Bill Text - SB197 (2018)

Making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.


Revision: Jan. 31, 2017, 9:39 a.m.

SB 197-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0974

03/06

 

SENATE BILL 197-FN-A

 

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 5; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Sen. McGilvray, Dist 16; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Woodburn, Dist 1; Rep. Burton, Straf. 6; Rep. Luneau, Merr. 10; Rep. Oxenham, Sull. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Finance

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill appropriates $500,000 to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0974

03/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.

 

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

 

1  Appropriation; Department of Justice.  The sum of $500,000 is hereby appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 2019 to the department of justice to fund enforcement of election and lobbying laws, including, but not limited to, filing and disclosure requirements and voter registration and voting procedures.  The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.

 

LBAO

17-0974

1/25/17

 

SB 197-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.

 

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

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

   Appropriation

$500,000

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

$220,000

$220,000

$224,000

$231,000

Funding Source:

  [ X ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [    ] Other

 

 

 

 

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill appropriates $500,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2019 to the Department of Justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.  The Department states it anticipates hiring one full-time unclassified elections investigator (LG BB step 3 per RSA 94:1-a), with a starting salary of $63,239 and one full-time unclassified attorney with a starting salary of $76,000.  The Department estimates salaries, benefits and expenditures will cost approximately $223,750.  The Treasury Department indicated there is no impact on revenues or expenditures within the Treasury as budgeted in the general fund.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Departments of Justice and Treasury