HB 520-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 520-FN
AN ACT requiring certain bills to have performance standard notes.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kurk, Hills 7; Rep. Belvin, Hills 6; Rep. Moran, Hills 18
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
This bill requires that the fiscal note for certain bills include a performance standard note identifying standards and outcomes associated with the bill.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0479
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT requiring certain bills to have performance standard notes.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Preparation of Fiscal Notes; Performance Standard note. Amend RSA 14:46 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII. The legislative budget assistant shall prepare a performance standard note for inclusion with the fiscal note for any bill changing expenditures of the state by more than $1,000,000. The performance standard note shall include:
(a) A description and definition of measurable outcomes, positive and negative, expected to result from passage of the bill.
(b) The cost per outcome, where calculable.
(c) Methods available or feasible for measuring outcomes.
(d) Performance standards that may be used for evaluation following passage of the bill, including standards based on prior experience of the state and standards used by other states, by federal or local government entities, or by the private sector.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
11-0479
Revised 08/23/11
HB 520 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring certain bills to have performance standard notes.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is awaiting information from the Department of Administrative Services relative to the potential fiscal impact of this bill. The Department was initially contacted on 01/14/11 and most recently contacted on 06/12/11.