{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-541-a-3-a--2","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 541-A:3-a","heading":"Specificity of Rules; Identification of State or Federal Law.","body":"I. If an agency proposes a rule pursuant to RSA 541-A:3, 541-A:18, 541-A:19, 541-A:19-a, 541-A:19-c, or 541-A:19-d, the agency shall identify the specific section or sections of state statute or federal statutes or regulations which the rule is intended to implement in the notice required pursuant to RSA 541-A:6 and 541-A:19, II, in a separate cross-reference table pursuant to paragraph II. The notice and identification of statutes and regulations in rule shall be in such form as the director of the division of administrative rules for the office of legislative services shall prescribe until otherwise provided by the drafting and procedure manual.\nII. An agency shall file the cross-reference table with each filing of the proposed or adopted rule. The agency shall make the table available to the public with a proposed or adopted rule whenever the rule is made available to or requested by the public. Unless otherwise specified by the drafting and procedure manual, the table shall be filed as an appendix to the rule and, when the rule is published pursuant to RSA 541-A:15, shall be published as an appendix to the rule chapter containing the rule. The table shall not be required to be filed on a separate page.\nIII. General references to the name or title of state or federal statutes or regulation shall not suffice for the purposes of this section.","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-3-a.htm","current_through":"2026 regular legislative session. Last updated: September 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-11T07:04:36Z","sha256":"d0c0dc14a0b02073dd868f87fc3771ca1b4959bbf24d1e4db3442d1c495f8c52","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-541-a-3-a","next":"us-nh/rsa-541-a-3-b"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}