Revision: Nov. 2, 2022, 4:01 p.m.
2023 SESSION
23-0079.1
10/04
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to the school building aid program.
SPONSORS: [sponsors]
COMMITTEE: [committee]
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires a general fund appropriation equal to the difference between the statutory
maximum school building aid grant amount of $50,000,000 and the state operating budget
appropriation for building aid.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0079.1
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to the school building aid program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Grant for School Construction. Amend RSA 198:15-a, IV to read as follows:
IV. Beginning July 1, [2013] 2023, and every fiscal year thereafter, school building aid grants for construction or renovation projects approved by the department of education shall not [exceed] be less than $50,000,000 per fiscal year [less any debt service payments owed in the fiscal year, unless otherwise provided by an act of the general court]. In addition, each fiscal year, there is hereby appropriated to the department of education for the purpose of making school building aid grants pursuant to this chapter, an amount equal to the difference between $50,000,000 and the state operating budget appropriation for building aid-education, account 06-56-56-561010-6019-77. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. [School building aid grants shall be funded from appropriations in the state operating budget and] No state bonds shall be authorized or issued for the purpose of funding such school building aid grants.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.