CHAPTER 200
HB 635-FN-A – FINAL VERSION
2011 SESSION
05/04
HOUSE BILL 635-FN-A
AN ACT requiring the governor to consolidate certain agency functions and making an appropriation therefor.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kurk, Hills 7; Rep. Weyler, Rock 8; Rep. Belvin, Hills 6; Rep. Bouchard, Merr 11; Rep. Hawkins, Hills 18; Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11; Sen. Morse, Dist 22
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill requires the governor to develop a plan for consolidating certain agency functions. The bill includes an appropriation for the purpose of hiring consultants.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0835
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT requiring the governor to consolidate certain agency functions and making an appropriation therefor.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
200:1 Governor’s Plan to Consolidate Certain Agency Functions. The office of the governor is hereby directed to develop a plan for consolidating certain agency functions to enhance efficiency and lower costs. The goal of the consolidation plan shall be to achieve a savings of $10,000,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2013 through the consolidation of certain administrative functions currently performed by various state agencies.
I. The plan shall address:
(a) The creation of a shared service center focusing on the activities associated with certain participants in the legal system, including the tasks performed by the courts in fine collections, by the judicial council and the department of administrative services in reimbursement for indigent defense support, by the department of corrections for restitution payments, and by the department of health and human services for child services.
(b) The creation of a shared service center focusing on the state’s licensing activities, excluding motor vehicles.
(c) The creation of a shared service center for all state procurement and payment practices.
(d) Any additional state agencies and programs that could be combined or consolidated in order to achieve greater economies of scale, enhanced efficiency, and lower costs.
II. The consolidation plan shall assess the feasibility, costs, and benefits of establishing each of the shared service centers proposed under paragraph I and any statutory and regulatory changes required for implementation. The plan shall be submitted to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, and the state library on or before November 1, 2011.
200:2 Appropriation. The sum of $1 is hereby appropriated to the office of the governor for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, for the purpose of hiring consultants to aid in developing the consolidation plan required under section 1 of this act. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
200:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: Enacted in accordance with Article 44, Part II, of N.H. Constitution, without signature of the governor, June 16, 2011
Effective Date: June 16, 2011