Title VIII, Public Defense and Veterans' Affairs

I. No sentence imposed by a general court-martial shall be ordered into execution until approved by the governor. II. No sentence imposed by a special court-martial or by a summary court-martial shall be ordered into execution until approved by the authority appointing the court.

I. Military judges and summary court officers shall have power to issue warrants to arrest accused persons and to bring them before the courts for trial whenever such persons shall have disobeyed an order in writing from the convening authority to appear before such court, a copy…

I. Fines may be paid to a military court or to an officer executing its process. The amount of any fine imposed may be noted upon any state roll or account for pay of the delinquent and deducted from any pay or allowance due or thereafter to become due them, until said fine is li…

I. Witnesses may be summoned before courts-martial and courts of inquiry, and they shall receive the fees allowed in the superior court. Witnesses shall be subject to the penalties for non-appearance that are prescribed in the case of witnesses before said superior court, and dep…

The convening authority of a court-martial or of a court of inquiry is authorized at his discretion, in any case, to employ a stenographer to report the proceedings of said court, who shall be paid the same as stenographers employed in the superior court, or to utilize a tape rec…

I. No action or proceeding shall be prosecuted or maintained against a member of military court, or officer or person acting under its authority or reviewing its proceedings, on account of the approval or imposition or execution of any sentence or on account of the imposition or …

This subdivision shall be known and may be referred to in papers and other documents as "The New Hampshire Code of Military Justice".

The governor shall have power, in case of invasion, disaster, insurrection, riot, breach of the peace, resistance to process of this state, or imminent danger thereof, or for the safety of the inhabitants of the state, to order into the active service of the state for such period…

I. National Guard members ordered to or retained on state active duty for longer than 30 days who do not have other health care coverage shall elect TRICARE coverage. The state shall pay the TRICARE premiums, up to a maximum of 100 percent of the service member's share of the pre…

For the purpose of encouraging enlistment and reenlistment in the national guard there is hereby established a New Hampshire national guard enlistment incentive program. This program authorizes a cash incentive up to $1000 to current members of the New Hampshire national guard in…

I. There is hereby established a fund to be known as national guard enlistment and reenlistment incentive program fund. Any appropriations received shall be deposited in the fund. Moneys in the fund and any interest earned on the fund shall be used for the purpose of encouraging …

The adjutant general shall establish procedures necessary for the administration of the enlistment and reenlistment incentive program and relative to its execution by the New Hampshire Army and Air national guard recruiting offices in coordination with the department of military …

This subdivision shall be known as the New Hampshire National Guard Education Assistance Act.

In this subdivision: I. "Active member" means a member of a federally-recognized unit of the New Hampshire national guard who meets the minimum requirements for satisfactory membership as defined in Department of the Army and Department of the Air Force regulations. II. "Degree-e…

Members of the New Hampshire national guard may take courses tuition-free in state-supported postsecondary institutions. The admission of a New Hampshire national guard member shall be in accordance with the state-supported postsecondary institution's standard student admissions …

Eligibility for educational assistance provided by this subdivision shall be determined and monitored by the adjutant general, who shall establish procedures necessary to carry out and monitor the educational assistance provided by this subdivision.

I. Educational assistance may be terminated for the following reasons: (a) Failure to complete the New Hampshire national guard military obligation. (b) Failure to maintain a 90 percent rate of attendance at annual training and drill assemblies as required by the New Hampshire na…

Any member of the New Hampshire national guard who is an otherwise eligible out-of-state resident who cannot qualify for educational assistance under this subdivision may take such course at the in-state tuition rate.

The chancellor of the university system on behalf of the university system and the chancellor of the community college system of New Hampshire on behalf of the community college system of New Hampshire shall, no later than November 1 of each year, submit a report to the speaker o…

I. All commissioned and warrant officers of the New Hampshire national guard and state guard as well as other personnel authorized to administer oaths under the laws of this state shall have the power to administer oaths for the purpose of the administration of military justice a…

I. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the state that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the national guard without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, age or sex, to the full extent required by federal law or regulations. II.…

I. Any member of the national guard serving on state active duty pursuant to this chapter, within or without the state, who, while serving on state active duty, sustains an "injury" or "personal injury," as defined in RSA 281-A, shall be entitled to receive benefits pursuant to R…

The commanding officer of any unit of the national guard parading or performing any military duty in any street or highway may require any or all persons in such street or highway to yield the right-of-way to said national guard; provided that the carriage of the United States ma…

I. The commanding officer of any armory, arsenal, camp, range, base, or other facility of the New Hampshire national guard, or other place where military duties are being performed shall have the authority to arrest and hold under arrest during the continuance of the performance …

The governor shall have authority to prescribe by regulation state decorations, medals, ribbons, badges or other awards for honorable service in the national guard or for meritorious support of the national guard.

I. The military staff of the governor shall consist of the adjutant general who shall be the chief of staff and 12 aides-de-camp. Four shall be detailed from the national guard and 4 others shall be appointed from the reserve components of the armed forces of the United States. T…

The adjutant general shall have authority to prescribe and issue, subject to the approval of the commissioner of motor vehicles, permanent number plates for use on motor vehicles issued to and used for the national guard. Said vehicles displaying said number plates shall be deeme…

I. No officer, warrant officer or enlisted person shall be personally liable, either civilly or criminally, for any damage to property or injury to any person, including death resulting therefrom, caused by them or by their order, while performing a military duty lawfully ordered…

Any person who, without authority under the laws of the United States or this state, wears the uniform or a distinctive part thereof, or a uniform or a part thereof similar to the uniform of the national guard of this state, or of another state, or of the United States army, navy…

The governor and council, upon the recommendation of the adjutant general, may pay claims against the state arising out of accidents occasioned by the activities of the national guard or arising out of claims brought against the department of military affairs and veterans service…

The adjutant general shall take necessary steps to increase veterans' awareness of and participation in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Military Skills Test Waiver Program. The adjutant general shall include information about the program and a link to the progra…

The adjutant general and the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification shall jointly conduct a review of all state licenses for which military veterans may have relevant training or experience and identify any steps that can be taken without fur…

I. The adjutant general, in conjunction with providers of services for veterans experiencing homelessness in New Hampshire, shall establish a program to end veterans homelessness in 3 years. The term "end veterans homelessness" shall have the same meaning as in the most recently …

The department of military affairs and veterans services shall coordinate access to mental health programs available through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including but not limited to the VA Solid Start program, which contacts every veteran multiple times…

The state veterans cemetery, shall be under the direction of an unclassified director of the state veterans cemetery who shall be qualified to hold that position by reason of education and experience.

The adjutant general may accept, on behalf of the state, conditional and unconditional gifts including grants of money, material, equipment, services, and facilities from any source, public or private, for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the cemetery, with the conc…

The cemetery director shall: I. Serve as chief coordinator for all interment operations of the New Hampshire state veterans cemetery, and utilize knowledge of cemetery operations and interpersonal skills to implement procedures to ensure dignity and professionalism of executing b…

I. Remains of eligible veterans previously buried in other locations may be reinterred in the cemetery, provided that no cost other than that which would be incurred in the original burial is borne by the state. II. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to obligate the state…

The adjutant general shall adopt regulations, subject to the approval of the governor and council, relative to: I. Standards and procedures for application and determination of eligibility for interment in the veterans cemetery. II. Operating policies and procedures of the vetera…

The adjutant general shall file with the governor, the senate president, and the speaker of the house on or before October 1 of each year a report to the legislature, setting forth the operations and condition of the cemetery, a detailed account of all moneys received and expende…

I. The adjutant general shall be appointed as provided in the constitution and the tenure of office shall be until the officer has reached the age of 65 years. At the time of appointment, the adjutant general shall have had not less than 5 years of service as a member of the New …

All military and departmental regulations adopted under this chapter shall be exempt from the requirements of RSA 541-A.

The deputy adjutant general shall be appointed as provided in the constitution and the tenure of office shall be for 4 years. At the time of appointment, the deputy adjutant general shall have had at least 5 years of service as a member of the New Hampshire national guard or Unit…

[Paragraph I(intro. par.) effective until January 1, 2027; see also paragraph I(intro. par.) set out below.] I. There is established a New Hampshire medal of honor, which may be awarded on behalf of the people of the state of New Hampshire to any New Hampshire citizen who has giv…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the adjutant general may solicit and receive monetary gifts, grants, or donations for the purpose of paying costs of the design, manufacture or production, and distribution of the New Hampshire medal of honor as provided in RSA 110-B:81…

There is established in the office of the state treasurer a fund to be known as the New Hampshire medal of honor fund. All monetary gifts, grants, and donations received by the adjutant general pursuant to RSA 110-B:81-a shall be deposited in such fund. The fund is established to…