Revision: Dec. 14, 2011, midnight
HB 1361 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
01/09
HOUSE BILL 1361
AN ACT prohibiting generic fiscal notes on bills.
SPONSORS: Rep. Pepino, Hills 11; Rep. Mirski, Graf 10; Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. Stroud, Hills 19; Rep. Sapareto, Rock 5; Rep. K. Roberts, Ches 3; Rep. Theberge, Coos 4; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1
COMMITTEE: Constitutional Review and Statutory Recodification
This bill prohibits the house of representatives or the senate from voting on a bill requiring a fiscal note unless the bill is accompanied by a fiscal note meeting the requirements of law or the members affirmatively vote to waive the requirements of the fiscal note law.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2189
01/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT prohibiting generic fiscal notes on bills.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Preparation of Fiscal Notes; Vote on Bill. Amend RSA 14:46 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII. No bill requiring a fiscal note may be voted on by the house of representatives or the senate unless the bill is accompanied by a fiscal note meeting the requirements of this subdivision or a majority of the members present and voting in the house of representatives or the senate affirmatively vote to waive the requirements of this subdivision.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.