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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:2 - Definitions.

157-B:2 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Owner" means a person, partnership, association, or corporation who is the holder of title to, or who leases an elevator or accessibility lift from the holder of title to, a building in which there is an elevator or accessibility lift, as defined in this section, except an elevator or accessibility lift for the exclusive use of the holder of title in the holder's home.
II. "Commissioner" means the labor commissioner.
III. "Standards" means regulations issued by the commissioner which establish the minimum safety requirements for elevators and accessibility lifts in use on or installed after January 1, 1968.
IV. "Elevator" means a hoisting and lowering mechanism equipped with a car or platform which moves in guides in a substantially vertical direction; or a stairway inclined lift which moves in guides in an inclined direction; and includes the doors, well, enclosures, means, and appurtenances required for its operation. The term "elevator" shall include an accessibility lift but does not include a vertical reciprocating conveyor, a material lift, or an accessibility lift in a private residence.
V. "Accessibility lift" means an inclined chair/platform lift or vertical wheelchair lift used to raise and lower a person in a wheelchair or person of limited mobility in or on a car or platform from one level to another and shall meet the requirements of the most recent version of ASME/ANSI-A 17.1 for handicap lifts.
Source.
1967, 310:1. 1977, 412:1. 1995, 100:1. 1997, 333:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:3 - New Elevators; New Accessibility Lifts.

157-B:3 New Elevators;  New Accessibility Lifts. –
The provisions of the most recent version of the American Standard Safety Code for Elevators, Dumbwaiters, Escalators and Moving Walks, Material Lifts and Dumbwaiters With Automatic Transfer Devices, Wheelchair Lifts and Stairchair Lifts are the minimum requirements for all elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and accessibility lifts installed after January 1, 1998.
Source.
1967, 310:1. 1995, 100:2. 1997, 333:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:4 - Existing Elevators and Accessibility Lifts.

157-B:4 Existing Elevators and Accessibility Lifts. –
I. The commissioner may issue and amend reasonable and practicable standards for the use, alteration, repair, operation, and inspection of all elevators and accessibility lifts in existence on January 1, 1968.
II. Inspections of elevators and accessibility lifts installed after January 1, 1985, shall be in accordance with the American Standard Safety Code applicable to the year installed.
Source.
1967, 310:1. 1995, 100:3. 1997, 333:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:5 - Inspection Report and Certificates; Fee; Penalty.

157-B:5 Inspection Report and Certificates;  Fee;  Penalty. –
I. Subsequent to the inspection of an elevator or accessibility lift, an inspector shall file with the commissioner an inspection report on a form prescribed by the commissioner indicating whether or not the elevator or accessibility lift is certifiable and shall provide a copy of the inspection report to the owner or the owner's designee. When an elevator or accessibility lift passes inspection, the commissioner shall furnish an inspection certificate to its owner or the owner's designee on a form prescribed by the commissioner. A fee of $50 shall be charged for each certificate. If the fee is not paid within 30 days of the date on which the certificate is issued, the certificate shall be void.
II. If the elevator or accessibility lift fails the inspection, the inspector shall furnish the owner or the owner's designee an appropriate abstract of the statutory requirements and recommendations for repairs necessary to correct the deficiency.
III. Upon compliance with the recommendations of an inspector, whether by repair or replacement, the owner of an elevator or accessibility lift which has failed to pass inspection, or the owner's designee, shall notify the commissioner and inspector that the required repairs have been completed.
IV. The elevator or accessibility lift shall, at the discretion of the inspector or the commissioner, then be reinspected in accordance with this section; and, upon finding compliance with the recommendations, an inspection certificate shall be furnished to the owner or the owner's designee.
V. Certificates shall be posted in the elevator car or accessibility lift platform under glass or other suitable transparent cover. Certificates shall be effective for one year from the date of inspection.
VI. An owner who permits the operation of any elevator or accessibility lift without an effective inspection certificate in the elevator or accessibility lift shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
Source.
1967, 310:1. 1975, 413:1. 1983, 421:9. 1991, 355:54. 1996, 231:7. 1997, 333:1. 2005, 177:99, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:5-a - Inspection by Department.

157-B:5-a Inspection by Department. –
The commissioner shall charge $100 per hour, with a minimum charge of $100, for inspections performed by employees of the department of labor.
Source.
1995, 100:4, eff. July 15, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:6 - Suspension of Certificate.

157-B:6 Suspension of Certificate. –
I. The commissioner may suspend an inspection certificate when an elevator or accessibility lift does not meet the requirements of the standards established under this chapter. When an inspection certificate is suspended, the owner shall not permit the use of the elevator or accessibility lift until a new certificate of inspection is issued for the elevator or accessibility lift. The commissioner shall have a notice of the suspension of the inspection certificate posted at every entrance to the unsafe elevator or accessibility lift, and shall have the inspection certificate removed from the elevator car or accessibility lift platform. The notice of suspension may be removed only by the authority of the commissioner. The commissioner shall notify the owner in writing of the suspension of the inspection certificate. The notice may be served on the owner by registered mail or otherwise.
II. The commissioner may adopt by rule the conditions to empower an elevator inspector or authorized representative of the commissioner to make an emergency suspension of the inspection certificate for a period of not more than 24 hours, to enable the commissioner to take action on the suspension under paragraph I of this section, or to enable the owner to make repairs on the elevator or accessibility lift.
III. Any person who removes or defaces a notice of suspension of the inspection certificate without the authority of the commissioner shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source.
1967, 310:1. 1973, 528:75. 1995, 100:5. 1997, 333:2, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:7 - Repealed by 1975, 413:3, eff. Aug. 15, 1975.

157-B:7 Repealed by 1975, 413:3, eff. Aug. 15, 1975. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:8 - Inspectors.

157-B:8 Inspectors. –
An elevator inspector shall pass an examination given by the commissioner, except in cases in which an elevator inspector has proven to the satisfaction of the commissioner experience in excess of 5 years within the state. A license shall be issued to the inspector for a 2-year period. A fee of $50 shall be charged for the initial examination and license. A license may be renewed every 2 years upon payment of a fee of $35. Employees of the department of labor shall not be charged for the issuance or renewal of a license. A person who holds a certificate or license of competency as an inspector of elevators from a state that has a standard of examination equal to that of this state may be issued a license without examination upon payment of a fee of $35. The commissioner may revoke any license for cause shown, after a hearing. The holder of a license under question shall receive 7 days' written notice informing the licensee of the charges and of the time and place of the hearing.
Source.
1967, 310:1. 1983, 421:10. 1989, 408:24. 1995, 100:6, eff. July 15, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:8-a - Mechanics.

157-B:8-a Mechanics. –
An elevator or accessibility lift mechanic shall pass an examination given by the commissioner provided the person either (a) has at least 2 years of documented experience, with an average of 1,800 hours in each year over the 2-year period, working in this state directly under a licensed New Hampshire elevator or accessibility lift mechanic; or (b) holds a certificate or license of competency as an elevator or accessibility lift mechanic issued by another state and has proven to the satisfaction of the commissioner that the person has experience as an elevator or accessibility lift mechanic for at least 3 consecutive years, with an average of 1,800 hours in each year over the 3-year period. A license shall be issued to the mechanic for a 2-year period. A fee of $50 shall be charged for the initial examination and license. A license may be renewed every 2 years upon payment of a fee of $35. Employees of the department of labor shall not be charged for the issuance or renewal of a license. A person who holds a certificate or license of competency as a mechanic issued by another state may be issued a license without examination upon payment of a fee of $35, provided that licensees of New Hampshire are not subject to greater requirements for certification or licensure in the other state than those required by New Hampshire. The commissioner may revoke any license for cause shown, after a hearing. The holder of a license under question shall receive 7 days' written notice informing the licensee of the charges and of the time and place of the hearing.
Source.
1995, 100:7. 1997, 333:3. 2013, 252:1, eff. Sept. 22, 2013.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:8-b - Inspection and Repairs.

157-B:8-b Inspection and Repairs. –
An elevator inspector holding a mechanic's license under this chapter shall not make any repairs as a result of an annual inspection which such inspector performed.
Source.
1995, 100:7, eff. July 15, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:9 - Installation of New Elevators and New Accessibility Lifts; Fees.

157-B:9 Installation of New Elevators and New Accessibility Lifts;  Fees. –
Detailed plans or specifications of each new or altered elevator or accessibility lift shall be submitted to and approved by the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative before the construction of the elevator or accessibility lift may be started. Fee for examination of the plans or specifications is $4 per $1,000 of the valuation of the elevator or accessibility lift as covered by the blueprints. The minimum fee is $200.
Source.
1967, 310:1. 1983, 421:11. 1989, 408:25. 1995, 100:8. 1997, 333:4. 2005, 177:100, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:10 - Review by Commissioner.

157-B:10 Review by Commissioner. –
Any owner affected by a ruling of the commissioner may petition the commissioner for a review of the validity or reasonableness of the ruling. The petition for review shall be filed within 30 days after the receipt of a registered letter or after refusal of the owner to accept the registered letter containing a copy of the ruling addressed to the owner at the address given on the certificate of inspection or on any application addressed to the commissioner. Upon receipt of a petition the commissioner shall, if necessary, order a hearing. Notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given to the petitioner and to other persons who the commissioner finds are interested in the issue raised.
Source.
1967, 310:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:11 - Appeals.

157-B:11 Appeals. –
An owner aggrieved by any order or regulation of the commissioner may file a petition in the superior court against the commissioner to determine the validity and reasonableness of the commissioner's action. The petition shall be filed within 30 days after the adoption of the order, or regulation, or, if a petition for review is filed, within 30 days after the decision upon the petition.
Source.
1967, 310:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:12 - Notice; Procedure.

157-B:12 Notice;  Procedure. –
Notice of the pendency of the appeal proceedings shall be given to the commissioner in any form the superior court orders. The petition, so far as practicable, shall have precedence over other actions in the same court. The order appealed from is prima facie valid and reasonable. The proceedings upon the petition shall be in accordance with proceedings in equity, as far as possible. The court shall make such order or decree as justice requires.
Source.
1967, 310:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:13 - Effect of Appeal.

157-B:13 Effect of Appeal. –
During the pendency of any petition for review in the superior court, the filing of the petition shall not stay the order or regulation under review, but the court may, on application, on notice to the commissioner, and on cause shown, grant an order to restrain the commissioner from taking any further action on the order or regulation under review.
Source.
1967, 310:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:13-a - Civil Penalties.

157-B:13-a Civil Penalties. –
I. In addition to any criminal penalty provided under this chapter, the commissioner may, after a written warning and a hearing, impose a civil penalty not to exceed $500, as determined by the commissioner, for any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter or of any rule adopted pursuant to this chapter. Any person on whom a penalty is imposed under this section may appeal as provided in RSA 273:11-c and 273:11-d to the penalty appeal board established in RSA 273:11-b. All moneys collected under this section shall be deposited in the department of labor restricted fund established in RSA 273:1-b.
II. The commissioner shall conduct hearings in the manner required under rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A and 273:11-a, V.
Source.
1995, 100:9. 2011, 182:3, eff. Aug. 13, 2011; 224:53, eff. July 1, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:14 - Repealed by 1995, 100:10, I, eff. July 15, 1995.

157-B:14 Repealed by 1995, 100:10, I, eff. July 15, 1995. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:15 - Notice of Accidents; Penalty.

157-B:15 Notice of Accidents;  Penalty. –
The owner shall report every elevator and accessibility lift accident, whether or not it results in injury to a person or damage to the equipment, to the commissioner within 48 hours after its occurrence. The inspection certificate for the involved elevator or accessibility lift may be suspended if a qualified inspector inspects the elevator or accessibility lift and finds it to be unacceptable. An owner who willfully refuses or neglects to make such a report shall be fined not more than $25.
Source.
1967, 310:1. 1997, 333:5, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:16 - Rules of Proceedings.

157-B:16 Rules of Proceedings. –
The commissioner may establish rules of proceedings for the conduct of hearings authorized under this chapter.
Source.
1967, 310:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:17 - Exception.

157-B:17 Exception. –
Notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter any elevator or accessibility lift which is periodically inspected and tested for safety under a maintenance contract with the company which installed the elevator or accessibility lift shall be exempt from the annual inspection requirements of RSA 157-B:5, so long as the maintenance contract is effective, and the inspection certificate as provided in RSA 157-B:5 shall be posted in the elevator car or accessibility lift platform. Provided, however, that the other provisions of this chapter shall apply to the elevators and accessibility lifts covered by this exception.
Source.
1967, 310:1. 1997, 333:6, eff. Jan. 1, 1998.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:17-a - Exemption.

157-B:17-a Exemption. –
The commissioner may exempt elevating devices which do not conform with the definitions in RSA 157-B:2 from the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner may adopt rules relative to adequate safety criteria for exempted elevating devices.
Source.
2000, 211:1, eff. July 29, 2000.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:17-b - Elevator or Accessibility Lift in Residential Property.

157-B:17-b Elevator or Accessibility Lift in Residential Property. –
The exemption in RSA 157-B:2, IV for accessibility lifts in private residences shall apply to any residential property, including multi-family rental property, provided that the lift serves only one residential unit and meets any applicable safety criteria established by rule pursuant to RSA 157-B:17-a.
Source.
2010, 210:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:18 - Rules.

157-B:18 Rules. –
The commissioner may adopt rules under RSA 541-A to facilitate administration and enforcement of this chapter.
Source.
1975, 413:4. 1983, 421:13, eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 157-B - Elevators and Accessibility Lifts › Section 157-B:19 - Repealed by 1995, 100:10, II, eff. July 15, 1995.

157-B:19 Repealed by 1995, 100:10, II, eff. July 15, 1995. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:1 - to 158:8 Repealed by 1955, 190:1, eff. June 3, 1955.

158:1 to 158:8 Repealed by 1955, 190:1, eff. June 3, 1955. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:9 - Possession of Explosives.

158:9 Possession of Explosives. –
No person shall leave, deposit or have in his custody or possession in any building used in whole or in part as a dwelling house, tenement house, apartment building, office building, shop or store, or in or within 500 feet of any building used in whole or in part as a school, theater, church, public building or other place of public assembly, any high explosive, such as and including dynamite, any explosive compound of which nitroglycerin forms a part, fulminate in bulk or dry condition, blasting caps, detonating fuses, black powder or other similar explosive, except as may be permitted by regulations issued pursuant to RSA 158. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
Source.
1885, 96:1. PS 117:11. PL 148:9. RL 177:9. RSA 158:9. 1955, 190:2. 1973, 529:29. 1977, 361:12, eff. July 1, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:9-a - Acts Unlawful.

158:9-a Acts Unlawful. –
I. No person shall purchase, store, or transport or attempt to purchase, store or transport any high explosive without first obtaining a license therefor as provided in RSA 158:9-b.
II. No person shall sell any high explosive to another unless the purchaser exhibits a license to purchase obtained as provided in RSA 158:9-b. In such case, the seller shall record the name and address of the purchaser, the license number, the date of the sale, the type and quantity of explosive sold, the serial number of said explosive, if any, and the purpose for which it is to be used. Said record shall be kept by the seller for a period of 2 years.
III. No person shall store or keep any high explosive unless such explosive is stored or kept in accordance with regulations pursuant to RSA 158:9-f.
IV. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, any employee of any person, firm, corporation or association whose usual business requires the use of any high explosive may transport the same in the course of his employment if the employer has obtained a license in its name as provided in RSA 158:9-b.
V. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph II, any employee of any person, firm, corporation or association whose usual business requires the use of any high explosive may purchase the same in the name of his employer if said employer has obtained a license in its name as provided in RSA 158:9-b. In such case, the seller shall record the name, address and license number of the employer, the name and address of the employee, the date of the sale, the type and quantity of explosive, the serial number of the explosive sold, if any, and the purpose for which it is to be used. Said record shall be kept by the seller for a period of 2 years.
VI. For the purposes of this section, the term "high explosive" shall mean and include dynamite, any explosive compound of which nitroglycerin forms a part, fulminate in bulk or dry condition, blasting caps, detonating fuses, blasting powder, blasting agents or other similar explosive but shall not include black powder used in sporting rifles purchased or sold in quantities of 50 pounds or less or stored in quantities of 5 pounds or less.
Source.
1970, 45:1. 1977, 361:6, eff. July 1, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:9-c - Fees and Disposition.

158:9-c Fees and Disposition. –
I. The fee for licenses issued under RSA 158:9-b, I shall be $100.
II. The fee for licenses for explosives storage facilities as defined by federal regulation in 27 C.F.R. section 181 shall be as follows:
(a) For a type I storage facility, a fee of $50;
(b) For a type II outdoor storage facility, a fee of $50, and for a type II indoor storage facility, a fee of $10;
(c) For a type IV outdoor storage facility, a fee of $50, and for a type IV indoor storage facility, a fee of $10;
(d) For a type V outdoor storage facility, a fee of $50, and for a type V indoor storage facility, a fee of $10;
(e) There shall be no license required for a type III storage facility.
III. The fee for licenses issued under RSA 158:9-b, III shall be $100.
III-a. There shall be a storage facility fee for a storage permit issued by the commissioner of safety for the storage of display fireworks as defined in 27 C.F.R. section 555.11, packaged or unpackaged. This fee shall be the same as that provided under paragraph II(a) through (e).
IV. All fees received under this section shall be used for administration and enforcement, any excess to be deposited as unrestricted general fund revenue.
V. The state, county, or municipal governments or units thereof shall be exempt from the payment of license fees under this chapter.
VI. There shall be a fee of $100 for any competency examination or renewal certificate given under this subdivision.
Source.
1970, 45:1. 1977, 361:8. 1987, 323:1, 2. 1988, 292:1, 2. 1999, 348:1. 2002, 280:3. 2008, 192:8, 9. 2011, 160:1, eff. June 14, 2011. 2015, 60:2, 3, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:9-d - License Forms.

158:9-d License Forms. –
The commissioner of safety is hereby authorized and directed to prepare forms for the licenses required by RSA 158:9-a.
Source.
1970, 45:1. 1977, 361:9, eff. July 1, 1977. 2015, 60:4, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:9-e - Penalties.

158:9-e Penalties. –
I. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of RSA 158:9-a, I and II shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for first and second offense and of a felony for any subsequent offense.
II. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of RSA 158:9-a, III or regulations promulgated pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for first and second offense and of a felony for any subsequent offense.
III. Any person convicted of larceny of any high explosive as defined in RSA 158:9-a, IV, shall be guilty of a class B felony.
IV. The director, or his designee, shall have the authority to, at the owner's expense, require the immediate removal to a safe and secure location, any explosive found to be kept in violation of any rule or regulation covered under RSA 158 provided that said violation constitutes an immediate threat to public safety. The director shall also have the authority to suspend or revoke any license issued under RSA 158:9-b when it has been determined by a hearing board, the members of which shall be designated by the commissioner of safety, that a violation of any of the requirements of RSA 158 has occurred.
Source.
1970, 45:1. 1973, 528:77. 1977, 361:10, eff. July 1, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:9-f - Rules; Enforcement.

158:9-f Rules;  Enforcement. –
I. The commissioner of safety may adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to:
(a) The sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, and use of explosives, including provisions relative to the purchase of insurance by commercial entities.
(b) The procedures for the sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, permit fees, and use of display fireworks to be followed by the licensing board of any city or town, or if a duly constituted licensing board does not exist, the chief of police of a city or town, if any, or the governing board of a town, city, or village district, when issuing permits for the sale or display of display fireworks pursuant to RSA 160-B. Rules adopted pursuant to this subparagraph shall include a requirement that no person may be issued a display permit for display fireworks unless the person has previously demonstrated his or her competence to handle such displays and has been issued a certificate of competency by the department of safety.
(c) The purchase of insurance by commercial entities, relative to the sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, and display of display fireworks.
II. The commissioner of safety or his or her designee shall enforce all laws of the state relative to the sale, storage, handling, transportation, inspection, administration, and use of explosives and display fireworks and rules adopted under this section. The commissioner of safety or his or her designee shall assist the several counties, cities, towns, village districts, and precincts in supervising and enforcing local laws, bylaws, and ordinances where existent, relative to the storage, transportation, sale, and use of explosives and display fireworks. The powers and duties authorized by this section shall not be restricted by the provisions of RSA 106-B:15.
III. As used in this section "display fireworks" shall mean the same as display fireworks defined in 27 C.F.R. section 555.11, packaged or unpackaged.
Source.
1977, 361:11. 1987, 323:3. 1988, 292:3, 4. 1991, 286:3. 1999, 348:2. 2011, 160:1, eff. June 14, 2011. 2015, 60:5, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:9-g - Availability of Information.

158:9-g Availability of Information. –
Except as provided in this section, all records and papers pertaining to licenses issued pursuant to RSA 158:9-b and any hearing conducted pursuant to RSA 158:9-e, IV, shall be open to the inspection of any person. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the commissioner of safety may refuse to release any information or may exclude the public from any portion of a hearing if he determines that the information or hearing concerns the storage of explosives or other matters which, if made available to the public, would jeopardize public safety.
Source.
1979, 106:2. 1987, 20:1, eff. June 6, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:9-h - Certificates of Competency for Explosives.

158:9-h Certificates of Competency for Explosives. –
I. No person shall use explosives unless at least one natural person with a current and valid certificate of competency is physically present to conduct the blasting operation. A certificate of competency shall not constitute a license under RSA 158:9-b but shall be in addition to any other license required under that section.
II. No natural person shall conduct blasting operations without a current certificate of competency issued by the commissioner of safety and valid for the category of use involved. Such certificate shall be valid for 4 years from the date of issue unless suspended or revoked by the commissioner.
III. The commissioner of the department of safety shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, establishing the categories of certificates of competency based on the use of the explosives and the procedure and criteria for issuing, renewing, suspending, and revoking such certificates.
IV. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of RSA 158:9-h, I, and any natural person convicted of violating RSA 158:9-h, II, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first and second offense and of a felony for any subsequent offense.
V. The fee for a certificate of competency or its renewal shall be as stated in RSA 158:9-c, VI.
Source.
1995, 226:13, eff. Aug. 13, 1995. 2015, 60:6, eff. Aug. 1, 2015.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:11 - With Passengers.

158:11 With Passengers. –
It shall be unlawful to transport, carry or convey, from one place to another in this state, any dynamite, gunpowder or other explosive on any vessel or vehicle of any description operated by a common carrier, which vessel or vehicle is carrying passengers for hire by railroad or on the public waters of the state; provided, that it shall be lawful to transport on any such vessel or vehicles small arms ammunition in any quantity, and such fuses, torpedoes, rockets or other signal devices as may be essential to promote safety in operation, and properly packed and marked samples of explosives for laboratory examination, not exceeding a net weight of
1/2 pound each, and not exceeding 20 samples at one time in a single vessel or vehicle, but such samples shall not be carried in that part of a vessel or vehicle which is intended for transportation of passengers for hire. Nothing in this section shall prevent the transportation of military or naval forces with their accompanying munitions of war on passenger equipment vessels or vehicles.
Source.
1913, 128:1. PL 148:11. RL 177:11. RSA 158:11. 1955, 190:3, eff. June 9, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:13, 158:14 - Repealed by 1955, 190:1, eff. June 3, 1955.

158:13, 158:14 Repealed by 1955, 190:1, eff. June 3, 1955. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:16 - Marking.

158:16 Marking. –
Every package containing explosives or other dangerous articles, when presented to a common carrier for shipment, shall have the contents plainly marked on the outside thereof; and it shall be unlawful for any person to deliver, or cause to be delivered, to any common carrier any explosive or other dangerous article under any false or deceptive marking, description, invoice, shipping order or other declaration, or without informing the agent of such carrier of the true character thereof, at or before the time such delivery or carriage is made.
Source.
1913, 128:4. PL 148:16. RL 177:16.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:17 - Penalty.

158:17 Penalty. –
Any person who shall knowingly violate, or cause to be violated, any provision of this subdivision, or any regulation made by the commissioner of transportation in pursuance thereof, shall, except as otherwise provided, be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.
Source.
1913, 128:4. PL 148:17. RL 177:17. RSA 158:17. 1973, 528:78, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:18 - Personal Injury.

158:18 Personal Injury. –
When the death or bodily injury of any person is caused by the explosion of any article named in this subdivision, while the same is being placed upon any vessel or vehicle to be transported in violation hereof, or while the same is being so transported, or while the same is being removed from such vessel or vehicle, the person knowingly placing, or aiding or permitting the placing, of such articles upon any such vessel or vehicle, to be so transported, shall be guilty of a class A felony.
Source.
1913, 128:5. PL 148:18. RL 177:18. RSA 158:18. 1973, 528:79, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:19 - Control of Explosives.

158:19 Control of Explosives. –
Whenever in his judgment the common defense of public safety of the state requires such action, the governor is hereby authorized to direct the adjutant general of this state to control the storage, sale, and use of explosives, except small arms ammunition, for the purpose of preventing such explosives from endangering the public safety by coming into the possession of unfriendly forces, domestic or foreign, and for the purpose of advising the military, naval, and civil defense authorities of this state of the quantities and location of such explosives for use in the common defense of this state. Upon the governor so directing, the adjutant general is hereby authorized to promulgate regulations requiring dealers to register their stocks and sales of such explosives, and requiring boards of firewards, police officers, or selectmen, as the case may be, to assist in such control measures as he shall institute in the exercise of this authority. No records of the location and amounts of explosives compiled by the adjutant general hereunder shall be deemed public records, but shall be subject to such security classification and restricted to such military, naval, and civil defense uses as the adjutant general, with the approval of the governor and council, may prescribe.
Source.
1951, 204:1, eff. Aug. 7, 1951.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:20 - Repealed by 2011, 67:1, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.

158:20 Repealed by 2011, 67:1, I, eff. Jan. 1, 2012. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:21 - Repealed by 2011, 67:1, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.

158:21 Repealed by 2011, 67:1, II, eff. Jan. 1, 2012. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:22 - Repealed by 2011, 67:1, III, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.

158:22 Repealed by 2011, 67:1, III, eff. Jan. 1, 2012. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:23 - Prohibition.

158:23 Prohibition. –
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to offer for sale, manufacture for sale, expose for sale at retail, or rent to the general public or dispose of by gift as premiums or in any similar manner, any material, devices, appliances or equipment requiring electrical energy to function and designed for household or other domestic uses which are not in conformity with standard approved methods of construction for safety to life and property.
Source.
1957, 192:1, eff. Aug. 20, 1957.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:24 - Authority.

158:24 Authority. –
To carry out the provisions of this chapter, the state fire marshal is authorized to take such actions as he may deem necessary to inform the public of the intent and purposes of this chapter and to adopt such rules, under RSA 541-A, as may be required for its effective enforcement.
Source.
1957, 192:1. 1987, 124:8, eff. July 1, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:25 - Penalty.

158:25 Penalty. –
Any person who violates any of the provisions set forth in this subdivision shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source.
1957, 192:1. 1973, 528:81, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:26 - Sale and Use.

158:26 Sale and Use. –
No person or individual shall sell, utilize, install or have installed within this state equipment, devices or methods whereby fence wires may be energized with electricity unless a standard type of controller is used which has the approval of the Underwriters Laboratories or the state fire marshal's office, or both. All existing fence controllers shall conform to the requirements of this section not later than one year from January 1, 1968. Enforcement of this section shall be the responsibility of the fire control board.
Source.
1967, 135:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:27 - Penalty.

158:27 Penalty. –
Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 158:26 shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.
Source.
1967, 135:1. 1973, 530:14, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:28 - Sale or Installation of Heaters.

158:28 Sale or Installation of Heaters. –
I. For the purposes of this section, "unvented space heater" means any heating appliance, either wick, wickless, or pot burner type, which uses oil, gas, or kerosene for fuel, is either stationary or portable, and the products of combustion of which are not directly conducted to the outside of the building via a chimney connector pipe.
II. No person shall sell, offer for sale, install, or operate an unvented space heater that does not comply with the standards established pursuant to this section. Nothing in this section shall prevent the sale, installation, or use of:
(a) Flameless catalyst type heaters; or
(b) Unvented space heaters used as antiques or curios, provided they are rendered inoperative.
III. The commissioner of safety shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:
(a) Approval, installation, and operation of unvented space heaters.
(b) Safekeeping, safe storage, and safe handling of any fuel recommended by the manufacturer of any approved unvented space heater for use in such space heater.
IV. The state fire marshal may test or cause to be tested, at the expense of the manufacturer, any type or brand of unvented space heater proposed for sale or distribution in this state to ensure that such heater meets the standards established pursuant to this section.
V. Any person who violates this section or any rule adopted pursuant to this section shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.
Source.
1971, 400:1. 1973, 530:15. 1979, 398:4. 1982, 40:1. 1998, 104:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:29 - Definitions.

158:29 Definitions. –
For the purpose of this subdivision:
I. "Detonators" shall mean any devices for the purpose of exploding an explosive charge and shall include blasting caps, blasting caps with safety fuse, electric blasting caps, detonating fuses, primers, boosters and igniters.
II. "Primers, percussion fuses, combination fuses and time fuses" shall mean devices used to ignite powder charges of ammunition or the black powder bursting charges of projectiles.
III. "Explosive bombs" shall mean containers filled with explosives and provided with a detonating device.
IV. "Detonating fuse" shall mean a fuse containing high explosives of sufficient strength to detonate other high explosives lying alongside and explode the entire charge almost instantaneously through its whole length.
V. "Boosters" shall mean casings containing several ounces of a high explosive used to increase the intensity of explosion of the detonator of a detonating fuse.
VI. "Delay electric igniters" shall mean small metal tubes containing a wire bridge in contact with a small quantity of ignition compound.
VII. "Fuse lighters" shall mean small cylindrical hollow pasteboard or metal tubes containing an igniting composition in one end, the other being open.
VIII. "Blasting caps" shall mean thin metal shells containing dry fulminate of mercury or other similar substance either alone or in combination with fulminate of mercury and fired by a slow-burning safety fuse, or arranged to be fired by an electric current.
IX. "Tracer fuses" shall mean devices attached to projectiles and containing a slow-burning composition.
X. "Electric squibs" shall mean small tubes or blocks containing a small quantity of ignition compound in contact with a wire bridge.
XI. "Explosives", "high explosive" or "explosive substance" shall mean any material or container containing a chemical compound or mixture that is commonly used or intended for the purpose of producing an explosion and that contains any oxidizing or combustible materials or other ingredients in such proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition by fire, friction, concussion, or detonation of any part of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressure is capable of producing destructive effects on contiguous objects. This definition shall not include the components for hand loading rifle, pistol, and shotgun ammunition and or rifle, pistol, and shotgun ammunition.
XII. "Infernal machine" shall mean any device which would endanger life or do damage to property, or both, by fire or explosion, whether or not contrived to ignite or explode automatically and whether or not disguised so as to appear harmless.
Source.
1973, 419:1. 2002, 280:4, eff. July 17, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:30 - Classes of Explosives.

158:30 Classes of Explosives. –
I. Class A explosives or so-called dangerous explosives shall include: ammunition for cannon with explosive projectile; explosive projectiles; explosive grenades; explosive bombs; explosive mines; explosive torpedoes; rocket ammunition; chemical ammunition; explosive boosters; jet thrust units (JATO), class A; detonating primers; detonating fuses, boosters, or other detonating fuse parts containing an explosive; cartridge bags empty, with black powder igniters; percussion, tracer, combination time fuses and tracers; nitroglycerine blasting caps and electric blasting caps in quantity exceeding 1,000 caps in the aggregate; dynamite; T.N.T. (trinitrotoluene); fulminate of mercury; ammonia nitrate, when stored with, transported with, or used with explosives, or with any substance which, when mixed with ammonium nitrate, creates an explosive; or any substance highly susceptible to detonation or otherwise of a maximum hazard.
II. Class B explosives or so-called flammable hazards shall include: ammunition for cannon with empty projectiles, inert loaded projectiles, solid projectiles, or without projectiles or shell; rocket ammunition; jet thrust units (JATO), Class B; or any other substance highly susceptible to detonation.
III. Class C explosives or so-called minimum hazards shall include: explosives cable cutters; empty grenades, primed; explosive rivets; blasting caps and electric blasting caps, not exceeding 1,000 caps; smokeless powder; small arms ammunition; igniters; delay igniters or fuse lighters; ammunition for cannon; ammunition for small arms with explosive bullets or explosive projectiles; black powder; primers.
Source.
1973, 419:1, eff. Aug. 29, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 158 - Explosives and Explosive Substances › Section 158:31 - Duties of Certain Officials.

158:31 Duties of Certain Officials. –
I. Heads of police and fire departments in cities and towns shall investigate the cause and circumstances of every explosion in their respective jurisdictions by which property has been destroyed or damaged, especially to ascertain whether it was caused by carelessness or design. They shall begin such investigation forthwith after such explosion, and if it appears to the official making such investigation that the explosion is of suspicious origin or is the result of a violation of law, or if the department head is unable to determine the cause, he or she shall immediately notify the director of the division of state police.
II. For the purposes of statistical reporting and intelligence information gathering, criminal threats which are conveyed by any means of communication and which involve the potential use of any explosive device, radiological or nuclear material, or any chemical or biological agent, military or otherwise, or any combination of such agents or materials, shall be reported to the director of the division of state police.
Source.
1973, 419:1. 2002, 280:5, eff. July 17, 2002.