Bill Text: NH HB1626 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to the repeal of certain designated funds and relative to the apportionment of dog license fees.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-30 - House Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1702s (Rep. Aron): Motion Adopted Voice Vote 05/30/2024 House Journal 15 [HB1626 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB1626-Amended.html
HB 1626-FN-A - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
05/16/2024 1702s
2024 SESSION
24-3136
02/10
HOUSE BILL 1626-FN-A
SPONSORS: Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14; Rep. Almy, Graf. 17; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Gray, Dist 6
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill repeals certain designated funds, changes dog licensing fees and fully compensates veterinarians for animal population control program participation.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/16/2024 1702s 24-3136
02/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Licensing of Dogs; Fees. Amend RSA 466:4, I(b)-II to read as follows:
(b) In addition to the sum required in subparagraphs I(a)(1) and (2), each year the owner of each dog shall pay the clerk of the city or town where the dog is registered a companion animal population control fee of [$2] $1.75.
(c) The clerk shall remit all companion animal population control fees collected to the state treasurer along with the fees sent in accordance with RSA 466:9, provided that such companion animal population control fees shall be deposited into the companion animal neutering fund, established in RSA 437-A:4-a.
II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, the fee for every license for a year or a portion of a year shall be [$2] $1.75 for a dog of either sex if the owner is 65 years of age or older. Such owner shall not be required to pay the companion animal population control fee, under RSA 466:4, I(b), for licensing of one dog; provided, however, that, if such owner wishes to license more than one dog, the fee for any additional license shall be as provided in paragraph I.
2 Licensing of Dogs; Payment of Fees. Amend RSA 466:9 to read as follows:
466:9 Payment of Fees.
I. Clerks of the towns and cities shall issue dog licenses, receive the money for the licenses, and pay the same into the treasuries of their respective towns and cities on or before June 1 each year, retaining to their own use $1 for each license and submitting [$.50] $.75 for each license to the department of agriculture, markets, and food for the purpose specified in paragraph II. The clerks shall return to their respective town or city treasurer a sworn statement of the amount of moneys thus received and paid over by them.
II. The [$.50] $.75 received by the department of agriculture, markets, and food for each license issued pursuant to paragraph I shall be credited to a special nonlapsing fund to be used exclusively for the operation of the veterinary diagnostic laboratory established under RSA 436:92, and are hereby continually appropriated for such purpose to be expended under the supervision of the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food.
3 Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping; Permits may be Authorized. RSA 214:9-e, IV is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
IV. Moneys received through fees for permits collected under this section shall be credited to the fish and game fund.
4 Pesticides Training Program Fund; Credited to Pesticides Control Fund. Funds remaining in the pesticides training program fund established under RSA 6:12, I(b)(76) pursuant to RSA 430:31-b shall be credited to the pesticides control fund established under RSA 6:12, I(b)(94) pursuant to RSA 430:34.
5 Animal Population Control Program; Veterinarian Participation; Reimbursement. Amend RSA 437-A:4, II(a) to read as follows:
II.(a) The commissioner shall reimburse, to the extent funds are available, participating veterinarians for [80] 100 percent of the fee, less payment paid by the owner to the veterinarian as provided in RSA 437-A:3, for each animal sterilization procedure administered. To receive this reimbursement, the veterinarian shall submit an animal sterilization certificate which shall be signed by the veterinarian and the owner of the animal.
6 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 6:12, I(b)(76), relative to the pesticide training program fund.
II. RSA 6:12, I(b)(215), relative to moneys deposited in the department of fish and game's permit fund under RSA 214:9-2, IV.
III. RSA 6:12, I(b)(332), relative to the emergency vehicle warning sign fund.
IV. RSA 6:12, I(b)(339), relative to the state heating system savings account.
V. RSA 6:12, I(b)(380), relative to the body-worn and in-car camera fund.
VI. RSA 21-I:19-ff, relative to the state heating system savings account.
VII. RSA 265:37-c, relative to the emergency vehicle warning sign fund.
VIII. RSA 430:31-b, relative to the pesticides training program.
I. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
24-3136
Amended 5/20/24
HB 1626-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2024-1702s)
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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Estimated State Impact - Increase / (Decrease) | ||||||
| FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | ||
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | Companion Animal Neutering Fund Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Fund | |||||
Expenditures | $0 | Approximately $97,500 | Approximately $97,500 | Approximately $97,500 | ||
Funding Source(s) | Companion Animal Neutering Fund Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Fund | |||||
Appropriations | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | None
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• Does this bill provide sufficient funding to cover estimated expenditures? [X] N/A • Does this bill authorize new positions to implement this bill? [X] N/A | ||||||
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food indicates this bill would not increase or decrease state revenue, but would reapportion $0.25 of the amount collected from each dog license from the Companion Animal Neutering Fund to the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Fund. In addition the bill, as amended by the Senate, would increase the reimbursement of surgical fees for sterilization procedures to veterinarians participating in the Animal Population Control Program from 80% to 100% of the fee less payments from the animal owner. The Department estimates this would increase annual expenditures from the fund by approximately $97,500.
The Office of Legislative Budget states, regarding the repeal of certain dedicated funds, these funds have either been inactive for some period of time, or the purpose for which the fund was created no longer exists. There is no fiscal impact attributable to the repeal of these special funds.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food
