SB 409-FN-A-LOCAL – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
03/27/14 1090s
2014 SESSION
05/01
SENATE BILL 409-FN-A-LOCAL
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of safety for disaster assistance grants.
SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9
This bill makes an appropriation to the department of safety for disaster assistance grants to certain non-state agencies that sustained severe storm damage between 2010 and 2013.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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03/27/14 1090s
14-2758
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of safety for disaster assistance grants.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Appropriation; State Matching Funds for Disaster Assistance Grants. In response to the severe winter storm and wind damage sustained by communities in February of 2010 (DR 1892), severe storm and flooding damage sustained by communities in March of 2010 (DR 1913), severe storm and flooding damage sustained by communities in May of 2011 (DR 4006), tropical storm Irene damage sustained by communities in September of 2011 (EM 3333 and DR 4026), severe storm and snowstorm damage sustained by communities in October of 2011 (DR 4049), severe storm and flooding damage sustained by communities in October of 2012 (DR 4095), hurricane Sandy damage sustained by communities in October of 2012 (EM 3360), severe winter storm damage sustained by communities in February of 2013 (DR 4105), and flooding and landslide damage sustained by communities in July of 2013 (DR 4139), the amount of $4,976,845 is hereby appropriated to the department of safety, division of homeland security and emergency management, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, as the state match for federal disaster assistance funds from the federal emergency management agency (FEMA). Funds appropriated in this section are for non-state agencies, including but not limited to municipalities and school districts. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Any unexpended funds appropriated in this section shall not lapse to the general fund until June 30, 2016.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
LBAO
14-2758 Amended 04/01/14
SB 409-FN-A-LOCAL FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of safety for disaster assistance grants.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill, as amended by the Senate (Amendment #2014-1090s), will increase state general fund expenditures and local revenues by an indeterminable amount in FY 2016. There will be no impact on state and county revenue, or county and local expenditures.
This bill appropriates $4,976,845 from the state general fund to the Department of Safety in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016 for the purposes of this act.
METHODOLOGY:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill, appropriates $4,976,845 to the Department of Safety for the purpose of providing a state match for federal disaster assistance grants received by municipalities related to certain storms referenced in the bill. The amount of $4,976,845 represents the state’s share of a funding formula of 12.5% state, 12.5% municipality, and 75% federal for the storms referenced in the bill.