HB 590 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
23Feb2011… 0293h
06/01/11 1887s
2011 SESSION
05/04
HOUSE BILL 590
AN ACT establishing a committee to review state participation in federal grant-in-aid programs.
SPONSORS: Rep. Sorg, Graf 3; Rep. Mirski, Graf 10; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Itse, Rock 9
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
This bill establishes a committee to review state participation in federal grant-in-aid programs.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23Feb2011… 0293h
06/01/11 1887s
11-0712
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT establishing a committee to review state participation in federal grant-in-aid programs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Committee Established. There is established a committee to review state participation in federal grant-in-aid programs.
2 Membership and Compensation.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Four members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
(b) Two members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
II. Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.
3 Duties. The committee shall review the Revised Statutes Annotated to identify the statutory authority for each federal grant-in-aid program in which the state participates. The committee shall then assess the value to the state of each program on its merits, without reference to the availability of federal aid, and the feasibility of retaining each meritorious program in the absence of federal aid. For each program determined both to merit retention and to be feasible to retain without federal aid, the committee shall consider and make recommendations as to the most expeditious and practicable means of modifying it to make feasible the transition to support entirely from state, local, and/or private sources of funding. The committee shall solicit information and testimony from the legislative budget assistant’s office, the department of health and human services, the department of education, and other agencies and individuals with information and expertise relevant to the study.
4 Chairperson; Quorum. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.
5 Report. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2011.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.