Bill Text: NH SB197 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-01-03 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 01/03/2018 House Journal 1 P. 36 [SB197 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-SB197-Amended.html
SB 197-FN-A - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/16/2017 0776s
2017 SESSION
17-0974
03/06
SENATE BILL 197-FN-A
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.
SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. McGilvray, Dist 16; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. Burton, Straf. 6; Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10; Rep. Oxenham, Sull. 1
COMMITTEE: Finance
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This bill appropriates $100,000 in each fiscal year of the biennium to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/16/2017 0776s 17-0974
03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Appropriation; Department of Justice. The sums of $100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 and $100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 are hereby appropriated to the department of justice to fund one full-time investigator position for enforcement of election and lobbying laws, including, but not limited to, filing and disclosure requirements and voter registration and voting procedures. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
17-0974
Amended 5/1/17
SB 197-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2017-0776s)
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2018 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | |
Appropriation | $100,000 | $100,000 | $0 | $0 | |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |
Expenditures | $99,500 | $100,000 | $106,000 | $112,000 | |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | ||||
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METHODOLOGY:
This bill appropriates $200,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2019 to the Department of Justice to fund one full-time investigator position to enforce election and lobbying laws. The Department states it anticipates hiring one full-time unclassified elections investigator (LG BB step 3 per RSA 94:1-a), with a starting salary of $63,239. The Department estimates salaries, benefits and expenditures will cost approximately $99,500 in FY 2018, $100,000 FY 2019, $106,000 in FY 2020 and $112,000 in FY 2021.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Justice
