Bill Text - HB1316 (2018)

(New Title) relative to revenue collected from concealed carry licenses and relative to funding the permits and licensing unit of the state police.


Revision: Nov. 7, 2017, 9:05 a.m.

HB 1316-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2405

04/03

 

HOUSE BILL 1316-FN

 

AN ACT relative to revenue collected from concealed carry licenses.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Umberger, Carr. 2; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13

 

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires a portion of revenues collected from concealed carry permits to be credited to the permits and licensing unit of the state police.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2405

04/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to revenue collected from concealed carry licenses.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Pistols and Revolvers; License to Carry.  Amend RSA 159:6, I(b) to read as follows:

(b)  The license shall be in duplicate and shall bear the name, address, description, and signature of the licensee.  The original shall be delivered to the licensee and the duplicate shall be preserved by the people issuing the same for 5 years.  When required, license renewal shall take place within the month of the fifth anniversary of the license holder’s date of birth following the date of issuance.  The license shall be issued within 14 days after application, and, if such application is denied, the reason for such denial shall be stated in writing, the original of which such writing shall be delivered to the applicant, and a copy kept in the office of the person to whom the application was made.  The fee for licenses issued to residents of the state shall be $10, which fee shall be for the use of the town or city granting said licenses; the fee for licenses granted to out-of-state residents shall be $100, which fee shall be for the use of the state.  Of the revenue collected by the state, the first $400,000 in each fiscal year shall be credited as agency income to the department of safety, division of state police, support services bureau, permits and licensing unit, and the remainder shall be credited to the general fund.  Any unexpended agency income shall lapse to the general fund at the end of each fiscal year. The director of state police is hereby authorized and directed to prepare forms for the licenses required under this chapter and forms for the application for such licenses and to supply the same to officials of the cities and towns authorized to issue the licenses.  The form shall require no more information than was required on the state of New Hampshire application for pistol/revolver license, form DSSP 85, as revised in December 2009.  No other forms shall be used by officials of cities and towns.  The cost of the forms shall be paid out of the fees received from nonresident licenses.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.

 

LBAO

18-2405

10/23/17

 

HB 1316-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to revenue collected from concealed carry licenses.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

$0

$0

$0

$0

Funding Source:

  [ X ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [ X ] Other - Criminal Records Fund & Restricted Revenue - Dept. of Safety

 

 

 

 

 

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill would restrict the first $400,000 per year of unrestricted general fund revenue from the collection of license revenue under RSA 159:6, I(b), to the Department of Safety’s Division of State Police Support Services Bureau Permits and Licensing Unit, with any unexpended portion of $400,000 lapsing to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year.  Currently, the Permits and Licesning unit is funded by the criminal records fund.  Based on FY 2019 budgeted amounts for the Permits and Licensing Unit, and assuming not less than $400,000 of revenue is collected, this bill would result in the following changes:

 

Current

Proposed

Change

State Revenue

 

 

 

Unrestricted General Fund

$900,000

$500,000

($400,000)

Restricted - Permits & Licensing

$0

$400,000

$400,000

 

 

 

 

State Expenditures

 

 

 

Criminal Records Fund

$531,397

$131,397

($400,000)

Restricted - Permits & Licensing

$0

$400,000

$400,000

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Safety