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2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-R - Energy Infrastructure Development and Corridors › Section 162-R:6 - Revenues.

162-R:6 Revenues. –
I. The department of transportation, right-of-way (ROW) appraisal bureau section, shall identify an initial estimate of the range of value for the use of state-owned land or assets within a designated energy infrastructure corridor and negotiate a value for such use with the developer. The actual and final value shall be subject to approval by the long range capital planning and utilization committee.
II. (a) Except as provided in subparagraph (b), all revenues generated from the use of state-owned land or assets within energy infrastructure corridors designated under this chapter shall be deposited in the highway fund for use solely in state transportation programs funded in whole or in part by the Federal Highway Administration or other federal agencies and included in the state's 10-year transportation plan. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the responsibility of a developer to pay separately to the site evaluation committee the fees required under RSA 162-H.
(b) Revenues generated from the use of state-owned land or assets within a turnpike shall be deposited in the turnpike fund.
Source.
2016, 218:2, eff. April 15, 2018. 2018, 93:1, eff. July 24, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority › Section 162-S:1 - Declaration of Policy.

162-S:1 Declaration of Policy. –
It is declared that the policy of the state of New Hampshire is to promote itself as an effective location for private enterprise, and therefore the policy of the state of New Hampshire is to provide for the establishment, support, preservation, and redevelopment of business and industry, whether or not operated for profit, located outside the state of New Hampshire. It is further declared that the performance of the powers conferred on the business finance authority as set forth in this chapter shall be regarded as performing an essential governmental function in carrying out the policy set forth in this section and by the carrying out of the powers set forth in the following provisions of this chapter. The purpose of this chapter is to expand and not to limit the existing powers of the business finance authority in order to carry out this policy.
Source.
2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority › Section 162-S:6 - Sale of Bonds.

162-S:6 Sale of Bonds. –
I. The sale of bonds under this section shall be conducted as provided in the resolution therefor or as directed by the person or persons to whom a delegation of authority has been made pursuant to RSA 162-S:5, II.
II. A sale of bonds may be public or private, and bonds may be sold at the price or prices, and upon the conditions, determined by the authority, and the authority shall give due consideration to the recommendations of the participating institution with respect to the project when determining the conditions of sale of bonds with respect thereto.
III. If at the time of sale definitive bonds are not available, the authority may issue interim certificates exchangeable for definitive bonds.
Source.
2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority › Section 162-S:7 - Bond Security.

162-S:7 Bond Security. –
I. The authority may secure bonds by a trust agreement or indenture or other agreement by and between the authority and one or more corporate trustees. Such trust agreement, indenture, or other agreement may contain provisions for pledging properties, revenues, and other collateral; holding and disbursing funds; protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of bondholders; restricting individual rights of action by bondholders; and amendments, and any other provisions the authority determines to be reasonable and proper for the security of holders of bonds issued under this chapter or contracts entered into under this paragraph in connection with the bonds.
II. A pledge of property, revenues, or other collateral by the authority to secure the payment of the principal or redemption price of, or interest on, any bonds, or any reimbursement or similar agreement with any provider of credit enhancement for bonds, or any swap or other agreement entered into in connection with bonds, is binding on the parties and on any successors. The collateral shall immediately be subject to the pledge, and the pledge shall constitute a lien and security interest which shall attach immediately to the collateral and be effective, binding, and enforceable against the pledgor, its successors, purchasers of the collateral, creditors, and all others, to the extent set forth, and in accordance with, the pledge document, irrespective of whether those parties have notice of the pledge and without the need for any physical delivery, recordation, filing, or further act.
Source.
2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority › Section 162-S:8 - No Personal Liability.

162-S:8 No Personal Liability. –
No designated member, director, officer, employee, or agent of the authority, the business finance authority, or a business entity created under RSA 162-S:4, III shall be liable personally on the bonds or any contract entered into by the authority or such business entity or subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the bonds, unless the personal liability or accountability is the result of willful misconduct.
Source.
2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority › Section 162-S:9 - Bonds not Public Debt.

162-S:9 Bonds not Public Debt. –
I. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the resolution therefor, bonds of the authority shall be limited obligations of the authority payable solely from amounts received by or on behalf of the authority from revenues derived from the project to be financed or refinanced thereby, or from any contract entered into or investment made in connection with the bonds and pledged to the payment of the bonds.
II. The state and the political subdivisions of the state are not and shall not be liable on bonds issued or any other contract entered into under this chapter, or for any other debt, obligation, or liability of the authority, whether in tort, contract, or otherwise.
III. Bonds issued under this chapter are not a debt of the state or the political subdivisions of the state. No bond issued under this chapter shall obligate the state, or any political subdivision approving a financing under RSA 162-S:10 to levy any tax or make any appropriation for payment thereof or with respect thereto. All bonds issued by the authority under this chapter are payable solely from the funds pledged for their payment in accordance with the trust agreement, indenture, or other agreement providing for their issuance. All bonds shall contain, on their face, a statement regarding the obligations of the state, the political subdivisions of the state, and the authority as set forth in this section.
Source.
2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority › Section 162-S:10 - Limitations.

162-S:10 Limitations. –
I. To the extent required by section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or by any applicable successor provision of federal tax law, the authority may not issue bonds to finance a project in any state or territory of the United States unless the governor, or his or her designee in compliance with applicable federal law, of the state of New Hampshire has approved the financing of the project following a hearing held by the authority and unless the state or a political subdivision within whose boundaries the project is to be located has approved the financing of the project; provided that an approval by a political subdivision under this paragraph may be made by the governing body of the political subdivision or by the highest ranking executive or administrator of the political subdivision.
II. This chapter provides a complete alternative method to all other methods provided by law to exercise the powers authorized in this chapter, including the issuance of bonds, the entering into of contracts related to those bonds, and the financing or refinancing of projects.
III. A project may be located outside of the United States and outside a territory of the United States, and the authority may issue bonds to finance or refinance such project, if at the time of issuance of such bonds the participating institution with respect thereto is incorporated and has its principal place of business within the United States or a territory of the United States.
IV. Any action brought to challenge the validity of the issuance of a bond under this chapter, or the enforceability of a contract entered into under this chapter, must be commenced in a court of competent jurisdiction in the state within 30 days of adoption by the authority of the resolution authorizing the issuance of the bond or the execution of the contract.
V. Bonds issued under this chapter shall not be invalid for any irregularity or defect in the proceedings for their sale or issuance. All bonds shall contain, on their face, a statement that they have been authorized and issued pursuant to the laws of the state, and such statement shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of the bonds.
Source.
2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority › Section 162-S:11 - State Pledge.

162-S:11 State Pledge. –
The state does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of bonds issued under this chapter that the state shall not limit or alter the rights hereby vested in the authority to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with the holders of such bonds or in any way impair the rights and remedies of such holders until such bonds, together with the interest on them, with the interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceeding by or on behalf of such holders, are fully met and discharged. The authority is authorized to include this pledge and agreement of the state in any agreement with the holders of such bonds.
Source.
2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority › Section 162-S:12 - Selection of Authority Bond Program Administrator.

162-S:12 Selection of Authority Bond Program Administrator. –
After the initial designated members have been appointed pursuant to RSA 162-S:3, II, the business finance authority may select a qualified firm to assist in the carrying out of the powers of the authority and the administration of the business of the authority conferred by this chapter. The selection of such firm shall be pursuant to a process approved by the board of directors of the business finance authority and such firm shall serve on such financial terms as shall be approved by board of directors of the business finance authority. At the conclusion of the initial term of service of such firm, the business finance authority shall determine whether, and on what terms, to engage any firm to provide any such services.
Source.
2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-S - Extraterritorial Financing Powers of the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority › Section 162-S:13 - Rulemaking.

162-S:13 Rulemaking. –
I. The authority shall be exempt from the rules of any department, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the state except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
II. The authority shall be exempt from the provisions of RSA 541-A and may adopt rules in accordance with its own procedures to facilitate, implement, and carry out the powers, duties, and purposes of the authority enumerated in this chapter and such other and additional powers and purposes as shall be conferred upon it by the legislature. The authority shall file in the office of legislative services a copy of all existing rules adopted by the authority. Any rule adopted after the effective date of this section or any amendment or repeal of any existing rule shall be filed in the office of legislative services within 7 days of such adoption, amendment, or repeal.
Source.
2018, 331:1, eff. June 25, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-T - Regenerative Manufacturing Workforce Development Program › Section 162-T:1 - Declaration of Need and Purpose.

162-T:1 Declaration of Need and Purpose. –
It is declared that there is a statewide need for the preservation and development of a skilled workforce for the betterment of the economy of the state, its inhabitants, and in particular for the development and preservation of a regenerative manufacturing workforce. It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for the development, attraction, and retention of skilled, qualified, and productive workers within the state who will be capable of supporting the preservation, establishment, and redevelopment of business and industry, preserving or increasing the social welfare or economic prosperity of the state or its political subdivisions, and promoting the general welfare of the state's citizens. It is further declared that the business finance authority (hereinafter the "authority"), acting pursuant to the powers granted in this chapter shall be regarded as performing an essential governmental function in carrying out the provisions of this chapter.
Source.
2018, 157:7, eff. July 29, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-T - Regenerative Manufacturing Workforce Development Program › Section 162-T:3 - State Regenerative Manufacturing Workforce Development Fund Established.

162-T:3 State Regenerative Manufacturing Workforce Development Fund Established. –
I. There is established within the authority a state regenerative manufacturing workforce development fund, which shall be held by the authority apart from all of its other funds. Annual state appropriations and other funds from state or federal sources, and any gifts, grants, or donations, shall be credited to the fund. The state regenerative manufacturing workforce development fund shall be administered by the authority and shall be used for the sole purposes of carrying out the purposes of RSA 162-T:2. The authority shall invest the fund in accordance with RSA 6:8. Any earnings on fund moneys shall be added to the fund. All moneys in the fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the fund for the purpose of providing regenerative manufacturing worker educational debt relief as provided in this section.
II. The authority may create subfunds or trusts of the state regenerative manufacturing workforce development fund, which shall be held by the authority apart from all of its other funds, which may be deemed irrevocably pledged to secure the repayment of state workforce development bonds issued under RSA 162-T:4. If such a pledged amount or amounts are called upon to be honored, the authority shall draw upon such fund for the purpose of honoring such pledge.
Source.
2018, 157:7, eff. July 29, 2018.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 162-T - Regenerative Manufacturing Workforce Development Program › Section 162-T:5 - Reporting and Approval Regarding Workforce Development Program.

162-T:5 Reporting and Approval Regarding Workforce Development Program. –
The business finance authority shall undertake to design the terms, conditions, and provisions of the regenerative manufacturing workforce development program authorized by this chapter. The authority shall deliver to the fiscal committee of the general court, the house ways and means committee, and the senate ways and means committee, a report on the progress of its efforts to develop such terms, conditions, and provisions every 6-month period, on September 1 and March 1, following the effective date of this chapter. Prior to taking any action to implement a final workforce program pursuant to this chapter, the authority shall first present the program to the fiscal committee of the general court and receive the approval of such committee.
Source.
2018, 157:7, eff. July 29, 2018. 2022, 156:1, eff. Aug. 6, 2022.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 163-A - New England Interstate Planning Compact › Section 163-A:2 - Member of Commission.

163-A:2 Member of Commission. –
The member of the New England Interstate Planning Commission who represents this state thereon shall be appointed by the governor and shall serve at his pleasure. If the member representing this state on said commission is otherwise a regular officer or employee of this state, he may designate an alternate who may act in his place and stead as contemplated by Article IV of the compact. If such member is not otherwise a regular officer or employee of this state, the governor may designate an alternate. The alternate shall not act, except in the absence of the member, and in no event shall the alternate cast a written vote pursuant to the 30 days provision of Article VII of the compact.
Source.
1965, 369:1, eff. July 1, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 163-A - New England Interstate Planning Compact › Section 163-A:3 - Commission Employees.

163-A:3 Commission Employees. –
The employees of the New England Interstate Planning Commission may, upon the concluding of an agreement for coverage with the state employees retirement system, be eligible for and covered by such system. Any such agreement shall provide, as nearly as may be, for the same ratio of employee contribution to total contribution as pertains for members of the state employees retirement system generally. No such agreement shall be concluded if the New England Interstate Planning Commission has already entered into arrangements for the coverage of its employees in a public employees retirement system of any other state.
Source.
1965, 369:1, eff. July 1, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 163-A - New England Interstate Planning Compact › Section 163-A:4 - Repeal of Compact.

163-A:4 Repeal of Compact. –
Renunciation, within the meaning of Article XII of the compact, shall be accomplished by act of the legislature repealing the compact and by notice in accordance with said Article. In the event of such an act of repeal, the governor shall send the necessary notice to all other party states.
Source.
1965, 369:1, eff. July 1, 1965.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 163-B - Litter Control Law › Section 163-B:1 - Declaration of Intent.

163-B:1 Declaration of Intent. –
It is the intention of the legislature by this chapter to provide for uniform prohibition throughout the state of any and all littering on public or private property and to curb thereby the desecration of the beauty of the state and harm to the health, welfare and safety of its citizens caused by individuals who litter.
Source.
1971, 144:1, eff. July 25, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 163-B - Litter Control Law › Section 163-B:2 - Definitions.

163-B:2 Definitions. –
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following words or phrases shall have the following meanings:
I. The word "litter" means all rubbish, refuse, garbage, trash, debris, dead animals or other discarded materials of every kind and description.
Source.
1971, 144:1, eff. July 25, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 163-B - Litter Control Law › Section 163-B:3 - Unlawful Activities.

163-B:3 Unlawful Activities. –
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to dump, deposit, throw or leave, or to cause or permit the dumping, depositing, placing, throwing or leaving of litter on any public or private property in this state, or in or on ice or in any waters in this state, unless:
I. Such property is designated by the state or by any of its agencies or political subdivisions for the disposal of such litter, and such person is authorized by the proper public authority to use such property;
II. Such litter is placed into a litter receptacle or container installed on such property;
III. Such person is the owner or tenant in lawful possession of such property, or has first obtained consent of the owner or tenant in lawful possession, or unless the act is done under the personal direction of said owner or tenant, all in a manner consistent with the public welfare.
Source.
1971, 144:1, eff. July 25, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 163-B - Litter Control Law › Section 163-B:4 - Penalties.

163-B:4 Penalties. –
I. Any person violating the provisions of RSA 163-B:3, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, or, in lieu thereof, in the sound discretion of any court in which conviction is obtained, any such person may be directed by the judge of such court to pick up and remove from any public street or highway or public or private right-of-way, or public beach or public park, or with prior permission of the legal owner or tenant in lawful possession of such property, any private property upon which it has been established by competent evidence that he has deposited litter, any and all litter deposited thereon by anyone prior to the date of execution of sentence.
I-a. Any fines collected under this section for littering in coastal waters or beaches and for abandoning fishing gear shall be credited to the derelict fishing gear and coastal cleanup fund established in RSA 211:77.
II. The court is hereby directed to publish the names of persons convicted of violating the provisions of RSA 163-B:3.
Source.
1971, 144:1. 1973, 90:1; 528:90, eff. Oct. 31, 1973 at 11:59 p.m. 2021, 208:2, Pt. V, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 10, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 163-B - Litter Control Law › Section 163-B:5 - Prima Facie Evidence.

163-B:5 Prima Facie Evidence. –
Evidence that litter is thrown, deposited, dropped or dumped from any motor vehicle, boat, airplane or other conveyance in violation of RSA 163-B:3, shall be prima facie evidence that the operator of said conveyance shall have violated this chapter and the license to operate such a conveyance issued to any person convicted hereunder may be suspended for a period not to exceed 7 days together with, or in lieu of, penalties provided in RSA 163-B:4.
Source.
1971, 144:1, eff. July 25, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 163-B - Litter Control Law › Section 163-B:6 - Enforcement.

163-B:6 Enforcement. –
All law enforcement agencies and officers and officials of said agencies of this state or any political subdivision thereof are hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to enforce compliance with this chapter.
Source.
1971, 144:1, eff. July 25, 1971.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:1 - Who Entitled; Local Responsibility.

165:1 Who Entitled;  Local Responsibility. –
I. Whenever a person in any town is poor and unable to support himself, he shall be relieved and maintained by the overseers of public welfare of such town, whether or not he has residence there. For the purposes of this chapter the term "residence" shall have the same definition as in RSA 21:6-a.
II. The local governing body, as defined in RSA 672:6, of every town and city in the state shall adopt written guidelines relative to general assistance. The guidelines shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) The process for application for general assistance.
(b) The criteria for determining eligibility.
(c) The process for appealing a decision relative to the granting of general assistance.
(d) The process for the application of rents under RSA 165:4-b, if the municipality uses the offset provisions of RSA 165:4-a.
(e) A statement that qualified state assistance reductions under RSA 167:82, VIII may be deemed as income, if the local governing body has permitted the welfare administrator to treat a qualified state assistance reduction as deemed income under RSA 165:1-e.
III. Whenever a town provides assistance under this section, no such assistance shall be provided directly to a person or household in the form of cash payments.
Source.
RS 66:1. CS 70:1. GS 74:1. GL 82:1. PS 84:1. PL 106:1. RL 124:1. RSA 165:1. 1979, 243:1; 351:2. 1985, 380:2. 1986, 5:2. 1991, 355:56. 1992, 184:1. 1996, 175:2, eff. Aug. 2, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:1-a - Assisted Person Defined; Local Responsibility.

165:1-a Assisted Person Defined;  Local Responsibility. –
Any person in a town or city who is poor and unable to support himself shall be known as a town or city assisted person, and shall be relieved and maintained at the expense of the town or city of residence.
Source.
1977, 336:1. 1985, 380:3, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:1-b - Disqualification for Noncompliance With Guidelines.

165:1-b Disqualification for Noncompliance With Guidelines. –
I. Any person otherwise eligible for assistance under this chapter shall become ineligible to receive such assistance if he willfully fails to comply with written guidelines adopted by the governing body of the town or city relating to:
(a) Disclosure of income, resources, or other material financial data;
(b) Participation in a work program authorized under this chapter;
(c) Reasonable work search; or
(d) Application with other public assistance agencies.
II. No person shall be found ineligible for assistance or suspended from assistance pursuant to paragraph I until he has been given:
(a) A written notice stating those specific actions he must take in order to comply; and
(b) A 7-day period within which to comply after receiving such notice.
III. If a person does not comply within the 7 days, the town or city may issue to the person a written notice that the person is ineligible for assistance or suspended from assistance. The written notice shall include a list of the guidelines with which the person is not in compliance, those actions necessary for compliance, and written notice of the opportunity to request a hearing within 5 days.
IV. If such person requests a hearing, the town or city shall give him an opportunity to continue to receive assistance, pending the outcome of the hearing, in accordance with any prior eligibility determination.
V. The period of ineligibility or suspension pursuant to this section shall be 7 days; provided, however, that any such suspension within 6 months after the end of any prior suspension period shall be for 14 days; and provided further that if upon the expiration of the 7-day or 14-day disqualification period the person continues to fail to carry out the specific actions set forth in the notice required in paragraph III, the disqualification shall continue until the person complies.
VI. The overseers of public welfare shall not be required to accept an application for general assistance from a person who is subject to disqualification or suspension under this section; provided, however, that in the event such disqualification or suspension continues beyond the 7 or 14-day period due to continued noncompliance pursuant to paragraph IV, and there is a dispute over a contention by such person that he has satisfactorily complied with the requirements set forth in the notice required by paragraph III, such person shall be given an opportunity to request a hearing to determine that issue, but paragraph IV shall not apply to such a hearing.
Source.
1985, 106:1. 1986, 142:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1987.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:1-c - Nonresidents.

165:1-c Nonresidents. –
I. Any person, poor and unable to support himself, who is temporarily in a town or city which is not his residence, and who does not intend to make it his residence, shall be provided such temporary assistance as is reasonable and necessary by such town or city. Such town or city may, if requested, cause such person to be returned to his residence.
II. In addition to emergency housing governed by RSA 126-A:30, a person does not change his or her residency status while in a hospital, a correctional facility, a treatment program center, or a hotel or motel paid for by a municipality or other service provider, except as provided in this section.
III. A person who leaves emergency housing of their own free will and remains in a situation of homelessness or is removed from emergency housing for non-compliance or policy violations of emergency housing or local welfare regulations, shall not be considered to have changed his or her residency status for 30 days.
IV. A person assisted by a municipality, or other assistance providers, with emergency housing assistance in a hotel or motel in another municipality, who then self pays for a consecutive 30 days without municipal or other provider assistance shall, for local welfare purposes, transition residency to the new municipality.
V. Temporary urgent assistance may need to be provided to meet basic needs of transient individuals or residents of other municipalities. Municipalities shall communicate and coordinate assistance options with each other, including reimbursements from municipalities of origin pursuant to RSA 165:2-a.
Source.
1985, 380:4, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. 2023, 161:1, eff. Sept. 26, 2023.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:1-e - Option to Treat a Qualified State Assistance Reduction as Deemed Income.

165:1-e Option to Treat a Qualified State Assistance Reduction as Deemed Income. –
The local governing body of a town or city may permit the welfare administrator to deem as income all or any portion of any qualified state assistance reduction pursuant to RSA 167:82, VIII. The following criteria shall apply to any action to deem income under this section:
I. The authority to deem income under this section shall terminate when the qualified state assistance reduction no longer is in effect.
II. Applicants for general assistance may be required to cooperate in obtaining information from the department of health and human services as to the existence and amount of any qualified state assistance reduction. No applicant for general assistance may be considered to be subject to a qualified state assistance reduction unless the existence and amount of the reduction has been confirmed by the department of health and human services.
III. The welfare administrator shall provide the applicant with a written decision which sets forth the amount of any deemed income used to determine eligibility for general assistance.
IV. Whenever necessary to prevent an immediate threat to the health and safety of children in the household, the welfare administrator shall waive that portion, if any, of the qualified state assistance reduction as is necessary.
Source.
1996, 175:3, eff. Aug. 2, 1996.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:2 - Administration of General Assistance.

165:2 Administration of General Assistance. –
The administrator of town or city welfare in each town or city shall administer general assistance to all persons who are eligible for such assistance as provided under RSA 165:1-a and RSA 165:1-c.
Source.
1875, 7:3. GL 269:20. PS 84:7. PL 106:7. RL 124:2. RSA 165:2. 1985, 380:5. 1988, 180:1, eff. June 25, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:2-a - Expense of General Assistance.

165:2-a Expense of General Assistance. –
The financial responsibility for general assistance for assisted persons shall be the responsibility of the town or city in which the person making application resides, except as otherwise provided in RSA 165:1-c.
Source.
1985, 380:6. 1988, 180:1. 1993, 229:2, eff. July 1, 1993. 2021, 122:44, eff. July 9, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:2-b - Disqualification for Certain Property Transfers.

165:2-b Disqualification for Certain Property Transfers. –
No person who is otherwise eligible for assistance under this chapter shall receive such assistance if he has made an assignment, transfer or conveyance of property for the purpose of rendering himself eligible for such assistance within 3 years immediately preceding his application for such assistance.
Source.
1985, 380:6, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:2-c - Withholding Names of Recipients of Aid.

165:2-c Withholding Names of Recipients of Aid. –
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no town, city or county official shall publish or disclose or allow to be published or disclosed in the annual report of the town, city or county, or in any other document or letter, except as is necessary for and connected with the administration of this chapter, the name, address or any other identifying information of any recipient who is receiving assistance or aid; provided, however, that any taxpayer shall be allowed to see the itemized account of such aid furnished. Any person violating any provision of this section shall be guilty of a violation.
Source.
1985, 380:6, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:3 - Burial or Cremation.

165:3 Burial or Cremation. –
I. If an assisted person shall die in any town or city the overseers of public welfare shall cause such person to be decently buried or cremated at the expense of the town or city.
II. Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph I to the contrary, if an assisted person dies in a county nursing home, the overseers of public welfare shall cause such person to be decently buried or cremated at the expense of the town or city in which the assisted person was a resident, as that term is defined in RSA 21:6, on the date on which the assisted person entered the county nursing home.
Source.
RS 66:7. CS 70:7. GS 74:7. GL 82:7. PS 84:8. PL 106:8. RL 124:3. RSA 165:3. 1985, 380:45, 47. 1993, 308:3. 2000, 202:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2001.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:4 - Information Regarding Bank Deposits.

165:4 Information Regarding Bank Deposits. –
A cashier of a national bank and a treasurer of a savings bank and a trust company may, when requested by an overseer of public welfare of a town or city in the state, furnish to said overseer any information asked relative to the deposit of a person receiving or applying for public support.
Source.
1933, 116:1. RL 124:4. RSA 165:4. 1985, 380:45, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:4-a - Application of Rents Paid by the Municipality.

165:4-a Application of Rents Paid by the Municipality. –
Whenever the owner of property rented to a person receiving assistance under this chapter is in arrears in sewer, water, electricity, or tax payments to the municipality, the municipality may apply, upon approval of the governing body, the assistance which the property owner would have received in payment of rent on behalf of such assisted person to the property owner's delinquent balances, regardless of whether such delinquent balances are in respect of property occupied by the assisted person. For purposes of this section, a payment shall be considered "in arrears" if more than 30 days have elapsed since the mailing of the bill, or in the case of real estate taxes, if interest has begun to accrue pursuant to RSA 76:13.
Source.
1992, 184:2, eff. July 11, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:4-b - Process for Application of Rents Paid by the Municipality.

165:4-b Process for Application of Rents Paid by the Municipality. –
Prior to utilizing the optional offset provisions of RSA 165:4-a, the governing body shall adopt, as part of the guidelines required under RSA 165:1, II, rules governing the process, including a policy which specifically sets out which bill shall be offset first and any further priority of such offset payments and a procedure for notifying the landlord.
Source.
1992, 184:2, eff. July 11, 1992.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:4-c - Eviction Notice Not Required.

165:4-c Eviction Notice Not Required. –
The governing body and overseers of public welfare shall not require the issuance of an eviction notice before providing rental assistance. An eviction notice may be required to assist the applicant in documenting emergency needs for emergency assistance, timely application and decision making, and referrals to other agencies with eviction notice requirements for consideration of additional rent arrearage assistance.
Source.
2021, 152:2, Pt. II, Sec. 1, eff. July 23, 2021.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:5 - Who Entitled.

165:5 Who Entitled. –
Whenever any person, resident in this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States, in any war, insurrection, campaign, or expedition, in which the United States was engaged, and who received an honorable discharge, not being under guardianship or legal restraint, shall become poor and unable to provide maintenance for himself and his dependent family, such person, his wife, widow, or minor children, shall be supported at the public expense in the town or city of their abode, at their own home or such place, other than a town or county almshouse, as the overseers of public welfare or the county commissioners shall deem proper.
Source.
1885, 41:1, 2. 1887, 45:1. 1889, 81:1. 1891, 38:2. PS 84:9. 1901, 116:1. 1921, 104:1. PL 106:9. 1933, 78:1. RL 124:5. RSA 165:5. 1959, 98:1, eff. July 13, 1959.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:7 - to 165:11 Repealed by 1988, 180:5, eff. June 25, 1988.

165:7 to 165:11 Repealed by 1988, 180:5, eff. June 25, 1988. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:16 - Burial Expenses.

165:16 Burial Expenses. –
Whenever any person, a resident in this state, who served in the armed forces of the United States in any of the wars or conflicts defined in RSA 165:17 for a total of 90 days, unless sooner released from such service by reason of disability incurred in service, and whose services were terminated under conditions other than dishonorable, dies and did not leave sufficient estate to pay the expenses of his funeral, or was an assisted person, the overseers of public welfare shall cause him to be decently buried at the expense of the municipality in which he died. Funds received from the Department of Veterans Affairs towards burial expenses shall be retained by the municipality. The municipality shall make a request to the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide a suitable monument.
Source.
1909, 130:1. 1911, 31:1. 1919, 135:1. 1921, 63:1. 1925, 93:1. PL 106:20. 1929, 28:1. RL 24:16. 1943, 102:1. 1945, 88:1. 1947, 214:1. 1949, 28:1; 167:4. RSA 165:16. 1959, 77:1. 1965, 87:1. 1967, 171:1. 1988, 180:3, eff. June 25, 1988.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:17 - Definition of Terms.

165:17 Definition of Terms. –
The following shall constitute wars or conflicts for purposes of RSA 165:16:
I. Any war or armed conflict that occurred between July 3, 1921 and December 6, 1941 and in which the resident earned an armed forces expeditionary medal or theater of operations service medal.
II. "World War II" between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946.
III. "Korean Conflict" between June 25, 1950 and January 31, 1955.
IV. "Vietnam Conflict" between July 1, 1958 and December 22, 1961, if the resident earned the Vietnam service medal or an armed forces expeditionary medal.
V. "Vietnam Conflict" between August 5, 1964 and May 7, 1975.
VI. Any war or armed conflict that has occurred between May 8, 1975 and August 1, 1990 and in which the resident earned an armed forces expeditionary medal or theater of operations service medal.
VII. "Persian Gulf War" between August 2, 1990 and the date thereafter prescribed by Presidential proclamation or by law.
Source.
1949, 167:5. 1951, 176:1. RSA 165:17. 1965, 69:1. 1967, 171:2. 1988, 180:4. 2010, 79:1, eff. July 18, 2010.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:19 - Liability for Support.

165:19 Liability for Support. –
The relation of any poor person in the line of father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, husband, or wife shall assist or maintain such person when in need of relief. Said relation shall be deemed able to assist such person if his weekly income is more than sufficient to provide a reasonable subsistence compatible with decency and health. Should a relation refuse to render such aid when requested to do so by a county commissioner, selectman, or overseer of public welfare, such person or persons shall upon complaint of one of these officials be summoned to appear in court. If, after hearing, it is found that the alleged poor person is in need of assistance, and that the relation is able to render such assistance, the court shall enter a decree accordingly and shall fix the amount and character of the assistance which the relation shall furnish. If the relation neglects or refuses to comply with the court order without good cause, as determined by the court at a hearing, or by refusing to work or otherwise voluntarily places himself in a position where he is unable to comply, he shall be deemed to be in contempt of court and shall be imprisoned not more than 90 nor fewer than 60 days. If a poor person has no relation of sufficient ability, the town or city in which he resides shall be liable for his support.
Source.
RS 66:8. CS 70:8. GS 74:8. GL 82:8. PS 84:12. 1925, 112:1. PL 106:22. 1933, 65:1. RL 124:18. RSA 165:19. 1973, 115:1. 1985, 380:11, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:20 - Recovery of Expense.

165:20 Recovery of Expense. –
If a town, city, or county acting as agent for a town under RSA 165:34 spends any sum for the support, return to his home, or burial of an assisted person having a residence in another town or city, or for an assisted person having relations able to support him under RSA 165:19, such sum may be recovered from the town, city or relation so chargeable or from a county acting as agent for the town under RSA 165:34. In any civil action brought under this section to recover such sum, the court shall award costs to the prevailing party.
Source.
RS 66:9. CS 70:9. GS 74:9. 1875, 7:4. GL 82:10; 269:21. PS 84:13. PL 106:23. RL 124:19. RSA 165:20. 1967, 192:3. 1977, 152:2; 367:1. 1985, 380:12, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:20-a - Settlement of Disputes.

165:20-a Settlement of Disputes. –
I. In any case where a town, city, county or the state seeks to recover a sum spent on assistance to a person and there is a dispute between a town, city, county or the state as to the liability for such assistance, the voluntary arbitration system established by this section shall be available.
II. The department of health and human services shall maintain a roster of the selectmen and welfare administrators of the cities, towns, and counties of the state. If a town, city, county or the state decides to avail itself of the voluntary arbitration system, the commissioner of the department of health and human services or his designee shall randomly select a panel of 3 persons from the roster to arbitrate the dispute. No selectman or welfare administrator shall serve on any panel resolving a dispute concerning his own city, town or county.
III. Any such voluntary arbitration session shall be held at a time and place to be determined by the commissioner of health and human services.
IV. The costs of such voluntary arbitration shall be equally divided between the town, city, county or the state involved in the dispute.
V. Any town, city, county or the state choosing the forum of the voluntary arbitration system shall lose the right to litigate the issue, and the decision of the panel of arbitrators shall be final.
Source.
1977, 373:1. 1979, 228:1. 1983, 291:1. 1985, 380:13. 1995, 310:176, 181, 182, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:20-b - Recovery From Recipients.

165:20-b Recovery From Recipients. –
Any town or city furnishing assistance to any person who is returned to an income status after receiving the assistance which enables him to reimburse the town or city without financial hardship may recover from such person the amount of assistance provided.
Source.
1981, 503:8. 1985, 380:45, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:21 - to 165:24 Repealed by 1967, 192:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1968.

165:21 to 165:24 Repealed by 1967, 192:10, eff. Jan. 1, 1968. –
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:25 - Limitation of Action.

165:25 Limitation of Action. –
Actions by towns and cities to recover the expense of support, return to his home, or burial of a poor person may be brought within 6 years after the cause of action accrued and not afterward.
Source.
RS 66:14. CS 70:14. GS 74:14. GL 82:15. PS 84:18. PL 106:28. RL 124:24. RSA 165:25. 1967, 192:4. 1981, 503:4. 1985, 380:14, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.
2023 New Hampshire Revised Statutes › Title XII - Public Safety and Welfare › Chapter 165 - Aid to Assisted Persons › Section 165:26 - Transfer of Action.

165:26 Transfer of Action. –
Whenever a county in which an action for the support of an assisted person is pending may eventually be liable for such support, the court, on motion, shall transfer the action to an adjoining county for adjudication.
Source.
RS 66:15. CS 70:15. GS 74:15. GL 82:16. PS 84:19. PL 106:29. RL 124:25. RSA 165:26. 1985, 380:47, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.