Revision: March 21, 2017, 9:41 a.m.
HB 513 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
8Mar2017... 0550h
2017 SESSION
17-0617
09/06
HOUSE BILL 513
AN ACT authorizing the state veterans' advisory committee to accept gifts, grants, and donations for payment of the committee's costs.
SPONSORS: Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. R. Ober, Hills. 37; Rep. L. Ober, Hills. 37; Rep. Leishman, Hills. 24; Rep. Theberge, Coos 3; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
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This bill authorizes the state veterans' advisory committee to accept gifts, grants, and donations for payment of the committee's costs.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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8Mar2017... 0550h 17-0617
09/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 State Veterans' Advisory Committee. Amend RSA 115-A:8 to read as follows:
115-A:8 State Veterans' Advisory Committee.
I. Each non-legislative member of the state veterans' advisory committee shall serve a 2-year term of office from the date of the member's appointment, and may be reappointed. Legislative members of the committee shall serve a term coterminous with their term in office. The committee members shall choose a chairman, vice-chairman, and a secretary from their committee membership.
II. The committee may, by a majority vote of the committee members, adopt bylaws governing the management and operation of the committee.
III. The committee shall issue biannual reports of its actions, findings, and recommendations on May 1 and November 1 of each year to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, the governor and council, and all veterans' organizations in the state.
IV. The committee shall have the authority to accept and expend funds from any public or private source, including private gifts, grants, and donations. The funds shall be used exclusively to pay the costs of the committee in performing its duties.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
17-0617
Amended 3/20/17
HB 513- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2017-0550h)
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as amended by the House (Amendment #2017-0550h), has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Office of Veterans Services