Revision: March 27, 2013, midnight
HB 686 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2013 SESSION
01/03
HOUSE BILL 686
AN ACT relative to approval of liquor commission contracts.
SPONSORS: Rep. L. Ober, Hills 37; Rep. Leishman, Hills 24; Rep. M. Nelson, Hills 35; Rep. Rosenwald, Hills 30; Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill requires any lease or contract made by the liquor commission to be approved by the attorney general, and contracts made by the liquor commission to be approved by the governor and council and the attorney general.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
27Mar2013… 1029h
13-1013
01/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to approval of liquor commission contracts.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Purchase of Supplies; Liquor Commission. Amend RSA 21-I:18, I(b) to read as follows:
(b) The liquor commission is [completely] exempted from the provisions of this chapter, provided that the liquor commission uses competitive bidding when acquiring consumable supplies, materials, goods, and services that are necessary for, incidental to, or related to the operation of the liquor commission.
2 Liquor Commission; State Stores. Amend RSA 177:1 to read as follows:
177:1 State Stores. The commission may lease, purchase, and equip, in the name of the state, such stores, warehouses, supplies, materials, equipment, products, and other marketing and merchandising requirements for the sale or promotion of liquor and related products as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. The commission may lease, in the name of the state, space in state stores for the purpose of installing automated teller machines. Any lease or contract made pursuant to this section shall be approved by the attorney general and, in the case of a contract, by the governor and council as well as the attorney general, before becoming effective. No newly established state store shall be operated within 200 feet of any public or private school, church, chapel, or parish house.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.