Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 1:39 p.m.
CHAPTER 193
SB 105-FN - FINAL VERSION
03/07/2019 0886s
2019 SESSION
19-0980
05/03
SENATE BILL 105-FN
AN ACT relative to contributions to inaugural committees.
SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. W. Pearson, Ches. 16; Rep. Morrison, Rock. 9
COMMITTEE: Election Law and Municipal Affairs
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ANALYSIS
This bill limits contributions to inaugural committees and requires receipts for certain expenditures over a specified amount.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/07/2019 0886s 19-0980
05/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to contributions to inaugural committees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
193:1 Inaugural Treasurer; Reporting Requirement. Amend RSA 664:13-a, II to read as follows:
II. No person shall make any expenditure or make or receive any contribution or receipt, in kind or otherwise, for a gubernatorial inauguration except by or through the inaugural treasurer. No person shall make a contribution for a gubernatorial inauguration in excess of $10,000.
193:2 Inaugural Treasurer; Reporting Requirement. Amend RSA 664:13-a, IV to read as follows:
IV. The inaugural treasurer shall file an itemized statement of receipts and expenditures with the secretary of state in like manner and detail as prescribed in RSA 664:6 on March 10 and July 10 following the inauguration. Expenditures totaling more than $1,000 from the inaugural treasurer to the governor-elect or his or her immediate family shall contain back-up receipts. The report filed on March 10 shall be for the period ending on February 28 and the report filed on July 10 shall be for the period beginning on March 1 and ending on June 30. After the July 10 filing, reports shall continue to be filed every 6 months under RSA 664:6, V on the same dates required for state elections until a zero balance is achieved. If a report is sent by certified mail on or before the day it is due, the mailing shall constitute receipt by the secretary of state.
193:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.
Approved: July 10, 2019
Effective Date: January 01, 2020