CHAPTER 108
SB 49-FN - FINAL VERSION
02/09/2023 0144s
4May2023... 1476h
06/15/2023 2210EBA
2023 SESSION
23-0815
07/08
SENATE BILL 49-FN
AN ACT relative to creating a dedicated, non-lapsing fund, and a biennial report of such fund, for OPLC.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill makes the office of professional licensure and certification fund a nonlapsing fund, a portion of which shall be used for capital expenditures and to lower fees, and mandates a biennial report be made on the expenditures of the fund.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/09/2023 0144s
4May2023... 1476h
06/15/2023 2210EBA 23-0815
07/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to creating a dedicated, non-lapsing fund, and a biennial report of such fund, for OPLC.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
108:1 Office of Professional Licensure and Certification; Fees. Amend RSA 310-A:1-e, I(b) to read as follows:
(b) There is hereby established the office of professional licensure and certification fund into which the fees collected under subparagraph (a) shall be deposited. [After paying] The fund shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the office of professional licensure and certification. Moneys in the fund shall be used to pay all costs and salaries associated with the office[, moneys in this fund shall lapse to the general fund at the close of each biennium], and any remaining funds shall be used for capital expenditures related to the operation of the office of professional licensure and certification. At the close of each biennium, any funds in excess of $3,000,000 shall be used to reduce licensing and certification fees.
108:2 New Paragraph; Office of Professional Licensure and Certification; Fees; Biennial Fund Report. Amend RSA 310-A:1-e by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. The office of professional licensure and certification shall report biennially by each July 1 on how the funds were expended over the previous biennium. The office shall forward the report to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the chairs of the house and senate executive departments and administration committees, the state library, the governor, and applicable boards, and shall make the report available online.
108:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 26, 2023
Effective Date: June 26, 2023
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 18, 2023 | Senate | Hearing |
| Feb. 9, 2023 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| March 9, 2023 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 5, 2023 | House | Hearing |
| April 26, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
| April 26, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
| April 26, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
| April 26, 2023 | House | Floor Vote |
| May 16, 2023 | House | Hearing |
| May 30, 2023 | House | Exec Session |
| May 30, 2023 | House | Floor Vote |
June 27, 2023: Signed by the Governor on 06/26/2023; Chapter 0108; Effective 06/26/2023
June 21, 2023: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20
June 21, 2023: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/15/2023); SJ 20
June 21, 2023: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
June 20, 2023: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2210e Adopted, VV, (In recess of 06/15/2023); SJ 20
June 20, 2023: Enrolled Bill Amendment # 2023-2210e: AA VV (in recess of) 06/15/2023 HJ 16 P. 15
June 15, 2023: Sen. Pearl Moved to Concur with the House Amendment, MA, VV; 06/15/2023; SJ 19
June 8, 2023: Ought to Pass: MA VV 06/08/2023 HJ 15 P. 65
May 30, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 05/30/2023 (Vote 19-1; RC)
May 23, 2023: Executive Session: 05/30/2023 11:00 am LOB 202-204
May 10, 2023: Public Hearing: 05/16/2023 09:30 am LOB 202-204
May 4, 2023: Referred to Ways and Means 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 8
May 4, 2023: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-1476h: MA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 8
May 4, 2023: Amendment # 2023-1476h: AA VV 05/04/2023 HJ 13 P. 8
April 27, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-1476h 04/26/2023 (Vote 19-0; CC)
April 19, 2023: Executive Session: 04/26/2023 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
April 19, 2023: Executive Session: 04/26/2023 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
April 12, 2023: Executive Session: 04/26/2023 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
March 28, 2023: Public Hearing: 04/05/2023 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
March 20, 2023: Introduced (in recess of) 03/16/2023 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration
March 9, 2023: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/09/2023; SJ 9
Feb. 22, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/09/2023; SC 12
Feb. 9, 2023: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2023-0144s, MA, VV; Refer to Finance Rule 4-5; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
Feb. 9, 2023: Committee Amendment # 2023-0144s, AA, VV; 02/09/2023; SJ 6
Jan. 26, 2023: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2023-0144s, 02/09/2023; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 9
Jan. 12, 2023: Hearing: 01/18/2023, Room 103, SH, 09:45 am; SC 6
Jan. 12, 2023: Introduced 01/05/2023 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 4