485-H:1 Purpose Statement
485-H:2 Definitions
485-H:3 Implementation of Drinking Water Protection Program
485-H:4 Implementation of Groundwater, Surface Water and Aquatic Life Protection
485-H:5 Loan Principal Forgiveness Based Upon Need
485-H:6 Contingent Reimbursement
485-H:7 Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund Exception
485-H:8 Duties of the Department
485-H:9 Rules
485-H:10 PFAS Response Fund Established
485-H:11 Grants
485-H:12 Statute of Limitations; Civil Actions; PFAS Exposure
485-H:13 PFAS Rulemaking and Soil Remediation Standards
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes > Chapter 485-H - Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (Pfas) Fund and Programs

  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4