HB 433-FN-A – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
10/03
HOUSE BILL 433-FN-A
AN ACT relative to funding of fish and game department search and rescue operations.
SPONSORS: Rep. D. Smith, Hills 22; Rep. Reed, Merr 2; Rep. Greco, Merr 7
This bill provides for state general funds to be used for funding search and rescue operations of the fish and game department.
This bill is a request of the fish and game department.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0289
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to funding of fish and game department search and rescue operations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Fish and Game Search and Rescue Fund. Amend RSA 206:42 to read as follows:
206:42 Fish and Game Search and Rescue Fund.
I. The additional fee of $1 collected under the provisions of RSA 270-E:5, II(b) for each private boat registered, under RSA 215-A:23, X for each OHRV registered, and under RSA 215-C:39, XI for each snowmobile registered, shall be paid over to the state treasurer who shall keep such fees in a special fund to be expended by the fish and game department for use in search and rescue operations.
II. In addition to the funds in paragraph I, the state treasurer shall deposit from the general fund into the fish and game search and rescue fund an amount of $200,000 annually. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for such amount out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
III. If the executive director determines that funds provided in paragraphs I and II are insufficient to pay for search and rescue operations activities in a fiscal year, the executive director shall certify to the state treasurer who shall pay such sums as necessary to fund search and rescue operations activities from the general fund. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
IV. The special fund shall be nonlapsing. All funds received under this subdivision are continually appropriated to the fish and game department [for the purposes of this subdivision] and shall be used to fund search and rescue operations including, but not limited to salaries, training, equipment, and associated expenditures. The fish and game department shall report to the fiscal committee on a quarterly basis beginning on October 1, 1989, on the expenditures made from the fund.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
LBAO
07-0289
01/22/07
HB 433-FN-A - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to funding of fish and game department search and rescue operations.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Fish and Game Department states this bill will increase state general fund expenditures, and state restricted revenue by an indeterminable amount in FY 2008 and each year thereafter. This bill will have no fiscal impact on county and local revenue or expenditures.
This bill appropriates $200,000 annually to the fish and game search and rescue fund from the state general fund in FY 2008 and each year thereafter.
METHODOLOGY:
The Fish and Game Department states this bill provides for state general funds to be used for funding search and rescue operations of the Department. This bill appropriates $200,000 annually to the fish and game search and rescue fund from the state general fund beginning in FY 2008. The bill also provides that if the Department’s executive director determines that if the portion of private boat registrations, OHRV registrations, and snowmobile registrations which are deposited into the search and rescue fund along with the proposed $200,000 general fund appropriation are insufficient to pay for search and rescue operations activities in a fiscal year, the executive director shall certify to the state treasurer who shall pay such sums as necessary to fund such activities from the state general fund. The Department is unable to determine if and when there may be insufficient funds for search and rescue operations over and above the amounts deposited in the search and rescue fund, and are unable to determine the exact fiscal impact at this time.