Bill Text: NH HB269 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to the authority of departments to transfer funds among budget accounting units.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-15 - House House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment #1731s(NT) (Rep Weyler): Motion Adopted Voice Vote; House Journal 43, PG.2280 [HB269 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB269-Amended.html
HB 269-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2011 SESSION
05/10
HOUSE BILL 269-FN
AN ACT relative to the authority of departments to transfer funds among budget accounting units.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bowers, Sull 3; Rep. Mirski, Graf 10; Rep. Avard, Hills 20; Sen. White, Dist 9
This bill:
I. Increases the amount a department may transfer among budget accounting units without prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court and governor and council.
II. Replaces obsolete references to PAU or “program appropriation unit” with “accounting unit” to reflect current budget terminology.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to the authority of departments to transfer funds among budget accounting units.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Transfers Authorized. Amend RSA 9:16-a to read as follows:
9:16-a Transfers Authorized. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every department as defined in RSA 9:1 is hereby authorized to transfer funds within and among all [PAUs] accounting units within said department, provided that any transfer of [$2,500] $75,000 or more shall require prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court and the governor and council, and provided that no funds may be transferred in violation of the provisions of RSA 9:17-a, [17-b] 9:17-b, or [17-c] 9:17-c or in violation of any restrictions otherwise provided by law or to or from any account, except accounts in the department of health and human services, which is not composed of the same funding source mix.
2 Change from “PAU” to “Accounting Unit.” Amend the following RSA provisions by replacing “PAU” with “accounting unit”: RSA 9:4, II(a); 9:4-d, I; 21-I:56, III; 84-C:11, I(a); and 187-A:22, II.
3 Change from “Program Appropriation” to “Accounting.” Amend the following RSA provisions by replacing “program appropriation” with “accounting”: RSA 9:8-a; 187-A:16, XV; 260:74; 284:21-f; and 383:11, I and II.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
11-0586
Revised 08/23/11
HB 269 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the authority of departments to transfer funds among budget accounting units.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is awaiting information from the Department of Administrative Services relative to the potential fiscal impact of this bill. The Department was initially contacted on 01/06/11 and most recently contacted on 06/12/11.