CHAPTER 160
SB 68 – FINAL VERSION
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2013 SESSION
09/05
SENATE BILL 68
AN ACT relative to the escrow fund for court facility improvements.
SPONSORS: Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Rep. Kotowski, Merr 24; Rep.?Campbell, Hills 33; Rep. Bouchard, Merr 18
This bills makes technical corrections regarding the escrow fund for court facility improvements, including changing the name of the fund to the escrow fund for judicial branch facility improvements. The bill also decreases the percentage of court filing fees to be deposited in such escrow fund.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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13-0946 09/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to the escrow fund for court facility improvements.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
160:1 Court Facilities Escrow Fund. Amend RSA 490:26-c, I to read as follows:
I. [Seven] Six percent of each entry fee collected in the [judicial branch family division and in the] supreme, [district,] superior, and [probate] circuit courts shall be deposited in escrow for [court] judicial branch facility improvements. Moneys in the escrow fund shall be used for improvements to [existing] judicial branch facilities by the department of administrative services as recommended and approved by the supreme court.
160:2 Payments to Treasurer; Reference to Fund. Amend RSA 6:11, III to read as follows:
III. All state departments and institutions, except the university system of New Hampshire, the building projects revolving fund of the state board of education, and the supreme court for the purposes of the escrow account for [court] judicial branch facility improvements under RSA?490:26-c, receiving money for the state shall deposit the full amount of all such moneys into a state treasurer’s bank account or into a state department’s bank account from which the treasurer shall collect funds by automated means, unless the treasurer determines that such means cannot be implemented or concurs with department procedures for deposits and collection.
160:3 Contingency. If section 1 of this act takes effect, section 7 of HB 652-FN of the 2013 regular legislative session shall not take effect.
160:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved; June 28, 2013
Effective Date: June 28, 2013