Bill Text - SB525 (2026)

Raising the maximum amount of state guarantees in force.


Revision: Nov. 24, 2025, 8:56 a.m.

SB 525  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2113

07/06

 

SENATE BILL 525

 

AN ACT raising the maximum amount of state guarantees in force.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill raises the maximum amount of state guarantees in force.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2113

07/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT raising the maximum amount of state guarantees in force.

 

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

 

1  Public Safety and Welfare; Business Finance Authority; Unified Contingent Credit Limit.  Amend RSA 162-A:22 to read as follows:

162-A:22 Unified Contingent Credit Limit. The total amount of state guarantees in force under RSA 162-A:7-a, RSA 162-A:8, RSA 162-A:10, III, RSA 162-A:13, RSA 162-A:13-a, RSA 162-A:17, and RSA 162-I:9-b shall not exceed in the aggregate at any time $50,000,000 plus interest, provided that such amount shall be increased to $80,000,000 plus interest on January 1, 1993, to $95,000,000 plus interest on January 1, 1994, and to $115,000,000 plus interest on May 1, 2015, [and] to $200,000,000 plus interest on June 1, 2023, and to $500,000,000 plus interest on March 1, 2026.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.