Bill Text: NH SB406 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to classification of certain state employee positions and relative to the liquor commission.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-06-20 - III. Remainder Effective 08/14/2016 [SB406 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-SB406-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 263
SB 406-FN - FINAL VERSION
03/03/2016 0609s
11May2016... 1801h
06/01/2016 2110EBA
2016 SESSION
16-2767
05/10
SENATE BILL 406-FN
AN ACT relative to classification of certain state employee positions and relative to the liquor commission.
SPONSORS: Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Rep. Byron, Hills. 20; Rep. Sytek, Rock. 8
COMMITTEE: Finance
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Adds the following positions to the unclassified salary schedule: administrator of the site evaluation committee, deputy commissioner of the liquor commission, deputy commissioner of the department of information technology, and executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification.
II. Changes the salary classification of the chairman of the liquor commission, executive assistant to the adult parole board, chief information security officer, commandant of the state veterans home, the deputy director of the division of motor vehicles, and the executive director of the judicial council.
III. Clarifies when prior approval by the fiscal committee and governor and council is required for the liquor commissioner to transfer funds within accounting units.
IV. Makes appropriations to the department of corrections to purchase 6 full body scanners for use in state correctional facilities and to the department of justice to administer grants to counties to offset a portion of the cost of full body scanners for county correctional facilities.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/03/2016 0609s
11May2016... 1801h 16-2767
06/01/2016 2110EBA 05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to classification of certain state employee positions and relative to the liquor commission.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
263:1 Unclassified Salaries; New Positions Added. Amend RSA 94:1-a, I(b) by inserting:
GG Public utilities commission administrator,
site evaluation committee
HH Liquor commission deputy commissioner
II Office of professional licensure and certification executive director
KK Department of information technology deputy commissioner
263:2 Unclassified Salaries; Changes to Existing Positions. Amend RSA 94:1-a, I(b) by:
I. Inserting:
CC Department of corrections executive assistant to
parole board
GG Department of safety deputy director of
motor vehicles
HH Department of information technology chief information security
officer
HH New Hampshire veterans' home commandant
HH Judicial council executive director
II Liquor commission chairman
II. Deleting:
AA Department of corrections executive assistant to
parole board
CC Judicial council executive director
FF Department of safety deputy director of
motor vehicles
GG Department of information technology chief information security
officer
GG New Hampshire veterans home commandant
HH Liquor commission chairman
263:3 Liquor Commission; Transfer of Funds Within Operating Budget. Amend RSA 176:16, V to read as follows:
V. The commissioner is authorized to transfer funds within and among all accounting units within the commission's operating budget and to create accounting units and expenditure classes as required and as the commissioner deems necessary and appropriate to address present or projected budget deficits, or to respond to changes in federal law, regulations, or programs, and otherwise as necessary for the efficient management of the liquor commission. Any individual transfer of $75,000 or more shall require prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court and governor and council, and any determination of this prior approval requirement shall not be determined on a cumulative basis. The provisions of this section shall not be subject to RSA 9:16-a, RSA 9:17-a, and RSA 9:17-c.
263:4 Appropriation; Department of Corrections; Scanners for State Correctional Facilities. In addition to any other funds appropriated to the department of corrections, the sum of $1,110,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 is hereby appropriated to the department for the purchase and installation of 6 full body security scanners in the state correctional facilities. Three of the scanners shall be installed in the state prison for men in Concord, 2 scanners shall be installed in the northern New Hampshire correctional facility in Berlin, and one scanner shall be installed in the new state prison for women. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
263:5 New Section; State Prisons; Security Screening. Amend RSA 622 by inserting after section 6 the following new section:
622:6-a Security Screening Required. All individuals entering a state correctional facility, including but not limited to visitors, state officials, employees, contractors, and vendors, shall be subject to a security screening using a full body security scanner. The full body security scanners shall be installed and operated in a manner that enables the detection of contraband but does not display or record an image of an individual's private body parts. With the exception of images that show contraband and are needed as evidence for prosecution, no image may be copied, duplicated, or retained for more than 24 hours.
263:6 Appropriation; Department of Justice; Scanners for County Correctional Facilities. In addition to any other funds appropriated to the department of justice, the sum of $740,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017 is hereby appropriated to the department for the purpose of providing grants to the counties for up to 50 percent of the cost of one full body scanner for each county correctional facility in New Hampshire that does not have such a scanner as of the effective date of this act. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
I. Section 3 of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
II. Sections 4, 5, and 6 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2016.
III. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 15, 2016
Effective Date: I. Section 3 shall take effect June 15, 2016
II. Sections 4, 5, and 6 shall take effect July 1, 2016
III. Remainder shall take effect August 14, 2016
