{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-541-a-14--2","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 541-A:14","heading":"Final Adoption.","body":"I. An agency may adopt a properly filed final proposed rule after:\n(a) The passage of 60 days from filing of a final proposal under RSA 541-A:12, I without receiving notice of action taken by the committee;\n(b) Receiving approval from the committee;\n(c) Written confirmation is sent to the agency by the division of administrative rules for the office of legislative services relative to agency compliance with the committee's conditional approval pursuant to RSA 541-A:13, V(a);\n(d) Passage of the 50-day period for committee review of the preliminary objection response, or revised objection response, if applicable, provided that the committee has not voted to sponsor a joint resolution pursuant to RSA 541-A:13, VII; or\n(e) Final legislative action, as defined in RSA 541-A:1, VI-a, is taken on the joint resolution sponsored pursuant to RSA 541-A:13, VII(b) or the passage of the 90 consecutive calendar days specified by RSA 541-A:13, VII(c), whichever occurs first.\nII. The text of the adopted rule shall be the same as the text of the final proposed rule submitted under RSA 541-A:12, unless revised by an agency in direct response to the committee's written objection, conditional approval, editorial comments, or as otherwise provided in RSA 541-A:13. The director of the division of administrative rules for the office of legislative services may refuse to accept for filing any final rule which contains changes, other than minor editorial changes, not specifically made in accordance with the procedures provided in RSA 541-A:13, II(b) or RSA 541-A:13, V. The agency shall notify the director of each minor editorial change in writing.\nIII. An agency shall file with the director all adopted rules and any related new or amended form which the rules incorporate by reference or whose requirements are set forth in the rules pursuant to RSA 541-A:19-b.\nIV. Adopted rules shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the day after filing by an agency, or at a later date as specified in a letter to the director. An agency shall not establish different effective dates for different provisions within the same adopted document. If the agency has specified a later effective date, the agency may modify the date by providing a statement to the director identifying the new effective date and all reasons for modifying the date. The adopted rule shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the date specified in the statement to the director. The statement shall be published in the rulemaking register. No modified effective date shall occur earlier than the date of publication in the rulemaking register. The director shall maintain a file of all currently effective rules, and each agency shall maintain a file of its own currently effective rules, both of which shall be open to the public.","path":["Title LV: PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES","Chapter 541-A: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/LV/541-A/541-A-14.htm","current_through":"2026 regular legislative session. Last updated: September 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-11T07:04:36Z","sha256":"161813ca1b597b7346eea4a676c79f646f904c27e66dac0137db3cb5ce4ecb8e","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-541-a-14","next":"us-nh/rsa-541-a-14-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}