CHAPTER 99
HB 547 – FINAL VERSION
2013 SESSION
08/05
HOUSE BILL 547
AN ACT establishing a commission to study permanent options for funding the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.
SPONSORS: Rep. Haefner, Hills 37; Rep. Sad, Ches 1
COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture
This bill establishes a commission to study permanent options for funding the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
13-0664
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT establishing a commission to study permanent options for funding the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
99:1 New Section; Commission to Study Permanent Options for Funding the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. Amend RSA 436 by inserting after section 92 the following new section:
436:92-a Commission to Study Permanent Options for Funding the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.
I. There is established a commission to study permanent options for funding the veterinary diagnostic laboratory. The members of the commission shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, including 2 from the environment and agriculture committee and one from the executive departments and administration committee.
(b) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.
(c) The commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets and food, or designee.
(d) One member of the New Hampshire Veterinary Medical Association, appointed by that association.
(e) One member of the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture from the university of New Hampshire, appointed by the dean of the college.
II. Legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.
III. The commission shall study permanent options for funding the veterinary diagnostic laboratory.
IV. The members of the study commission shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the commission shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the commission shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Four members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.
V. The commission shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2013.
99:2 Repeal. RSA 436:92-a, relative to the commission to study permanent options for funding the veterinary diagnostic laboratory, is repealed.
99:3 Effective Date.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect November 1, 2013.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 21, 2013
Effective Date: I. Section 2 shall take effect November 1, 2013.
II. Remainder shall take effect June 21, 2013.