Bill Text: NH HB1808 | 2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Repealing certain inactive dedicated funds.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-06-13 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/08/2018; Chapter 204; Eff. 7/1/2018 [HB1808 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1808-Enrolled.html
HB 1808 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
22Feb2018... 0471h
26Apr2018... 1811-EBA
2018 SESSION
18-2859
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1808
AN ACT repealing certain inactive dedicated funds.
SPONSORS: Rep. Major, Rock. 14; Rep. Almy, Graf. 13; Rep. Kurk, Hills. 2; Rep. L. Ober, Hills. 37; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Gray, Dist 6
COMMITTEE: Ways and Means
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill repeals certain inactive funds identified by the joint committee on dedicated funds.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22Feb2018... 0471h
26Apr2018... 1811-EBA 18-2859
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT repealing certain inactive dedicated funds.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 6:12, I(b)(95), relative to the special account for agriculture development rights.
II. RSA 612, I(b)(313), relative to the non-TANF financial assistance program fund.
III. RSA 6:12, I(b)(146), relative to the vital records user fee fund.
IV. RSA 6:12, I(b)(208), relative to the substance abuse treatment fund.
V. RSA 6:12, I(b)(280), relative to the Skyhaven airport maintenance and operations fund.
VI. RSA 6:12, I(b)(11), relative to payments to experts by the public utilities commission.
VII. RSA 6:12, I(b)(29), relative to civil penalties for hazardous materials violations.
VIII. RSA 6:12, I(b)(153), relative to the Cheshire bridge toll account.
IX. RSA 6:12, I(b)(196), relative to the eastern New Hampshire turnpike toll account.
X. RSA 6:12, I(b)(197), relative to the central New Hampshire turnpike toll account.
XI. RSA 6:12, I(b)(199), relative to the turnpike system toll account.
XII. RSA 6:12-c, II(e), relative to the Sam Whidden trust of the state university system.
2 Repeal; Special Account for Agriculture Development Rights. RSA 432:30, establishing the special account for agriculture development rights, is repealed.
3 Non-TANF Financial Assistance Fund; Reference Deleted. Amend RSA 167:77-e to read as follows:
167:77-e Assistance Program for 2-Parent Families With Dependent Children.
[I.] Subject to available public and/or private funds, the department may establish a non-TANF financial assistance program for 2-parent needy families with dependent children in which one parent is underemployed or unemployed. With the exception of parental underemployment or unemployment, client eligibility and program requirements and administration shall be in accordance with this chapter and the rules adopted under this chapter.
[II. There is hereby established the non-TANF financial assistance program fund. The fund shall contain all private funds received by the department to be used to carry out the provisions of this section. The fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of this section.]
4 Vital Records User Fee Fund; Reference Deleted. Amend RSA 126:30 to read as follows:
126:30 User Fees. Any person requesting copies of data or statistical information filed with the department of health and human services under RSA 126 or RSA 141-B shall pay to the department a fee established by the commissioner of health and human services pursuant to RSA 126:27, IV. The fee shall reflect the full costs of preparing the data for release, including the cost of personnel time, computer and any related expenses associated with fulfilling the request. [Fees paid under this section shall be deposited into a revolving account which shall not lapse and shall be used in administering the responsibilities of the department of health and human services under this subdivision.]
5 Substance Abuse Treatment Account; References Deleted. Amend RSA 172:14 to read as follows:
172:14 Costs and Income.
I. In respect to any or all items of expense incurred by the commissioner in connection with the treatment and rehabilitation of clients of a certified substance abuse facility, the commissioner insofar as possible shall seek to be reimbursed by the client or persons liable for the support of the client. The commissioner shall determine whether a client, or any persons chargeable therewith, is able to bear the expense incidental to the treatment and rehabilitation. In a case where the client, or persons chargeable with his or her support, are able to pay only a part of such expense, the commissioner upon satisfactory evidence may direct that such part of the expense as cannot be met by the client or persons chargeable therewith be paid by the state. No client is to be charged at any rate greater than cost. The cost shall not include the costs of administration of the program.
II. [Such money as is received by the commissioner from a client of the program, or a certified substance abuse treatment facility, or on his behalf, for sale of services or things, or for any other reason, shall be placed in a special fund to be used for the purposes of this chapter alone. Said funds shall be in addition to the appropriations granted the program.
III. [Repealed.]
IV.] As a condition of any certification, training, or permit required in connection with the treatment and rehabilitation of any of his or her clients, or clients of a certified substance abuse treatment facility, the commissioner may require payment of a fee to cover the reasonable costs of acting upon the application for the certification, permit, or training. The commissioner shall establish a fee schedule and provide for the collection of the fees. [Funds collected under this paragraph shall be placed in a non-lapsing revolving account and shall be used for the purposes of this chapter only.]
6 Repeal; Skyhaven Airport Maintenance and Operating Fund. RSA 422:39, relative to the Skyhaven airport maintenance and operations fund, is repealed.
7 Reference to Skyhaven Airport Maintenance and Operations Fund Removed. Amend RSA 12-G:2, XV to read as follows:
XV. "Excess revenues'' means those revenues other than division revenues in excess of the funds identified in the audit performed pursuant to RSA 12-G:29 required (a) to pay the costs of operating, maintaining, and repairing all property and projects of the authority except division property and division projects, (b) to pay the costs of administering and operating the authority, including, but not limited to, all wages, salaries, benefits, and other expenses authorized by the board or the executive director except those costs of administering and operating the division, (c) to pay the principal of, and premium, if any, and the interest on the outstanding bonds of the authority, including bonds relating to Skyhaven airport, except any bonds issued in relation to any division property or project, as the same become due and payable, (d) to create and maintain reserves established pursuant to RSA 12-G:18 or required or provided for in any resolution authorizing, or any security document securing, such bonds of the authority, (e) to create and maintain a capital improvement fund for airport property and airport projects to be established by the board in an amount not more than $10,000,000, and (f) to pay all taxes owed by the authority related to its ownership or operation of airport property or airport projects. Excess revenue shall not include any revenues generated from property transferred or conveyed to the authority pursuant to section 13(g) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, 50 U.S.C. app. section 1622(g), as amended, within the airport district, unless the board and the Federal Aviation Administration deem, in compliance with applicable federal law, including but not limited to 49 U.S.C. app. section 2210(a)(12), such revenues to be excess revenues within the meaning of this chapter. [Excess revenues shall not include any revenues deposited in the Skyhaven airport maintenance and operations fund under RSA 422:39.]
8 Transport of Hazardous Materials and Waste; Reference Changed. Amend RSA 21-P:17, I(f) to read as follows:
(f) Adopting rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, establishing the criteria for distribution of hazardous material transportation penalty fees under RSA 21-P:21[, II].
9 Transport of Hazardous Materials and Waste; Reference to Dedicated Fund Removed. Amend RSA 21-P:21 to read as follows:
21-P:21 Civil Penalties[; Revolving Fund]. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this subdivision, any rule adopted under this subdivision or any term or condition of a license or permit issued under this subdivision shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 for a natural person or $25,000 for any other person. The sums obtained from the levying of civil penalties or fees under this subdivision shall be credited to the department of safety to be used for state, local or regional emergency response programs identified by the commissioner and deemed appropriate by [him] the commissioner to receive such funding. These sums shall be distributed at least annually. [The department of safety shall establish a revolving fund into which it shall deposit the sums allocated in this section. The department of safety, with approval of the governor and council, shall be authorized to utilize the moneys from the revolving fund so created for the purposes outlined in this section.]
