Bill Text: NH SB239 | 2025 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring the general fund to cover the costs of the fish and game department retirement contributions and technology services.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-28 - Hearing: 02/04/2025, Room 103, State House, 01:55 pm; Senate Calendar 8 [SB239 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2025-SB239-Introduced.html
SB 239-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0348
08/05
SENATE BILL 239-FN
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Rep. Darby, Hills. 11; Rep. C. Harvey, Ches. 6; Rep. K. Murray, Rock. 22
COMMITTEE: Finance
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the general fund to cover the costs of the fish and game department retirement contributions and technology services.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0348
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Fish and Game; Retirement; Information Technology. The following class lines for the accounting units in the fish and game department for retirement contributions and information technology shall be funded with an appropriate amount from the general fund:
Account 03-75-75-750520-2110, class 064 Fish and Game Department Retirement Pension Bene-Health Insurance
Account 03-75-75-750020-2162, class 27 Fish and Game Department Office of Information Technology
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
25-0348
1/10/25
SB 239-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
FISCAL IMPACT:
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Estimated State Impact | ||||||
| FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | FY 2028 | ||
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Revenue Fund(s) | None | |||||
Expenditures* | $0 | Indeterminable - See Methodology | ||||
Funding Source(s) | General Fund, Fish and Game Fund | |||||
Appropriations* | $0 | Indeterminable - See Methodology | ||||
Funding Source(s) | General Fund, Fish and Game Fund | |||||
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill | ||||||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill seeks to require that general funds be used to fund two expenditure class lines within the Fish and Game Department's (F&G) budget, typically covered by the F&G Fund. As written, this bill will not have an impact as it does not draw a warrant for general funds, and only requires that "an appropriate amount" be provided, to which is not defined in the bill. The following is provided for informational purposes:
Accounting Unit | Expenditure Class | Actual | Authorized Budget | Agency Budget Request | |
FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | FY 2027 | ||
2110 | 064 | $774,995 | $886,300 | $956,900 | $1,124,600 |
2162 | 027 | $11,572,277 | $1,358,944 | $1,250,036 | $1,326,425 |
Total |
| $12,347,272 | $2,245,244 | $2,206,936 | $2,451,025 |
Also, this bill refers to "retirement contributions". For clarification, expenditure class 064 represents payments for state retiree health coverage for qualified retired F&G Department employees. Retirement contributions to the New Hampshire Retirement System for active F&G employees is included in class 060 (benefits).
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
None
