RSA 293-C:1 · Short Title, Application, and Effect of Chapter

293-C:1 Short Title, Application, and Effect of Chapter. –
I. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "New Hampshire Benefit Corporation Act."
II. This chapter shall be applicable to all benefit corporations.
III. 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.
IV. 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.
V. 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.
Source. 2014, 216:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.