Title I, The State and Its Government

I. There is established an advisory committee on the public deposit investment pool, consisting of the following members: (a) The state treasurer. (b) The commissioner of the department of revenue administration or designee. (c) Two members appointed by the New Hampshire Governme…

Pending the issue of bonds or notes hereunder or in lieu of the issue of notes hereunder, the state treasurer may use any cash in the treasury for the purposes for which the bonds were authorized. Such advances shall be repaid without interest from the proceeds of bonds or notes …

Subject to the state personnel regulations, and within the limits of available appropriations and funds, the state treasurer may employ such clerical assistance as may be necessary.

The state treasurer may destroy documents, cancelled checks, papers, and electronic records filed in the office of the treasurer pursuant to RSA 5:33.

Bonds issued hereunder shall be sold by the state treasurer with the approval of the governor and council in such manner as the governor and council deem to be most advantageous to the state.

The proceeds from the sale of bonds and notes hereunder, except accrued interest, and from any advances under RSA 6-A:5 shall be held by the state treasurer and paid out by the treasurer upon warrants drawn by the governor for the purposes for which the bonds were authorized. The…

The treasurer may deposit any portion of public moneys, in the treasurer's possession, in federally insured banks authorized to accept deposits under RSA 6:8, I and I-a. At the discretion of the treasurer, balances may be collateralized if those balances are deemed to be signific…

The state treasurer may pay for the cost of bank services, securities transactions fees, and investment management fees from income generated by the treasury department. If the income generated is insufficient to pay for the cost of bank services, security transaction fees, and i…

The bonds authorized by one or more acts of the legislature may be combined by the state treasurer, and with the approval of the governor and council, upon their issue into one or more consolidated issues. The particular bonds of such consolidated issue issued under each authorit…

I. All funds over which the state has exclusive control, aside from such sums of money as the treasurer may deem necessary to hold or deposit for meeting current expenses, shall be invested by the treasurer, with the approval of the governor and council, in obligations of the Uni…

The treasurer is authorized to enter into an agreement with a bank or banks for the purpose of providing a payment and custodial service for bonds and coupons issued by the state. The agreement shall provide that the said bank or banks will maintain an accounting of all bonds and…

I. In connection with the issuance by the state of original or replacement bonds or notes in registered form, the treasurer is authorized to contract for and engage the services of banks, trust companies, banking or financial institutions or other persons within or without the st…

I. In this section: (a) "Obligations" means bonds, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, or lease, installment purchase, or other similar agreements or certificates of participation therein. (b) "Swap agreement" means: (1) An agreement, including terms and conditions incorpor…

I. In this section: (a) "Exchange-Traded Product" or "ETP" means any financial instrument that is approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodities Future Trading Commission, or the state securities commissioner that is traded on a United States-regulated exchan…

Any bonds or notes issued pursuant to this chapter, if properly executed by the officers of the state in office on the date of the signing or on the date of imprinting of the facsimile signature, as the case may be, shall be valid and binding according to their terms notwithstand…

The attorney general and deputy attorney general shall be appointed as provided in RSA 21-M:3.

The public utilities commission may, in any action or proceeding before it, represent to the attorney general that he should appear to protect the interests of the people of the state or of any subdivision thereof, and thereupon it shall be his duty to appear.

I. The department of safety, under the direction of the attorney general, shall prepare a periodic information bulletin concerning missing children who may be present in this state, from information contained in the national crime information center computer. The bulletin shall i…

The attorney general shall establish uniform procedures for law enforcement agencies to follow when receiving reports of missing adult persons and conducting investigations to determine whether the person is missing. These procedures shall include methods of communicating descrip…

Nothing herein contained shall relieve any officer or person of any duty prescribed by law relative to the enforcement of any criminal law, but such officer or person, in the enforcement of such law, shall be subject to the control of the attorney general whenever in the discreti…

I. With the approval of the joint legislative fiscal committee and the governor and council, the attorney general may employ counsel, attorneys, detectives, experts, accountants and other assistants in case of reasonable necessity, and may pay them reasonable compensation, on the…

I. If an agency head, in consultation with the attorney general, deems it to be in the best interests of the agency or department to transfer an employee authorized to do legal work to the department of justice, the agency head and the attorney general shall make such a request t…

Subject to the state personnel regulations, and within the limits of available appropriations and funds, he may employ a law clerk and such clerical and stenographic assistants as may be necessary.

If the attorney general shall become incapacitated to perform his duties, the governor and council shall appoint an acting attorney general, who shall serve during such incapacity and be paid a reasonable compensation for his services and expenses.

I. State agencies and departments may refer any uncollected debt owed to the state to the attorney general for collection after determining that a debt owed to the state cannot be collected through means other than an action in court. All debts collected pursuant to this section …

The department of justice shall have the authority to hire a full-time support attorney and such staff as may be necessary, who shall be responsible solely for all duties associated with the collection of debt owed to the state. The position shall be funded through the debt recov…

I. The attorney general, subject to the approval of the governor and council, may appoint assistant attorneys general within the limits of the appropriation made for the department of justice, each of whom shall hold office for a term of 5 years and may be removed only as provide…

I. In the event of a vacancy in the office of assistant attorney general, the attorney general may downgrade such office to the position of attorney I, II or III in his discretion for the purpose of filling the same with a person lacking sufficient experience to qualify for the o…

The attorney general shall direct the work of his department but may assign such of his duties to the deputy and assistant attorneys general as he may deem advisable and in the interest of the public welfare.

The annual salary of each assistant attorney general, senior assistant attorney general and associate attorney general shall be that prescribed by RSA 94:1-a.

I. RSA 7:19 through 7:32-b inclusive shall apply to all trustees holding property for charitable purposes and to all persons soliciting for charitable purposes or engaging in charitable sales promotions; and the attorney general shall have and exercise, in addition to all the com…

I. Definitions. In this section: (a) "Director, officer, or trustee" means a director, officer, or trustee of a charitable trust. (b) "Financial interest" means an interest in a transaction exceeding $500 in value for any officer, director, or trustee, on an annual aggregate basi…

I. In this section: (a) "Acquisition transaction" or "acquisition" means transfer of control, direct or indirect, of a health care charitable trust, or of 25 percent or more of the assets thereof, including, but not limited to, purchases, mergers, leases, gifts, consolidations, e…

The director of charitable trusts shall be appointed in the same manner as an assistant attorney general under RSA 7:16. The director, under the supervision of the attorney general, shall have and exercise all the common law and statutory rights, duties, and powers of the attorne…

For the purposes of this subdivision, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: I. "Charitable sales promotion" means an advertising or sales campaign, conducted by a commercial co-venturer, which represents that the pur…

The attorney general shall adopt such rules under RSA 541-A as may be reasonable or necessary to secure records and other information for the operation of the register and for the supervision, investigation, and enforcement of charitable trusts, charitable solicitations, and char…

The register established under RSA 7:22 shall be open to the inspection of any person at such reasonable times and for such legitimate purposes as the attorney general may determine, provided, however, that the attorney general may by rule under RSA 541-A provide that the investi…

The attorney general may investigate at any time charitable trusts, charitable solicitations, and charitable sales promotions for the purpose of determining and ascertaining whether they are administered in accordance with law and with the terms and purposes thereof. For the purp…

Whenever the attorney general may require the attendance of any such person, agent, trustee, fiduciary, beneficiary, institution, association, corporation, or political agency, as provided in RSA 7:24, he shall issue a notice setting the time and place when such attendance is req…

No person shall be excused from testifying or from producing any book or paper in any investigation or inquiry by or upon any hearing before the attorney general, when ordered to do so by the attorney general, upon the ground that the testimony or evidence, book or document requi…

I. Every trustee subject to this chapter who has received property for charitable purposes shall file with the attorney general, within 6 months after any part of the income or principal is authorized or required to be expended for a charitable purpose, a copy of the instrument p…

I. Any instrument required by RSA 7:28, I to be filed with the attorney general shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $25. II. Any periodic written report required by RSA 7:28, II to be filed with the attorney general shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $75. III. Any charit…

I. There shall be a written contract between a charitable trust and a fund raising counsel which shall be filed by the fund raising counsel with the attorney general prior to the performance by the fund raising counsel of any material services pursuant to it. The contract shall c…

I. For the purposes of this section, the following words have, in addition to the meanings ascribed to them by RSA 7:21, the following special meanings: (a) "Charitable program" means any program sponsored by a police, law enforcement or firefighters' association. (b) "Charitable…

I. Every charitable trust which agrees to permit a charitable sales promotion to be conducted by a commercial co-venturer on its behalf shall file with the attorney general a notice of such promotion prior to its commencement within this state. Such notice shall state the names o…

Every person soliciting, collecting, or expending contributions for charitable purposes, and every officer, director, trustee, and employee of any such person concerned with the solicitation, collection, or expenditure of such contributions, shall be deemed to be a fiduciary and …