HB380: requiring legislative approval of any settlement of certain lawsuits against the state.

HB 380 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-0236

06/10

HOUSE BILL 380

AN ACT requiring legislative approval of any settlement of certain lawsuits against the state.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kurk, Hills 48

COMMITTEE: Finance

ANALYSIS

This bill requires legislative approval for any settlement of a court claim against the state that requires at least one recurring state payment or service.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0236

06/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT requiring legislative approval of any settlement of certain lawsuits against the state.

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

1 Settlements of Court Claims Against the State; Recurring Payments or Services. Amend RSA 14:35-b, I to read as follows:

I. Any settlement of a claim against the state in which the state through its attorneys agrees to either a commitment with financial consequences, relating to any state source whatsoever, in excess of [1/4] 1/8 of one percent or more of total reported general fund unrestricted revenues for the previous fiscal year, excluding revenues required to pay for a constitutionally adequate education, as reported by the legislative budget assistant pursuant to paragraph II, or a commitment that requires at least one recurring state payment or service regardless of the value of the payment or service, or both, shall be subject to the approval of the legislature.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.