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Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 863 (1980) (explaining that we may not “substitute our judgment for that of the legislature”).

Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 863, 424 A.2d 816 (1980).

Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 863 (1980).

Furthermore, “[t]he wisdom, effectiveness, and economic desirability of a statute is not for us to decide.” Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 863 (1980).

As we have previously held, “the [C]ontract [C]lause is not a dead letter and does impose some limits upon the power of a State to abridge existing contractual relationships, even in the exercise of its otherwise legitimate police power.” Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 863 (1980) (quotations omitted).

Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 863, 424 A.2d 816 (1980) (quotations omitted).

Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 863 (1980).

“Under the separation of powers article of the New Hampshire Constitution, the General Court may not create and delegate duties to an administrative agency if its commands are in such broad terms as to leave the agency with unguided and unrestricted discretion in the assigned field of its activity.” Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 861 (1980) (quotation and ellipses omitted).

In support of his argument, Hynes relies principally upon Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856 (1980).

Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 861-62, 424 A.2d 816, 819 (1980).

at 767 (where no contract violation is alleged, federal provision does not apply; part I, article 23 may apply if law is retrospective), this court has relied on federal contract clause cases to resolve issues raised under part I, article 23 where contract impairment, and not simply retroactive application of a law, was alleged, see Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 862-63, 424 A.2d 816, 820 (1980); Geldhof v. Penwood Associates, 119 N.H. 754, 755, 407 A.2d 822, 823 (19

The State’s position on the proper extent of the delegation of legislative authority raises the constitutional separation of powers issue, of which we have spoken in Ferretti supra; Opinion of the Justices supra; and Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 424 A.2d 816 (1980).

.” Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 862, 424 A.2d 816, 819 (1980).

Ferretti v. Jackson, 88 N.H. at 298, 188 A. at 476; Smith Insurance, Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 861, 424 A.2d 816, 819 (1980); Petition of Boston & Maine Corp., 109 N.H. 324, 326, 251 A.2d 332, 335 (1969).

Smith Insurance, Inc. v. The Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 861, 424 A. 2d 816, 818-19 (1980).

.” Smith Ins., Inc. v. Grievance Committee, 120 N.H. 856, 861, 424 A.2d 816, 819 (1980) (quoting Ferretti v. Jackson, 88 N.H. 296, 302, 188 A. 474, 478 (1936)).