source. 1929, 147:1. RL 415:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 542:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 542 - Arbitration of Disputes|Section 542:3-a - Stipulation to Arbitrate.

    542:3-a Stipulation to Arbitrate. –||A stipulation filed prior to trial in any civil case pending in the superior court, in which all of the parties or their attorneys agree to submit the case to arbitration, shall, upon approval of the court, be considered an agreement in writing to submit to arbitration, within the scope of RSA 542:1. Filing of the stipulation shall stay the trial of the suit until arbitration has been had in accordance with the terms of the stipulation. Arbitration proceedings shall be governed by applicable provisions of this chapter except as otherwise provided in the stipulation. In any case submitted to arbitration under this section, there shall be either one or three arbitrators, whose fees and expenses shall be fixed and paid by the court. However, if the court is of the opinion that the case only warrants one arbitrator, but the parties elect to have three, then the court shall pay the fees and expenses of only one arbitrator, and the parties shall pay the fees and expenses of the other two, as ordered by the court.|||Source. 1973, 336:1, eff. Aug. 26, 1973.|
NH Rev Stat § 542:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 542 - Arbitration of Disputes|Section 542:4 - Appointment of Arbitrators.

    542:4 Appointment of Arbitrators. –||If no method of naming arbitrators be provided, or if for any other reason there shall be a lapse in the naming of arbitrators, then upon the application of either party to the controversy the court aforesaid or the court in and for the county in which the arbitration is to be held shall designate and appoint an arbitrator or arbitrators as the case may require, who shall act under the said agreement with the same force and effect as if he or they had been specifically named therein; and, unless otherwise provided in the agreement, the arbitration shall be by a single arbitrator.|||Source. 1929, 147:1. RL 415:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 542:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 542 - Arbitration of Disputes|Section 542:5 - Witnesses; Summoning; Compelling Attendance.

    542:5 Witnesses;  Summoning;  Compelling Attendance. –||When more than one arbitrator is agreed to, all the arbitrators shall sit at the hearing of the case unless, by consent in writing, all parties shall agree to proceed with the hearing with a less number. Any person may be summoned as provided in RSA 516 to attend before the arbitrators as a witness. If any person or persons so summoned to testify shall refuse or neglect to attend, upon petition the court in and for the county in which such arbitrators are sitting may compel the attendance of such person or persons before said arbitrator or arbitrators, or punish said person or persons for contempt in the same manner now provided in RSA 516.|||Source. 1929, 147:1. RL 415:5. 2019, 346:154, eff. July 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 542:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 542 - Arbitration of Disputes|Section 542:6 - Depositions.

    542:6 Depositions. –||In any proceeding hereunder, depositions may be taken as provided by RSA 517.|||Source. 1929, 147:1. RL 415:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 542:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 542 - Arbitration of Disputes|Section 542:7 - Award.

    542:7 Award. –||The award must be in writing and must be signed by the arbitrators or by a majority of those sitting.|||Source. 1929, 147:1. RL 415:7.|