Revision: Jan. 17, 2018, 8:47 a.m.
SB 580 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2911
08/05
SENATE BILL 580
AN ACT creating class lines within the department of transportation.
SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Watters, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Finance
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ANALYSIS
This bill creates class lines within the department of transportation.
This bill is a request of the department of transportation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2911
08/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT creating class lines within the department of transportation.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Appropriations; Department of Transportation; Transfers Authorized. Amend RSA 9:16-a by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner of the department of transportation is hereby authorized to transfer funds within and among all accounting units and establish new accounting units and/or expenditures classes within the department, provided that if a transfer does not include new accounting units or expenditure classes, only transfers of $75,000 or more shall require prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court and the governor and council, and provided that no funds may be transferred in violation of the provisions of RSA 9:17-a, RSA 9:17-b, or RSA 9:17-c or in violation of any restrictions otherwise provided by law or to or from any account, except accounts in the department of health and human services and the department of transportation, which is not composed of the same funding source mix.
2 Appropriations; Department of Transportation; Transfers Authorized. Amend RSA 9:16-a, III to read as follows:
III. The $75,000 threshold under paragraphs [I-II] I-II-a shall be applied at the accounting unit level on a cumulative basis within the fiscal year. Once the threshold has been reached, the approval of the fiscal committee of the general court and the governor and council shall be required for subsequent transfers within the fiscal year.