Bill Text: NH SB42 | 2021 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Restricting public officers from engaging in certain private dealings.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 10-5)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-06-22 - Conference Committee Report: Not Filed [SB42 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2021-SB42-Amended.html
SB 42 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
3Jun2021... 1281h
2021 SESSION
21-0272
05/10
SENATE BILL 42
AN ACT restricting public officers from engaging in certain private dealings.
SPONSORS: Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Rep. Tudor, Rock. 1; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits a public official from contracting with the state or a political subdivision for goods or services valued at more than $1000 unless the contract is obtained through open competitive bidding.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
3Jun2021... 1281h 21-0272
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT restricting public officers from engaging in certain private dealings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Public Officials Barred from Certain Private Dealings. Amend RSA 95:1 to read as follows:
95:1 Public Officials Barred From Certain Private Dealings. No person holding a public office, as such, in state or any political subdivision governmental service shall, by contract or otherwise, except by open competitive bidding, buy real estate, sell or buy goods, commodities, or other personal property of a value in excess of [$200] $1000 at any one sale, or provide services of a value in excess of $1000 in any one year, to or from the state or political subdivision under which he or she holds [his] public office.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
