Bill Text - HB581 (2023)

Repealing the controlled drug act and establishing a committee to study the policy and statutory changes necessary to implement the repeal.


Revision: Dec. 29, 2022, 11:37 a.m.

 

2023 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL [bill number]

 

AN ACT repealing the controlled drug act and establishing a committee to study the policy and statutory changes necessary to implement the repeal.

 

SPONSORS: [sponsors]

 

COMMITTEE: [committee]

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals the controlled drug act effective July 1, 2025, and establishes a committee to recommend legislation to make the necessary policy and statutory changes to accompany the repeal.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 Twenty Three

 

AN ACT repealing the controlled drug act and establishing a committee to study the policy and statutory changes necessary to implement the repeal.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Repeal.  RSA 318-B, relative to the controlled drug act, is repealed.

2  Committee Established.  

I.  There is established a committee to study the statutory and policy changes to state law necessary to implement the repeal of the controlled drug act in New Hampshire.  The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a)  Four members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

(b)  One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

II.  Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

III.  The committee shall study the statutory and policy changes to state law necessary to implement the repeal of the controlled drug act in New Hampshire.  The committee may solicit testimony from any individual or organization that has information or expertise related to the committee's objective.

IV.  The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members.  The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member.  The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.  Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

V.  The committee shall report its findings and make recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before September 1, 2024.

3  Effective Date.  

I.  Section 1 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2025.

II.  The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.