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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 19-K - Legislative Youth Advisory Council › Section 19-K:4 - Council Administration.

19-K:4 Council Administration. –
I. The council member from the house of representatives shall serve as the co-chair of the council and shall call the first meeting of the council. At the first meeting after the annual seminar, the members shall elect council officers, including one youth member who shall serve as co-chair of the council for a term of one year. Prior to leaving office, council officers shall submit transactional documents to their successor through the legislative co-chair.
II. The council shall set priorities, determine the function of any subcommittees, and adopt procedures and rules governing the council's meetings and activities.
III. The council may provide testimony on legislation pending before the legislature.
IV. Members of the council shall not be compensated, except that legislative members of the council shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the council.
V. Meetings of the council shall be open to the public, and all records of the council shall be public records. A complete archive of the council's records shall be kept in the house clerk's office.
VI. The office of the speaker of the house of representatives and the office of the senate president may provide staff assistance to the council.
Source.
2006, 270:1. 2008, 30:2, 3, eff. July 11, 2008. 2018, 19:2, 3, eff. July 14, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 19-P - State Commission on Aging › Section 19-P:2 - Duties.

19-P:2 Duties. –
The commission's duties shall include, but not be limited to:
I. Reviewing and recommending proposals for rules, legislation, waivers, operations, and other policies.
II. Reviewing and providing input relative to state planning efforts across agencies, including the state plan on aging, the mental health plan, and transportation and safety.
III. Formulating or helping to formulate, reviewing, and evaluating policy proposals, considering fiscal, program, provider, and recipient impact, and making recommendations accordingly.
IV. Encouraging the development of coordinated interdepartmental goals and objectives and the coordinating programs, services, and facilities among all state departments and nongovernmental organizations as they relate to older adults.
V. Identifying and recommending ways in which the state can support local and community efforts, through educational programs or otherwise, to promote healthy aging.
VI. Identifying and recommending ways in which the state can partner with nongovernmental organizations to promote healthy aging.
VII. Promoting the skills, talents, and energy older Granite Staters can offer to make New Hampshire a better place to live for everyone.
VIII. Assisting in the implementation of the state plan on aging.
IX. Making a continuing assessment of problems relating to older adults.
X. Advocating solutions to provide better integration of older persons into the social and economic life of the state.
XI. Soliciting the cooperation and help of the various groups concerned with the problems facing older adults.
XII. Obtaining from such groups their views, experience, assistance, and recommendations in the preparation and direction of future planning and administrative and legislative action as the commission may from time to time deem necessary and advisable.
XIII. Requesting from governmental agencies within the state, subject to available resources, in making available such information, suggestions, and statistics to enable the commission to perform its functions.
XIV. Other matters the commission deems necessary related to aging.
XV. Accepting and utilizing for its purposes, functions, and duties as set forth in this chapter public and private grants, gifts, donations, and contributions of money and other assets and properties, real and personal, of all types and kinds, without limitations.
Source.
2019, 152:2, eff. July 1, 2019. 2023, 79:173, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 19-P - State Commission on Aging › Section 19-P:3 - Reports.

19-P:3 Reports. –
The commission shall submit an annual report to the governor, speaker of the house of representatives, president of the senate, chairpersons of the house and senate committees having jurisdiction over finance and health and human services, and chairperson of the fiscal committee of the general court by November 1 of each year, commencing on November 1, 2019, regarding the activities of the commission.
Source.
2019, 152:2, eff. July 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 19-P - State Commission on Aging › Section 19-P:4 - Establishment and Support of Programs by a Municipality.

19-P:4 Establishment and Support of Programs by a Municipality. –
Any city, county, or town may establish programs for the aged, and such programs may be administered by appropriate existing offices or departments, or new offices or departments, of such governmental units. A city, county, or town may raise and appropriate funds for the administration of these programs. Any city, county, or town, with the advice of the state commission on aging, may raise the appropriate funds to assist or fund, in whole or in part, nonprofit corporations or agencies in administering programs for the aged.
Source.
2019, 152:2, eff. July 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:1-a - Advance Printing and Distribution of Acts and Resolves.

20:1-a Advance Printing and Distribution of Acts and Resolves. –
During each legislative session the director of legislative services shall provide for the advance printing and distribution of all acts and resolves, together with an index thereof, of such session. Each justice of the supreme, superior, probate, district and municipal courts shall be furnished a set of this publication without charge. The senate shall receive at least 2 such sets and the house of representatives at least 3 such sets. The state library shall be furnished a set for its own use and sets for distribution to New Hampshire state government information access libraries designated under RSA 202-B, and upon request, sufficient sets to exchange with other states.
Source.
1955, 23:1. 1975, 464:2. 1997, 351:39. 2001, 281:2, eff. Sept. 14, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:1-b - Index.

20:1-b Index. –
As soon as possible after every final adjournment of a session of the general court and in any case consistently with the schedule of performance set forth in contracts for printing and binding of session laws of the general court, the state librarian shall prepare and furnish the director of legislative services with a complete index of the acts and resolves passed by the general court during the session.
Source.
1969, 300:6. 1975, 464:3; 480:3. 1994, 7:1, eff. April 5, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:2 - Repealed by 1975, 464:4, eff. June 20, 1975.

20:2 Repealed by 1975, 464:4, eff. June 20, 1975. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:2-a - Examination Before Printing.

20:2-a Examination Before Printing. –
After any bill or joint resolution has been enacted by the general court, but prior to the printing of the acts and resolves of any session, the director of legislative services shall reexamine the same. If such reexamination shows any error or omission in the references to statutes, or other technical or clerical errors, the director is authorized to make the necessary corrections and the bill as thus corrected shall be printed.
Source.
1969, 26:1. 1975, 464:5, eff. June 20, 1975.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:2-b - Revised Statutes Annotated.

20:2-b Revised Statutes Annotated. –
The director of legislative services is hereby authorized to contract, with the approval of the joint committee on legislative facilities, for the editorial preparation and publication of original, replacement or revised volumes of the official Revised Statutes Annotated and periodic supplements thereto, as necessary.
Source.
1975, 464:7. 1993, 150:1. 1997, 351:40, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:3 - Daily Journals.

20:3 Daily Journals. –
The clerks of the senate and house of representatives shall cause to be printed in pamphlet form at the close of each legislative day sufficient copies of the daily journals of their respective body, and shall make sufficient copies available to members of each body as soon as printed. Thirty-five copies of each shall be delivered to the state library.
Source.
RS 3:6. CS 3:6. 1857, 2009:1. GS 4:10. GL 4:10. 1879, 20:1. PS 5:9. 1919, 3:3. PL 5:3. RL 10:3. 1949, 128:2. RSA 20:3. 1969, 300:7. 1972, 60:76. 1975, 480:1. 1985, 45:3. 2009, 30:1, eff. July 7, 2009.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:3-a - Permanent Journals.

20:3-a Permanent Journals. –
The clerks of the senate and house of representatives shall at the close of each legislative session:
I. Cause such numbers of copies of the permanent journals with indexes as the president of the senate and speaker of the house shall respectively direct to be printed and bound in paper and in hard cover.
II. Distribute copies without charge as follows:
(a) One hard cover copy each to the library of congress and the secretary of state;
(b) Six hard cover copies to the state library for its own use and for the use of the law library and the supreme court and 10 paper bound copies to the state library for its exchange program;
(c) As many hard cover copies and paper bound copies as requested by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house.
III. Sell all other copies of the journals, paper or hard cover, at prices to be established by the respective presiding officers of the senate and the house.
Source.
1975, 480:2. 1979, 230:1, eff. Aug. 11, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:3-b - Indexing by State Librarian.

20:3-b Indexing by State Librarian. –
As soon as possible after final adjournment of each session of the general court and in any case consistently with the schedule of performance set forth in contracts for printing and binding of the permanent journals of the general court, the state librarian shall prepare and furnish the clerk of each house with a complete index of the journal of his house.
Source.
1975, 480:2. 1994, 7:2, eff. April 5, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:4 - Bills and Resolutions.

20:4 Bills and Resolutions. –
The clerks of the senate and house of representatives may cause to be printed sufficient copies of every bill and joint resolution after its second reading, and shall make sufficient copies available to each member of those bodies as soon as printed. Thirty-five copies of each shall be delivered to the state library.
Source.
1869, 1:7. GL 5:7. 1891, 7:9. PS 6:8. 1919, 3:4. PL 5:4. RL 10:4. 1949, 128:3. RSA 20:4. 1985, 45:4, eff. June 18, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:5 - Manual.

20:5 Manual. –
The secretary of state, under the direction of the governor and council, shall prepare and cause to be printed a manual for each session of the legislature which follows the November general election, containing such matter as may be useful to the members thereof, and shall determine the style, form, and quantity of such manuals. Manuals shall be distributed without charge as follows: not more than 3 copies to each member of the general court; one copy to the clerk of each city and town; one copy to each member of the congressional delegation; one copy to each public library in the state; one copy to each public and private secondary school library in the state; 5 copies to the governor's office; one copy to each member of the governor's council; 15 copies to the office of legislative services; copies to each state department, agency, board, institution, and to the state library on request; and one copy to each member of the press corps regularly covering the proceedings of the general court. The secretary of state may distribute additional copies of the manual to the persons and bodies listed in this section under such conditions and terms as he deems to be necessary. Copies of the manual not distributed without charge pursuant to this section shall be offered for sale by the secretary of state at a a price determined by the governor and council. Revenue derived from sale of manuals shall be deposited in the general fund.
Source.
1887, 159:1. PS 15:14. 1919, 3:5. PL 5:5. RL 10:5. RSA 20:5. 1969, 253:1. 1985, 142:1, eff. July 19, 1985.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:6 - Agency Reports.

20:6 Agency Reports. –
All agencies and institutions of the state shall submit their reports to the governor and council, who may limit the amount of matter to be published in each. The agencies and institutions shall cause their reports to be printed in such number as they think wise, and they shall cause the originals thereof to be filed in their respective offices as public documents.
Source.
1879, 70:1. PS 5:11. 1901, 71:1. 1919, 3:6. PL 5:6. RL 10:6. RSA 20:6. 1973, 140:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:7 - Issuance of Reports.

20:7 Issuance of Reports. –
I. All agencies and departments of the state shall issue biennial reports summarizing their operations. All reports shall cover periods ending on June 30, and be posted to the state transparency website, with one paper copy submitted to the state library by October 1. Biennial reports shall cover periods ending in odd-numbered years beginning with 2015. State agencies and departments shall make every effort to limit or eliminate the production of paper reports. The governor and council, speaker of the house of representatives, and the senate president shall be notified by letter that a report is available on the state transparency website. Any agency or department required to issue more frequent reports is relieved of the reporting requirement of this paragraph.
II. Agencies and departments may post other required reports to their Internet website and the state transparency website in lieu of other methods of distribution, and shall deliver by electronic means to all persons or committees required by law to receive such reports of the reports' availability on the state transparency website.
III. The governor's commission on disability established in RSA 275-C shall be exempt from the provisions of this section but shall comply with the reporting requirements in RSA 275-C:6.
IV. The lottery commission's comprehensive annual financial report prepared pursuant to RSA 21-I:8, II(b) shall meet the requirements of this section.
Source.
1895, 32:1. 1919, 3:6. PL 5:7. RL 10:7. RSA 20:7. 1973, 140:1; 544:8. 1986, 12:4, I. 1989, 339:5. 2004, 97:8. 2008, 25:1, eff. July 11, 2008; 358:1, eff. Sept. 9, 2008. 2015, 259:7, eff. July 1, 2015. 2019, 202:5, eff. Sept. 8, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:8 - Special Reports.

20:8 Special Reports. –
The governor and council may cause to be printed such special reports of state officers and institutions as they deem expedient.
Source.
1895, 32:2. 1903, 117:1. 1919, 3:7. PL 5:8. RL 10:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:9 - State and Provincial Records.

20:9 State and Provincial Records. –
The secretary of state, with the approval of the governor and council, may from time to time collect, arrange, transcribe, and cause to be printed such portions of the early state and provincial records as he may deem expedient. He shall determine the style, form, and quantity to be printed and may employ such assistants as the governor and council may approve.
Source.
1919, 3:8. PL 5:9. 1931, 28:1. RL 10:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:9-a - List of Counties.

20:9-a List of Counties. –
In all publications of the state or any subdivision, branch, department or commission thereof, other than in statutes enacted by the general court, the counties of the state shall be listed in alphabetical order.
Source.
1963, 19:1, eff. July 1, 1963.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:10 - Distribution of Records.

20:10 Distribution of Records. –
The publications authorized under RSA 20:9 shall be distributed as follows: one copy to each city and town in the state, one copy to such of the public libraries requesting them, 50 copies to the New Hampshire Historical Society, 50 copies to the state library and the remainder to be placed in the custody of the secretary of state, who is authorized to exchange the same for similar publications by other states.
Source.
1931, 28:2. RL 10:10. RSA 20:10. 1973, 140:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:11 - Distribution of Publications and Reports.

20:11 Distribution of Publications and Reports. –
One copy of each publication provided for in RSA 20:5, 6, and 7 shall be sent by the agency responsible for its issue, free of charge, to each of the following officers and bodies: governor, each member of the council, each agency and institution of the state, state house press room, the justices and clerks of the supreme and superior courts, each free public library established under the laws of the state, the town clerk of each town, the Library of Congress, and the state or territorial library of each state and territory in the United States. The agencies may make such further free distribution of such publications as they may deem wise, or as the governor and council may direct. Each member of the legislature shall be furnished one copy of the manual and, upon request, one copy of each departmental and institutional report. However, each free public library and the town clerk of each town shall not be furnished a copy of the annual or biennial report of each state agency or institution.
Source.
1919, 3:9. 1925, 9:1. PL 5:10. 1931, 28:3. 1941, 22:1. RL 10:11. RSA 20:11. 1973, 140:1. 1975, 464:6. 1997, 351:41, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:11-a - Additional Distribution of the Manual and Session Laws.

20:11-a Additional Distribution of the Manual and Session Laws. –
Upon request of the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate, additional copies of the manual and of the paper bound and hard bound session laws, from any which have not been otherwise distributed under this chapter, shall be delivered to the clerks of the house and senate for distribution, as the speaker of the house of representatives or the president of the senate may direct.
Source.
1975, 8:1. 1979, 380:2, eff. June 23, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:12 - Distribution Discontinued.

20:12 Distribution Discontinued. –
The secretary of state shall discontinue distribution of books or reports to any free public library when notified by its trustees that they have voted not to receive them.
Source.
1933, 70:1. RL 10:12.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:13 - Disposition of Books and Reports.

20:13 Disposition of Books and Reports. –
Books and reports furnished free by state agencies and institutions to any free public library may be disposed of at the best price obtainable, but only with the approval of the state librarian and of the secretary of state.
Source.
1933, 70:1. RL 10:13. 1943, 90:3. RSA 20:13. 1973, 140:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:14 - Preparation for Publication.

20:14 Preparation for Publication. –
The commission appointed under the provisions of chapter 221, Laws of 1953, to revise, codify, and amend the Revised Laws of the state of New Hampshire, is authorized and directed to prepare for publication and to publish the act passed at this session entitled, House Bill No. 75, "An Act to revise and codify, the Revised Laws of the State of New Hampshire." The commission is authorized to make corrections in the numbering and the subtitles of sections and in the references to sections; to correct errors in typography, spelling, and punctuation; to correct errors in citations to sources; and to add such preface, annotations, cross references, and notes as it shall judge suitable. The commission shall file with the secretary of state, to be deposited with the engrossed bill, a report listing all corrections to H.B. 75 hereby authorized. The constitution and the amendments thereto, shall be inserted in the publication. The commission shall cause to be prepared by such means as it shall judge suitable, and to be inserted in the publication, a complete index of subjects embraced therein.
Source.
1955, 231:1, eff. June 30, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:15 - Publication.

20:15 Publication. –
The whole act with the changes, additions and corrections authorized by RSA 20:14 shall be published in one or more volumes as the commission shall determine. The volume shall be bound in a manner suitable for the insertion of cumulative pocket parts to contain subsequent session laws and annotations. The complete publication shall be entitled and cited as "Revised Statutes Annotated," or "RSA", and citation to a chapter and section shall be in the following form, e.g. RSA 1:1.
Source.
1955, 231:2, eff. June 30, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:17 - Distribution of Remaining Volumes.

20:17 Distribution of Remaining Volumes. –
Remaining copies of the Revised Statutes Annotated, furnished to the secretary of state by the publisher, may be sold by the secretary of state at such price or prices as the governor and council may determine.
Source.
1955, 231:4, eff. June 30, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:18 - Laws of 1955.

20:18 Laws of 1955. –
The separate volume of the session laws for the 1955 session published pursuant to RSA 20:2 shall not include H.B. 75 "An Act to revise and codify, the Revised Laws of the State of New Hampshire," the publication of which is herein authorized to be published as the Revised Statutes Annotated.
Source.
1955, 231:5, eff. June 30, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20 - Publication and Distribution of Bills, Joint Resolutions, Legislative Manual, Statutes, Journals, and Reports › Section 20:19 - Laws of 1959.

20:19 Laws of 1959. –
The separate volume of the session laws for the 1959 session published pursuant to RSA 20:2 shall not include this act adopting the uniform commercial code. This act shall be published in the Revised Statutes Annotated.
Source.
1959, 247:5, Commercial Code, eff. July 1, 1961.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20-A - Centralized Bureau for the Reproduction of State Documents › Section 20-A:1 - Authority Granted.

20-A:1 Authority Granted. –
The governor, whenever he finds that it would be in the best interests of the state to do so, may establish within any department of the state a bureau for the mimeographing, photostating, multilithing, microfilming, or reproducing by any other similar methods, of forms, letters, papers, reports and the like for the various state departments and agencies.
Source.
1955, 258:1, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20-A - Centralized Bureau for the Reproduction of State Documents › Section 20-A:2 - Rules and Regulations.

20-A:2 Rules and Regulations. –
If such a bureau is established, the governor may make rules and regulations relative to the reproduction of forms, letters, papers, reports and the like by said bureau.
Source.
1955, 258:2, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20-A - Centralized Bureau for the Reproduction of State Documents › Section 20-A:3 - Personnel Transferred.

20-A:3 Personnel Transferred. –
The governor is hereby authorized to transfer to the bureau of mimeographing any employee of any state department or agency, except as hereinafter provided, authorized to do work on mimeographing, photostating or multilithing or other such machines and all unexpended appropriations and funds allocated for the payment of such employee's salary shall be transferred to the bureau so established. Any such employee so transferred or employed by the expenditure of such funds and appropriations shall be directly responsible to the head of the department wherein said bureau is established.
Source.
1955, 258:3, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20-A - Centralized Bureau for the Reproduction of State Documents › Section 20-A:4 - Limitations.

20-A:4 Limitations. –
Provided however that no employee and funds shall be transferred under the authority of the preceding section where such transfer would affect the receipt of federal assistance in any way and provided further that no employee so transferred shall receive less compensation than he was receiving from the department from which transferred.
Source.
1955, 258:4, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20-A - Centralized Bureau for the Reproduction of State Documents › Section 20-A:5 - Equipment and Funds Transferred.

20-A:5 Equipment and Funds Transferred. –
The governor is authorized to transfer to the bureau so established any equipment belonging to any department or agency used in the mimeographing, photostating, multilithing, microfilming or by any other method of reproducing forms, letters, papers, reports and the like, except in cases where such transfer would affect the receipt of federal aid to such department or agency. The governor is also authorized to transfer any materials used in connection with such reproducing machines and funds which may have been appropriated for the upkeep of such machines.
Source.
1955, 258:5, eff. July 1, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 20-B - Orientation Information for Board and Commission Members › Section 20-B:1 - Orientation Information.

20-B:1 Orientation Information. –
Every state regulatory board, commission, advisory board, advisory committee, and authority shall provide orientation information for its new members. The orientation information may include the business procedures of the regulatory board, commission, advisory board, advisory committee, or authority, the mailing address and phone number of the office, a list of the members and staff, the customary meeting schedule, and any other pertinent information.
Source.
2002, 51:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:1 - Application.

21:1 Application. –
In the construction of all statutes the following rules shall be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the legislature or repugnant to the context of the same statute.
Source.
RS 1:30. CS 1:30. GS 1:1. GL 1:1. PS 2:1. PL 2:1. RL 7:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:2 - Common Usage.

21:2 Common Usage. –
Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning.
Source.
GS 1:2. GL 1:2. PS 2:2. PL 2:2. RL 7:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:3 - Number; Gender.

21:3 Number;  Gender. –
Words importing the singular number may extend and be applied to several persons or things; words importing the plural number may include the singular; and words importing the masculine gender may extend and be applied to females. Gender-specific terms relating to the marital relationship or familial relationships, including without limitation, "spouse," "family," "marriage," "immediate family," "dependent," "next of kin," "man," "woman," "groom," "bride," "husband," "wife," "widow," or "widower," shall be construed to be gender-neutral for all purposes throughout New Hampshire law, whether in statute, state administrative or court rule, policy, common law, or any other source of civil state law.
Source.
RS 1:1, 2. CS 1:1, 2. GS 1:3. GL 1:3. PS 2:3. PL 2:3. RL 7:3. 2014, 160:4, eff. July 10, 2014.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:4 - State; United States.

21:4 State;  United States. –
The word "state," when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories.
Source.
RS 1:3. CS 1:3. GS 1:4. GL 1:4. PS 2:4. PL 2:4. RL 7:4.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:5 - Town.

21:5 Town. –
The word "town" shall extend and be applied to any place incorporated, or whose inhabitants are required to pay any tax, and shall mean that city, town, ward, or place in which the subject-matter referred to is situate, or in which the persons referred to are resident, unless from the context, a different intention is manifest.
Source.
RS 1:4. CS 1:4. GS 1:5. GL 1:5. PS 2:5. PL 2:5. RL 7:5.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:6 - Resident; Inhabitant.

21:6 Resident;  Inhabitant. –
A resident or inhabitant or both of this state and of any city, town, or other political subdivision of this state shall be a person who is domiciled or has a place of abode or both in this state and in any city, town, or other political subdivision of this state, and who has, through all of his or her actions, demonstrated a current intent to designate that place of abode as his or her principal place of physical presence to the exclusion of all others.
Source.
RS 1:5. CS 1:5. GS 1:6. GL 1:6. PS 2:6. PL 2:6. RL 7:6. RSA 21:6. 1981, 261:1, eff. June 16, 1981. 2018, 370:1, eff. July 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:6-a - Residence.

21:6-a Residence. –
Residence or residency shall mean a person's place of abode or domicile. The place of abode or domicile is that designated by a person as his or her principal place of physical presence to the exclusion of all others. Such residence or residency shall not be interrupted or lost by a temporary absence from it, if there is an intent to return to such residence or residency as the principal place of physical presence.
Source.
1981, 261:1, eff. June 16, 1981. 2018, 370:1, eff. July 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:7 - Biennial; Annual.

21:7 Biennial;  Annual. –
The words "biennial" and "biennially," when applied to meetings and elections in towns, shall mean the biennial meetings and elections required by law to be holden in the month of November biennially, dating from the commencement of biennial elections in 1878; and the word "annual," when applied to meetings and elections in towns, shall mean the annual meetings and elections required by law to be holden in the month of March.
Source.
RS 1:6. CS 1:6. GS 1:7. GL 1:7. PS 2:7. PL 2:7. RL 7:7.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:8 - Month; Year.

21:8 Month;  Year. –
The word "month" shall mean a calendar month, and the word "year" a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed; and the word "year" shall be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord."
Source.
RS 1:7. CS 1:7. CS 1:8. GL 1:8. PS 2:8. PL 2:8. RL 7:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:9 - Person.

21:9 Person. –
The word "person" may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals.
Source.
RS 1:8. GS 1:8. GS 1:9. GL 1:9. PS 2:9. PL 2:9. RL 7:9.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:11 - Seal.

21:11 Seal. –
When the seal of a court, public officer, or corporation is required by law to be affixed to any paper the word "seal" shall include an impression of the official seal made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression thereof made by means of wax, or a wafer, affixed thereto. The seal of a corporation upon a corporate bond or other corporate obligation for the payment of money may be a facsimile, engraved or printed, where such bond or other obligation is authenticated or certified by a trustee.
Source.
RS 1:9. CS 1:9. GS 1:10. GL 1:10. PS 2:11. PL 2:11. RL 7:11. RSA 21:11. 1963, 38:3, eff. June 4, 1963.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:12 - Justice.

21:12 Justice. –
The word "justice," when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter.
Source.
RS 1:10. CS 1:10. GS 1:11. GL 1:11. PS 2:12. PL 2:12. RL 7:12.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:13 - Preceding; Following.

21:13 Preceding;  Following. –
The words "preceding" and "following," when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated.
Source.
RS 1:11. CS 1:11. GS 1:12. GL 1:12. PS 2:13. PL 2:13. RL 7:13.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:14 - Said; Such.

21:14 Said;  Such. –
The words "said" and "such," when used by way of reference to any person or thing, shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned.
Source.
RS 1:12. CS 1:12. GS 1:13. GL 1:13. PS 2:14. PL 2:14. RL 7:14.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:15 - Joint Authority.

21:15 Joint Authority. –
Unless otherwise expressly declared:
I. Words purporting to give a joint authority to 3 or more public officers shall give such authority to a majority of them.
II. The authority of any board, commission, or other body whose members are approved by the governor and council to conduct official business shall be vested in a majority of those members who have been approved by the governor and council.
Source.
RS 1:13. CS 1:13. GS 1:14. GL 1:14. PS 2:15. PL 2:15. RL 7:15. 2009, 260:1, eff. Sept. 14, 2009.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:16 - Grantor; Grantee.

21:16 Grantor;  Grantee. –
The word "grantor" may include every person by or from whom any estate or interest in land passes in or by any deed; and the word "grantee" may include every person to whom any such estate or interest passes in like manner.
Source.
RS 1:14. CS 1:14. GS 1:15. GL 1:15. PS 2:16. PL 2:16. RL 7:16.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:17 - Mortgagor; Mortgagee.

21:17 Mortgagor;  Mortgagee. –
The word "mortgagor" or "mortgagee" may include any person claiming under such party or having his right.
Source.
RS 131:17. CS 137:17. GS 1:16. GL 1:16. PS 2:17. PL 2:17. RL 7:17.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:18 - Insane.

21:18 Insane. –
The words "insane" or "insane person" shall include every idiot, non-compos, lunatic, insane, or distracted person.
Source.
RS 1:15. CS 1:15. GS 1:17. GL 1:17. PS 2:18. PL 2:18. RL 7:18.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:19 - Spendthrift.

21:19 Spendthrift. –
The word "spendthrift" shall include anyone who is liable to be put under guardianship on account of excessive drinking, gaming, idleness, debauchery or vicious habits of any kind, or who is unable to manage his affairs with prudence.
Source.
GS 1:18. GL 1:18. PS 2:19. PL 2:19. RL 7:19. RSA 21:19. 1967, 106:1, eff. July 10, 1967.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:20 - Issue.

21:20 Issue. –
The word "issue," as applied to the descent of estates, shall include all the lawful lineal descendants of the ancestor.
Source.
RS 1:16. CS 1:16. GS 1:19. GL 1:19. PS 2:20. PL 2:20. RL 7:20.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:21 - Land; Real Estate.

21:21 Land;  Real Estate. –
I. The words "land," "lands" or "real estate" shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein.
II. Manufactured housing as defined by RSA 674:31 shall be included in the term "real estate."
Source.
RS 1:17. CS 1:17. GS 1:20. GL 1:20. PS 2:21. PL 2:21. RL 7:21. RSA 21:21. 1983, 230:1, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:22 - Will.

21:22 Will. –
The word "will" shall include codicils.
Source.
RS 1:18. CS 1:18. GS 1:21. GL 1:21. PS 2:22. PL 2:22. RL 7:22.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:23 - Written.

21:23 Written. –
The words "written" or "in writing" may include printing or any other mode of representing words and letters, except where the written signature of a person is required. The signature of any corporate officer upon a corporate bond or other corporate obligation for the payment of money, or upon any interest coupons attached thereto, may be a facsimile, engraved or printed, where such bond or other obligation is authenticated or certified by a trustee.
Source.
RS 1:19. CS 1:19. GS 1:22. GL 1:22. PS 2:23. PL 2:23. RL 7:23. RSA 21:23. 1963, 38:2, eff. June 4, 1963.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:24 - Oath.

21:24 Oath. –
The word "oath" shall include "affirmation" in all cases where by law an affirmation may be substituted for an oath; and, in like cases, the word "sworn" shall include the word "affirmed."
Source.
RS 1:20. CS 1:20. GS 1:23. GL 1:23. PS 2:24. PL 2:24. RL 7:24.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:25 - Sworn; Public Officers.

21:25 Sworn;  Public Officers. –
The word "sworn," when applied to public officers required by the constitution to take oaths therein prescribed, shall refer to those oaths; when applied to other officers it shall mean sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of their offices before a justice of the peace, or other person authorized to administer official oaths in such cases.
Source.
GS 1:24. GL 1:24. PS 2:25. PL 2:25. RL 7:25.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:25-a - Sufficient Sureties.

21:25-a Sufficient Sureties. –
Whenever a person is required to recognize or give bond "with sufficient sureties," with "corporate sureties," or "sufficient bond" or "give security" in any court proceeding the deposit of cash in the required amount shall be deemed sufficient.
Source.
1959, 2:1, eff. April 7, 1959.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:26 - Highway.

21:26 Highway. –
The word "highway" or "road" shall include all bridges thereon.
Source.
RS 1:21. CS 1:21. GS 1:25. GL 1:25. PS 2:26. PL 2:26. RL 7:26.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:27 - County.

21:27 County. –
The word "county" may mean the county in which the subject matter referred to is situate, belongs, or is cognizable.
Source.
RS 1:22. CS 1:22. GS 1:26. GL 1:26. PS 2:27. PL 2:27. RL 7:27.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:27-a - County Attorney.

21:27-a County Attorney. –
The words "county solicitor" or the word "solicitor" when referring to the county law official, shall mean the county attorney.
Source.
1959, 12:1, eff. May 10, 1959.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:28 - Selectmen; Town Clerk.

21:28 Selectmen;  Town Clerk. –
I. The word "selectmen" may mean the selectmen of the town or ward, or the mayor and aldermen of the city, to which the subject matter to be acted upon belongs or in which it is situate; and the words "town clerk" may mean the clerk of the town, ward, or city to which the subject matter referred to belongs or in which it is situate.
II. The words "selectwoman," "selectperson," and "select board" may be used interchangeably with "selectman" in all instances, where appropriate.
Source.
RS 1:23. CS 1:23. GS 1:27. GL 1:27. PS 2:28. PL 2:28. RL 7:28. 2008, 183:1, eff. Aug. 10, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:28-a - Clerk; Election Laws.

21:28-a Clerk;  Election Laws. –
The word "clerk" as used in the election laws shall mean city clerk, town clerk or ward clerk unless specifically defined otherwise.
Source.
1975, 188:1. 1979, 436:10, eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:29 - School Board.

21:29 School Board. –
The words "school board" may mean any agent, committee, school board, or board of education entrusted with the hiring of teachers and the management of the prudential affairs of the district.
Source.
PS 2:29. PL 2:29. RL 7:29.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:30 - Place.

21:30 Place. –
The word "place" may mean city or town, unless some other meaning is implied by the context.
Source.
GS 1:28. GL 1:28. PS 2:30. PL 2:30. RL 7:30.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title I - The State and Its Government › Chapter 21 - Statutory Construction › Section 21:31 - Designation of Office Title.

21:31 Designation of Office Title. –
When a court, officer, or board is named by official title, such designation shall apply to the court, officer, or board of the county, town, or district within and for which they are qualified to act in such capacity.
Source.
RS 1:24. CS 1:24. GS 1:29. GL 1:29. PS 2:31. PL 2:31. RL 7:31.