Title I, The State and Its Government

I. Any town, or school district, or village district or precinct, at the annual meeting or at a special meeting, or the selectmen of any town, or the governing body of any city, or the school board of any school district, or the commissioners of any village district or precinct, …

I. The attorney general shall provide written notice regarding sexual assault survivors' rights in RSA 21-M:18 to medical centers, hospitals, forensic examiners, sexual assault service providers, state and local law enforcement agencies, and any other state agency or department r…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever products or services of persons with disabilities are available, the director of procurement and support services may purchase the same at their fair market value in accordance with the following: I. The directo…

Wherever any agency abolished, whose powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities are transferred in accordance with this chapter and any laws enacted by the general court relative to executive branch reorganization, is referred to or designated by any law or contract or other…

I. To exercise practical pollution prevention in the field and provide environmental technical assistance to small regulated sources, the department shall: (a) Develop a comprehensive small business technical assistance program with the following goals: (1) Identify all existing …

I. It shall be the policy of the state of New Hampshire to prioritize public health and environmental quality, while maximizing economic benefits through the use of economical energy efficiency measures including, but not limited to, energy conservation, strategic electrification…

In this subdivision: I. "Cogeneration" means the simultaneous production of electric energy and other forms of useful energy, such as steam or heat, which are used for industrial, commercial, heating, or cooling purposes from a single fuel input. II. "Date of project implementati…

I. Any state agency or municipality may enter into an energy performance contract for the purpose of undertaking or implementing energy measures including, but not limited to, energy conservation, energy efficiency, strategic electrification, fuel-switching, cogeneration, renewab…

At the end of each biennium, 50 percent of the general funds remaining in an agency's energy costs budget shall revert to the state energy investment fund established in RSA 21-I:19-f. All remaining budgeted energy funds shall revert to the general fund.

There is hereby established a state energy investment fund into which shall be deposited moneys received by the state for participating in demand response, utility or public utility commission programs, energy cost savings distribution as defined in RSA 21-I:19-e, or the sale of …

I. The department of administrative services shall determine for each 2-year budget cycle the minimum number of miles required to justify retaining a state-owned vehicle referred to as the break-even mileage. The break-even miles shall take into account operational costs, depreci…

I. Each agency, as defined in RSA 21-G:5, III, shall report quarterly to the department of administrative services the total miles and total nonbusiness miles traveled by each state-owned motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, use of vehicles for commuting between an emplo…

I. The department of administrative services shall monitor, analyze, and evaluate the utilization of the state's motor vehicles by agencies and employees; develop methods and procedures to improve the efficiency of the state's motor vehicle fleet; oversee the analysis of data pro…

Any agency, as defined in RSA 21-G:5, III, may, with the prior written approval of the department of administrative services, enter into an agreement to rent, lease, or lease-purchase vehicles from any outside vendor, or to rent or lease vehicles from any other state agency or de…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, whenever products or services of veterans with service-connected disabilities or military spouses are available, the director of procurement and support services may purchase the same at their fair market value in accord…

I. The commissioner of the department of environmental services shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the council, and shall serve for a term of 4 years. The commissioner shall be qualified to hold that position by reason of education and experience. II. The com…

There shall be an office of the child advocate which shall be an independent agency, attached to the department of administrative services pursuant to RSA 21-G:10 for administrative purposes only. The office shall: I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, operate with full …

Words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language; but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appro…

The general court finds that: I. The state constitution provides for the separation of powers within state government among the legislative, the executive and the judicial branches. The legislative branch has the broad objective and responsibility to determine policies and progra…

I. There is hereby established the department of education, an agency of the state under the executive direction of a commissioner of education. II. The department of education, through its officials, shall be responsible for the following general functions: (a) Providing general…

As used in this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings: I. "Adult" means any person 18 years of age or older or any person under the age of 18 who has been certified as an adult pursuant to RSA 169-B:24. II. "Commissioner" means the individual in charge of…

I. The commissioner of the department of revenue administration shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the council, and shall serve for a term of 4 years. The commissioner of revenue administration shall be qualified by reason of professional competence, educatio…

In this chapter: I. "Agency data" means information originally received, created, or held by a member agency regarding consumer complaints, agency investigations, and agency enforcement actions. For the department of justice, "agency data" means complaint, investigation and enfor…

There is established the department of information technology, an agency of the state, under the executive direction of a commissioner of the department of information technology, who shall also be known as the chief information officer. The department of information technology, …

I. There is established the department of transportation, an agency of the state under the executive direction of a commissioner of transportation. II. The department of transportation, through its officials, shall be responsible for the following general functions: (a) Planning,…

I. There is established the department of safety, an agency of the state, under the executive direction of a commissioner of safety. II. The department of safety, through its officials, shall be responsible for the following general functions: (a) Enforcing the criminal law. (b) …

I. The commissioner of the department shall be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the council, and shall serve for a term of 4 years. II. The commissioner shall nominate for appointment by the governor, with the consent of the council, each unclassified division direc…

I. There is established the department of justice, an agency of the state, under the executive direction of the attorney general. II. The department of justice, through its officials, shall have all the powers and duties enumerated by statute and implied from the common law and s…

A person who is under the age of 18 years, but who has documentation which supports a claim that he has been emancipated in accordance with the laws of the state in which he previously had been residing, shall be considered to be emancipated in the state of New Hampshire.

State agencies shall cooperate with and assist in the development and implementation of pollution prevention measures to be practiced by state government.

Under any contract made or awarded by a state agency which exceeds a total of $500,000 and on which a state agency withholds a percentage of the money due the contractor until the state agency has accepted the contract, the contractor may withdraw the whole or a portion of the am…

The word "issue," as applied to the descent of estates, shall include all the lawful lineal descendants of the ancestor.

I. After July 1, 1983, no agency, as defined in RSA 21-G:5, III, shall be established unless it shall be structured in accordance with this chapter. II. After July 1, 1983, no new powers, duties, functions, responsibilities or programs shall be assigned to any agency, as defined …

I. There is hereby established a state infrastructure bank (SIB), in accordance with 23 U.S.C. section 610, to advance the surface transportation system by serving as a revolving loan program to finance eligible surface transportation projects within the state of New Hampshire, i…

The commissioner may cause an audit to be made of the accounts of any city, town, school district, or village district or precinct, as often as once in 2 years, or whenever conditions appear to him to warrant such audit. The accounts of all county officers shall be audited annual…

I. Upon completion of an audit made pursuant to RSA 21-J:19 or RSA 21-J:20, each city, town, school district, village district, county, or precinct shall provide notification to the department of the completed audit and a copy such audit shall be sent to the department. If a requ…

There is hereby established the state infrastructure bank fund. The fund shall consist of federal and state funds, issuance of bonds for revenue, or other revenue received for the purposes of this subdivision. The fund shall be managed by the state treasurer, shall be nonlapsing,…

The state treasurer may adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the substitution of securities for the amount retained on state contracts.

In this subdivision: I. "Agency" means any executive branch agency, department, division, board, commission, or entity of the executive branch. I-a. "Classified employee" means any person in the state classified service system as defined in RSA 21-I:49. II. "Conflict of interest"…

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision, any rule adopted under this subdivision or any term or condition of a license or permit issued under this subdivision shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a natural person or $25,000 for an…

A written or printed report of every completed audit shall be made to the proper local officials including a summary of the findings and recommendations of the auditors and a copy of such summary shall be published in the next annual report following the fiscal year in which the …

In developing and implementing pollution prevention, the department's efforts shall complement existing public and private actions, including the development of innovative public-private partnerships with business, nongovernmental organizations, academic groups, and other appropr…

I. The words "land," "lands" or "real estate" shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and all rights thereto and interests therein. II. Manufactured housing as defined by RSA 674:31 shall be included in the term "real estate."

I. The SIB shall be administered by the department of transportation. The department is authorized to contract with a third party for administration of the SIB fund. II. The commissioner of the department of transportation shall adopt rules establishing guidelines for the SIB to …

The word "will" shall include codicils.