Bill Text - HB1475 (2012)

Relative to enforcement of interstate compacts.


Revision: Dec. 14, 2011, midnight

HB 1475 – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1475

AN ACT relative to enforcement of interstate compacts.

SPONSORS: Rep. Mirski, Graf 10; Rep. Manuse, Rock 5; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf 5; Rep. D. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Davenport, Rock 12; Rep. Cohn, Merr 6; Rep. Bowers, Sull 3; Rep. Warden, Hills 7; Rep. Itse, Rock 9

COMMITTEE: Constitutional Review and Statutory Recodification

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits state officials from enforcing any provision of an interstate compact which is based on another state’s law or rule which has not been specifically approved by the New Hampshire legislature.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to enforcement of interstate compacts.

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

1 New Chapter; Interstate Compacts. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 12-M the following new chapter:

CHAPTER 12-N

INTERSTATE COMPACTS

12-N:1 Enforcement of Interstate Compacts. No state official shall enforce any provision of an interstate compact which is based on another state’s law or rule which has not been specifically approved by the New Hampshire legislature.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.