Revision: June 4, 2025, 3:45 p.m.
Sen. Abbas, Dist 22
May 30, 2025
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09/05
Floor Amendment to HB 506-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT relative to background checks during motions to return firearms and ammunition and relative to requiring schools to engage an owner's project manager for construction of school building aid projects at the time of application.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 1 with the following:
2 School Building Aid; Approval of Plans; Specifications, and Costs of Construction or Purchase. Amend RSA 198:15-c, III to read as follows:
III. A school district or chartered public school that [accepts] applies for school building aid for construction shall have [engage] engaged the services of an owner's project manager for construction or reconstruction projects of $1,000,000 or more, unless the commissioner waives such requirement as unnecessary. The owner's project manager shall have his or her own comprehensive liability and auto insurance, worker's compensation coverage, and professional liability coverage. The state board of education shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to the required services, responsibilities, and qualifications for the owner's project manager.
I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2026.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Provides a procedure for conducting a discretionary background check prior to the return of firearms and/or ammunition in a court proceeding.
II. Requires schools to have engaged the services of an owner's project manager at the time they apply for school building aid.