Title I, The State and Its Government

There is established within the department the division of air resources, under the supervision of an unclassified director of air resources. The division, through its officials, shall be responsible for the former functions, duties, and responsibilities of the air resources agen…

I. There shall be an oversight commission on children's services, which shall consist of the following members: (a) Two members of the senate, appointed by the senate president. (b) Two members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representati…

In this subdivision: I. "Open data format" means the organization of digital data within a computer file in a manner that makes it accessible for all to implement and use in perpetuity, with no royalty or fee. The published specification for the open data format is usually mainta…

There is established within the department the division of operations, under the supervision of an unclassified director of operations, who shall be a registered professional engineer and shall be responsible for the following functions, in accordance with applicable law: I. Main…

I. All offenders committed by a court for a period of incarceration of more than one year shall be committed to the custody of the commissioner. The commissioner shall assign a newly committed inmate to an appropriate correctional facility. II. The sentence of imprisonment of any…

The commissioner may assist any municipality in the appraisal and valuation of the taxable property therein upon written request by the proper municipal officers or when the municipality shall so vote. The department shall recover the full costs of providing such appraisal and va…

The word "charter" may include the articles of agreement by which a corporation is formed under the general laws.

I. An agency administratively attached to a department shall: (a) Exercise its powers, duties, functions and responsibilities independently of the department and without approval or control of the department, except as otherwise specifically provided by statute; (b) Submit the bu…

I. There is established in the division of public protection an environmental protection bureau. The bureau shall be supervised by a senior assistant attorney general who shall be appointed by the attorney general in accordance with the provisions of RSA 21-M:3 and who shall carr…

The state board of education shall provide the opportunity for the public comment on educational matters at meetings of the state board. The public comment period shall be for no less than 30 minutes. The state board of education may request that persons register in advance of th…

I. The department of safety shall submit as part of the biennial report required under RSA 20:7, a report on the revenue generated from safe boater education certificates. II. In conjunction with the operating budget of the department of safety, the department shall submit a budg…

The purpose of this subdivision is to leverage the purchasing power and economies of scale available to the state when it is acting as purchaser on behalf of state employees and to align this purchasing initiative with a business tax incentive in order to make available to all ot…

In this subdivision: I. "Child" has the same meaning as "son or daughter" in 29 U.S.C. section 2611(12). II. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of administrative services. III. "Department" means the department of administrative services. IV. "Family and medi…

I. The commissioner may solicit information about, seek proposals for, negotiate, enter into, and administer group insurance contracts with duly authorized accident and life insurance carriers as necessary and appropriate to provide to qualifying state employees, at state expense…

The commissioner shall include in the request for proposals for FMLI benefits for state employees a requirement that the winning bidder shall, as a condition of the state contract, also offer the same FMLI coverage to other public employers, private employers with more than 50 em…

Participation in the plan by non-state employers shall be voluntary. In addition, non-state employers may choose to provide FMLI at no cost to their employees or on a contributory or partially contributory basis.

The commissioner may issue a request for information or a request for proposals to secure FMLI coverage for all eligible employees of the state of New Hampshire and to make advantageously priced coverage available to all other private employers with more than 50 employees and pub…

In exercising authority under this subdivision to contract for FMLI coverage for state employees and also for the availability of advantageously priced FMLI coverage for employees of all non-state employers, the commissioner shall have discretionary authority in initiating this p…

There is hereby established the family and medical leave insurance advisory board, which shall be administratively attached to the department, and which shall hereinafter be called the FMLI advisory board. The FMLI advisory board shall consist of 9 members to be appointed, with t…

I. Working in coordination with the commissioner of administrative services as provided in RSA 282-B:6, I, the department shall produce, on an annual basis, a summary report on the granite state paid family leave plan. This report shall be made public and delivered to the governo…

The commissioner may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, as deemed necessary for the implementation of this chapter.

The state board of education established by RSA 21-N:10 shall: I. Regularly review all programs and activities of the department of education and make recommendations to the commissioner of education with regard to such programs and activities. II. Advise the commissioner of educ…

I. (a) Every person, firm, or corporation intending to engage in the business of making appraisals on behalf of a municipality for tax assessment purposes in this state shall notify the commissioner of that intent in writing. No person, firm, or corporation engaged in the busines…

I. For all technology acquisitions, each state agency, in consultation with the department of information technology, shall: (a) Consider whether technology solutions containing proprietary or open source software offer the most cost effective solution for the agency, based on co…

Females committed to the custody of the commissioner shall be housed in appropriate institutions or quarters which shall be separate from those for males.

I. There is hereby established an air resources council which shall be composed of 11 members, including one representing the electric generating industry; one representing the oil industry; one representing the natural gas industry; one representing the renewable energy industry…

I. The procurement and support services, public works design and construction, and plant and property functions of the department shall be divided across the following divisions: (a) The division of procurement and support services, which shall be under the supervision of an uncl…

When the seal of a court, public officer, or corporation is required by law to be affixed to any paper the word "seal" shall include an impression of the official seal made upon the paper alone, as well as an impression thereof made by means of wax, or a wafer, affixed thereto. T…

I. There is established within the division of legal counsel a bureau of civil law. The bureau shall be supervised by a senior assistant attorney general who shall be appointed by the attorney general in accordance with the provisions of RSA 21-M:3 and who shall carry out the dut…

I. A commissioner, with the approval of the governor, may create advisory committees. II. Each department shall file a record of each advisory committee created with the secretary of state, showing the committee's: (a) Name; (b) Composition; (c) Appointed members' names and addre…

I. The commissioner of safety shall nominate a deputy director of motor vehicles for appointment by the governor, with the consent of the council. The deputy director of motor vehicles shall serve a term of 4 years, and may be reappointed. The deputy director of motor vehicles sh…

I. Expenditures from the fund established by RSA 21-I:11, I(a)(6)(B), shall be restricted to defraying the following costs of the respective programs incurred as a result of transferring donated commodities or surpluses from the consignee point of delivery or point of origin to t…

I. The commissioner shall report the degree to which assessments of a municipality achieve substantial compliance with applicable statutes and rules. The commissioner may consider whether: (a) Level of assessments and uniformity of assessments are within acceptable ranges as reco…

I. In this section: (a) "Administrator" means an independent, neutral attorney admitted to the practice of law in New Hampshire, chosen in the manner set forth in paragraph III to administer youth development center claims pursuant to this section. The administrator shall have al…

I. The commissioner of revenue administration shall adopt a schedule so that each city, town, and unincorporated place has its assessments reviewed within 5 years of April 1, 2007, and shall notify each city, town, and unincorporated place, within 60 days of passage of this act, …

I. The purpose of this section is to promote procurement practices and procedures which the general court believes will improve the state's procurement process while at the same time establishing a vendor selection procedure which, among other things, is specifically geared towar…

I. (a) No individual or business entity shall be awarded a bid, proposal, or quotation issued by the division of procurement and support services if that individual or entity, or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, or principal officers: (1) Has, within the past 2 years, been co…

Each agency for which the department of administrative services is charged with providing building maintenance services shall pay to the department an annual assessment of 75 cents per square foot of such space which the agency occupies. The department of administrative services …

I. An electronic reverse auction may be conducted at the direction of the director of procurement and support services when it is determined by the commissioner of department of administrative services or designee that it is in the best interests of the state. Such reverse auctio…

The state treasurer shall transfer funds from the general fund to the department of administrative services for payment of the administrative and implementation costs associated with this chapter.

The request for proposals for FMLI coverage as described in this subdivision shall be issued no later than March 31, 2022. The FMLI coverage shall be in place for state government employees and available for purchase by other public and private employers with more than 50 employe…

In this subdivision: I. "Agency" means any department, office, commission, board, subdivision, or other unit, however designated, of the executive branch of state government. II. "Diversity, equity, and inclusion" or "DEI" shall mean any program, policy, training, or initiative t…

No public entity shall implement, promote, or otherwise engage in any DEI-related initiatives, programs, training, or policies. No state funds shall be expended for DEI-related activities, including but not limited to implicit bias training, DEI assessments, critical race theory,…

No agencies or political subdivisions shall enter into or renew any contract that includes DEI-related provisions, including requirements for contractors to implement DEI programs, conduct DEI training, or comply with DEI-related reporting obligations.

Each state agency shall, no later than October 1, 2025, submit to the department of administrative services a report identifying all contracts under its control that include DEI-related provisions. The report shall include descriptions of each contract, the specific DEI-related p…

The department of justice shall establish a process by which all political subdivisions review their existing contracts for the presence of DEI-related provisions.