New Hampshire Revised Statutes 284:32-b – Penalty for Failure to Submit
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I. Every person, association or corporation required to submit an annual statement pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 284:15-b or an annual financial report pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 284:32-a who fails to submit such statement or report within the required time period shall be subject to a civil forfeiture of up to $500 for each day of a continuing violation. Civil forfeitures shall be levied under this section by the state lottery commission, shall be collected by the attorney general, and shall be deposited in the special fund established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 284:21-j. Such civil penalty shall be in addition to and not a substitute for any other civil or criminal penalty provided by law, including N.H. Rev. Stat. § 284:21.
II. The lottery commission shall notify in writing the attorney general and the fiscal committee of the general court whenever any person, association or corporation fails to submit such statement or report within the required time period and shall also include in said notice the amount of any civil forfeiture levied pursuant to this section. In the event that the lottery commission grants an extension of time in which to file such statement or report, the lottery commission shall notify in writing the attorney general and the fiscal committee of the general court of such extension, the legal basis for granting the extension, and the reason the extension was granted.
II. The lottery commission shall notify in writing the attorney general and the fiscal committee of the general court whenever any person, association or corporation fails to submit such statement or report within the required time period and shall also include in said notice the amount of any civil forfeiture levied pursuant to this section. In the event that the lottery commission grants an extension of time in which to file such statement or report, the lottery commission shall notify in writing the attorney general and the fiscal committee of the general court of such extension, the legal basis for granting the extension, and the reason the extension was granted.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 284:32-b
- Civil forfeiture: The loss of ownership of property used to conduct illegal activity.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- 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