Revision: Aug. 4, 2025, 11 a.m.
CHAPTER 283
HB 650-FN - FINAL VERSION
05/22/2025 2232s
26Jun2025... 2911EBA
2025 SESSION
25-0418
07/06
HOUSE BILL 650-FN
AN ACT removing references to repealed funds and relative to state park and robotics education funds.
SPONSORS: Rep. D. McGuire, Merr. 14; Rep. Almy, Graf. 17; Rep. Janigian, Rock. 25; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 14; Sen. Gray, Dist 6
COMMITTEE: Ways and Means
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ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Removes references to repealed funds;
II. Splits the state parks fund into 2 separate funds; and
III. Changes the robotics education fund to lapse excess funds into the general 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/22/2025 2232s
26Jun2025... 2911EBA 25-0418
07/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACT removing references to repealed funds and relative to state park and robotics education funds.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
283:1 New Section; Cannon Mountain Ski Account Fund Established. Amend RSA 216-A by inserting after section 3-o the following new section:
216-A:3-p Cannon Mountain Ski Account Fund Established.
I. The state treasurer shall establish a separate and distinct account to be known as the Cannon Mountain ski account fund. The account shall be continuing and nonlapsing. The treasurer shall deposit in the Cannon Mountain ski account fund actual revenues associated with the state-owned ski areas, derived by the department of natural and cultural resources from fees, services, accommodations, rentals, revenue from lift and tramway operations, retail sales, and net profit from concession operations in excess of budget expenses. Any federal moneys that become available and all donations and gifts shall be deposited into this account.
283:2 New Subparagraph; State Treasurer; Application of Receipts; Cannon Mountain Ski Account Fund. Amend RSA 6:12, I(b) by inserting after subparagraph 399 the following new subparagraph:
(400) Moneys deposited in the Cannon Mountain ski account fund under RSA 216-A:3-p.
283:3 Robotics Education Development Program and Robotics Education Fund; Robotics Education Fund Established; Cap on Unencumbered Balance. Amend RSA 188-E:24 to read as follows:
188-E:24 Robotics Education Fund Established. There is established in the office of the state treasurer a [nonlapsing] fund to be known as the robotics education fund which shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds. The unobligated balance of the fund shall be capped at $1,000,000, and any excess funds shall lapse to the general fund at the end of each biennium. The fund shall be administered by the commissioner of the department of education. The commissioner may accept and expend funds from any public or private source, including private gifts, grants, and donations.
283:4 Expansion of State Park System; State Park Fund Established; References Removed. Amend RSA 216-A:3-i, I to read as follows:
I. The state treasurer shall establish a separate and distinct account to be known as the state park fund. [The treasurer shall establish within the state park fund separate and distinct accounts, known as the state park account and the state-owned ski area account.] The [accounts] account shall be continuing and nonlapsing. The treasurer shall deposit in the state park account actual revenues from fees, services, accommodations, rentals, retail sales, net profit from concession operations, and special registration plate symbol fees collected under RSA 261:75-c in excess of budget expenses and [excluding] exclude revenues associated with state-owned ski areas. [The treasurer shall deposit in the state-owned ski area account actual revenues associated with the state-owned ski areas, derived by the department of natural and cultural resources from fees, services, accommodations, rentals, revenue from lift and tramway operations, retail sales, and net profit from concession operations in excess of budget expenses.] Any federal moneys which become available and all donations and gifts shall be deposited into [their appropriately designated accounts] this account.
283:5 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 6:12, I(b)(32), relative to fees collected under RSA 310-B:21.
II. RSA 6:12, I(b)(341), relative to the advanced manufacturing education fund under RSA 188-E:23-a.
283:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: August 01, 2025
Effective Date: September 30, 2025