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NH Rev Stat § 367:57 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 367 - Formation and Union of Railroad Corporations; Leases and Extensions|Section 367:57 - Lights on Railroad Track Motor Cars.

    367:57 Lights on Railroad Track Motor Cars. –||Every person, firm or corporation operating or controlling any railroad running through or within the state shall equip each of its track motor cars or similar vehicles used during the period from 30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes after sunrise with an electric headlight of such construction and with sufficient candlepower to render plainly visible at a distance of not less than 300 feet in advance of such track motor car any track obstruction, landmark, warning sign or grade crossing, and further shall equip such track motor car with a red rear electric light of such construction and with sufficient candlepower as to be plainly visible at a distance of 300 feet.|||Source. 1985, 402:19.|
NH Rev Stat § 368:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 368 - Railroad Trustees and Holding Companies|Section 368:1 - Creditors' Meeting.

    368:1 Creditors' Meeting. –||The trustees to whom a railroad has been assigned, or conveyed in mortgage for the benefit of creditors, shall call a meeting of the creditors whose claims are secured by the mortgage once a year, to be held at some place on or near the railroad, by publication in 2 daily newspapers published in Boston, Massachusetts, and one newspaper in each county in which the railroad is located.|||Source. 1858, 2100:1. GS 151:1. GL 165:1. PS 161:1. PL 252:1. RL 302:1.|
NH Rev Stat § 368:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 368 - Railroad Trustees and Holding Companies|Section 368:2 - Failure to Call Meeting.

    368:2 Failure to Call Meeting. –||If the trustees, on application of such creditors to the amount of 1/3 of the whole sum secured, do not, within 14 days, call such meeting, 5 or more creditors holding the like amount of claims may call it in the same manner.|||Source. 1858, 2100:1. GS 151:2. GL 165:2. PS 161:2. PL 252:2. RL 302:2.|
NH Rev Stat § 368:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 368 - Railroad Trustees and Holding Companies|Section 368:3 - Report.

    368:3 Report. –||At such meeting, the trustees shall make a report of the state of the trust property, and of their proceedings and management in relation thereto, according to the usual custom of directors of railroads to the stockholders.|||Source. 1858, 2100:1. GS 151:3. GL 165:3. PS 161:3. PL 252:3. RL 302:3.|
NH Rev Stat § 368:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 368 - Railroad Trustees and Holding Companies|Section 368:4 - Election of Trustees.

    368:4 Election of Trustees. –||The creditors at such meeting may elect, by ballot, 3 or 5 trustees, being creditors, and a majority, at least, residents of the state, each creditor being entitled to one vote for each $100 of his debt and having the same right to vote by proxy as stockholders of railroads at their meetings.|||Source. 1858, 2100:2. GS 151:4. GL 165:4. PS 161:4. PL 252:4. RL 302:4.|
NH Rev Stat § 368:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 368 - Railroad Trustees and Holding Companies|Section 368:5 - Transfer of Interest.

    368:5 Transfer of Interest. –||Upon the election of new trustees, the interest of the former trustees shall be transferred to and vest in such new trustees; and the former trustees shall render and settle an account of their trust with such successors, and pay and transfer to them such mortgage estate and any balances in their hands; and, if a balance is due the retiring trustees, the assets of the trust shall be charged therewith.|||Source. 1858, 2100:3. GS 151:5. GL 165:5. PS 161:5. PL 252:5. RL 302:5.|
NH Rev Stat § 368:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 368 - Railroad Trustees and Holding Companies|Section 368:6 - Liability of Trustees.

    368:6 Liability of Trustees. –||No trustees or assignees of a railroad mortgage, who have the railroad in their charge, shall, as such and without their own default, be personally responsible for any damage, by collision or force, occurring to any passenger or freight upon the railroad.|||Source. 1858, 2100:5. GS 151:6. GL 165:6. PS 161:6. PL 252:6. RL 302:6.|
NH Rev Stat § 368:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 368 - Railroad Trustees and Holding Companies|Section 368:7 - Liability of Company.

    368:7 Liability of Company. –||In case of such damage, the company assigning or mortgaging the railroad shall be liable; and the assets in the hands of the trustees shall be held for such damage as part of the expenses of the trust, in preference to the claims of the general creditors of the company.|||Source. 1858, 2100:5. GS 151:7. GL 165:7. PS 161:7. PL 252:7. RL 302:7.|
NH Rev Stat § 368:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 368 - Railroad Trustees and Holding Companies|Section 368:8 - Power of Court.

    368:8 Power of Court. –||The superior court shall have summary power to make all orders and decrees necessary to carry such trusts into effect.|||Source. 1858, 2100:6. GS 151:8. GL 165:8. PS 161:8. PL 252:8. RL 302:8.|
NH Rev Stat § 368:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 368 - Railroad Trustees and Holding Companies|Section 368:9 - Duties of Holding Companies.

    368:9 Duties of Holding Companies. –||Any corporation, whether foreign or domestic, which owns a majority of the capital stock of any railroad in the state, or operates the same under lease or otherwise, shall make returns and furnish information to the department of transportation as to such railroad properties and railroad business; and all provisions of law respecting reports and information concerning railroads and respecting the issue of securities shall apply to such railroad properties and railroad business.|||Source. 1913, 190:1. PL 252:9. RL 302:9. 1951, 203:61. RSA 368:9. 1985, 402:6, I(e)(4).|
NH Rev Stat § 368:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 368 - Railroad Trustees and Holding Companies|Section 368:10 - Neglect of Holding Company.

    368:10 Neglect of Holding Company. –||If any such holding company shall, after reasonable notice, fail to comply with the provisions of RSA 368:9, the supreme court shall, upon petition of any party interested, dissolve the railroad corporation, a majority of whose stocks is owned by such holding company.|||Source. 1913, 190:2. PL 252:10. RL 302:10.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:1 - Authority to Issue Securities.

    369:1 Authority to Issue Securities. –||A public utility lawfully engaged in business in this state may, with the approval of the commission but not otherwise, issue and sell its stock, bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness payable more than 12 months after the date thereof for lawful corporate purposes. The proposed issue and sale of securities will be approved by the commission where it finds that the same is consistent with the public good. Such approval shall extend to the amount of the issue authorized and the purpose or purposes to which the securities or the proceeds thereof are to be applied, and shall be subject to such reasonable terms and conditions as the commission may find to be necessary in the public interest; provided, however, that the provisions of RSA 293-A shall be observed by corporations organized under the laws of this state in respect of the corporate authorization required and of other formalities to be observed.|||Source. 1911, 164:14. 1913, 145:14. 1915, 115:1. PL 241:1. RL 291:1. 1951, 203:45 par. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:1-a - Exceptions.

    369:1-a Exceptions. –||The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any excepted local exchange carrier.|||Source. 2012, 177:7, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:2 - Mortgages.

    369:2 Mortgages. –||A public utility may, with the approval of the commission but not otherwise, mortgage its present and future property, tangible and intangible including franchises, to secure the payment of its bonds or notes, including any bonds or notes to be thereafter issued under the provisions of such mortgage; provided, however, that no such approval shall be required for any mortgage of property pursuant to after-acquired clauses of mortgages securing the payment of bonds or notes issued prior to September 1, 1951.|||Source. 1913, 145:15. PL 241:31. RL 291:32. 1951, 203:45 par. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:3 - Application for Leave to Issue.

    369:3 Application for Leave to Issue. –||Any such public utility which may apply to the commission for authority to issue such securities shall file with its application a statement in reasonable detail, showing the actual cost already incurred and the estimated cost to be incurred for any of the purposes for which such securities are to be issued and the actual cost already incurred and the estimated cost to be incurred for such purposes.|||Source. 1911, 164:14. 1913, 145:14. 1915, 115:2. PL 241:2. RL 291:3. 1951, 203:45 par. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:4 - Authorization.

    369:4 Authorization. –||The commission, after such hearing or investigation as it may deem proper, shall determine the actual or probable cost incurred or to be incurred; and, if in its judgment the issue of such securities upon the terms proposed is consistent with the public good, it shall authorize the same to an amount sufficient, at the price fixed in accordance with the laws applicable thereto, to provide funds for defraying the cost as so determined.|||Source. 1911, 164:14. 1915, 115:2. PL 241:3. RL 291:4. 1951, 203:45 par. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:5 - Repealed by 1999, 289:17, eff. July 1, 1999.

    369:5 Repealed by 1999, 289:17, eff. July 1, 1999. –|
NH Rev Stat § 369:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:6 - Depreciation.

    369:6 Depreciation. –||Upon any application for authority to issue securities for the purpose of providing funds for discharging any indebtedness incurred by a public utility in good faith prior to July 1, 1914, in acquiring property, or for other lawful corporate purpose, no deduction shall be made from the cost thereof, as determined by the commission, on account of any estimated depreciation of plant and properties beyond the portion, if any, of such cost which it may appear has been paid out of the depreciation reserve of said public utility, if any, or out of earnings, to make good depreciation.|||Source. 1915, 115:2. PL 241:6. RL 291:7. 1951, 203:45 par. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:7 - Short Term Notes.

    369:7 Short Term Notes. –||I. No public utility engaged in business within this state shall issue or renew any notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness payable less than 12 months after the date thereof, except as provided in this section, by rules adopted by the commission, or by specific order of the commission in an individual case.||II. In establishing the amounts of the notes, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness which the utility is permitted to issue or renew without prior commission approval, the commission shall consider the size, circumstances, and other characteristics of each utility, the aggregate term of the renewals of such notes, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness, and the time period and manner for reporting such renewals to the commission.|||Source. 1929, 136:1. RL 291:2. 1951, 203:45 par. 7. RSA 369:7. 1981, 370:1. 1994, 193:7, eff. July 23, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:9 - Capitalization of Franchises.

    369:9 Capitalization of Franchises. –||The commission shall have no power to authorize the capitalization, directly or indirectly, of any franchise to be a corporation, or of any franchise or any right to own, operate or enjoy any franchise whatever in excess of the amount (exclusive of any tax or annual charge) actually paid to the state or to a political subdivision thereof as a consideration for the grant of such franchise or right, all such franchises, rights and privileges being granted in the public interest only, and not justly subject to capitalization against the public.|||Source. 1917, 168:1. PL 241:10. RL 291:11. 1951, 203:45 par. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:10 - Unincorporated Utilities.

    369:10 Unincorporated Utilities. –||No unincorporated person or partnership, being a public utility through the ownership, operation or management of property devoted to public use, shall be required to apply to the commission for authority to issue notes or bonds unless the same are to be secured by mortgage of the property so devoted to public use.|||Source. 1913, 145:14. 1917, 76:6. PL 241:11. RL 291:12. 1951, 203:45 par. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:11 - Application of Proceeds.

    369:11 Application of Proceeds. –||No public utility shall apply the proceeds of any stock, bonds or notes to any other purpose than those specified in the order of the commission authorizing the issue of the same.|||Source. 1911, 164:14. 1913, 145:14. 1917, 76:6. PL 241:12. RL 291:13. 1951, 203:45 par. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:12 - Account.

    369:12 Account. –||Every public utility issuing stocks, bonds or other evidence of indebtedness subject to the provisions hereof shall file with the commission an account showing, in such detail as the commission shall require, the disposition of the proceeds of such issue.|||Source. 1911, 164:14. 1913, 145:14. 1917, 76:6. PL 241:13. RL 291:14. 1951, 203:45 par. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:13 - Foreign Corporations.

    369:13 Foreign Corporations. –||Any foreign corporation which shall engage in intrastate business as a public utility within this state after May 1, 1919, shall be subject to the provisions hereof, and, by applying for authority to begin or by continuing to engage in such intrastate business after said date, shall be deemed to have consented to said provisions as a condition precedent to its right to engage in such intrastate business.|||Source. 1919, 94:1. PL 241:14. RL 291:15. 1951, 203:45 par. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:14 - Public Utilities.

    369:14 Public Utilities. –||A public utility for any corporate purpose approved by the commission, upon petition of the corporation, may, from time to time, with the authority of the commission as provided in this chapter, increase its capital stock or bonds beyond the amounts fixed and limited by its articles of association or its charter or by any act of the general court.|||Source. 1921, 81:1. PL 241:16. RL 291:17. 1951, 203:45 par. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:15 - Stockholders.

    369:15 Stockholders. –||Whenever a public utility organized under the laws of this state shall issue (1) additional shares of its capital stock having unconditionally the general right to vote or (2) securities convertible into shares of such capital stock, it shall, except as hereinafter provided, first offer such shares or convertible securities proportionately to holders of its stock having such voting right in such manner as shall have been determined by its directors; provided, however, that if the charter, articles of agreement or stockholder votes authorizing the outstanding stock have limited or eliminated the rights of holders of such outstanding stock to subscribe to such shares or convertible securities, such offer need not be made, except to the extent, if any, required by said charter, articles of agreement or votes.|||Source. 1911, 164:14. PL 241:19. RL 291:20. 1951, 203:45 par. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:16 - Stockholders' Liability.

    369:16 Stockholders' Liability. –||Whenever a public utility incorporated under the laws of this state shall apply to the commission for authority to issue any stock requiring the approval of the commission, the stockholders shall not become individually liable for debts and contracts of the corporation under RSA 296:30, if the amount of stock which the commission authorized the corporation to issue upon any such application is paid in and a certificate of the treasurer and a majority of the directors to that effect is executed, filed and recorded in the manner provided by RSA 296:30 within 90 days after the filing in the office of the secretary of state of the order of the commission authorizing the issue of such stock; provided, that, in cases where such stock is an increase of prior capital, the whole amount of the prior capital as theretofore fixed and limited by the corporation, or so much thereof as the stockholders have voted to issue, or as the commission has authorized to be issued, has also been paid in and that the certificate so filed by the treasurer and directors shows that fact.|||Source. 1913, 145:15. PL 241:30. RL 291:31. 1951, 203:45 par. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1951.|
NH Rev Stat § 369:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369 - Issuance of Stock and Other Securities; General Provisions|Section 369:17 - Repealed by 1985, 402:39, II.

    369:17 Repealed by 1985, 402:39, II. –|
NH Rev Stat § 369-B:3-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369-B - Electric Rate Reduction Financing and Commission Action|Section 369-B:3-b - Employee Protections.

    369-B:3-b Employee Protections. –||In the event of divestiture or retirement of any or all of PSNH's generation assets, employee protections no less than those set forth in the then-current collective bargaining agreement shall be provided to affected employees.|||Source. 2014, 310:3, eff. Sept. 30, 2014. 2015, 221:11, eff. July 9, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 369-B:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369-B - Electric Rate Reduction Financing and Commission Action|Section 369-B:8 - Successors to Electric Utilities.

    369-B:8 Successors to Electric Utilities. –||Any successor to an electric utility, whether pursuant to any bankruptcy, reorganization, or other insolvency proceeding, or pursuant to any merger, sale, or transfer, by operation of law, or otherwise, shall perform and satisfy all obligations of the electric utility with respect to rate reduction bonds in the same manner and to the same extent as was required of the electric utility before such proceeding or transfer, including, without limitation, billing, collecting, and paying to the holders of the rate reduction bonds or their representatives or the applicable financing entity RRB charges and any other revenues arising with respect to the RRB property and seeking RRB charge adjustments, as necessary and permitted by a finance order, to recover all RRB costs designated in an applicable finance order or finance orders.|||Source. 2000, 249:2, eff. June 12, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 369-B:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 369-B - Electric Rate Reduction Financing and Commission Action|Section 369-B:9 - Severability.

    369-B:9 Severability. –||If any provision of this chapter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter, and to that end, the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable. Each section of this chapter shall be severable from all other sections hereof and the nullification of any section of this chapter shall have no effect on the remaining sections of this chapter.|||Source. 2000, 249:2, eff. June 12, 2000.|
NH Rev Stat § 370:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 370 - Service Equipment of Public Utilities|Section 370:1 - Units of Service.

    370:1 Units of Service. –||The department of energy may ascertain, determine and fix, for each kind of public utility, suitable and convenient standard commercial units of service, product or commodity, which units shall be lawful units for the purposes of this chapter.|||Source. 1913, 124:1. PL 245:1. RL 295:1. 1951, 203:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1951. 2021, 91:256, eff. July 1, 2021.|
NH Rev Stat § 370:1-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 370 - Service Equipment of Public Utilities|Section 370:1-a - Exceptions.

    370:1-a Exceptions. –||The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any excepted local exchange carrier.|||Source. 2012, 177:8, eff. Aug. 10, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 370:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXIV - Public Utilities|Title 370 - Service Equipment of Public Utilities|Section 370:2 - Standards.

    370:2 Standards. –||The department of energy may ascertain, determine and fix adequate and serviceable standards for the measurement of quality, pressure, initial voltage or other condition pertaining to the performing of its service, or to the furnishing of its product or commodity, by any public utility, and prescribe reasonable regulations for examination and testing of such service, product or commodity, and for the measurement thereof.|||Source. 1913, 124:1. PL 245:2. RL 295:2. 2021, 91:255, eff. July 1, 2021.|