HB 1333-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2426
10/05
HOUSE BILL 1333-FN-A
AN ACT authorizing travel expense payments to state legislators.
SPONSORS: Rep. Fox, Merr. 23; Rep. Piedra, Hills. 9; Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11; Rep. Chretien, Hills. 42; Rep. Loughman, Rock. 21; Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 27; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires a payment to a member of the house of representatives or senate for travel expenses on days of official legislative business other than session days.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2426
10/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT authorizing travel expense payments to state legislators.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Members of the General Court; Travel Expenses. Amend RSA 14-A:3, II to read as follows:
II. In addition to payment of legislative mileage, the president of the senate or the speaker of the house [may] shall authorize a travel payment [of expenses incident to travel by] for a member of her or his respective house on official legislative business, provided that no additional expenses shall be paid for such business at Concord on a day when the member's respective house of the general court meets. The travel payment shall be calculated as 75 percent of the single calendar day of travel meals and incidentals as determined and published by the Government Services Administration for Concord, New Hampshire.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.
20-2426
11/4/19
HB 1333-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT authorizing travel expense payments to state legislators.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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| Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other | |||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires a per diem travel payment to legislators with such payment based on 75% of the meals and incidentals expense standard promulgated by the U.S. Government Services Administration (USGSA) for Concord, NH. Payments will be authorized to members for travel for legislative business on non-session days for the member's respective body. The standard USGSA meals and incidentals expense per day in Concord, NH is currently $66 and 75% of this amount is $49.50. If all 424 legislative members attended to legislative business in a single day, the cost would be $20,988 ($49.50 x 424). The Legislative Branch cannot estimate the number of members in attendance for legislative business other than session days, therefore the fiscal impact is indeterminable. There may be additional tax implications for both members and the Legislative Branch.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Legislative Branch
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 19, 2020 | House | Hearing |
| March 4, 2020 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 13, 2020 | House | Hearing |
| March 4, 2020 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| March 11, 2020 | House | Floor Vote |
March 11, 2020: Inexpedient to Legislate: MA VV 03/11/2020 HJ 7 P. 48
: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 13-0; CC)
March 11, 2020: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for 03/11/2020 (Vote 13-0; CC) HC 10 P. 24
March 4, 2020: Executive Session: 03/04/2020 10:00 am LOB 303
Feb. 13, 2020: Public Hearing: 02/13/2020 11:00 am LOB 303
March 4, 2020: Executive Session: 03/04/2020 10:00 am LOB 303
Feb. 19, 2020: ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 02/19/2020 11:15 am LOB 303
Jan. 8, 2020: Introduced 01/08/2020 and referred to Legislative Administration HJ 1 P. 18