Revision: May 12, 2021, 11:45 a.m.
Sen. Kahn, Dist 10
Sen. Bradley, Dist 3
May 12, 2021
2021-1426s
05/10
Floor Amendment to HB 77
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT requiring town and city clerks to provide daily notification to the secretary of state of any filings for elected office and relative to the broadband matching grant initiative.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 1 with the following:
2 Broadband Matching Grant Initiative; Rules Regarding Challenge Process and Program Eligibility. RSA 4-C:39, II(b) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(b) Establishment of a challenge process, with reasonable timelines, through which information may be provided to the state to ensure that funds are not used to build projects in served areas or areas where construction has commenced. Projects in planning, design, or terms negotiations, and not under construction as of January 1, 2021, shall be eligible for funding.
3 Contingency; SB 85; Broadband Matching Grant Initiative. If SB 85 of the 2021 legislative session, establishing the broadband matching grant initiative, becomes law and inserts RSA 4-C:39, II(b), relative to the challenge process and program eligibility, section 2 of this act shall take effect on July 1, 2021 at 12:01 a.m. If SB 85 does not become law or does not insert RSA 4-C:39, II(b), relative to the challenge process and program eligibility, section 2 of this act shall not take effect.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 3 of this act.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
2021-1426s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Requires that town and city clerks provide a daily update of candidates who have filed for nomination to the secretary of state.
II. Contingently amends eligibility criteria for the broadband matching grant initiative established in SB 85.