Bill Text: NH HB468 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Establishing a commission to recodify the education laws and making an appropriation therefor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-06-07 - Conference Committee Report: Not Filed House Journal 15 [HB468 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB468-Amended.html
HB 468-FN-A - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
3Jan2024... 2294h
2023 SESSION
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09/10
HOUSE BILL 468-FN-A
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of education for an attorney to recodify education laws.
SPONSORS: Rep. Hill, Merr. 2; Rep. Hobson, Rock. 14; Rep. Sheehan, Hills. 43; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Finance
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of education to hire an attorney for the sole purpose to review the content and structure of the education laws. The cost shall be paid from the education trust fund.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of education for an attorney to recodify education laws.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Department of Education; Attorney to Recodify Education Laws.
I. The department shall seek to hire an attorney for the sole purpose to review the content and structure of the education laws to include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Review the content and structure of the education laws contained within Title XV, Chapters RSA 186 through 200-N;
(b) Identify statutes within Title XV which are duplicative;
(c) Identify statutes within Title XV which are contrary to other statutes within Title XV; and
(d) Identify areas within Title XV which can be consolidated.
II. The attorney shall report the findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the commissioner of the department of education.
III. The commissioner or designee, in consultation with the attorney general, shall have exclusive supervisory authority over the attorney.
IV. Such work as set forth above, shall be completed by September 30, 2025.
2 Department of Education; Appropriation. The sum of $100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, is hereby appropriated to the department of education to review the content and structure of the education laws as set forth in Title XV, RSA 186 through 200-N, for the purpose of identifying laws which are duplicative or contradictory and areas which can be consolidated. Notwithstanding restrictions on the use of moneys in the education trust fund in RSA 198:39, said appropriation shall be a charge against the education trust fund and shall be nonlapsing.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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Amended 1/24/24
HB 468-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2023-2294h)
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of education for an attorney to recodify education laws.
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) | None | |||||
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable Increase - Greater Than $100,000 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | Education Trust Fund | |||||
Appropriations | $0 | $100,000 | $0 | $0 | ||
Funding Source(s) | Education Trust Fund | |||||
• Does this bill provide sufficient funding to cover estimated expenditures? [X] No • Does this bill authorize new positions to implement this bill? [X] N/A | ||||||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires the Department of Education to hire an attorney for the sole purpose to review the content and structure of the education laws, and provides a $100,000 appropriation from the education trust fund in FY 2025. Based on information gathered, the Department does not believe $100,000 is sufficient to complete the work required in this bill, however, does not have an estimate at this time as to the total amount needed. The Department does not have other funding available to do this work.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education
