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2024 SESSION
24-2642.0
05/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a car ownership pilot program for participants in the New Hampshire employment program and family assistance program. The bill makes an appropriation to the department of health and human services for this purpose.
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24-2642.0
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Car Ownership Pilot Program. Amend RSA 167 by inserting after section 77-g the following new section:
167:77-h Car Ownership Pilot Program. The department shall establish a car ownership pilot program for participants in the New Hampshire employment and family assistance program. The department shall identify and contract with a qualified vendor to acquire cars through donation or auction, refurbish them as necessary, and provide their titles to TANF clients engaged in work activities. To be eligible for participation, the applicant must be receiving cash assistance through the employment program, have a valid driver’s license, be participating in an approved work or training program, and lack access to transportation. The initial goal of the program shall be to provide at least 10 cars to eligible individuals. Further expansion of the program shall be subject to available funding, access to a supply of suitable vehicles, and assessment of program outcomes and objectives. On or before November 1, 2024, and annually thereafter for the duration of the pilot program, the department shall provide a report regarding the pilot program to the oversight committee on health and human services established in RSA 126-A:13.
2 Appropriation; Car Ownership Pilot Program. For the biennium ending June 30, 2025, the sum of $100,000 is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services for the purpose of administering the pilot program established in section 2 of this act. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.