CHAPTER 140
SB 173 – FINAL VERSION
2009 SESSION
05/03
SENATE BILL 173
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill authorizes the commissioner of corrections to accept gifts on behalf of the agency without requiring governor and council approval if the gifts are under a certain dollar amount.
This bill is a request of the department of corrections.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-1021
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of corrections to accept certain gifts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
140:1 Gifts to the State. Amend RSA 4:8 to read as follows:
4:8 Gifts to the State.
I. The governor is authorized to accept in the name of the state gifts of personal property made to the state or for the benefit of its inhabitants, and to execute such instruments as are necessary to carry out the terms and conditions of gifts in trust of personal property for the benefit of the inhabitants of the state.
II. Notwithstanding paragraph I, the commissioner of corrections may accept gifts of personal property for the benefit of the department of corrections valued at $1,000 or less.
140:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 29, 2009
Effective Date: August 28, 2009