Bill Text: NH HB333 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishing a process for review and reporting of dedicated funds.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-07 - Signed by the Governor on 7/6/2015; Chapter 192; Effective 9/4/2015 [HB333 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2015-HB333-Introduced.html
HB 333 – AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
05/03
HOUSE BILL 333
AN ACT establishing a process for review and reporting of dedicated funds.
SPONSORS: Rep. Umberger, Carr 2; Rep. Weyler, Rock 13; Rep. L. Ober, Hills 37; Rep. Hatch, Coos 6; Rep. McClarren, Hills 29; Rep. R. Ober, Hills 37; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21
This bill establishes a 5-year cycle for legislative review of 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0239
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT establishing a process for review and reporting of dedicated funds.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; State Treasurer and Accounts; Agency Review and Reporting of Dedicated Funds. Amend RSA 6 by inserting after section 12-h the following new section:
6:12-i Review and Reporting Requirement for Dedicated Funds.
I. Every 5 years, the agency responsible for administration of a fund or account listed in RSA�6:12 shall prepare a report that:
(a) In addition to the information contained in the report submitted under RSA 6:12-e, identifies all fund or account expenditures during the prior 4 fiscal years by accounting unit and payee; and
(b) Demonstrates the continued need for the fund or account.
II. The report shall be submitted on or before November 1 of the reporting year to the ways and means committee in the house and senate, the finance committee in the house and senate, the relevant policy committees in the house and senate, and the legislative budget assistant. If the ways and means committee, in consultation with the relevant policy committee, determines that the fund or account is no longer needed or no longer serves the statutory purpose for which it was created, the committee shall submit legislation to repeal the fund or account in the next legislative session.
III. The reporting year for each agency shall be as follows:
(a) Year 1, beginning November 1, 2015, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of safety.
(2) The police standards and training council.
(3) The department of employment security.
(4) The department of resources and economic development.
(5) The department of state.
(b) Year 2, beginning November 1, 2016, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of environmental services.
(2) The liquor commission.
(3) The department of justice.
(4) The lottery commission.
(5) The racing and charitable gaming commission.
(6) The judicial branch.
(c) Year 3, beginning November 1, 2017, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of agriculture, markets and food.
(2) The labor department.
(3) The department of corrections.
(4) Pease development authority.
(5) The office of energy and planning.
(6) The adjutant general.
(7) The state treasurer.
(8) The insurance department.
(9) The department of transportation.
(d) Year 4, beginning November 1, 2018, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of cultural resources.
(2) The department of education.
(3) The banking department.
(4) The public utilities commission.
(e) Year 5, beginning November 1, 2019, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of administrative services.
(2) The general court.
(3) The department of health and human services.
(4) The fish and game commission.
IV. The ways and means committee may submit legislation at any time to exempt a fund or account from this section. Any fund or account indentified in RSA 6:12 shall be exempt from this section upon the majority vote of the general court.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
