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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29 - County Treasurers and County Taxes › Section 29:11 - Tax Warrants and Extents.

29:11 Tax Warrants and Extents. –
I. The treasurer shall issue a warrant to the selectmen of the several towns in the county liable to pay state taxes, requiring them to assess, collect, and pay to the treasurer, within such time as shall be therein directed, their just proportion of all taxes granted by the county convention according to their proportion of public taxes for the time being, and shall enforce the collection and payment thereof, together with interest at 10 percent a year from December 17 upon all taxes not then paid, and the county tax assessed against any town shall not be deemed paid until the whole amount of the warrant together with said interest from December 17 to the date of payment has been received by said treasurer. If December 17 fall upon a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the due date for payment of taxes shall be the first business day following December 17. If December 17 falls upon a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the interest payment penalty on taxes not paid when due shall be computed from the first business day following December 17 to the date on which payment is actually made. If the county tax is not paid in full, the county treasurer may petition the superior court in the county in which the town is located, to attach the town's pecuniary assets in the amount owed to the county.
II. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I of this section, the interest payment penalty provided in said paragraph shall not apply in Hillsborough county if payment of the tax bill is made within 30 days of its receipt by the taxpayer.
Source.
RS 23:4. CS 24:4. GS 25:9. GL 26:9. PS 28:8. 1901, 64:1. PL 39:10. 1933, 50:1. 1939, 42:1. RL 48:10. RSA 29:11. 1961, 106:6. 1978, 35:2. 1988, 41:1. 1989, 67:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990. 2000, 1:1, eff. July 1, 2000.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29 - County Treasurers and County Taxes › Section 29:11-a - Changed Conditions.

29:11-a Changed Conditions. –
Whenever it shall appear or be made to appear to the commissioner of revenue administration on or before January 1 of any even numbered year that conditions in any town have so changed since the last apportionment of public taxes that the use of the most recently available apportionment would impose an undue hardship upon such town greater than it should in equity and good conscience be required to bear, the commissioner of revenue administration may make such changes and modifications therein as to him seems fair, equitable and just, and certify the same to the treasurer of the county in which the town is situated, and the treasurer shall use such changed equalized valuation in issuing his warrant to the selectmen of such town for such town's just proportion of all taxes granted by the county convention.
Source.
1965, 15:1. 1973, 544:8, eff. Sept. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29 - County Treasurers and County Taxes › Section 29:11-b - Payment by Credit Card.

29:11-b Payment by Credit Card. –
The county commissioners, by rule or regulation may authorize the county treasurer or other appropriate county official to accept payment of local taxes, charges generated by the sale of utility services, or other fees by use of a credit card. Any county adopting such a rule or regulation may add to the amount due, in addition to any penalties and interest payable, a service charge for the acceptance of the card. The county, at the time of billing, shall disclose the amount of the service charge.
Source.
1994, 2:1, eff. April 8, 1994. 2001, 78:1, eff. Aug. 18, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29 - County Treasurers and County Taxes › Section 29:12 - Abatement of Interest on Taxes.

29:12 Abatement of Interest on Taxes. –
I. Any town from which interest is due to the county on its county taxes, whenever assessed, may through its selectmen file with the chairman of the county convention a petition for an abatement of all or any part of such interest, and the county convention is hereby granted the power to abate all or any part thereof, if it finds that such town was unable to pay its county taxes on the date when due because of extraordinary economic conditions, difficulty in collecting taxes due such town, or other good cause shown. Whenever a special meeting of the county convention is called to hear such a petition, the compensation of the members thereof provided by statute shall be paid by the petitioner.
II. This section shall apply to interest which has accrued prior to June 13, 1941.
Source.
1941, 214:1. RL 48:11.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29 - County Treasurers and County Taxes › Section 29:13 - Executions.

29:13 Executions. –
The treasurer shall pay any execution that may issue against the county out of any money in the treasury, upon demand. If this is insufficient he shall issue his warrant to the selectmen of the several towns in the county, in the manner prescribed in RSA 29:11 requiring them to collect and pay into the treasury, within 40 days, a sum sufficient to satisfy the execution, and may enforce payment thereof in manner therein provided.
Source.
RS 23:5. CS 24:5. GS 24:10. GL 26:10. PS 28:9. PL 39:11. RL 48:12.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29 - County Treasurers and County Taxes › Section 29:14-d - Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973.

29:14-d Repealed by 1971, 514:18, XXX, eff. Jan. 1, 1973. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29 - County Treasurers and County Taxes › Section 29:15 - Deputy Treasurer.

29:15 Deputy Treasurer. –
On or before June 1, annually, the county commissioners upon recommendation of the county treasurer shall appoint a deputy county treasurer. Said deputy county treasurer shall serve only during the absence, disability or incapacity of the county treasurer to perform his duties and until a successor shall be qualified. The compensation of the deputy county treasurer shall be $15 for each day he is engaged in his official duties hereunder and said compensation shall be paid by the county.
Source.
1963, 93:1. 1967, 69:1. 1979, 376:18, eff. Aug. 22, 1979.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29-A - Defense and Indemnification of County Officers and Employees › Section 29-A:1 - Statement of Policy.

29-A:1 Statement of Policy. –
It is the intent of this chapter to protect county officers, trustees, officials and employees who are subject to claims and civil actions arising from acts committed within the scope of their official duty while in the course of their employment for the county. It is not intended to create a new remedy for injured persons, nor to waive the sovereign immunity of the county which is extended by law to county officers, trustees, officials and employees. The doctrine of sovereign immunity of the state, extended to the counties by law, and the extension of that doctrine to officers, trustees, officials or employees of the county or any agency thereof acting within the scope of official duty and not in a wanton or reckless manner, except as otherwise provided by statute, is hereby adopted as the law of the state.
Source.
1979, 114:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29-A - Defense and Indemnification of County Officers and Employees › Section 29-A:2 - Defense and Indemnification.

29-A:2 Defense and Indemnification. –
If any claim is made or any civil action is commenced against any present or former officer, trustee, official, or employee of any county, or any agency thereof, seeking equitable relief or claiming damages for the negligent or wrongful acts of any such person and said officer, trustee, official, or employee requests the county to provide representation for him or her and the county commissioners, or, in the case of a claim or civil action commenced against the county commissioners, the county convention, determine that the acts complained of were committed by said officer, trustee, official, or employee while acting within the scope of official duty for the county and that said acts were not wanton or reckless, in the absence of other legal representation, the county attorney shall represent and defend such person with respect to such claim or civil action throughout such action or shall, with the consent of the county commissioners, retain outside counsel so to represent or defend such person; and the county shall defray all costs of such representation or defense, to be paid from funds not otherwise appropriated. In such case the county shall also protect, indemnify, and hold harmless such person from any costs, damages, awards, judgments, or settlements arising from said claim or suit. The county commissioners or county convention shall not be required to consider the request of such person that representation be provided for the person unless within 7 days of the time such person is served with any summons, complaint, process, notice, demand, or pleading he or she shall deliver the original or a copy thereof to the county commissioners or, in the case of an action against the county commissioners, to the clerk of the county convention. No property either real or personal of any county shall be subject to attachment or execution to secure payment of or to satisfy any obligations of the county created under this chapter. Upon entry of final judgment in any action brought under this chapter the county commissioners shall present such judgment to the county convention for the requisite appropriation. The county attorney or outside counsel retained under this chapter shall have the authority, with the concurrence of the county commissioners, to settle any claim brought under this chapter by compromise; and the county commissioners shall present said settlement to the county convention for the requisite appropriation.
Source.
1979, 114:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980. 2003, 319:168, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29-A - Defense and Indemnification of County Officers and Employees › Section 29-A:3 - Insurance.

29-A:3 Insurance. –
Any county may self-insure against all such damages, losses and expenses to the extent the same are not otherwise covered by insurance purchased by the county.
Source.
1979, 114:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29-A - Defense and Indemnification of County Officers and Employees › Section 29-A:4 - Evidence.

29-A:4 Evidence. –
Any determination by the county commissioners or county convention pursuant to RSA 29-A:2 shall not be admissible as evidence in the trial of any such action or claim.
Source.
1979, 114:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29-A - Defense and Indemnification of County Officers and Employees › Section 29-A:5 - Counsel.

29-A:5 Counsel. –
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to deprive any such person of his right to select and be represented by private counsel of his own choice at his own expense.
Source.
1979, 114:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29-A - Defense and Indemnification of County Officers and Employees › Section 29-A:6 - Defenses Not Waived.

29-A:6 Defenses Not Waived. –
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed or held to constitute a waiver of any defense, including that of sovereign immunity, otherwise available against the claim.
Source.
1979, 114:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 29-A - Defense and Indemnification of County Officers and Employees › Section 29-A:7 - Appeal.

29-A:7 Appeal. –
Appeal from denial of representation by the county commissioners as provided in RSA 29-A:2 shall be available to any officer, trustee, official or employee who is so denied. Such appeal shall be by petition to the county convention.
Source.
1979, 114:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1980.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30 - Annual Reports of County Officers › Section 30:1 - Reports; Publication; Penalty.

30:1 Reports;  Publication;  Penalty. –
The sheriff, the superintendent of the county department of corrections, the county attorney, the treasurer, the county commissioners, and the superintendents of the county farms shall make up their several reports to the close of the county's fiscal year annually, and the same shall be printed together in pamphlet form before or during the sixth month following the close of the county's fiscal year. Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a violation, and the fine shall be paid to the treasurer of the county of which said person is an official.
Source.
1875, 29:1, 2. 1878, 44:1. GL 28:1. 1887, 7:2. PS 30:1. PL 41:1. 1931, 47:1. RL 50:1. RSA 30:1. 1973, 531:3. 1975, 52:1. 1983, 383:11. 1988, 89:9, eff. June 17, 1988; 230:1, eff. June 29, 1988. 2013, 13:1, eff. July 7, 2013.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30 - Annual Reports of County Officers › Section 30:2 - Distribution.

30:2 Distribution. –
The county commissioners shall forward one copy of said pamphlet to the town clerk of each town in the county, to be placed on file, one copy to the secretary of state, and 3 copies to the state library.
Source.
1875, 29:1, 2. 1878, 44:1. GL 28:1. 1887, 7:2. PS 30:1. PL 41:2. RL 50:2. RSA 30:2. 1967, 15:1. 1991, 254:1, eff. Aug. 9, 1991.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30 - Annual Reports of County Officers › Section 30:3 - Contents; Form.

30:3 Contents;  Form. –
I. The reports of the several officers named in RSA 30:1 shall contain a summarized account of all their transactions which concern the county, for the fiscal year ending as aforesaid, and shall be prepared in a uniform manner in each county, so that accurate statistics can be compiled from the following information:
(a) Total cost of maintaining a nursing home;
(b) Number of patients maintained at the nursing home;
(c) Number of prisoners in each category of criminal offenses committed;
(d) Total cost of maintaining prisoners by the county department of corrections, computed by the same method in each county; and
(e) Number of people helped outside the towns in which they reside.
II. The reports of the several officers as prescribed in paragraph I, shall be submitted to the county commissioners in as much detail as the commissioners may require.
Source.
1878, 44:2. GL 28:2. PS 30:2. 1901, 26:1. PL 41:3. RL 50:3. RSA 30:3. 1975, 52:2. 1988, 89:10, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30 - Annual Reports of County Officers › Section 30:4 - Convention Proceedings.

30:4 Convention Proceedings. –
The county commissioners of each county shall publish attested copies of the proceedings of the county convention, with the printed reports of the county officers for the year in which such proceedings occurred.
Source.
1885, 21:1. PS 30:3. PL 41:4. RL 50:4. RSA 30:4. 1963, 225:1. 1991, 219:1, eff. Aug. 9, 1991.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-A - Requirements and Prohibitions for County Officers and Employees › Section 30-A:1 - Personal Use of Prisoners Forbidden.

30-A:1 Personal Use of Prisoners Forbidden. –
No county officer, employee, or agent thereof shall use either directly or indirectly the services of a county prisoner or other county employee except for county functions. Anyone guilty of violating this section shall be imprisoned for not less than one year and a day or more than 3 years in the New Hampshire state prison, and said sentence or any part thereof shall not be suspended by the superior court, the provisions of RSA Title LXII, notwithstanding.
Source.
1973, 109:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-A - Requirements and Prohibitions for County Officers and Employees › Section 30-A:2 - County Credit for Personal Use.

30-A:2 County Credit for Personal Use. –
No county officer, employee, or agent thereof shall use the credit of the county for the purchase of any personal property or be reimbursed for purchases for the personal private use of said county official, employee, or agent thereof. Anyone who violates this section shall be fined not less than $2,000 or more than $5,000, the provisions of RSA Title LXII, notwithstanding.
Source.
1973, 109:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:1 - County Department of Corrections.

30-B:1 County Department of Corrections. –
I. A county may provide, keep, and maintain facilities, administered by a county department of corrections, for the reception and confinement of prisoners committed to or ordered to be detained at a county correctional facility.
II. A county may contract with the state or another county for the reception and confinement of prisoners committed to or who are ordered to be detained at a county correctional facility. All expenses related to the confinement of prisoners pursuant to this paragraph shall be a charge upon the county sending such prisoners unless other arrangements are made.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988. 2007, 93:4, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:3 - Superintendent; Other Personnel; Appointment.

30-B:3 Superintendent;  Other Personnel;  Appointment. –
I. The county commissioners of a county which operates a county correctional facility shall appoint a superintendent of the county department of corrections, to supervise and manage the county department of corrections. The commissioners may also appoint such other officers, agents, and employees as may be required to properly care for prisoners committed to or detained at county correctional facilities.
II. No county commissioner shall be superintendent of the county department of corrections.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988. 2007, 93:6, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:5 - Removal of Superintendents, Officers, and Employees.

30-B:5 Removal of Superintendents, Officers, and Employees. –
The provisions of RSA 28:10-a, relative to the discharge or suspension from employment of county employees, shall apply to superintendents, officers, and employees appointed by the county commissioners under this chapter.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:6 - Policies; Rules and Regulations.

30-B:6 Policies;  Rules and Regulations. –
I. The county commissioners shall establish policies and procedures for the management of the county department of corrections as authorized in RSA 28:12.
II. The commissioners shall adopt any necessary rules and regulations for the fulfillment of the powers and duties of the superintendent.
III. (a) No county department of corrections shall enter into a contract with a private or for-profit entity for the sole purpose of housing county prisoners. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit a county department of corrections from contracting for select services that are provided inside of a county correctional facility.
(b) Notwithstanding subparagraph (a), if the county commissioners declare that a corrections emergency exists that requires the superintendent to enter into a temporary contract with a private or for-profit entity to secure provisional housing for displaced prisoners, the superintendent may enter into such a contract, pending approval of the county commissioners. Temporary contracts entered into under this section shall not permanently or indefinitely replace a county correctional facility or a contract with another publicly-operated facility.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988. 2020, 12:9, eff. July 16, 2020.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:7 - Discipline of Inmates.

30-B:7 Discipline of Inmates. –
If any inmate in a county correctional facility is refractory and stubborn, and refuses to work or to perform his work in a proper manner, the superintendent may put him in close confinement until he submits to perform his task and obey the superintendent's orders.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:8 - Escapes.

30-B:8 Escapes. –
I. If an offender escapes from a county correctional facility the superintendent shall have the power to pursue, retake, and bring him back, and to require all necessary aid for the purpose and, when taken, may place the prisoner in administrative segregation, in accordance with the standards of the facility from which he escaped, until the superintendent has determined that the prisoner is willing to submit to the regulations of the facility.
II. The provisions and penalties of RSA 642:6 and 642:7 on escape and implements for escape and other contraband shall apply to any escapes from the official custody of the superintendent under this chapter.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:9 - Delivery of Articles Prohibited.

30-B:9 Delivery of Articles Prohibited. –
No person shall deliver or procure to be delivered or have in his or her possession with intent to deliver to a prisoner confined in a county correctional facility, or deposit or conceal in any building or upon any land appurtenant thereto, any article with intent that a prisoner shall receive or obtain it, or receive from a prisoner any article with intent to convey it out of said county correctional facility without the knowledge of the superintendent of the county department of corrections, or designee; nor shall any prisoner deliver or procure to be delivered or have in his or her possession, or deposit or conceal in any building or land appurtenant thereto, or convey out of any county correctional facility, any article without the knowledge of the superintendent of the county department of corrections, or designee.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988. 2018, 65:1, eff. July 24, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:10 - Penalty for Delivery of Articles.

30-B:10 Penalty for Delivery of Articles. –
I. A person convicted of violating any of the provisions of RSA 30-B:9 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, except as provided in paragraph II.
II. A person convicted of violating any of the provisions of RSA 30-B:9, if the article involved is a weapon, article that may be used to escape from the facility, or any article the possession of which is unlawful, shall be guilty of a class B felony; otherwise, the person shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for such a violation.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:11 - Use of Force.

30-B:11 Use of Force. –
Law enforcement officers in county correctional facilities may use physical force as provided in RSA 627:5.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 237:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:12 - Inspection of Corrections Facilities.

30-B:12 Inspection of Corrections Facilities. –
At least every 6 months the county commissioners shall make a proper examination into the management, condition, and security of the condition of the inmates in county correctional facilities. The commissioners shall, within one month after such inspection, make a written report to the attorney general of their findings and actions or proposed actions on such findings.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:13 - Reporting Requirements.

30-B:13 Reporting Requirements. –
The superintendent shall be subject to the following laws relative to bills, accounts, and reporting:
I. RSA 28:15, relative to payment of vouchers.
II. RSA 30:1, relative to annual reports.
III. RSA 30:3, relative to the contents and form of annual reports.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:15 - Place of Commitment; Expense of Protective Custody.

30-B:15 Place of Commitment;  Expense of Protective Custody. –
I. For any person sentenced to a term of imprisonment of up to 12 months, the expense of lodging such person in a county correctional facility shall be a charge upon the county in which the offense was committed. For persons sentenced to terms of imprisonment in a county correctional facility that exceed 12 months, the first 12-month sentence shall be a charge upon the county. Any sentence exceeding 12 months of imprisonment shall be a charge upon the state.
II. Whenever the expense of lodging a person in a county correctional facility is to be a charge against the state under this section, the state shall have the authority to take physical custody of such person.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 96:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; 237:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2004 at 12:01 a.m. 2005, 275:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006. 2007, 93:7, eff. Aug. 10, 2007.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:16 - Federal Prisoners.

30-B:16 Federal Prisoners. –
The superintendent of the county department of corrections, may receive and keep every person duly committed thereto for any offense against the United States paying all expenses for the confinement and safekeeping of such person, at a rate established by the county commissioners of the county where such facility is located.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:17 - Employment of Prisoners.

30-B:17 Employment of Prisoners. –
All persons sentenced to imprisonment in a county department of corrections facility shall work under rules and regulations prescribed by the superintendent of the county department of corrections or the county commissioners of the county in which such facility is located.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:18 - Prisoners Awaiting Trial.

30-B:18 Prisoners Awaiting Trial. –
Any prisoner confined to a county correctional facility while awaiting trial in the superior court or for any other cause, who is not likely to flee or commit an act of violence, and who wishes to work, may do so voluntarily upon approval of the superintendent, subject to rules and regulations of the correctional facility.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 237:4, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:19 - Application of Earnings.

30-B:19 Application of Earnings. –
I. The wages or salaries from the work of all persons held for trial or for any other cause or sentenced to imprisonment in a county department of corrections facility shall be disbursed by the superintendent for:
(a) Restitution or reparation or both, to the victim of his conduct for the damage or injury which was sustained, in a sum and manner determined by the court.
(b) The cost of board and all other expenses of the county maintaining the facility with the county of commitment receiving a credit for the cost of board and all other expenses.
(c) Payment of a fine.
(d) Incidental expenses of the person so employed.
(e) Support of the person's dependents, if any.
(f) The account of the person so employed which shall be payable to such person upon discharge.
II. The county commissioners of each county may require sentenced inmates to pay a portion of their income payable to them from sources other than wages or salaries, to offset the costs of incarceration, when sanctioned by the sentencing court. In setting the amount of such payments, the court shall take into consideration and make allowances for the maintenance and support of an inmate's spouse, dependent children, or any other persons having a legal right to support and maintenance by the inmate.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988. 1998, 209:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:20 - Work Release.

30-B:20 Work Release. –
A sentencing court may order that any person sentenced to imprisonment in a county department of corrections facility may be released therefrom by the superintendent with the approval of the sentencing court at the time of sentence, or at any time during the term of sentence based on the rules and regulations of the county correctional facility for such purposes as the superintendent may deem conducive to his or her rehabilitation. Such release shall be for such terms or intervals of time and under such terms and conditions as may be permitted by the facility's rules and regulations or as the court may order. Any part of a day spent in the free community under such a release order shall be counted as a full day toward the serving of the sentence unless otherwise provided by the sentencing court.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 237:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:21 - Temporary Removal or Transfer.

30-B:21 Temporary Removal or Transfer. –
I. (a) Any person confined in a county department of corrections facility may be transferred by the superintendent of the transferring county department of corrections to any other county department of corrections facility or to the county department of corrections in another county when such transfer is in the public interest and subject to the approval of the county commissioners of the county to which the transfer is planned for the purpose of facilitating work release or for other good cause shown.
(b) The superintendent may transfer a prisoner, without the approval of the county commissioners, if the superintendent determines the transfer is necessary for public safety or emergency reasons. The county commissioners shall review any such transfer at their next regular meeting. If the county commissioners reject the transfer, the prisoner shall be returned to the facility from which the prisoner came as soon as practicable.
II. The expense of transfer and maintenance shall be paid by the transferring county, unless waived by the receiving county department of corrections in accordance with a reciprocal or other arrangement between the counties involved. The superintendent of the transferring county department of corrections shall have custody over the prisoner during the transfer by a regular or specially authorized officer of that county. Upon admittance to the receiving facility, the prisoner shall be under the custody of the superintendent of the receiving county department of corrections. A prisoner shall have the right to contest any transfer under this section or to request a transfer by petition to the sentencing court. If a prisoner contests a transfer, the superintendent of the transferring county department of corrections may proceed with the transfer pending the outcome of the petition to the sentencing court.
Source.
1988, 89:1. 1991, 316:2. 1993, 302:1, eff. June 23, 1993. 2011, 65:1, eff. July 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:22 - Removal of Prisoners for Public Safety or Emergency Reasons or Because of Epidemic or Repairs to Facility.

30-B:22 Removal of Prisoners for Public Safety or Emergency Reasons or Because of Epidemic or Repairs to Facility. –
I. Whenever the prevalence of disease, or the rebuilding or repairing of a correctional facility or for other cause, the superintendent of the county department of corrections shall think it expedient that the prisoners be removed therefrom, the county commissioners may authorize the superintendent to remove the prisoners to some other facility in the same or another county location, there to be detained, in the same manner and by the same process as in the correctional facility from which they were so removed, until removed by similar process or discharged according to law.
II. The superintendent may remove a prisoner, without the approval of the county commissioners, if the superintendent determines the removal is necessary for public safety or emergency reasons. The county commissioners shall review any such removal at their next regular meeting. If the county commissioners reject the removal, the prisoner shall be returned to the facility from which the prisoner came as soon as practicable.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988. 2003, 237:13, eff. Jan. 1, 2004. 2011, 65:2, eff. July 15, 2011.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:23 - Expense of Removal.

30-B:23 Expense of Removal. –
The expenses of removing and maintaining prisoners incurred under RSA 30-B:22 shall be defrayed by the county from which they are removed.
Source.
1988, 89:1, eff. June 17, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:25 - County Transport and Custody Officers.

30-B:25 County Transport and Custody Officers. –
The county commissioners may appoint county transport and custody officers, consisting of selected members of the county department of corrections line personnel identified by the superintendent, for the purpose of patrolling county department of corrections buildings, roads, and grounds, and providing for general security at the county correctional facility. If transport and custody officers are appointed, the county commissioners shall adopt a written policy establishing rules relating to the control and responsibility of the transport and custody officers. The policy shall include a requirement for training designed for the specific functions of the transport and custody officers as prescribed in this subdivision, including education on the power of arrest, firearms training and certification, and defensive driving.
Source.
2013, 194:1, eff. Aug. 31, 2013.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:26 - Powers and Duties.

30-B:26 Powers and Duties. –
All transport and custody officers shall be ex officio constables and shall possess limited powers of arrest which shall only extend to the confines of the grounds of the county correctional facility and to the period during which such officers are on official active duty. The 2 instances where the authority of the transport and custody officers shall extend beyond the county correctional facility grounds, and during which time the transport and custody officers may utilize blue lights on vehicles pursuant to RSA 266:78-b, are:
I. Where a county transport and custody officer is in hot pursuit of a person who has committed a crime or violation by interfering with the maintenance of custody and control; or
II. Where a county transport and custody officer is transporting or assisting in the transport of a committed inmate, including, but not limited to, medical transports and transports involving a committed inmate who is receiving services in a health care setting.
Source.
2013, 194:1, eff. Aug. 31, 2013.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title II - Counties › Chapter 30-B - County Departments of Corrections › Section 30-B:27 - Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products.

30-B:27 Provision of Menstrual Hygiene Products. –
The superintendent of each county correctional facility shall provide sufficient menstrual hygiene products to individuals who are in the custody of the county who biologically menstruate, at no cost to such persons. Sufficiency shall be considered, at minimum, a combination of 20 standard issue menstrual hygiene products per individual's menstrual cycle. An individual may request additional menstrual hygiene products based exclusively on their cycle at no cost at the discretion of the superintendent. The number of menstrual hygiene products kept in a cell shall not be excessive so as not to create safety or security issues and shall only be used for the intended purpose. As used in this section, "menstrual hygiene products" means tampons, menstrual pads, sanitary napkins, and pantiliners.
Source.
2023, 194:1, eff. Aug. 1, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:1 - Public Corporations.

31:1 Public Corporations. –
Every town is a body corporate and politic, and by its corporate name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend, in any court or elsewhere.
Source.
RS 31:1. CS 32:1. GS 34:1. GL 37:1. PS 40:1. PL 42:1. RL 51:1.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:2 - Parishes.

31:2 Parishes. –
All places incorporated by the name of parishes with town privileges are towns, and are entitled to the privileges, vested with all the powers, and subject to all the liabilities, of towns.
Source.
RS 31:2. CS 32:2. GS 34:2. GL 37:2. PS 40:2. PL 42:2. RL 51:2.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:3 - In General.

31:3 In General. –
Towns may purchase and hold real and personal estate for the public uses of the inhabitants, and may sell and convey the same; may recognize unions of employees and make and enter into collective bargaining contracts with such unions; and may make any contracts which may be necessary and convenient for the transaction of the public business of the town.
Source.
RS 31:3. CS 32:3. GS 34:3. GL 37:3. PS 40:3. PL 42:3. RL 51:3. RSA 31:3. 1955, 255:1, eff. July 14, 1955.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:3-a - Suits Involving State-Mandated Programs.

31:3-a Suits Involving State-Mandated Programs. –
If legal proceedings have been commenced by a town against the state over whether a state program or responsibility violates the provisions of Part I, Article 28-a of the New Hampshire constitution relative to mandated programs, all penalties or liens which the state may impose on the town for failure to comply with the state program or mandate shall be stayed until the court proceedings are completed. For the purposes of this section, the term "town" shall mean every political subdivision of the state, which shall include any village district, school district, city, county, unincorporated town, or unorganized place.
Source.
1993, 299:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:4 - Appropriations.

31:4 Appropriations. –
Towns may at any legal meeting grant and vote such sums of money as they judge necessary for any purpose for which a municipality may act if such appropriation is not prohibited by the laws or by the constitution of this state.
Source.
1849, 861:1. RS 31:4. CS 32:4. 1862, 2580:3. GS 34:4. 1868, 1:6; 26:1. 1872, 40:1. 1875, 39:1. 1876, 2:1. GL 37:4, 9; 49:10; 50:1. 1883, 69:3. 1889, 7:1; 82:1. PS 40:4. 1891, 1:1. 1895, 29:1. 1897, 23:1. 1899, 13:1, 2; 34:1. 1901, 8:1; 17:1; 54:1. 1905, 18:1. 1909, 73:1. 1911, 81:1; 146:1. 1913, 58:1. 1915, 58:1; 64:1. 1917, 225:1. 1919, 17:1; 41:1. 1923, 27:1, 2. 1925, 11:1. PL 42:4. 1929, 172:1. 1931, 90:1. 1937, 119:2; 133:101. 1939, 20:1; 51:1; 90:1. 1941, 65:1; 74:1. RL 51:4. 1943, 34:1. 1945, 54:1, 2; 106:1. 1947, 130:1. 1949, 42:1; 59:1; 133:3; 161:1. RSA 31:4. 1957, 85:1; 186:1; 287:1. 1961, 81:1; 168:1. 1963, 90:1. 1965, 8:1; 224:1. 1969, 49:1; 125:1; 247:1; 445:1, 2. 1971, 159:1; 310:1, 336:1. 1973, 582:2. 1974, 15:3, 5. 1975, 2:1; 273:1. 1977, 14:1; 263:1. 1979, 156:1. 1983, 187:1, eff. Aug. 10, 1983.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:4-a - Deficit Reduction.

31:4-a Deficit Reduction. –
Towns may vote, at any annual meeting, to raise such sums of money as the voters judge necessary for the purpose of reducing an accumulated general fund deficit.
Source.
1994, 147:1, eff. July 22, 1994.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:5-a - Appropriations of Disaster Funds.

31:5-a Appropriations of Disaster Funds. –
Notwithstanding RSA 31:5, the selectmen may call a special town meeting to authorize the expenditure of federal funds allocated to the town as a result of a major disaster as declared by the governor and to appropriate the local matching share for such funds. The authorization to expend federal funds and the appropriation of matching funds shall be the only action taken at such meeting. Any special meeting called under this section shall have the same authority as that of an annual town meeting.
Source.
1975, 318:1, eff. Aug. 6, 1975.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:5-b - Legalization of Meetings.

31:5-b Legalization of Meetings. –
I. In the past, irregularities and procedural defects in actions of municipal legislative bodies have been cured by actions of the general court. The procedure in this section is an alternative approach which enables municipalities to effect legalization by local action.
II. Whenever the legislative body of a municipality has voted by the requisite majority, by written ballot or in any other manner legally authorized, to take any legal actions and the vote is subsequently discovered to be procedurally defective, such defects may be cured and legalized by a vote at a special meeting called for the purpose of ratifying the procedurally defective action. Procedurally defective actions shall mean minor procedural irregularities such as failure to comply with statutory requirements regarding time or place of notice, vote, hearing, or wording, or with any procedural act not contrary to the spirit or intent of the law. The ratification of the procedurally defective action shall be subject to the following requirements:
(a) The municipality may, on the authority of the governing body, call a special town meeting for the exclusive purpose of curing such defect.
(b) The special town meeting called for that purpose may not take place less than 21 calendar days after the original vote.
(c) Not less than 7 calendar days prior to the special town meeting, not counting the day of the special town meeting, the governing body shall conduct a public hearing at which the reasons for the special town meeting shall be explained.
(d) The municipality shall comply with all statutory notice and procedural requirements for holding special town meetings.
(e) The necessary majority required to cure the defects shall be the same as the majority as required for passage of the original article.
III. When any procedural defect has been cured under this section, actions of the voters shall be valid as if all statutorily required proceedings had been complied with.
Source.
1988, 284:1. 1989, 287:1, eff. July 28, 1989.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:6 - For Holidays.

31:6 For Holidays. –
City councils may, at any legal meeting, grant and vote money, not exceeding $2,000, for providing municipal Christmas trees or for public patriotic exercises for Memorial Day, Independence Day, Veterans Day or other holidays.
Source.
1909, 77:1. 1921, 42:1. PL 42:6. RL 51:6. RSA 31:6. 1969, 445:3, eff. July 3, 1969.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:7 - Contract with Hospital.

31:7 Contract with Hospital. –
The treasurer of any town or city which provides a free hospital bed shall make a contract with the hospital concerning the admission of patients, and the rates, rules and regulations governing such admission shall be approved by the selectmen of towns or the city council of cities before the payment of any money to the hospital.
Source.
1899, 13:3. PL 42:7. RL 51:7.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:8 - Town Officers' Associations.

31:8 Town Officers' Associations. –
For the encouragement of equitable taxation and the education of public officials in tax problems and other matters pertaining to the proper and efficient discharge of the duties of their respective offices, each town and city shall pay annually to the New Hampshire Association of Assessing Officials, the New Hampshire City and Town Clerks' Association and the New Hampshire Tax Collectors' Association, such amounts as shall be due for annual membership for its officials therein, providing that the amount paid for any one annual membership hereunder shall not exceed $20. Members of these several organizations in addition to the annual membership fee, shall be entitled to receive their actual expenses incurred in attending the annual convention of their respective associations, the same to be audited by the selectmen of towns and the finance committee of cities and paid out of city and town funds.
Source.
1921, 51:1. PL 42:8. RL 51:8. 1949, 137:1. RSA 31:8. 1963 60:1. 1971, 372:1. 1973, 122:1. 1977, 31:1, eff. May 28, 1977.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:8-a - Authorization to Pay Dues.

31:8-a Authorization to Pay Dues. –
The board of selectmen may vote to pay, from amounts appropriated by the town for town officers' expenses, such amounts as shall be payable for annual membership in the New Hampshire Municipal Association and expenses incurred in attending regular meetings of the said association, provided that the appropriation of such dues has not previously been rejected by a vote at the annual town meeting and provided further that the association shall not record association positions before the general court or committees thereof on matters which do not directly affect New Hampshire towns and cities, nor engage in partisan political activity by endorsing, or otherwise supporting, any political party or candidate.
Source.
1961, 81:2, eff. June 13, 1961.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title III - Towns, Cities, Village Districts, and Unincorporated Places › Chapter 31 - Powers and Duties of Towns › Section 31:9 - Legislative Counsel.

31:9 Legislative Counsel. –
Towns may at any legal meeting authorize the employment by the selectmen of counsel in legislative matters in which the town is directly or indirectly interested, or may ratify the previous employment by the selectmen of such counsel and may grant and vote money therefor.
Source.
1901, 62:1. PL 42:9. RL 51:9.