SB480: making an appropriation to the tobacco use prevention fund for the purpose of smoking cessation programs.

SB 480-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED

2004 SESSION

04-3196

09/01

SENATE BILL 480-FN-A

AN ACT making an appropriation to the tobacco use prevention fund for the purpose of smoking cessation programs.

SPONSORS: Sen. Martel, Dist 18; Sen. Green, Dist 6; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. O'Hearn, Dist 12; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3; Rep. Dalrymple, Rock 76; Rep. S. Harris, Sull 22

COMMITTEE: Finance

ANALYSIS

This bill makes an appropriation to the tobacco use prevention fund for the purpose of smoking cessation programs.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04-3196

09/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT making an appropriation to the tobacco use prevention fund for the purpose of smoking cessation programs.

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

1 Appropriation. The sum of $1 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004 and the sum of $1 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005 are hereby appropriated to the tobacco use prevention fund, established in RSA 126-K:15, for the purpose of funding smoking cessation programs. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect June 30, 2004.

LBAO

04-3196

12/22/03

SB 480-FN-A - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT making an appropriation to the tobacco use prevention fund for the purpose of smoking cessation programs.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant indicates this bill will increase state expenditures by $1 in FY 2004 and $1 in FY 2005. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue or county and local expenditures.

This bill appropriates $1 in FY 2004 and $1 in FY 2005 from the general fund to the Department of Health and Human Services, Tobacco Use Prevention Fund to fund smoking cessation programs.

METHODOLOGY:

Chapter 319:173, Laws of 2003 suspended RSA 126-K:15 which funded the Tobacco Prevention Fund with $3,000,000 of the tobacco settlement revenue received by the state. The June 30, 2003 unencumbered balance in the fund lapsed to the general fund.