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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:49 - General Courts-Martial.

110-B:49 General Courts-Martial. –
General courts-martial may be convened by orders of the president of the United States or of the governor, and such courts shall have power to impose fines not exceeding $500; to sentence to forfeiture of pay and allowances; to a reprimand; to dismissal or dishonorable discharge from the service; to reduction of non-commissioned officers to the ranks; or any 2 or more of such punishments may be combined in the sentence.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:50 - Special Courts-Martial.

110-B:50 Special Courts-Martial. –
The commanding officer of each post, camp or other place, brigade, group, regiment, detached battalion or other detached command may appoint special courts-martial for the command; but such special courts-martial may in any case be appointed by superior authority when by the latter deemed desirable. Special courts-martial shall have the power to try any person subject to this chapter, except a commissioned officer, for any crime or offense made punishable by the military laws of the United States and of this state. Such special courts-martial shall have the same powers of punishment as general courts-martial, except that fines imposed by such courts shall not exceed $300.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:51 - Summary Courts-Martial.

110-B:51 Summary Courts-Martial. –
The commanding officer of each camp or other place, regiment, group, corps, detached battalion, company or other detachment of the national guard may appoint for such place or command a summary court-martial to consist of one officer who shall have power to administer oaths and to try the enlisted persons of such place or command for breaches of discipline and violations of laws governing such organizations; and said court, when satisfied of the guilt of such enlisted person, may impose fines not exceeding $100 for any single offense; may sentence non-commissioned officers to reduction to the ranks; and may sentence to forfeiture of pay and allowances. The proceedings of such courts shall be informal and the minutes thereof shall be the same as prescribed for summary courts of the armed forces of the United States.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:52 - Confinement in Lieu of Fine.

110-B:52 Confinement in Lieu of Fine. –
All courts-martial of the national guard, including summary courts-martial, shall have the power to sentence to confinement in lieu of fines authorized to be imposed; provided, that such sentences of confinement shall not exceed one day for each $10 of fine authorized.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:53 - Review.

110-B:53 Review. –
I. No sentence imposed by a general court-martial shall be ordered into execution until approved by the governor.
II. No sentence imposed by a special court-martial or by a summary court-martial shall be ordered into execution until approved by the authority appointing the court.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:54 - Powers of Officers.

110-B:54 Powers of Officers. –
I. Military judges and summary court officers shall have power to issue warrants to arrest accused persons and to bring them before the courts for trial whenever such persons shall have disobeyed an order in writing from the convening authority to appear before such court, a copy of the charge or charges having been delivered to the accused with such order, and to issue subpoenas duces tecum and to enforce by attachment attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers and to sentence for a refusal to be sworn or to answer as provided in actions before the superior court.
II. Such officers, in addition, are authorized and empowered to issue all other process, including writs and warrants, necessary and proper to carry into full effect the powers vested in said courts.
III. The process herein authorized shall be directed to an officer qualified by the laws of this state to serve criminal process; and such process shall be in such form as may from time to time be prescribed by regulations issued under this chapter.
Source.
1981, 434:1. 1983, 276:2, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:55 - Execution of Sentences.

110-B:55 Execution of Sentences. –
I. Fines may be paid to a military court or to an officer executing its process. The amount of any fine imposed may be noted upon any state roll or account for pay of the delinquent and deducted from any pay or allowance due or thereafter to become due them, until said fine is liquidated; or the same may be collected with lawful costs of collection, as in the case of executions issued in action founded upon torts. Fines collected shall be paid over to the state treasurer and credited to the New Hampshire national guard enlistment incentive fund under RSA 110-B:60.
II. A person sentenced to confinement or ordered held prior to or during trial may be committed by appropriate process under the hand of the military judge or summary court officer to any jail or house of correction within the state. The jailer or keeper of the jail or house of correction to which such process is directed shall receive and detain the prisoner in the same manner as if the prisoner had been sentenced by the superior court sitting in the county where such jail or house of correction is located. The adjutant general is authorized to enter into contracts with the counties for the keeping of military prisoners. Expenses shall be borne out of funds not otherwise appropriated.
Source.
1981, 434:1. 1983, 276:3. 1985, 25:3. 1987, 144:2. 2011, 30:1, eff. July 1, 2011. 2021, 91:368, eff. July 1, 2021; 207:2, Pt. VII, Sec. 4, eff. July 1, 2021. 2023, 129:1, eff. Aug. 29, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:56 - Witnesses.

110-B:56 Witnesses. –
I. Witnesses may be summoned before courts-martial and courts of inquiry, and they shall receive the fees allowed in the superior court. Witnesses shall be subject to the penalties for non-appearance that are prescribed in the case of witnesses before said superior court, and depositions taken according to law may be used.
II. The accused shall be entitled to subpoenas for witnesses in his behalf, and their fees shall be paid by the state.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:57 - Stenographer.

110-B:57 Stenographer. –
The convening authority of a court-martial or of a court of inquiry is authorized at his discretion, in any case, to employ a stenographer to report the proceedings of said court, who shall be paid the same as stenographers employed in the superior court, or to utilize a tape recorder to record the proceedings.
Source.
1981, 434:1. 1983, 276:4, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:58 - Jurisdiction; Exemption.

110-B:58 Jurisdiction;  Exemption. –
I. No action or proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained against a member of military court, or officer or person acting under its authority or reviewing its proceedings, on account of the approval or imposition or execution of any sentence or on account of the imposition or collection of a fine or penalty or on account of the execution of any warrant, writ, process or mandate of a military court.
II. The jurisdiction of the courts and boards established by this chapter shall be presumed, and the burden of proof shall rest on any person seeking to oust such courts or boards of jurisdiction in any action or proceeding.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:59 - Short Title.

110-B:59 Short Title. –
This subdivision shall be known and may be referred to in papers and other documents as "The New Hampshire Code of Military Justice".
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:60 - New Hampshire National Guard Enlistment Incentive Program Established.

110-B:60 New Hampshire National Guard Enlistment Incentive Program Established. –
For the purpose of encouraging enlistment in the national guard there is hereby established a New Hampshire national guard enlistment incentive program. This program authorizes a cash incentive up to $1,000 to current members of the New Hampshire national guard in the pay grades of E-1 to O-3 or any former member of the New Hampshire national guard for each new or prior service recruit that they bring into the New Hampshire national guard.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981. 2013, 255:2, eff. Sept. 22, 2013. 2019, 134:5, eff. June 25, 2019. 2021, 91:366, eff. July 1, 2021; 207:2, Pt. VII, Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 2021. 2023, 129:2, eff. Aug. 29, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:61 - Revenue for Enlistment Incentive Program.

110-B:61 Revenue for Enlistment Incentive Program. –
I. There is hereby established a fund to be known as national guard enlistment incentive program fund. Any appropriations received shall be deposited in the fund. Moneys in the fund and any interest earned on the fund shall be used for the purpose of encouraging enlistment in the national guard and shall not be used for any other purpose. The adjutant general shall oversee expenditures from the fund. The moneys in the fund shall be continually appropriated and nonlapsing.
II. In addition to any moneys appropriated, the New Hampshire national guard enlistment incentive program fund may consist of an annual appropriation, as determined by the general court, to be awarded in accordance with written policies promulgated by the adjutant general under RSA 110-B:62.
Source.
1981, 434:1. 1985, 27:1, eff. June 8, 1985. 2013, 255:3, eff. Sept. 22, 2013. 2017, 156:139, eff. July 1, 2017. 2019, 23:1, eff. July 14, 2019; 134:5, eff. June 25, 2019. 2021, 91:366, eff. July 1, 2021; 207:2, Pt. VII, Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 2021. 2023, 129:3, eff. Aug. 29, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:62 - Oversight and Administration.

110-B:62 Oversight and Administration. –
The adjutant general shall establish procedures necessary for the administration of the enlistment incentive program and relative to its execution by the New Hampshire Army and Air National Guard recruiting offices in coordination with the department of military affairs and veterans services.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981. 2013, 255:4, eff. Sept. 22, 2013. 2019, 134:5, eff. June 25, 2019. 2021, 91:366, eff. July 1, 2021; 207:2, Pt. VII, Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 2021. 2023, 129:4, eff. Aug. 29, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:63 - Repealed by 2021, 91:370, eff. July 1, 2021; 207:2, Pt. VII, Sec. 6, eff. July 1, 2021.

110-B:63 Repealed by 2021, 91:370, eff. July 1, 2021;  207:2, Pt. VII, Sec. 6, eff. July 1, 2021. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:63-b - Definitions.

110-B:63-b Definitions. –
In this subdivision:
I. "Active member" means a member of a federally-recognized unit of the New Hampshire national guard who meets the minimum requirements for satisfactory membership as defined in Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force regulations.
II. "Degree-enhancing curriculum" means a series of courses programmed to culminate in a specific degree when successfully completed.
III. "Educational assistance" means the waiver of the tuition cost of a course at a state-supported postsecondary institution.
IV. "New Hampshire national guard" means federally-recognized units of the New Hampshire national guard.
V. "Tuition" means the total semester, quarter, or classroom hour cost of instruction to the student as established by the university system board of trustees or the board of trustees of the community college system of New Hampshire.
VI. "Spouse" means a person legally married to a member of the New Hampshire national guard, regardless of gender or state of residence, as recorded in the defense enrollment eligibility reporting system of the United States Department of Defense.
Source.
1996, 237:1. 2007, 361:5, eff. July 17, 2007. 2020, 34:16, eff. July 28, 2020. 2022, 342:1, eff. Sept. 2, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:63-c - Educational Assistance Authorized; Minimum Requirements.

110-B:63-c Educational Assistance Authorized;  Minimum Requirements. –
Members of the New Hampshire national guard may take courses tuition-free in state-supported postsecondary institutions. The admission of a New Hampshire national guard member shall be in accordance with the state-supported postsecondary institution's standard student admissions criteria policies and practices. In order to be eligible to receive educational assistance under this subdivision, a member of the New Hampshire national guard shall:
I. Be a sworn in active member of the New Hampshire national guard residing either in-state or out-of-state.
II. Be enrolled in a degree-enhancing curriculum in any college that is under the authority of the chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire, or enrolled in any degree-enhancing curriculum in any college or university which is under the authority of the chancellor of the university system of New Hampshire.
III. Have first utilized any post-September 11, 2001 tuition benefit and other federally funded military tuition assistance. Montgomery GI bill benefits, post-September 11, 2001 educational program housing, allowance, federal educational entitlements, national guard scholarship grants, and other non-tuition benefits shall be excluded from consideration when determining eligibility for a tuition waiver under this section.
[Paragraph IV repealed by 2022, 342:4 effective July 1, 2027.]
IV. Members of the New Hampshire national guard, upon completion of their initial mandatory service obligation which shall be no less than 6 years, may transfer their national guard tuition waiver benefit to their spouse to be used in a degree-enhancing curriculum in any college that is under the authority of the chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire or the chancellor of the university system of New Hampshire. The transfer of this benefit by the member requires a 4-year reserve duty service obligation after the date the benefit has been transfered. The member's spouse may subsequently transfer this benefit back to the member; however, the member and their spouse cannot use the benefit at the same time.
Source.
1996, 237:1. 2004, 6:1. 2007, 361:6. 2009, 32:1, eff. July 14, 2009. 2013, 255:6, eff. Sept. 22, 2013. 2017, 13:2, eff. June 16, 2017. 2020, 34:17, eff. July 28, 2020. 2022, 342:2, eff. Sept. 2, 2022. 2023, 57:1, eff. July 1, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:63-d - Eligibility Determinations.

110-B:63-d Eligibility Determinations. –
Eligibility for educational assistance provided by this subdivision shall be determined and monitored by the adjutant general, who shall establish procedures necessary to carry out and monitor the educational assistance provided by this subdivision.
Source.
1996, 237:1. 2007, 361:7, eff. July 17, 2007. 2020, 34:18, eff. July 28, 2020. 2023, 129:5, eff. Aug. 29, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:63-e - Termination of Educational Assistance.

110-B:63-e Termination of Educational Assistance. –
I. Educational assistance may be terminated for the following reasons:
(a) Failure to complete the New Hampshire national guard military obligation.
(b) Failure to maintain a 90 percent rate of attendance at annual training and drill assemblies as required by the New Hampshire national guard.
(c) Nine unsatisfactory drill period performances in a calendar year while enrolled in the educational assistance program.
II. In the event the individual's service in the New Hampshire national guard is terminated or service becomes unsatisfactory while receiving educational assistance, the individual shall be required to pay for the remainder of the tuition for the course on a pro rata basis. Once terminated for the above causes, an individual shall be ineligible for any further educational assistance under this subdivision.
III. If for any reason an individual is dismissed from any school for academic or disciplinary reasons, the individual shall be ineligible for further educational assistance under this subdivision.
Source.
1996, 237:1, eff. July 1, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:63-f - In-State Tuition for New Hampshire National Guard Nonresidents.

110-B:63-f In-State Tuition for New Hampshire National Guard Nonresidents. –
Any member of the New Hampshire national guard who is an otherwise eligible out-of-state resident who cannot qualify for educational assistance under this subdivision may take such course at the in-state tuition rate.
Source.
1996, 237:1, eff. July 1, 1996. 2020, 34:19, eff. July 28, 2020.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:63-g - Report.

110-B:63-g Report. –
The chancellor of the university system on behalf of the university system and the chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire on behalf of the community college system of New Hampshire shall, no later than November 1 of each year, submit a report to the speaker of the house, the senate president, the adjutant general, and the governor detailing the number of national guard members enrolled at postsecondary institutions for the prior fiscal year under this subdivision and the specific courses or curriculum in which such members are enrolled.
Source.
1999, 211:2. 2007, 361:8, eff. July 17, 2007. 2022, 342:3, eff. Sept. 2, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:64 - Administration of Oaths and Notarial Acts.

110-B:64 Administration of Oaths and Notarial Acts. –
I. All commissioned and warrant officers of the New Hampshire national guard and state guard as well as other personnel authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this state shall have the power to administer oaths for the purpose of the administration of military justice and for other purposes of military administration. All commissioned and warrant officers of the armed forces of the United States, in addition to those named above may administer enlistment oaths to those enlisting or re-enlisting in the New Hampshire national guard.
II. All judge advocates and paralegals serving in the militia shall, by virtue of their office and service, have the general powers of a notary public as described in RSA 455 in the performance of all notarial acts to be executed by any member of the militia or United States armed forces and other persons eligible for legal assistance services by law or regulation. No fee may be paid to or received by any person for the performance of a notarial act authorized in this section. The signature of any such person acting as a notary, together with the title of that person's office, is prima facie evidence that the signature is genuine, that the person holds the designated title, and that the person is authorized to perform a notarial act. Any notarizations or acknowledgments accomplished under the authority of this chapter shall generally follow the form below but are not required to be under official seal:
I, (name of notary public), certify that the foregoing instrument was subscribed and (sworn)(affirmed) before me this (day of the month) day of (month), (year) by (name of person making statement), (Armed Forces service number/SSN), and who is known to me to be (a member of the New Hampshire national guard) (the spouse of a national guard member).
Source.
1981, 434:1. 1986, 87:4. 2002, 248:10, eff. May 17, 2002.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:65 - Discrimination Forbidden.

110-B:65 Discrimination Forbidden. –
I. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the national guard without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age or sex, to the full extent required by federal law or regulations.
II. No private person, corporation, partnership or unit or official of state, county or local government shall deprive members of the national guard of their employment, or deny them employment, or discriminate against them with respect to the terms and conditions of their employment, or prevent their being employed by another, or obstruct or annoy them or their employer in respect of their trade, business or employment because of their connection with the national guard, or because of their absence from business in performance of their duty as such; and no person shall dissuade any persons from enlisting in said national guard by threat of injury to them in respect of their employment, trade or business, or of other injury if they shall so enlist. Any person violating the provisions of this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person.
III. Any member discriminated against shall have a private cause of action for money damages and injunctive relief against any person or entity discriminating in violation of this section. If relief is granted, the prevailing member of the national guard shall recover reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.
Source.
1981, 434:1. 1985, 25:4. 1987, 144:3, eff. July 6, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:66 - Compensation for Injuries and Illness.

110-B:66 Compensation for Injuries and Illness. –
I. Any member of the national guard serving on state active duty pursuant to this chapter, within or without the state, who, while serving on state active duty, sustains an "injury" or "personal injury," as defined in RSA 281-A, shall be entitled to receive benefits pursuant to RSA 281-A.
II. Members of the national guard on state active duty who become ill or whose injuries do not fall within the definition of RSA 281-A shall receive appropriate medical attention and treatment. If the member does not have health insurance, the state shall pay the cost of necessary medical treatment during the period of state active duty. In the event that the individual has health insurance, the state shall reimburse the individual for all expenses that are the responsibility of the individual incurred in the treatment of the condition during the period of state active duty.
III. Members unable to return to their civilian employment by reason of an injury or illness that occurred on state active duty may be retained on state active duty for a period of time, which shall normally not exceed 30 days.
IV. The governor is hereby authorized to draw a warrant for sums sufficient to pay for awards made under this section out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, and said sums are hereby appropriated.
Source.
1981, 434:1. 1985, 25:5. 1994, 158:16. 2007, 231:1, eff. Aug. 24, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:67 - Right-of-Way.

110-B:67 Right-of-Way. –
The commanding officer of any unit of the national guard parading or performing any military duty in any street or highway may require any or all persons in such street or highway to yield the right-of-way to said national guard; provided that the carriage of the United States mail, the legitimate functions of the police and the progress and operations of the hospital ambulances, fire engines and fire departments shall not be unduly interfered with thereby. All others who shall hinder, delay or obstruct any unit of the national guard wherever parading or performing any military duty, or who shall attempt to do so, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:68 - Trespassers and Disturbers; Camp Regulations.

110-B:68 Trespassers and Disturbers;  Camp Regulations. –
I. The commanding officer of any armory, arsenal, camp, range, base, or other facility of the New Hampshire national guard, or other place where military duties are being performed shall have the authority to arrest and hold under arrest during the continuance of the performance of such military duty any one who trespasses, or in any way interrupts or interferes with the performance of the duties of members of the national guard or the armed forces of the United States. This arrest authority shall extend to anyone who prevents or attempts to prevent the passage of troops of the New Hampshire national guard or of the armed forces of the United States in the performance of their military duties.
II. The adjutant general or commanding officer of any armory, arsenal, camp, range, base, or other facility of the New Hampshire national guard, or any place where any unit is performing military duty, has the authority to limit access and activities in that place. This includes the authority to take action necessary to protect, guard, secure, and defend the armory, arsenal, camp, range, base, or other facility in accordance with RSA 110-B:28 and RSA 110-B:28-a.
Source.
1981, 434:1. 2002, 248:11, eff. May 17, 2002. 2021, 18:3, eff. July 5, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:69 - Medals and Decorations.

110-B:69 Medals and Decorations. –
The governor shall have authority to prescribe by regulation state decorations, medals, ribbons, badges or other awards for honorable service in the national guard or for meritorious support of the national guard.
Source.
1981, 434:1. 1983, 276:9, eff. Aug. 17, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:70 - Motor Vehicles of the National Guard.

110-B:70 Motor Vehicles of the National Guard. –
The adjutant general shall have authority to prescribe and issue, subject to the approval of the commissioner of motor vehicles, permanent number plates for use on motor vehicles issued to and used for the national guard. Said vehicles displaying said number plates shall be deemed to be properly registered under the provisions of the motor vehicle laws and may be operated upon the highways of the state without further registration or other number plates.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:71 - Relief, Privileges and Immunities.

110-B:71 Relief, Privileges and Immunities. –
I. No officer, warrant officer or enlisted person shall be personally liable, either civilly or criminally, for any damage to property or injury to any person, including death resulting therefrom, caused by them or by their order, while performing a military duty lawfully ordered under the provisions of this chapter, unless the act or order causing such damage or injury was manifestly beyond the scope of the authority of such officer, warrant officer or enlisted person.
II. Members of the national guard shall, except for treason, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest and imprisonment while under orders in the active service of the state from the date of the issuing of such orders to the time when such service shall cease, or while going to, remaining at or returning from, any place at which the individual may be required to attend any military duty.
III. The reports and communications of all officers, warrant officers and members of the national guard in the line of their military duty addressed to their superiors shall be privileged communications and shall not be competent evidence against the writer in any civil or criminal action in the courts of the state.
IV. No persons belonging to the national guard of the state shall be arrested or detained on any civil process while going to, remaining at, or returning from any place at which they may be required to attend for any military duty.
V. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section to the contrary, any police officer may arrest or be requested by the adjutant general to arrest any member of the national guard who is absent without leave from any training assembly, drill, period of annual training or any other duty time and shall keep said member in custody for not more than 24 hours until turned over to military authority.
VI. Notwithstanding any other law, a member of the New Hampshire national guard shall be treated as a resident and citizen of the state of New Hampshire for the purpose of entitlement to benefits, privileges, and immunities provided under state law to members of the New Hampshire national guard.
Source.
1981, 434:1. 1983, 276:6. 2007, 125:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2008.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:72 - Unauthorized Wearing of Official Uniforms.

110-B:72 Unauthorized Wearing of Official Uniforms. –
Any person who, without authority under the laws of the United States or this state, wears the uniform or a distinctive part thereof, or a uniform or a part thereof similar to the uniform of the national guard of this state, or of another state, or of the United States army, navy, marine corps, coast guard or air force, or any auxiliary thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. As used in this section the terms "uniform" or "part" or "distinctive part" of a uniform shall not include such articles of wearing apparel as shoes, socks, shirts, ties, scarves, trousers, overalls, raincoats, field jackets and headgear, from which the service buttons, insignia, or other distinctive marking have been removed.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:73 - Payment of Claims.

110-B:73 Payment of Claims. –
The governor and council, upon the recommendation of the adjutant general, may pay claims against the state arising out of accidents occasioned by the activities of the national guard. No claim in excess of $500 shall be paid to any one person, nor shall any claim be paid hereunder which is payable in whole or in part by the United States. Persons making claims hereunder shall file their applications with the adjutant general who shall investigate the circumstances and shall make a recommendation thereon to the governor and council. Any claims paid hereunder shall be a charge upon the appropriation therefor in the department of the adjutant general.
Source.
1981, 434:1, eff. Aug. 22, 1981.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:73-a - Military Skills Test Waiver Program.

[RSA 110-B:73-a effective upon receipt of sufficient funding for positions required to carry out the purpose of this section.]
110-B:73-a Military Skills Test Waiver Program. –
The adjutant general shall take necessary steps to increase veterans' awareness of and participation in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Military Skills Test Waiver Program. The adjutant general shall include information about the program and a link to the program's website on department's public Internet site and shall coordinate with military placement and training programs to disseminate information on the program to veterans with relevant experience newly locating in New Hampshire. For the purposes of this section, "veterans" means veterans as defined in 38 U.S.C. section 101(2).
Source.
2020, 34:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:73-b - Acceptance of Military Training and Experience in Professional Licensing; Report.

[RSA 110-B:73-b effective upon receipt of sufficient funding for positions required to carry out the purpose of this section.]
110-B:73-b Acceptance of Military Training and Experience in Professional Licensing;  Report. –
The adjutant general and the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification shall jointly conduct a review of all state licenses for which military veterans may have relevant training or experience and identify any steps that can be taken without further legislation; develop recommendations and proposed legislation designed to increase the acceptance of military training and experience toward professional licensing; and submit a report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairpersons of the senate and house committees with jurisdiction in veterans issues and in professional licensing issues, the senate clerk, the house clerk, and the governor within one year of the effective date of this section, and annually thereafter. For the purposes of this section, "veterans" means veterans as defined in 38 U.S.C. section 101(2).
Source.
2020, 34:8.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:73-c - End Veterans Homelessness Program.

[RSA 110-B:73-c effective upon receipt of sufficient funding for positions required to carry out the purpose of this section.]
110-B:73-c End Veterans Homelessness Program. –
I. The adjutant general, in conjunction with providers of services for veterans experiencing homelessness in New Hampshire, shall establish a program to end veterans homelessness in 3 years. The term "end veterans homelessness" shall have the same meaning as in the most recently released report by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness. For the purposes of this section, "veterans" means veterans as defined in 38 U.S.C. section 101(2).
II. In coordination with local, state, and federal government agencies and nonprofits, and in consultation with states and cities that have achieved an end to veterans homelessness in accordance with the above criteria, the adjutant general shall develop and implement strategies including but not limited to:
(a) Coordinating a community outreach and a common assessment tool to identify veterans experiencing homelessness and assessing the types and severity of risk and vulnerability being faced by veterans experiencing homelessness.
(b) Developing a comprehensive listing of the names of veterans who are experiencing homelessness, prioritized based on degree of vulnerability.
(c) Sharing data between all relevant veterans' service providers, state agencies, nonprofit organizations, and VA medical centers.
(d) Increasing coordination and streamlining processes for appropriate veterans' housing placements.
(e) Connecting veterans experiencing homelessness to health, mental health, employment, entrepreneurship, and training resources through the services described under RSA 162-A:9-b, RSA 282-A:117-b, RSA 282-A:117-c, RSA 110-B:73-a, RSA 110-B:73-b, RSA 153-A:20, XXV, RSA 187-A:20-d, RSA 188-F:16-b, RSA 326-B:9, XIII, and RSA 328-D:10, I(j).
(f) A commitment to the principles of Housing First, as developed by the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness.
(g) Identifying and applying for funding, as needed from private, foundation, and other partners.
Source.
2020, 34:8. 2023, 74:3, eff. June 7, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:73-d - Support for Veterans Mental Health and Social Isolation.

110-B:73-d Support for Veterans Mental Health and Social Isolation. –
The department of military affairs and veterans services shall coordinate access to mental health programs available through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including but not limited to the VA Solid Start program, which contacts every veteran multiple times by phone in the first year after they leave active duty to check in and help connect them to VA programs and benefits, the Buddy Check program through which veterans reach out to each other to provide peer support, and the proposed Green Alert Act, which will help to locate veterans when they go missing so they can receive appropriate care, in a manner similar to the Silver Alert system for older Americans and the Amber Alert system for children. The department will help veterans to find and enroll in the variety of mental health programs offered by the VA.
Source.
2021, 91:43, eff. July 1, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:73-e - Repealed by 2022, 293:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2022.

110-B:73-e Repealed by 2022, 293:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2022. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:74 - Operation and Maintenance.

[RSA 110-B:74 effective until the terms of 2022, 322:3, II and 6, II are met;  see also RSA 110-B:74  set out below.]
110-B:74 Operation and Maintenance. –
The adjutant general shall administer the operation and maintenance of the New Hampshire state veterans cemetery which shall be located in Boscawen, New Hampshire.
[RSA 110-B:74 effective upon the terms of 2022, 322:3, II and 6, II being met;  see also RSA 110-B:74  set out above.]
110-B:74 Director of the State Veterans Cemetery. –
The state veterans cemetery, shall be under the direction of an unclassified director of the state veterans cemetery who shall be qualified to hold that position by reason of education and experience.
Source.
1997, 182:1, eff. July 1, 1997. 2022, 322:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:75 - Acceptance of Gifts.

110-B:75 Acceptance of Gifts. –
The adjutant general may accept, on behalf of the state, conditional and unconditional gifts including grants of money, material, equipment, services, and facilities from any source, public or private, for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the cemetery, with the concurrence of the governor in accordance with the provisions of RSA 4:8.
Source.
1997, 182:1, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:76 - Cemetery Director.

110-B:76 Cemetery Director. –
The cemetery director shall:
I. Serve as chief coordinator for all interment operations of the New Hampshire state veterans cemetery, and utilize knowledge of cemetery operations and interpersonal skills to implement procedures to ensure dignity and professionalism of executing burial activities.
II. Coordinate with funeral directors, members of the clergy and family members to schedule and ensure proper funeral arrangements.
III. Establish and implement New Hampshire state veterans cemetery policies and procedures and exercises decision making authority over operational functions.
IV. Manage all facilities, utilities, and equipment in support of cemetery operations.
V. Manage and supervise personnel to assure compliance in the implementation of standard operating procedures for the New Hampshire state veterans cemetery.
VI. Compile, analyze, and manage the preparation of federal grants (generating revenue to the state); ensuring departmental compliance of federal guidelines on an ongoing basis.
VII. Interact with senior officials of the New Hampshire department of military affairs and veterans services, United States Department of Veterans Affairs, architects, federal officials, and representatives of other state agencies in coordinating the preparation of cemetery work programs, budgets, and purchasing to further the financial, operational, and ceremonial functions of the cemetery.
VIII. Compile, analyze, and manage the preparation of periodic reports to provide information concerning cemetery activities to the administrator III, deputy adjutant general; and adjutant general.
IX. Serve as liaison to the New Hampshire Veterans Cemetery Association, Inc. and various committees and boards, and interact with senior legislators and heads of state veterans organizations.
X. Participate in community outreach by attending various military and veteran related functions and/or meetings around the state.
Source.
1997, 182:1, eff. July 1, 1997. 2022, 322:2, eff. Sept. 6, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:77 - Cemetery Operations.

110-B:77 Cemetery Operations. –
I. Remains of eligible veterans previously buried in other locations may be reinterred in the cemetery, provided that no cost other than that which would be incurred in the original burial is borne by the state.
II. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to obligate the state beyond the furnishing of a grave site, opening and closing of the grave, and maintenance of the cemetery.
III. A veteran shall be entitled to burial within a reasonable time after notification to appropriate cemetery personnel by a funeral director or a family member of the veteran, provided that weather conditions permit the burial. The family of the deceased veteran shall have the option of a chapel service or graveside service. The service may contain any or all customs and practices usual at a military funeral, including but not limited to, gun salutes, honor guards, and the playing of taps. The state shall not be responsible for any costs associated with a funeral service that is not offered by any federal cemetery.
IV. All federal funds received and income earned from internment fees shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated for the sole purpose of supporting the New Hampshire state veterans cemetery.
Source.
1997, 182:1. 1999, 196:1, eff. July 6, 1999. 2019, 346:303, eff. July 1, 2019.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:78 - Regulations.

110-B:78 Regulations. –
The adjutant general shall adopt regulations, subject to the approval of the governor and council, relative to:
I. Standards and procedures for application and determination of eligibility for interment in the veterans cemetery.
II. Operating policies and procedures of the veterans cemetery.
III. The type of grave markers permitted in each area of the cemetery.
IV. The requirement and location of permanent vaults and grave liners for burials in the cemetery.
V. Fees for interment.
Source.
1997, 182:1, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:79 - Annual Report.

110-B:79 Annual Report. –
The adjutant general shall file with the governor, the senate president, and the speaker of the house on or before October 1 of each year a report to the legislature, setting forth the operations and condition of the cemetery, a detailed account of all moneys received and expended on its behalf since the last report, any recommendations for additional legislation, and such other relevant matters as the adjutant general shall determine.
Source.
1997, 182:1, eff. July 1, 1997.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:79-a - Repealed by 2018, 32:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018.

110-B:79-a Repealed by 2018, 32:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2018. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title VIII - Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs › Chapter 110-B - Department of Military Affairs and Veterans Services › Section 110-B:80 - Repealed by 2006, 244:3, I, eff. July 1, 2010.

110-B:80 Repealed by 2006, 244:3, I, eff. July 1, 2010. –