I. The board shall hear and decide appeals from decisions of the commissioner relative to contract interpretation or other decisions affecting persons not employed by the department, municipalities, or private property, except condemnations of property for public uses, and the assessment of damages therefor. Decisions of division directors shall be appealed to the commissioner. Decisions of the commissioner may be appealed to the appeals board, except decisions relative to aeronautical matters, which may be appealed to the aviation users advisory board established under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 21-L:8.
II. Decisions by the appeals board under paragraph I shall be made within a reasonable time. An appeal to the board shall be a condition precedent to any appeal to any court.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21-L:15

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Precedent: A court decision in an earlier case with facts and law similar to a dispute currently before a court. Precedent will ordinarily govern the decision of a later similar case, unless a party can show that it was wrongly decided or that it differed in some significant way.

III. The board shall hear and decide applications made under the provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 155-E:2, IV(c).
IV. The board shall adopt rules of procedure for its appeals process under RSA 541-A.
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