Revision: Feb. 10, 2010, midnight
SB 460-FN-A – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
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2010 SESSION
10/03
SENATE BILL 460-FN-A
AN ACT relative to the lapse of certain legislative and judicial branch appropriations, budget reductions for the department of health and human services, and voluntary furloughs for judges.
SPONSORS: Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Rep. Wallner, Merr 12; Rep. M. Smith, Straf 7; Rep. Norelli, Rock 16
This bill lapses certain sums appropriated to the legislative branch and the judicial branch to the general fund on or before June 30, 2011 pursuant to required operating budget adjustments.
The bill consolidates the amount to be reduced by the department of health and human services, as required under HB 1-A of the 2009 legislative session, for the biennium instead of for each fiscal year.
The bill also clarifies the effect of the judicial branch furlough plan on judges who take unpaid furlough time.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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10-2927
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to the lapse of certain legislative and judicial branch appropriations, budget reductions for the department of health and human services, and voluntary furloughs for judges.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Legislative Branch; Operating Budget Savings; Lapse. Pursuant to required adjustments to the legislative branch budget, and notwithstanding the designation in the 2010-2011 operating budget that legislative appropriations are nonlapsing, the legislative branch shall lapse to the general fund on or before June 30, 2011 the sum of $847,000.
2 Judicial Branch; Operating Budget Savings; Lapse. Pursuant to required adjustments to the judicial branch budget, the judicial branch shall lapse to the general fund on or before June 30, 2011 the sum of $3,100,000.
3 Department of Health and Human Services; Reduction in Appropriation. Amend 2009, 143:9 to read as follows:
143:9 Department of Health and Human Services; Reduction in Appropriation. The department of health and human services is hereby directed to reduce state general fund appropriations from any line by [$7,359,331 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010, and $12,199,900 for the fiscal year] $19,559,231 for the biennium ending June 30, 2011. Any direct services to New Hampshire citizens shall be excluded from these reductions unless expressly approved by the fiscal committee of the general court and the governor and council. The department shall provide a quarterly report of reductions made under this section to the fiscal committee of the general court and the governor and council.
4 Judicial Branch: Voluntary Furloughs for Judges. Judges may volunteer to take unpaid furlough time on or before June 2, 2011, in accordance with the judicial branch furlough plan. Judges who volunteer to take furlough time shall not be deemed by that act to be holding office for other than the full or part-time service to which they were appointed, and the taking of voluntary furlough time shall not be deemed a reduction in salary or service for purposes of the calculation of any retirement or other job-related benefits.
5 Effective Date.
I. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
LBAO
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Revised 12/11/09
SB 460-FN-A - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the lapse of certain legislative and judicial branch appropriations.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill will reduce state general fund expenditures by $3,947,000 in FY 2011. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue or on county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill lapses, on or before June 30, 2011, $847,000 of general funds appropriated to the Legislative Branch and $3,100,000 of general funds appropriated to the Judicial Branch. These lapses will go towards the plan to reduce general fund appropriations by $25,000,000 through layoffs or personnel-related savings required pursuant to Chapter 144:289, Laws of 2009.