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NH Rev Stat § 541:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:3 - Motion for Rehearing.

    541:3 Motion for Rehearing. –||Within 30 days after any order or decision has been made by the commission, any party to the action or proceeding before the commission, or any person directly affected thereby, may apply for a rehearing in respect to any matter determined in the action or proceeding, or covered or included in the order, specifying in the motion all grounds for rehearing, and the commission may grant such rehearing if in its opinion good reason for the rehearing is stated in the motion.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:1. 1937, 107:14; 133:75. RL 414:3. RSA 541:3. 1994, 54:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:4 - Specifications.

    541:4 Specifications. –||Such motion shall set forth fully every ground upon which it is claimed that the decision or order complained of is unlawful or unreasonable. No appeal from any order or decision of the commission shall be taken unless the appellant shall have made application for rehearing as herein provided, and when such application shall have been made, no ground not set forth therein shall be urged, relied on, or given any consideration by the court, unless the court for good cause shown shall allow the appellant to specify additional grounds.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:2. 1937, 107:15; 133:76. RL 414:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:5 - Action on Motion.

    541:5 Action on Motion. –||Upon the filing of such motion for rehearing, the commission shall within ten days either grant or deny the same, or suspend the order or decision complained of pending further consideration, and any order of suspension may be upon such terms and conditions as the commission may prescribe.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:3. 1937, 107:16; 133:77. RL 414:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:6 - Appeal.

    541:6 Appeal. –||Within thirty days after the application for a rehearing is denied, or, if the application is granted, then within thirty days after the decision on such rehearing, the applicant may appeal by petition to the supreme court.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:4. 1937, 107:17; 133:78. RL 414:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:7 - Petition.

    541:7 Petition. –||Such petition shall state briefly the nature of the proceeding before the commission, and shall set forth the order or decision complained of, and the grounds upon which the same is claimed to be unlawful or unreasonable upon which the petitioner will rely in the supreme court.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:5. 1937, 107:18; 133:79. RL 414:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:8 - Parties.

    541:8 Parties. –||Any person or corporation whose rights may be directly affected by said appeal may appear and become a party, or the court may order such persons and corporations to be joined as parties as justice may require.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:6. 1937, 107:19; 133:80. RL 414:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:9 - Notice to Commission.

    541:9 Notice to Commission. –||Upon the filing of an appeal, the clerk of court shall issue an order of notice requiring the commission to file with the court a certified copy of the record in the proceeding, together with such of the evidence introduced before or considered by the commission as may be specified by any party in interest, as well as such other evidence, so introduced and considered, as the commission may deem proper to certify, together with the originals or copies of all exhibits introduced in evidence before the commission.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:7. 1937, 107:20; 133:81. RL 414:9.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:10 - Other Notice.

    541:10 Other Notice. –||Such notice as the court may order shall also be given to persons and corporations who were parties to the proceeding before the commission, or who may be ordered joined by the court.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:8. 1937, 107:21; 133:82. RL 414:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:11 - Fees for Copies.

    541:11 Fees for Copies. –||The commission shall collect from the party making the appeal a fee of ten cents per folio of one hundred words for the copy of the record and such testimony and exhibits as shall be transferred, and five cents per folio for manifold copies, and shall not be required to certify the record upon any such appeal, nor shall said appeal be considered, until the fees for copies have been paid.|||Source. 1915, 99:3. PL 239:9. 1937, 107:22; 133:83. RL 414:11.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:12 - Argument.

    541:12 Argument. –||Upon the filing of said copy of the record, evidence, and exhibits, the case shall be in order for argument at the next regular session of the court, unless the same be postponed for good cause shown.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:10. 1937, 107:23; 133:84. RL 414:12.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:13 - Burden of Proof.

    541:13 Burden of Proof. –||Upon the hearing the burden of proof shall be upon the party seeking to set aside any order or decision of the commission to show that the same is clearly unreasonable or unlawful, and all findings of the commission upon all questions of fact properly before it shall be deemed to be prima facie lawful and reasonable; and the order or decision appealed from shall not be set aside or vacated except for errors of law, unless the court is satisfied, by a clear preponderance of the evidence before it, that such order is unjust or unreasonable.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:11. 1937, 107:24; 133:85. RL 414:13.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:14 - Additional Evidence.

    541:14 Additional Evidence. –||No new or additional evidence shall be introduced in the supreme court, but the case shall be determined upon the record and evidence transferred, except that in any case, if it shall be necessary in order that no party shall be deprived of any constitutional right, or if the court shall be of the opinion that justice requires the reception of evidence of facts which have occurred since the hearing, or which by reason of accident, mistake, or misfortune could not have been offered before the commission, it shall remand the case to the commission to receive and consider such additional evidence.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:12. 1937, 107:25; 133:86. RL 414:14. 1951, 203:13, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:15 - Action of Commission.

    541:15 Action of Commission. –||Upon receipt of such evidence, the commission shall consider the same and may alter, modify, amend, or rescind the order or decision appealed from, and shall report its action thereon to the court within said twenty days.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:15. 1937, 107:28; 133:89. RL 414:17.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:16 - Subsequent Proceedings.

    541:16 Subsequent Proceedings. –||If the commission shall rescind the order appealed from the appeal shall be dismissed; if it shall alter, modify, or amend the same such altered, modified, or amended order shall take the place of the original order complained of, and the court shall render judgment with reference thereto in said appeal as though said order had been made by the commission in the first instance, after allowing any amendments of the pleadings or other incidental proceedings desired by the parties which the changed situation may require.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:16. 1937, 107:29; 133:90. RL 414:18.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:17 - Evidence, How Considered.

    541:17 Evidence, How Considered. –||All evidence transferred by the commission shall be considered by the court regardless of any technical rule which might have rendered the same inadmissible if originally offered in the trial of an action at law.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:17. 1937, 107:30; 133:91. RL 414:19. 1951, 203:15, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:18 - Suspension of Order.

    541:18 Suspension of Order. –||No appeal or other proceedings taken from an order of the commission shall suspend the operation of such order; provided, that the supreme court may order a suspension of such order pending the determination of such appeal or other proceeding whenever, in the opinion of the court, justice may require such suspension; but no order of the public utilities commission providing for a reduction of rates, fares, or charges or denying a petition for an increase therein shall be suspended except upon conditions to be imposed by the court providing a means for securing the prompt repayment of all excess rates, fares, and charges over and above the rates, fares, and charges which shall be finally determined to be reasonable and just.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:18. 1937, 107:31; 133:92. RL 414:20. 1951, 203:16, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:19 - Conditions.

    541:19 Conditions. –||Any order of the court suspending an order of the public utilities commission fixing rates, fares, charges, or prices shall, among other things, provide that the public utility affected by the order suspended shall keep such accounts as shall suffice to show the amount being collected by such public utility, pending the appeal, in excess of the amounts which it would have collected if the order or decree of the commission had not been suspended, and shall provide such means as the court shall determine to secure the prompt repayment of all excess rates, fares and charges over and above the rates, fares and charges which shall finally be determined to be reasonable and just.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:19. 1937, 107:32; 133:93. RL 414:21. 1951, 203:17, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:20 - Contempt of Court.

    541:20 Contempt of Court. –||Whenever there is occasion after final decision for the distribution of said excess, any violation on the part of any public utility, or of the officers or members thereof, of the order of the court providing for the repayment of said excess may be punished as a contempt of court.|||Source. 1951, 203:18. RL 414:21-a.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:21 - Exceptions.

    541:21 Exceptions. –||The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to appeals from the assessment of damages in eminent domain proceedings, but such appeals shall be taken and prosecuted as otherwise provided.|||Source. 1951, 203:19. RL 414:21-b.|
NH Rev Stat § 541:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541 - Rehearings and Appeals in Certain Cases|Section 541:22 - Remedy Exclusive.

    541:22 Remedy Exclusive. –||No proceeding other than the appeal herein provided for shall be maintained in any court of this state to set aside, enjoin the enforcement of, or otherwise review or impeach any order of the commission, except as otherwise specifically provided.|||Source. 1913, 145:18. PL 239:22. 1937, 107:33; 133:94. RL 414:22.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-A:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-A - Administrative Procedure Act|Section 541-A:3 - Procedure for Adoption of Rules.

    541-A:3 Procedure for Adoption of Rules. –||Except for interim or emergency rules, an agency shall adopt a rule by:||I. Filing a notice of the proposed rule under RSA 541-A:6, including a fiscal impact statement and a statement that the proposed rule does not violate the New Hampshire constitution, part I, article 28-a;||II. Providing notice to occupational licensees or those who have made timely requests for notice as required by RSA 541-A:6, III;||III. Filing the text of a proposed rule under RSA 541-A:10;||IV. Holding a public hearing and receiving comments under RSA 541-A:11;||V. Filing a final proposal under RSA 541-A:12;||VI. Responding to the committee when required under RSA 541-A:13; and||VII. Adopting and filing a final rule under RSA 541-A:14.|||Source. 1994, 412:1, eff. Aug. 9, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-A:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-A - Administrative Procedure Act|Section 541-A:3-a - Specificity of Rules; Identification of State or Federal Law.

    541-A:3-a Specificity of Rules;  Identification of State or Federal Law. –||I. If an agency proposes a rule pursuant to RSA 541-A:3 or 541-A:19, the agency shall identify the specific section or sections of state or federal statutes or regulations which the rule is intended to implement in the notice required pursuant to RSA 541-A:6 and 541-A:19, II, and either in the rule, or in a separate cross-reference table pursuant to paragraph II. The notice shall be in such form as the director of legislative services shall prescribe until otherwise provided by the drafting and procedure manual adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A:8. The identification in the rule shall be made in the manner specified in the drafting and procedure manual.||II. If the specific section or sections of state statute or federal statute or regulation required by paragraph I are not identified in the rule itself, the agency shall file the information in a separate cross-reference table with each filing of the proposed or adopted rule other than an emergency rule. The agency shall make the table available to the public with a proposed or adopted rule whenever the rule is made available to or requested by the public. Unless otherwise specified by the drafting and procedure manual, the table shall be filed as an appendix to the rule and, when the rule is published pursuant to RSA 541-A:15, shall be published as an appendix to the rule chapter containing the rule. The table shall not be required to be filed on a separate page.||III. General references to the name or title of a state or federal statute or regulation shall not suffice for the purposes of this section. To the extent that specific provisions of the proposed rule are designed to implement different sections or provisions of state or federal statutes or regulations, the agency shall reference the state or federal statute or regulation as provided in paragraph I, with the provision of the proposed rule that is intended to implement that statute or regulation.|||Source. 1998, 347:1. 2006, 145:3, eff. July 21, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-A:3-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-A - Administrative Procedure Act|Section 541-A:3-b - Restriction on Rules Incorporating Documents by Reference.

    541-A:3-b Restriction on Rules Incorporating Documents by Reference. –|| No agency may propose or adopt a rule under RSA 541-A:3 or RSA 541-A:19 that incorporates by reference any code, rule, or document from another state government without specific authority in the authorizing legislation or specific legislative approval for such a rule.|||Source. 2003, 137:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-A:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-A - Administrative Procedure Act|Section 541-A:4 - Petition for Adoption of Rules.

    541-A:4 Petition for Adoption of Rules. –||I. Any interested person may petition an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal a rule. Within 30 days of receiving the petition, or 30 days after the next scheduled meeting of a board, commission, or group receiving the petition, the agency shall determine whether to grant or deny the petition and notify the petitioner. If the agency decides to deny the petition, the agency shall notify the petitioner of its decision in writing and shall state its reasons for denial. If the agency grants the petition, it shall notify the petitioner and commence the rulemaking proceeding by requesting a fiscal impact statement pursuant to RSA 541-A:5 within 120 days of receipt of the petition and continuing the proceeding as specified in RSA 541-A:3.||II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, if the committee petitions an agency to adopt, amend, or repeal a rule, and the agency does not notify the committee that rulemaking has commenced within one year of receiving the petition, or does not file a final proposal under RSA 541-A:12 within 2 years of receiving the petition, the committee may file legislation to repeal the agency's rulemaking authority or otherwise amend the agency authority.|||Source. 1994, 412:1. 2000, 288:4, eff. July 1, 2000. 2016, 63:1, eff. July 4, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-A:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-A - Administrative Procedure Act|Section 541-A:6 - Notice of Rulemaking Proceedings.

    541-A:6 Notice of Rulemaking Proceedings. –||I. The agency shall give at least 20 days' notice of its intent to hold a public hearing and shall also give notice of the cut-off date for the submission of written testimony pursuant to RSA 541-A:11, I, on any proposed adoption, amendment, readoption, readoption with amendment, or repeal of a rule. The notice periods shall begin on the day after the date of publication in the rulemaking register. The notice shall be in such form as the director of legislative services shall prescribe and shall include:||(a) The name and address of the agency.||(b) The statutory authority for the rule.||(c) Whether the intended action is an adoption, amendment, repeal, readoption, or readoption with amendment.||(d) The rule number and title.||(e) The date of the first agency public hearing and the cut-off date for the submission of written materials to the agency.||(f) If existing rules are being amended, readopted, or readopted with amendment, a concise summary of the existing rules and any proposed amendments, and if the proposed rules are being adopted, a concise summary of the proposed rules.||(g) A listing of people, enterprises, and government agencies affected by the rule.||(h) The name, address, and telephone number of an individual in the agency able to answer questions on the proposed rule.||(i) The fiscal impact statement completed by the legislative budget assistant.||(j) A statement, with adequate details and supporting data, that the proposed rule does not violate the New Hampshire constitution, part I, article 28-a.||II. The director of legislative services may refuse to publish a notice if the director determines that the notice does not conform to the requirements of the drafting and procedure manual under RSA 541-A:8.||III. The agency shall send notice to the director of legislative services, to all persons regulated by the proposed rules who hold occupational licenses issued by the agency, and to all persons who have made timely request for advance notice of rulemaking proceedings. Upon request the agency shall send notice to the president of the senate, to the speaker of the house of representatives, and to the chairpersons of the legislative committees having jurisdiction over the subject matter. Notice shall be made not less than 20 days before the first agency public hearing required by RSA 541-A:11, I. Notice to occupational licensees shall be by U.S. Mail, electronically, agency bulletin or newsletter, public notice advertisement in a publication of daily statewide circulation, or in such other manner that is reasonably calculated to inform such licensees of the proposed rulemaking. The committee may identify additional methods of notifying occupational licensees that are deemed sufficient.|||Source. 1994, 412:1. 1998, 213:1. 2000, 288:7. 2006, 145:4, eff. July 21, 2006. 2011, 252:1, 2, eff. Sept. 11, 2011. 2012, 247:37, eff. Aug. 17, 2012. 2020, 37:70, eff. Sept. 27, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-A:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-A - Administrative Procedure Act|Section 541-A:7 - Style of Rules.

    541-A:7 Style of Rules. –||Rules shall be written in a clear and coherent manner using words with common and everyday meanings for those persons who engage in the activities that are regulated by the rules, which may include technical language as necessary.|||Source. 1994, 412:1. 2006, 145:5, eff. July 21, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 541-A:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title LV - Proceedings in Special Cases|Title 541-A - Administrative Procedure Act|Section 541-A:8 - Drafting and Procedure Manual.

    541-A:8 Drafting and Procedure Manual. –||Each agency shall conform to a drafting and procedure manual for rules, including agency forms, developed by the director of legislative services and the commissioner of administrative services, subject to amendment and final approval by the committee. The director may require any agency to rewrite any rule, including any agency form, submitted for filing to conform to this manual until that rule is adopted and filed under RSA 541-A:14 or RSA 541-A:19 or the form is adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A:19-b.|||Source. 1994, 412:1. 2000, 288:8, eff. July 1, 2000. 2015, 234:4, eff. Sept. 11, 2015.|