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NH Rev Stat § 14:30-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:30-a - Fiscal Committee.

    14:30-a Fiscal Committee. –||I. There is hereby established a fiscal committee of the general court. Said committee shall consist of 10 members. Five shall be members of the house as follows: the chairperson of the finance committee and 2 other members of the committee, appointed by the chairperson; and 2 other house members appointed by the speaker of the house. Five members shall be members of the senate as follows: the chairperson of the finance committee and 2 other members of that committee, appointed by the chairperson; and 2 other senators appointed by the senate president. The chairperson of the house finance committee shall be the chairperson of the fiscal committee.||II. The committee shall, while the general court is in session and during the interim, consult with, assist, advise, and supervise the work of the legislative budget assistant, and may at its discretion investigate and consider any matter relative to the appropriations, expenditures, finances, revenues or any of the fiscal matters of the state. The members shall be paid the regular legislative mileage during the interim while engaged in their work as members of the committee.||III. The fiscal committee shall consider recommendations proposed to it by the legislative performance audit and oversight committee established under RSA 17-N:1. The fiscal committee shall adopt all recommendations proposed to it as provided in RSA 17-N:1, III by the performance audit and oversight committee unless the fiscal committee refuses by unanimous vote to adopt such recommendations.||IV. [Repealed.]||V. [Repealed.]||VI. Any non-state funds in excess of $100,000, whether public or private, including refunds of expenditures, federal aid, local funds, gifts, bequests, grants, and funds from any other non-state source, which under state law require the approval of governor and council for acceptance and expenditure, may be accepted and expended by the proper persons or agencies in the state government only with the prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court.|||Source. 1965, 239:19. 1987, 416:7. 1989, 396:13; 408:2. 1991, 346:18, I. 1995, 9:8. 2005, 177:11. 2006, 290:21, eff. June 15, 2006. 2012, 247:10, eff. Aug. 17, 2012.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:31-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:31-b - Budget Division.

    14:31-b Budget Division. –||I. The budget division shall:||(a) Provide technical staff assistance in the areas of finance, accounting and budgeting to the appropriations, finance, ways and means, and capital budget overview committees and such other committees, including joint committees, of the general court as the fiscal committee may from time to time designate, upon the request of any of such committees or the fiscal committee.||(b) Prepare fiscal notes and amendments to fiscal notes as required by RSA 14:44-47.||(c) Prepare fiscal impact statements as defined in RSA 541-A:1, VII.||(d) Conduct orientation programs and prepare and distribute summary materials regarding the budget and budget process to the full membership of the house and senate.||II. The legislative budget assistant shall attend all hearings on state budgets as provided for in RSA 9:7.|||Source. 1987, 416:10. 1994, 412:2. 1998, 222:6, eff. June 22, 1998.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:31-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:31-c - Charge Back of Financial Audits of Special Funds Agencies.

    14:31-c Charge Back of Financial Audits of Special Funds Agencies. –||The cost of any financial audit done by the legislative budget assistant or by any other auditor under his or her direction or authority of any department, division, or agency funded by highway, fish and game, any self-sustaining, or special fund shall be a charge against the appropriate fund and said cost shall be transferred from said fund to the general fund.|||Source. 1987, 416:11, eff. July 1, 1987. 2013, 144:125, eff. July 1, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:32 - Office Space.

    14:32 Office Space. –||Suitable office space in the state house devoted to the use of the legislature shall be assigned to the legislative budget assistant for use during the legislative sessions and also during the interim between sessions.|||Source. 1953, 10:1, par. 35. RSA 14:32. 1969, 281:3, eff. June 24, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:33 - Dismissal.

    14:33 Dismissal. –||The legislative budget assistant may be dismissed at any time by vote of the fiscal committee for good cause shown in a complaint brought by the said committee. The legislative budget assistant shall be afforded due notice of any such complaint and a fair hearing before said committee before dismissal. Should the fiscal committee vote to dismiss the legislative budget assistant, the legislative budget assistant may appeal the dismissal to a special committee consisting of the house finance and senate finance committees which shall have the power to uphold or reverse the decision of the fiscal committee.|||Source. 1953, 10:1, par. 36. RSA 14:33. 1969, 281:4. 1995, 9:9, eff. June 11, 1995.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:34 - Assistants.

    14:34 Assistants. –||The legislative budget assistant with the approval of the fiscal committee may appoint a deputy legislative budget assistant and such other assistants as he may require within the limits of the appropriation made for his department on recommendation of the fiscal committee. The deputy legislative budget assistant shall perform such duties as may be determined by the legislative budget assistant and may be dismissed by the legislative budget assistant with the approval of the fiscal committee for good cause shown. The legislative budget assistant shall also have the authority with the approval of the fiscal committee to hire on a temporary basis such expert consultants, including but not being limited to certified public accountants and data processing experts, as are necessary to carry out his duties.|||Source. 1953, 10:1, par. 37. RSA 14:34. 1969, 281:5, eff. June 24, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:35 - Vacancies.

    14:35 Vacancies. –||When the position of the legislative budget assistant becomes vacant the fiscal committee shall meet not less than one month after the vacancy occurs for the purpose of filling said vacancy. The deputy legislative budget assistant shall perform the duties of the legislative budget assistant during the period that the position of legislative budget assistant is vacant or for any period that the legislative budget assistant is unable for any reason to perform the duties of the position. When the position of the deputy legislative budget assistant becomes vacant the legislative budget assistant with the approval of the fiscal committee may appoint a deputy legislative budget assistant to fill the vacancy.|||Source. 1953, 10:1, par. 38. RSA 14:35. 1969, 281:6. 1997, 1:1, eff. Feb. 6, 1997.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:35-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:35-a - Copies of Federal Audits, Required.

    14:35-a Copies of Federal Audits, Required. –||Every state agency, commission, institution and department receiving a federal audit of its operation or any part thereof is hereby directed to forward a copy of said audit to the legislative budget assistant within 15 days after the receipt of said audit.|||Source. 1969, 13:1, eff. April 12, 1969.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:35-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:35-b - Settlements of Court Claims Against the State.

    14:35-b Settlements of Court Claims Against the State. –||I. Any settlement of a claim against the state in which the state through its attorneys agrees to a commitment with financial consequences in excess of 1/4 of one percent or more of total reported general fund unrestricted revenues for the previous fiscal year as reported by the legislative budget assistant pursuant to paragraph II shall be subject to the approval of the legislature.||II. The legislative budget assistant shall report to the attorney general on January 1 of each year the latest available audited general fund unrestricted revenues for the previous fiscal year as well as the threshold amount at which a financial settlement would be subject to legislative approval pursuant to paragraph I.||III. Any proposed settlement subject to this section shall be presented as legislation in the next convened session of the legislature and acted upon in the same manner as any other bill.|||Source. 1997, 153:1. 2002, 200:2, eff. July 1, 2002.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:36 - to 14:38 Repealed by 1963, 297:4, eff. July 1, 1963.

    14:36 to 14:38 Repealed by 1963, 297:4, eff. July 1, 1963. –|
NH Rev Stat § 14:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:39 - Proposed Bills.

    14:39 Proposed Bills. –||Any senator-elect or representative-elect, after the day of his election, may file with the director of legislative services any proposed bill he desires to introduce. The director shall notify, immediately after the biennial election, each senator-elect and representative-elect of the provisions of this section and of the bill drafting service available in the office of legislative services. The clerk of the house and of the senate, respectively, shall cause sufficient copies of each bill to be printed, and shall make copies available to persons who request them.|||Source. 1927, 121:1. RL 9:26. 1949, 128:1. RSA 14:39. 1963, 297:3. 1969, 47:1. 1987, 225:3, eff. May 18, 1987.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:39-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:39-a - Legislation Granting Rulemaking Authority.

    14:39-a Legislation Granting Rulemaking Authority. –||Any member of the house of representatives or senate proposing legislation which includes provisions granting rulemaking authority to any agency as defined in RSA 541-A:1, II, shall include an explanation of the intent for the proposal relative to the parameters under which rulemaking authority under RSA 541-A may be used. Rulemaking provisions in proposed legislation shall not grant broad authority for the adoption of rules, including general authority to implement a program or to adopt fees, but shall specify the issues to be addressed by rules and the amount of any fee.|||Source. 2006, 145:1. 2011, 224:222, eff. July 1, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:40 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:40 - Repealed by 1971, 317:4, eff. Aug. 24, 1971.

    14:40 Repealed by 1971, 317:4, eff. Aug. 24, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 14:41 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:41 - Repealed by 1971, 317:4, eff. Aug. 24, 1971.

    14:41 Repealed by 1971, 317:4, eff. Aug. 24, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 14:42 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:42 - Repealed by 1971, 317:2, eff. Aug. 24, 1971.

    14:42 Repealed by 1971, 317:2, eff. Aug. 24, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 14:43 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:43 - Repealed by 1971, 317:3, eff. Aug. 24, 1971.

    14:43 Repealed by 1971, 317:3, eff. Aug. 24, 1971. –|
NH Rev Stat § 14:44 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:44 - Fiscal Note Required.

    14:44 Fiscal Note Required. –||I. All bills and resolutions having an effect on the revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability of the state or a city or town or county which have a total fiscal impact of $10,000 or more in each fiscal year over the period covered by a fiscal note shall be accompanied by a fiscal note which sets forth the estimated fiscal impact thereof.||II. All bills and resolutions having an effect on the revenues, expenditures, or fiscal liability of the state or a city or town or county which have a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each fiscal year over the period covered by a fiscal note shall be accompanied by a fiscal note stating the legislative budget assistant's determination that such bills and resolutions shall have a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each fiscal year over the period covered by the fiscal note.||III. No fiscal note shall be required for bills and resolutions which:||(a) Make appropriations for capital improvements and expenditures.||(b) Are budget or supplemental budget bills.||(c) Establish study committees where the only fiscal impact of the bill is due to legislative mileage authorized for legislative members.||(d) Establish or change a civil penalty.||(e) Shift the burden of a tax among local taxpayers, without affecting the total amount of revenue received from the tax.||(f) Regulate the operation of boats or other watercraft on a particular body or bodies of water.||(g) Grant rulemaking authority to or alter the rulemaking authority of a state agency.||IV. All bills and joint resolutions relating to the New Hampshire retirement system shall be accompanied by a fiscal note which sets forth the estimated fiscal impact on any funds of the New Hampshire retirement system or local or state government.|||Source. 1979, 179:1. 1991, 355:1. 1995, 248:1. 1996, 159:1, eff. July 1, 1996.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:45 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:45 - Definition.

    14:45 Definition. –||In this subdivision, "bill with a fiscal impact" means any bill or joint resolution introduced into either house of the general court:||I. Which would require the state or a city or town or county to appropriate or expend funds or both; or||II. Which would have the effect of changing the taxable valuation of a city or town or county by creating, expanding, increasing or reducing tax exemptions; or||III. Which would otherwise have the effect of changing the revenues of the state or a city or town or county.|||Source. 1979, 179:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:47 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:47 - Amendments.

    14:47 Amendments. –||The fiscal note shall accompany the bill throughout its course of passage through the general court and to the governor for action and shall be amended as necessary to correct errors or to agree with substantive amendments to the bill.|||Source. 1979, 179:1, eff. Sept. 1, 1979.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:48 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:48 - Legislation Impacting Local Revenues and Expenditures.

    14:48 Legislation Impacting Local Revenues and Expenditures. –||The word "LOCAL" shall be placed after each house and senate bill number of all legislation and all proposed amendments which may impact local expenditures or which require the state to forward all or part of any designated revenues to the cities or towns. The office of legislative services shall indicate whether new legislation affects revenue sharing statutes.|||Source. 1991, 103:1, eff. July 12, 1991.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:49 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:49 - Legislative Study Committees.

    14:49 Legislative Study Committees. –||I. (a) The statutory authorization for every study committee which is established by the general court shall be repealed either upon the filing of a final report or on November 1 in the even-numbered year prior to the beginning of the subsequent biennial session, whichever is earlier.||(b) The membership of any study committee established by the general court shall be limited to members of the general court only.||(c) The chairman of a study committee established by the general court shall, in addition to any other reporting requirements, electronically file the final report with the clerk of the house of representatives or clerk of the senate, and the clerks of the respective bodies shall post the report on the general court website.||II. In this section, "study committee" shall mean a committee, commission, task force, council, or any other similar entity established by the general court in chapter law to study or otherwise address a specified issue, and shall not include any similar entities that are codified in statute.|||Source. 1993, 343:1. 2010, 232:1. 2011, 163:1, eff. Aug. 13, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:50 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:50 - Legislative Security; Authority.

    14:50 Legislative Security;  Authority. –||I. The sworn members of the legislative security staff while on official duty shall have the authority of an ex officio constable including the power to detain persons who are creating a disturbance or who they have reasonable grounds to believe have committed any offense under the laws of the state, for as long as necessary to surrender the person to a state trooper, deputy sheriff, or local police officer having jurisdiction, provided such detention is accomplished in a reasonable manner.||II. When in the performance of their duties legislative security staff members shall be entitled to the same indemnification of state officers and officials as provided in RSA 99-D:2.||III. The legislative security staff shall be considered a law enforcement agency for purposes of receiving and exchanging criminal justice information and motor vehicle registration information with the department of safety and other law enforcement agencies.||IV. Legislative security staff members shall not be required to meet the training and certification requirements of RSA 106-L:6 but may attend and participate in training programs at the police standards and training council and upon successfully completing such programs shall receive the same academic credits or certifications as other peace officers attending such programs.||V. Legislative security staff members who were certified police officers prior to appointment to the legislative security staff may retain or regain their police certification while serving as sworn members of the legislative security staff upon completing such continuing education requirements as the police standards and training council may require.|||Source. 2010, 261:2, eff. July 6, 2010. 2017, 206:4, eff. Sept. 8, 2017.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:51 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:51 - State House Operations Program.

    14:51 State House Operations Program. –||I. The legislature may enter into a memorandum of understanding with a private entity to implement a program that will allow the state house to be open to the public. The memorandum of understanding shall consider:||(a) Guided tours of the state house provided by volunteer tour guides.||(b) A security plan developed in consultation with legislative protective services which may include criminal background checks for volunteer tour guides.||(c) A plan for visitor use of restrooms.||(d) Appropriate signage, which may include signage on Interstate 93 developed in consultation with the department of transportation.||II. Prior to the implementation of the program, the memorandum of understanding shall be reviewed and approved by the joint committee on legislative facilities, established under RSA 17-E:1. Any costs to implement the approved memorandum of understanding shall not be a charge to the state.|||Source. 2016, 261:1, eff. June 15, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 14:52 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14 - Legislative Officers and Proceedings|Section 14:52 - Administrative Office.

    14:52 Administrative Office. –||I. There shall be a general court administrative office in the state house under a director of the administrative office. The director may employ and contract for such additional professional, technical, clerical, or other employees necessary to perform the functions and duties of the office.||II. The director shall designate a person as the independent human resources professional. The director shall ensure the person designated has had or will receive training or certification in sexual harassment investigations. In addition to the procedure in RSA 14-B:3, I(d), the designated person shall carry out obligations as set forth in the general court's sexual harassment policy, including but not limited to, the receipt, investigation, and processing of verbal or written complaints from legislative staff, members of the public, or other members of the general court concerning current members of the general court, or members of the general court whose service ceased within 2 years prior to the complaint. Neither the office of the senate president nor the office of the speaker of the house of representatives shall have any oversight or responsibility for any complaints involving sexual harassment.||III. A sexual harassment complaint filed with the general court administrative office shall be confidential and not subject to disclosure to any third party, including but not limited to the attorney general's office; provided that the complainant may waive such confidentiality protections with informed, written consent. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the independent human resources professional from consulting with any person reasonably necessary to conduct an investigation.|||Source. 2019, 311:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2020.|
NH Rev Stat § 14-A:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title I - The State and Its Government|Title 14-A - Members of the General Court|Section 14-A:1 - Vacancy in Committee Chairman.

    14-A:1 Vacancy in Committee Chairman. –||If the office of chairman of a committee of either branch of the general court becomes vacant for any reason at any time after the adjournment of the biennial session and before the dissolution of the general court under the constitution, the presiding officer of the branch of the general court in which the vacancy occurs may appoint a chairman to fill the vacancy from among any of the members of the committee in which the vacancy exists.|||Source. 1965, 7:1, eff. May 15, 1965.|