Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 1:42 p.m.
CHAPTER 206
HB 122 - FINAL VERSION
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HOUSE BILL 122
SPONSORS: Rep. Schuett, Merr. 20; Sen. Carson, Dist 14
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill excludes from legislative prohibitions the solicitation and acceptance of gifts, grants, or donations by legislative employees or officers for the underwriting of expenses associated with certain official state and national legislative association events.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
206:1 New Subparagraph; Gifts and Honorariums; Legislature; Definition of Gift; Exclusion Added. Amend RSA 14-C:2, IV(b) by inserting after subparagraph (14) the following new subparagraph:
(15) Gifts, grants, or donations to legislative employees or legislative officers for the underwriting of expenses associated with an official meeting, conference, or event of a state or national legislative association to which the general court pays dues and which includes among its membership the New Hampshire general court, officers, or staff.
206:2 Gifts and Honorariums; Solicitation or Acceptance. Amend RSA 14-C:3, III to read as follows:
III.(a) It shall be unlawful for any legislator or legislative employee to solicit or to knowingly accept, directly or indirectly, any gift, as defined in this chapter, or to fail to meet the reporting requirements of this chapter.
(b) The prohibition in subparagraph (a) shall not apply to legislative employees or officers who solicit or accept gifts, grants, or donations on behalf of an official meeting, conference, or event held within the state of New Hampshire of a state or national legislative association to which the general court pays dues and which includes among its membership the New Hampshire general court, officers, or staff. Any legislative employee or officer who receives gifts, grants, or donations pursuant to this subparagraph shall disclose the source and amount of any gift, grant, or donation to the office of the secretary of state.
206:3 New Paragraph; Duty to Report; Legislative Employees or Legislative Officers. Amend RSA 14-C:4 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. A legislative employee or legislative officer who solicits or accepts gifts, grants, or donations for the underwriting of expenses associated with holding an official meeting, conference, or event of a state or national legislative association to which the general court pays dues, and which includes among its membership the New Hampshire general court, officers, or staff, under RSA 14-C:2, IV(b)(15), shall file a report with the secretary of state no later than the last day of the month following the month during which the official meeting, conference, or event was held. Such report shall include an itemized listing of all individuals, corporations, or other entities from whom the legislative employee or legislative officer received a donation, the value of the donation, date received, and name of the legislative association benefiting from the donation. The report shall be established by the secretary of state, shall be public, and shall contain the same information and affirmations required under RSA 14-C:5.
206:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 12, 2019
Effective Date: July 12, 2019