{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-293-c-1","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 293-C:1","heading":"Short Title, Application, and Effect of Chapter.","body":"I. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the \"New Hampshire Benefit Corporation Act.\"\nII. This chapter shall be applicable to all benefit corporations.\nIII. The existence of a provision of this chapter shall not itself create an implication that a contrary or different rule of law is applicable to a business corporation that is not a benefit corporation. This chapter shall not affect a statute or rule of law that is applicable to a business corporation that is not a benefit corporation.\nIV. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, RSA 293-A shall be generally applicable to all benefit corporations. A benefit corporation may be subject simultaneously to this chapter and one or more other chapters of this title, including RSA 294-A. The provisions of this chapter shall control over the provisions of RSA 293-A and RSA 294-A.\nV. A provision of the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a benefit corporation may not limit, be inconsistent with, or supersede a provision of this chapter.","path":["Title XXVII: CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND PROPRIETORS OF COMMON LANDS","Chapter 293-C: BENEFIT CORPORATIONS","Preliminary Provisions"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/XXVII/293-C/293-C-1.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T14:50:49Z","sha256":"4200a428155a5b99d004b565784afefed36290e264e3b84dd79a3ac0b3ca8d3d","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-293-b-30","next":"us-nh/rsa-293-c-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}