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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:33-g - Special Assistant County Attorneys Permitted.

7:33-g Special Assistant County Attorneys Permitted. –
The county attorney may appoint, with the approval of the attorney general, special assistant county attorneys to assist with criminal cases when the county attorney believes it is expedient to do so. Special assistant county attorneys shall act under the supervision, direction, and control of the county attorney and shall serve without compensation at the pleasure of the county attorney.
Source.
1996, 124:4, eff. July 15, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:34 - Duties.

7:34 Duties. –
The county attorney of each county shall be under the direction of the attorney general, and, in the absence of the latter, he or she shall perform all the duties of the attorney general's office for the county. If no other representation is provided, under the direction of the county commissioners he or she shall prosecute or defend any suit in which the county is interested. The county attorney shall tax all costs arising in state or county suits in his or her county for the consideration of the court.
Source.
RS 13:5. CS 13:5. GS 15:5. GL 16:5. PS 17:6. PL 16:19. RL 24:19. 2003, 319:167, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:34-a - Private Practice Prohibited; Rockingham County.

7:34-a Private Practice Prohibited;  Rockingham County. –
The Rockingham county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law, nor shall he accept any fees or emoluments other than his official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law shall not include the provision of legal services without charge to the members of the county attorney's family when the same shall not conflict with the county attorney's official duties.
Source.
1977, 256:1, eff. Aug. 21, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:34-b - Private Practice Prohibited; Cheshire County.

7:34-b Private Practice Prohibited;  Cheshire County. –
The Cheshire county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or accept any fees or compensation other than his official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law does not include the provision of legal services without charge to the members of the county attorney's family, when the provision of these services does not conflict with his official duties.
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1981, 269:1, eff. Aug. 15, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:34-c - Private Practice Restricted; Belknap County.

7:34-c Private Practice Restricted;  Belknap County. –
The Belknap county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of criminal law or accept any fees or compensation other than his official salary for any legal services in the field of criminal law. He may engage in the private practice of civil law.
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1982, 41:9. 1988, 125:1, eff. July 1, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:34-d - Private Practice Prohibited; Sullivan County.

7:34-d Private Practice Prohibited;  Sullivan County. –
The Sullivan county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or accept any fees or compensation other than his official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law does not include the provision of legal services without charge to the members of the county attorney's family, when the provision of these services does not conflict with his official duties.
Source.
1986, 208:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:34-e - Private Practice Prohibited; Strafford County.

7:34-e Private Practice Prohibited;  Strafford County. –
The Strafford county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or accept any fees or compensation other than his official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law does not include the provision of legal services without charge to the members of the county attorney's family, when the provision of these services does not conflict with his official duties.
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1986, 208:3, eff. June 6, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:34-f - Private Practice Prohibited; Carroll County.

7:34-f Private Practice Prohibited;  Carroll County. –
The Carroll county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or accept any fees or compensation other than her or his official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law does not include the provision of legal services without charge to the members of the county attorney's family, when the provision of these services does not conflict with her or his official duties.
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1989, 162:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1991. 2019, 71:1, eff. Aug. 7, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:34-g - Private Practice Prohibited; Coos County.

7:34-g Private Practice Prohibited;  Coos County. –
The Coos county attorney shall not directly or indirectly engage in the private practice of law or accept any fees or compensation other than his or her official salary for any legal services. Private practice of law does not include the provision of legal services without charge to the members of the county attorney's family, when the provision of these services does not conflict with his or her official duties.
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1998, 342:3, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:35 - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

7:35 Repealed by 1971, 514:18, I, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:35-a - Repealed by 1971, 514:8, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

7:35-a Repealed by 1971, 514:8, II, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:35-b - Repealed by 1971, 514:8, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

7:35-b Repealed by 1971, 514:8, III, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:35-c - Repealed by 1971, 514:8, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

7:35-c Repealed by 1971, 514:8, IV, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:35-d - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, V, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

7:35-d Repealed by 1971, 514:18, V, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:35-e - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, VI, XXX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

7:35-e Repealed by 1971, 514:18, VI, XXX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:35-f - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

7:35-f Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:35-g - Repealed by 1973, 436:3, eff. June 30, 1973.

7:35-g Repealed by 1973, 436:3, eff. June 30, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:36 - Expenses; Payment.

7:36 Expenses;  Payment. –
The county attorneys are entitled to their actual expenses incurred in the discharge of their official duties. They shall be paid monthly for their salaries and expenses. They shall submit their expense accounts to a justice of the superior court for his approval before the accounts may be paid.
Source.
1915, 141:1, 2. 1921, 69:1. PL 16:21. RL 24:21. RSA 7:36. 1965, 364:2. 1969, 205:1, eff. Aug. 4, 1969.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:37 - Report of Attorney General.

7:37 Report of Attorney General. –
The attorney general shall, on or before December 1 of each odd numbered year, file a report with the governor and council of his official acts and of all money received and the disposition made thereof by him during the preceding 2 years, and containing such statistics and other information concerning crimes and misdemeanors, and such recommendations with reference to their prevention and punishment, as in his judgment the public good requires. He shall include in each report copies of all opinions given by him during the period covered by the report; provided that he shall not be required to include any opinion the publication of which he deems detrimental to the public good. He shall report particularly as to any neglect of duty on the part of county attorneys and other officers charged with the enforcement of the criminal laws. When counsel are employed under the provisions of RSA 7:12, the attorney general shall report such employment, with the reason therefor, and an itemized account of the expense thereof.
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RS 13:9. CS 13:9. GS 15:9. GL 16:9. PS 17:7. 1911, 190:3, 5. PL 16:22. RL 24:22. RSA 7:37. 1973, 140:30. 1985, 300:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:38 - Of County Attorneys.

7:38 Of County Attorneys. –
The county attorneys shall include in their annual reports full statistics regarding crimes and misdemeanors committed in their respective counties and such recommendations as in their judgment the public good requires.
Source.
PS 17:8. PL 16:24. RL 24:24.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:39 - To County Commissioners.

7:39 To County Commissioners. –
The county attorney at the close of each term of court shall transmit to the county commissioners a list of all civil actions pending at the term in favor of or against the county, with the names of the parties, the nature and amount of the claims and the progress made in each case; and for neglect to make such return he shall be fined $20.
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1865, 4077:6. GS 24:16. GL 25:16. PS 17:9. PL 16:25. RL 24:25.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:40 - Statistical Analysis Center.

7:40 Statistical Analysis Center. –
There shall be a statistical analysis center under the supervision of the attorney general. The center shall provide complete, accurate, and current criminal and juvenile justice statistics to public officials and law enforcement operational, managerial, and planning personnel. The attorney general shall oversee and coordinate the work of the center in maintaining, coordinating, and improving the state criminal and juvenile justice statistics system; analyzing and publishing criminal justice data; and supervising the management and administrative statistics program.
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1979, 495:5. 1981, 553:8. 1985, 300:12, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:41 - Findings and Purpose.

7:41 Findings and Purpose. –
The legislature finds that persons attempting to escape from actual or threatened domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault frequently establish new addresses in order to prevent their assailants or probable assailants from finding them. The purpose of this program is to enable state and local agencies to respond to requests for public records without disclosing the location of a victim of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault, to enable interagency cooperation with the attorney general in providing address confidentiality for victims of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault, and to enable state and local agencies to accept a program participant's use of an address designated by the attorney general as a substitute mailing address.
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2000, 265:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:42 - Definitions.

7:42 Definitions. –
As used in this subdivision:
I. "Address" means a residential street address, school address, or work address of an individual, as specified on the individual's application to be a program participant under this subdivision.
II. "Program participant" means a person certified as a program participant under RSA 7:43.
III. "Domestic violence" means an act as defined in RSA 173-B and includes a threat of such acts committed against an individual in a domestic situation, regardless of whether these acts or threats have been reported to law enforcement officers.
IV. "Sexual assault" means an act as defined in RSA 632-A.
V. "Stalking" means an act as defined in RSA 633:3-a.
Source.
2000, 265:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:43 - Address Confidentiality Program.

7:43 Address Confidentiality Program. –
I. An adult person, a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a minor, or a guardian acting on behalf of an incapacitated person, may apply to the attorney general to have an address designated by the attorney general serve as the person's address or the address of the minor or incapacitated person. The attorney general shall approve an application if it is filed in the manner and on the form prescribed by the attorney general and if it contains:
(a) A sworn statement by the applicant that the applicant has good reason to believe that the applicant, or the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is made, is a victim of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault; and that the applicant fears for his or her safety, or his or her children's safety, or the safety of the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is made;
(b) A designation of the attorney general as agent for purposes of service of process and for the purpose of receipt of mail;
(c) The mailing address where the applicant can be contacted by the attorney general, and the phone number or numbers where the applicant can be called by the attorney general;
(d) The new address or addresses that the applicant requests not be disclosed for the reason that disclosure will increase the risk of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault; and
(e) The signature of the applicant and the date on which the applicant signed the application.
II. Applications shall be filed with the attorney general.
III. Upon filing a properly completed application, the attorney general shall certify the applicant as a program participant. Applicants shall be certified for 4 years following the date of filing unless the certification is withdrawn or invalidated before that date.
IV. A person who falsely attests in an application that disclosure of the applicant's address would endanger the applicant's safety or the safety of the applicant's children or the minor or incapacitated person on whose behalf the application is made, or who knowingly provides false or incorrect information upon making an application, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
Source.
2000, 265:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:44 - Certification Cancellation.

7:44 Certification Cancellation. –
I. If the program participant obtains a name change, he or she loses certification as a program participant and may immediately reapply for certification under his or her new name.
II. The attorney general may cancel a program participant's certification if there is a change in the residential address from the one listed on the application, unless the program participant provides the attorney general notice of the change of address within 7 days.
III. The attorney general may cancel certification of a program participant if mail forwarded by the secretary to the program participant's address is returned as nondeliverable.
IV. The attorney general shall cancel certification of a program participant who applies using false information.
Source.
2000, 265:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:45 - Agency Use of Designated Address.

7:45 Agency Use of Designated Address. –
I. A program participant may request that state and local agencies use the address designated by the attorney general as his or her address. When creating a new public record, state and local agencies shall accept the address designated by the attorney general as a program participant's substitute address, unless the attorney general had determined that:
(a) The agency has a bona fide statutory or administrative requirement for the use of the address which would otherwise be confidential under this subdivision; and
(b) This address will be used only for those statutory and administrative purposes.
II. A program participant may use the address designated by the attorney general as his or her work address.
III. The attorney general shall forward all first class mail to the appropriate program participants.
Source.
2000, 265:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:46 - Voting by Program Participants.

7:46 Voting by Program Participants. –
I. A program participant who is otherwise qualified to vote may apply as an absentee voter. The program participant shall automatically receive absentee ballots for all elections in the jurisdictions for which that individual is domiciled in the same manner as absentee voters pursuant to RSA 657:15. Notwithstanding RSA 654, neither the name nor the address of a program participant shall be included in any list of registered voters available to the public.
II. The city or town clerk shall not make the participant's address contained in voter registration records available for public inspection or copying except under the following circumstances:
(a) If requested by a law enforcement agency, to the law enforcement agency; and
(b) If directed by a court order, to a person identified in the order.
Source.
2000, 265:1. 2003, 289:2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:47 - Disclosure of Records Prohibited; Exceptions.

7:47 Disclosure of Records Prohibited;  Exceptions. –
The attorney general shall not make any records in a program participant's file available for inspection or copying, other than the address designated by the attorney general, except under the following circumstances:
I. If requested by a law enforcement agency, to the law enforcement agency;
II. If directed by a court order, to a person identified in the order;
III. If certification has been cancelled; or
IV. To verify the participation of a specific program participant, in which case the attorney general may only confirm participation in the program.
Source.
2000, 265:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 7 - Attorneys General, Director of Charitable Trusts, and County Attorneys › Section 7:48 - Assistance for Program Applicants.

7:48 Assistance for Program Applicants. –
The attorney general shall refer participants to crisis centers that provide counseling and shelter services to either victims of domestic violence, stalking, or sexual assault to assist persons applying to be program participants.
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2000, 265:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:1 - Terms Used.

9:1 Terms Used. –
In this chapter, the term "department" or "establishment" means any executive department, commission, board, institution, bureau, office, or other agency of the state government, by whatever name called, other than the legislature, the department of state in the execution of the constitutional duties of the office of the secretary of state, and the state judicial branch, that uses, expends or receives any state funds; the term "state funds" means any and all moneys appropriated by the legislature, or money collected by or for the state, or any agency thereof, pursuant to authority granted in any of its laws; the term "budget" means the budget document by this chapter required to be transmitted to the legislature; the term "stakeholder" means a person and/or group which can affect or is affected by the development, design, and/or development of information technology systems.
Source.
RL 23:1. RSA 9:1. 1979, 403:1. 2000, 320:6, eff. Aug. 20, 2000. 2017, 82:1, eff. Aug. 1, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:2 - Transmission to the Legislature.

9:2 Transmission to the Legislature. –
Not later than February 15 of the year of each biennial legislative session, the governor shall transmit to the legislature a document to be known as a budget setting forth the governor's financial program for each of the fiscal years of the ensuing biennium and having the character and scope hereinafter set forth.
Source.
RL 23:2. RSA 9:2. 1998, 313:1, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:2-a - Transmission to the Legislature; Changes to Statutory Law.

9:2-a Transmission to the Legislature;  Changes to Statutory Law. –
Not later than February 15 of the first year of each biennial legislative session, the governor shall transmit to the legislature a document to be known as the trailer bill containing any changes to statutory law deemed necessary for the ensuing biennium. This document shall be separate from the document known as the budget as provided in RSA 9:2 and shall not be considered a budget bill as provided in part II, article 18-a of the New Hampshire constitution. This document shall be available in printed format and at least one electronic computer file format in common use at the time and shall be publicly posted on the department of administrative services' website on the date of the transmittal.
Source.
2019, 346:208, eff. July 1, 2019. 2023, 79:346, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:3-a - Capital Expenditure Requests.

9:3-a Capital Expenditure Requests. –
Prior to the adoption of the 6-year capital budget, the requests for appropriation of funds shall be as follows:
I. All departments seeking funds for capital expenditures shall submit their requests to the commissioner of administrative services no later than the May 1 before the opening of the biennial legislative session. Requests shall be made on forms supplied by the commissioner of administrative services. Each request shall list estimates of the costs of land, construction, furnishings, and equipment and shall identify projects which are expected or planned to require funding in subsequent bienniums of the 6-year capital budget in order to be completed. In addition, each request shall include the square footage, estimates of annual operating and maintenance costs, program descriptions, and number of people involved.
II. The commissioner of administrative services shall submit a summary of the requests and any supporting detail to the governor by May 31.
III. The governor shall hold public hearings on the requests no later than June 30. The governor may require officials of those departments submitting requests to attend and testify.
IV. There shall be a governor's advisory committee on the capital budget consisting of the following, or their designees: commissioner of administrative services, the manager of the division of public works design and construction in the department of administrative services, chairperson of the senate capital budget committee, and chairperson of the house public works and highways committee. Members of the advisory committee may attend the hearings on capital budget requests, question those testifying, and contribute their opinions.
V. The governor shall select those projects which the governor considers worthy of further evaluation, and send the requests for the selected projects to the commissioner of administrative services no later than August 1. The governor may hold additional hearings on capital requests at the time of the operating budget hearings. If any additional hearing is held after election day, the governor shall invite the governor-elect to attend.
VI. The department of administrative services through its division of public works design and construction shall prepare schematic drawings, cost estimates, and program descriptions and the commissioner of administrative services shall present these, along with any recommendations, to the governor no later than December 1.
VII. The governor shall submit the capital budget to the general court no later than February 15 of each odd numbered year. The capital budget submitted shall identify all projects which are expected or planned to require funding in the first biennium and in subsequent bienniums of the 6-year capital budget in order to be completed.
Source.
1957, 173:3. 1981, 540:1. 1985, 399:3, I; 415:6. 1995, 9:1. 2004, 138:1. 2009, 162:3, eff. Sept. 6, 2009. 2014, 327:40, eff. Aug. 2, 2014.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:3-b - Review and Update of Capital Budget.

9:3-b Review and Update of Capital Budget. –
In the first year of each biennium the legislature shall review the 6-year capital budget and update the extended projects, and may approve new projects over the next 6 years. The general court intends that once a capital budget project has been approved it shall be funded through each phase of the project unless some extreme and significant event makes further funding inappropriate.
Source.
2004, 138:2, eff. May 24, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:4-a - Judicial Branch Budget.

9:4-a Judicial Branch Budget. –
The supreme court, in consultation with the judicial branch administrative council appointed pursuant to supreme court rule 54, shall prepare the judicial branch budget for review and processing by the legislature according to the same time schedule for budgetary review and analysis required of executive agencies. The judicial branch budget shall be prepared upon forms and according to procedures prescribed by the commissioner of administrative services. The budget request documents and such additional information as may be requested shall be submitted to the commissioner of administrative services to be included in the governor's budget in the amounts requested, and with such comments as the governor deems appropriate.
Source.
1969, 21:1. 1979, 403:2. 1983, 381:6. 1985, 399:3, I. 1995, 9:2, eff. June 11, 1995. 2015, 102:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:4-b - Information Technology Plan.

9:4-b Information Technology Plan. –
Each executive department, with the necessary assistance of the chief information officer, shall prepare an information technology plan and submit it to the information technology council. The portion of each plan which addresses the upcoming biennium shall define the capital and operating budgets necessary for implementing the plan. The budget data in the information technology plan shall provide for both new information technology initiatives and existing operations and shall be consistent with the budget data submitted under RSA 9:4 and 9:4-a. In the case of the failure of any executive department to submit an information technology plan, the chief information officer shall cause a plan to be prepared as in his or her opinion is reasonable and proper. Each information technology plan shall identify a process for collaborative involvement of stakeholders representing other levels of government within the state in the development, design, and deployment of information technology systems that involve or impact such other political subdivisions of the state.
Source.
1991, 346:3. 2000, 320:1. 2003, 223:20, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:4-c - Repealed by 2008, 177:16, I, eff. June 11, 2008.

9:4-c Repealed by 2008, 177:16, I, eff. June 11, 2008. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:4-d - Requests for Appropriations From the Highway Fund.

9:4-d Requests for Appropriations From the Highway Fund. –
I. On or before October 1 prior to each biennial legislative session, all departments of the state, except the department of transportation, and the judicial branch requesting appropriations from the highway fund shall transmit to the commissioner of administrative services, on blanks to be furnished by the commissioner, appropriate program measures which support the use of highway funds being requested. This data shall reflect the volume of activity within each accounting unit directly related to highway activity.
II. All departments of the state subject to paragraph I shall develop and implement a cost allocation plan and maintain such records as are necessary to support their expenditures of highway funds. These records shall include, but not be limited to, revising the integrated system of government cost accounting and financial reporting which accurately and systematically accounts for all expenditures of highway funds within budget and appropriations and from which it shall be possible to obtain accurate annual and interim financial statements and other reports which present fairly and with full disclosure the use of highway funds.
Source.
1993, 358:105. 2007, 133:1. 2012, 247:3, eff. Aug. 17, 2012.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:4-e - University System of New Hampshire and Community College System of New Hampshire Operating Budgets.

9:4-e University System of New Hampshire and Community College System of New Hampshire Operating Budgets. –
For the university system of New Hampshire and community college system of New Hampshire, the state operating budget shall include only general fund appropriations. The chancellor of the university system and the chancellor of the community college system shall provide detailed budgets of their respective system operations upon legislative or executive request.
Source.
1998, 115:1. 2010, 199:3, eff. Aug. 20, 2010. 2017, 25:1, eff. June 24, 2017.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:5 - Estimates of Income.

9:5 Estimates of Income. –
I. On or before October 1 next prior to each biennial legislative session, the commissioner of administrative services shall prepare an estimate of the total income of the state for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium, in which the several items of income shall be listed and classified according to sources or character, departments or establishments producing said funds and brought into comparison with the income actually received during the last completed fiscal year and the estimated income to be received during the year in progress.
II. On or before January 15 of each even numbered year, the commissioner of administrative services shall present to the legislature an updated estimate of the total income of the state for the current fiscal year, in which the several items of income shall be listed and classified according to sources or character, departments or establishments producing said funds and brought into comparison with the income actually received and projected to be received during the current fiscal year and an updated estimate of the income to be received during the next fiscal year. These updated estimates shall require ratification by the legislature by the end of the regular legislative session of such even numbered year.
Source.
RL 23:5. RSA 9:5. 1985, 399:3, I. 1986, 18:2, eff. July 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:6 - Tentative Budget.

9:6 Tentative Budget. –
Upon the receipt of the efficiency expenditure requests called for by RSA 9:4 and the preparation of the estimates of income called for by RSA 9:5, and not later than November 1 next succeeding, the commissioner of administrative services shall cause to be prepared a tentative budget conforming as to scope, contents, and character to the requirements of RSA 9:3 and containing the efficiency expenditure requests and estimates of revenue as called for by RSA 9:4 and RSA 9:5, which tentative budget shall be transmitted to the director of the budget for submittal to the governor. The tentative budget shall comply with the requirements of RSA 9:9-b. The budget shall be made available in printed format and in at least one electronic computer file format in common use at the time. The sections of the budget that state: gross appropriations from the highway fund, the highway block grant aid appropriation, the highway fund appropriation to the department of safety, and highway fund appropriations that are transferred to other agencies that comply with part II, article 6-a of the New Hampshire constitution relative to the use of highway funds, shall be reported to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairpersons of the house and senate standing committees on finance, the house public works and highways committee, the senate transportation committee, and the senate capital budget committee.
Source.
RL 23:6. RSA 9:6. 1970, 6:2. 1985, 399:3, I. 1998, 222:3. 2008, 237:7, eff. July 1, 2009. 2014, 168:2, eff. June 30, 2015. 2015, 222:1, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:7 - Hearings on Tentative Budget.

9:7 Hearings on Tentative Budget. –
Upon the receipt by the governor of the tentative budget provided for by RSA 9:6, the governor shall make provision for public hearings thereon not later than the ensuing month of December, at which the governor may require the attendance of the heads and other officers of all departments, and other persons receiving or requesting the grant of state funds and the giving by them of such explanations and suggestions as they may be called upon to give or as they may desire to offer in respect to items of requested appropriations in which they are interested. The governor shall also extend invitations to the governor-elect, the commissioner of administrative services, and the chairpersons of the finance committees of the house and senate to be present at such hearings and to participate in the hearings through the asking of questions or the expression of opinion in regard to the items of the tentative budget. The chairpersons of the finance committees of the house and senate, while sitting at such hearings, shall hold the office of budget advisors and shall receive the same per diem allowance and expenses as are provided for members of the governor's council. If either chairperson shall be unable to sit, the vice chairperson of the committee shall act in the chairperson's place and receive the same compensation and expenses.
Source.
RL 23:7. RSA 9:7. 1985, 399:3, I. 1995, 9:3, eff. June 11, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:8 - Formulation of the Budget.

9:8 Formulation of the Budget. –
Following his inauguration, the governor shall proceed to the formulation of the budget provided for by RSA 9:2 and 3. In doing so he shall give such weight to the estimates of income as prepared by the commissioner of administrative services and to the estimates of expenditure requirements as submitted by the departments and to the testimony elicited at the hearings thereon as he deems proper, but the proposals contained in the budget shall represent his judgment and recommendations in respect to the provision to be made for meeting the revenue and expenditure needs of the state for each of the fiscal years of the ensuing biennium.
Source.
RL 23:8. RSA 9:8. 1985, 399:3, I, eff. July 1, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:8-a - Accounting Unit Format.

9:8-a Accounting Unit Format. –
I. All budgets provided for by this subdivision shall be in accounting unit format consistent with the chart of accounts of the state integrated financial accounting system. For expository purposes, the budget may be presented as a summarized 3 class line document consisting of personnel services, operating expenses, and other expenses; provided, however, that the final budget as passed and the warrants issued by the commissioner of administrative services shall be classified into at least the following classes as appropriate: personnel services, current expense, equipment, other personnel services, benefits, travel in-state, travel out-of-state, individual and departmental dues to national and regional organizations, and other expenditures.
II. [Repealed.]
Source.
1973, 376:76. 1981, 568:143. 1983, 469:3. 1985, 399:3, I. 1998, 10:1; 222:4. 2003, 319:41, II. 2008, 177:5. 2012, 247:4, eff. Aug. 17, 2012.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:8-b - Adoption of Operating Budget.

9:8-b Adoption of Operating Budget. –
The general court shall not adopt an operating budget for any fund, or any other legislation which provides for appropriations, which exceed the state's total estimated revenues from existing, increased, or new taxes, fees, operating income and other sources. If the estimated revenues of the state for the ensuing biennium as set forth in the budget on the basis of existing laws, plus the estimated amounts in the treasury at the close of the year in progress available for expenditure in the ensuing biennial period is less than the aggregate recommended for the ensuing biennial period as contained in the budget, the general court shall adopt a budget in which such deficit shall be met, whether by an increase in the state tax or the imposition of new taxes, increased rates on existing taxes, or otherwise; and if the aggregate of such estimated revenues, plus estimated balances in the treasury is greater than such recommended appropriations for the ensuing biennial period, the general court shall adopt a budget applying such surplus to the reduction of debt or otherwise, to the reduction in taxation, or to such other action as is in the interest of the public welfare. Such operating budget shall not use bonded indebtedness to fund operating appropriations. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit the use of projected lapses in determining compliance with this section.
Source.
1998, 313:3, eff. Aug. 25, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:9 - Supplemental Estimates.

9:9 Supplemental Estimates. –
The governor shall transmit to the legislature supplemental estimates for such appropriations as in his judgment may be necessary on account of laws enacted after the transmission of the budget, or as he deems otherwise in the public interest. He shall accompany such estimates with a statement of the reasons therefor, including the reasons for their omission from the budget. Whenever such supplemental estimates amount to an aggregate which, if they had been contained in the budget, would have required the governor to make a recommendation for the raising of additional revenue, he shall make such recommendation.
Source.
RL 23:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:9-a - Collection of Highway Fund Revenue; Reporting Requirement.

9:9-a Collection of Highway Fund Revenue;  Reporting Requirement. –
Pursuant to part II, article 6-a of the New Hampshire constitution, any costs associated with the collection and administration of highway funds by the department of safety shall be deducted by the department before such funds are credited to the highway fund. On or before January 1, the department shall provide an annual accounting of such administration and collection costs to the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives. No current fiscal year collection or administration costs shall be expended until the previous year's collection cost report has been received.
Source.
2003, 263:1. 2005, 177:3, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:9-b - Allocation of Highway Fund Appropriations.

9:9-b Allocation of Highway Fund Appropriations. –
In each biennium, highway fund appropriations, including costs of collections of the department of safety, shall be subject to the following limitations:
I. Department of transportation: Not less than 73 percent of anticipated total gross road toll and motor vehicle fees and fines for the biennium.
II. Department of safety: Not to exceed 26 percent of total anticipated gross road toll and motor vehicle fees and fines for the biennium.
III. All other agencies: Not to exceed 1 percent of total anticipated gross road toll and motor vehicle fees and fines for the biennium.
Source.
2003, 263:1. 2008, 237:1, eff. July 1, 2009; 237:2, eff. July 1, 2011; 237:3, eff. July 1, 2013. 2015, 276:191, eff. July 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:9-c - Reporting Requirement for Departments That Receive Highway Funds.

9:9-c Reporting Requirement for Departments That Receive Highway Funds. –
All departments of the executive branch and the judicial branch that receive highway fund transfers for any purpose shall file a report with the commissioner of administrative services on or before January 1 of each year for the preceding fiscal year. The format of the report shall be determined by the commissioner and shall be in a format similar to reports filed pursuant to RSA 9:4-d.
I. The report shall include:
(a) A description of each of the programs supported by highway funds.
(b) Actual expenditures incurred by programs supported in whole or in part by the highway fund transfers compared to amounts budgeted for those purposes.
II. No highway fund transfers shall be disbursed to a department of the executive branch or the judicial branch if the department or judicial branch has not filed the report required under this section for the preceding fiscal year.
Source.
2003, 263:1. 2007, 32:1, eff. July 13, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:9-d - Ten-Year Current Services Cost Projections.

9:9-d Ten-Year Current Services Cost Projections. –
I. Each of the following state agencies shall provide 10-year cost projections for the identified service or program:
(a) The department of administrative services: state retiree health insurance, and in conjunction with the department of revenue administration, state revenues.
(b) The state treasurer: debt service.
(c) The department of education: adequate education grants.
(d) The New Hampshire retirement system: state employer retirement contributions.
II. The cost projections shall be based on current policy, programs, and tax rates, and shall be adjusted only for demographically-induced changes in demand for public services and projected effects on state government revenues and expenditures.
Source.
2018, 162:2, eff. July 1, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 9 - Budget and Appropriations; Revolving Funds › Section 9:9-e - Department of Health and Human Services; Ten-Year Current Services Cost Projections.

9:9-e Department of Health and Human Services;  Ten-Year Current Services Cost Projections. –
I. The department of health and human services shall provide 10-year cost projections for the identified service or program:
(a) Uncompensated care.
(b) Medicaid care management.
(c) Medicaid-funded home and community based waiver services: Choices for Independence, Developmental Services, Acquired Brain Disorder, and Children's In Home Services.
(d) Nursing home services.
II. The cost projections required in paragraph I for years one through 5 shall be based on the best available data and information available to the department to ensure accurate and reliable information is provided to the public and the general court.
III. The cost projections required in paragraph I for years 6 through 10 shall be based on current policy, programs, and federal and state law, and shall assume economic and other external factors remain static.
IV. The department shall issue the cost projections by September 30, 2019 and shall issue new projections every 2 years thereafter.
Source.
2018, 162:2, eff. July 1, 2018. 2022, 293:4, eff. Aug. 30, 2022.