Bill Text: NH HB231 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to the criteria for evaluating school building aid applications.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-23 - Signed by Governor Hassan 05/19/2016; Chapter 72; Eff. 7/18/2016 [HB231 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB231-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 72
HB 231 - FINAL VERSION
6Jan2016... 2509h
03/31/2016 1118s
2016 SESSION
15-0050
04/03
HOUSE BILL 231
AN ACT relative to the criteria for evaluating school building aid applications.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cahill, Rock 17; Rep. Moody, Rock 17; Rep. Schroadter, Rock 17; Rep. Bixby, Straf 17; Rep. Ratzki, Merr 1; Rep. Mullen, Straf 1; Rep. Ley, Ches 9; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Education
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill adds new criteria for the evaluation of a school building aid application.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
6Jan2016... 2509h 15-0050
03/31/2016 1118s 04/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to the criteria for evaluating school building aid applications.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
72:1 School Building Aid; Approval of Plans. Amend RSA 198:15-c, II(b)(8) to read as follows:
(8) A school district which initiated and completed a locally funded school renovation project to remedy a safety condition identified by the state fire marshal on or before June 30, 2017 shall be eligible to include any corrected safety condition in a subsequent application for school building aid submitted by the school district after June 30, 2017. This subparagraph shall not apply to a school district or a school that received state emergency funding or other state aid to remedy the safety condition on or before June 30, 2017.
(9) The project contributes to operational cost efficiencies, consolidation, or reduced property taxes.
(10) Any other criteria that the state board of education may determine are necessary.
72:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 19, 2016
Effective Date: July 18, 2016
