HB 223-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
10/05
HOUSE BILL 223-FN
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
This bill requires every legislative session day of the general court to be held beginning on or after 5:00 o'clock in the evening if on a weekday, or during the day on Saturday.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0771
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT requiring the general court to hold sessions in the evening or on Saturday.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Evening Sessions of the General Court. Amend RSA 14 by inserting after section 2-b the following new section:
14:2-c Time for Holding Sessions Days of the General Court. Beginning with the 2008 legislative session, every legislative session day of the house of representatives and of the senate shall be held beginning on or after 5:00 o'clock in the evening on weekdays, or during the day on Saturdays.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
07-0771
1/11/07
HB 223-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring the general court to hold sessions in the evening or on Saturday.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Accountant states the fiscal impact on state general fund expenditures is indeterminable. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Legislative Accountant states this bill would require legislative session days be held on or after 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, or during the day on Saturday. The bill does not indicate if staff would work extended hours and if so, would labor laws require time and one half for the extended hours worked or would compensatory time be applied or if additional staff would be hired to work the evenings and weekends. The Legislative Accountant is unable to determine the fiscal impact of this bill.