Bill Text - HB194 (2024)

(Third New Title) requiring the director of the division of historical resources to compile and maintain a list of public monuments and requiring legislative approval of the amendment or permanent removal of historical markers.


Revision: Jan. 3, 2023, 11:14 a.m.

HB 194-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0270

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 194-FN

 

AN ACT requiring the director of the division of archives and records management to compile and maintain a list of public monuments.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Germana, Ches. 1; Rep. Toll, Ches. 15

 

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the director of the division of archives and records management to compile and maintain a list of public monuments.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0270

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT requiring the director of the division of archives and records management to compile and maintain a list of public monuments.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraph; Division of Archives and Records Management; Duties of Director.  Amend RSA 5:30 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraph:

XV.  Once every 10 years, compile a survey of all monuments in the state maintained by local or state authorities, including physical markers of a historical event, individual, group of individuals, or geographical sites of historical or cultural significance, maintain such list, and make such survey available to the public through the division's Internet site or web page, as well as to the department of education to be made available to educational institutions in the state.  

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBA

23-0270

12/14/22

 

HB 194-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT requiring the director of the division of archives and records management to compile and maintain a list of public monuments.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

$0

$117,500

$117,500

$52,500

Funding Source:

  [ X ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [    ] Other

 

 

 

 

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires the director of the Division of Archives and Records Management to compile and maintain a list of public monuments.  This bill would create a new function within the Department of State, Division of Archives and Vital records by requiring them to compile a survey of all monuments in the state maintained by local or state authorities and to make it available to the public thru the Division's website as well as sharing it with the Department of Education (DOE).  

 

The Department of States indicates the fiscal impact would be an increase in General Fund expenditures for FY 2024 thru FY 2026.  The Department of State indicates in order to implement this statute they would need to hire a Historian, at labor grade DD, who would be responsible for creating the survey, following up with state agencies and municipalities, as well as researching monuments not reported, maintaining the list of monuments, sharing the list with DOE and putting the information on the Division's website.  The Department assumes this position, overtime, will be converted to a part time position. In addition to the position, there will be additional costs for developing and mailing the survey, developing a data collection tool and the use of outside resources to ensure all data added to the website is ADA compliant.  

 

This bill does not establish or provide an appropriation for new positions.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of State