HB168 (2009) Detail

Relative to disposition of electricians' fees.


HB 168 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

12Feb2009… 0157h

2009 SESSION

09-0470

08/10

HOUSE BILL 168

AN ACT relative to disposition of electricians’ fees.

SPONSORS: Rep. Gottling, Sull 3; Rep. Almy, Graf 11; Rep. Hatch, Coos 3

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Transfers certain electrician’s fees to the general fund.

II. Repeals certain distributions of electrician’s fees to the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Feb2009… 0157h

09-0470

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to disposition of electricians’ fees.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Electrician’s Fees; Transfer to General Fund. Amend RSA 319-C:6-b to read as follows:

319-C:6-b Fees. The board, with the approval of the commissioner of safety, shall establish application fees for examination of applicants, fees for licensure, for renewal, and for late renewal of licenses to practice under this chapter, and for transcribing and transferring records and other services. The fee for examination shall not include fees charged by and paid to an examination entity approved by the board. The fees established by the board shall be sufficient to produce estimated revenues equal to 125 percent of the direct operating expenses of the board for the previous fiscal year. Fees collected shall be deposited in the [fire standards and training and emergency medical services] general fund[, established in RSA 21-P:12-d,] and used for the purposes of operating expenses of the electricians’ board. [Fees collected in excess of actual operating expenses shall be deposited in the general fund as unrestricted revenue.]

2 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 319-C:11, relative to moneys deposited in the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund.

II. RSA 6:12,II(201), relative to moneys deposited in the electricians’ board account.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.

LBAO

09-0470

Amended 03/09/09

HB 168 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to disposition of electricians’ fees.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      The Department of Safety states this bill as amended by the House (Amendment # 2009-0157h), will decrease state restricted revenue and expenditures and increase state general fund revenue and expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. This bill will have no fiscal impact on county and local revenues or expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

      This bill transfers electrician’s fee revenue and expenditure to the general fund and repeals certain distributions of electrician’s fees to the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund. Although the proposed legislation is expected to be aggregately revenue and expenditure neutral; the Department of Safety states the proposed legislation will redirect fees collected by the Electrician’s Board from the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund to the general fund as well as changes the source of funding for the Electrician’s Board from the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund to the general fund.

    This bill does not contain an appropriation.