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SB197: making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.
Bill details
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Sponsors
- Dan Feltes Senate · Dist 15
- Sharon M. Carson Senate · Dist 14
- Fuller Clark Senate · Dist 21
- James P. Gray Senate · Dist 6
- Hennessey Senate · Dist 5
- Lasky Senate · Dist 13
- Scott McGilvray Senate · Dist 16
- Donna Soucy Senate · Dist 18
- David H. Watters Senate · Dist 4
- Jeff Woodburn Senate · Dist 1
- Wayne Burton House · Straf 6
- David J. Luneau House · Merr 10
- Lee Oxenham House · Sull 1
Topics
Public finance Elections and voting
Official links
SB 197-FN-A - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/16/2017 0776s
2017 SESSION
17-0974
03/06
SENATE BILL 197-FN-A
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill appropriates $100,000 in each fiscal year of the biennium to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/16/2017 0776s 17-0974
03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Appropriation; Department of Justice. The sums of $100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018 and $100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 are hereby appropriated to the department of justice to fund one full-time investigator position for enforcement of election and lobbying laws, including, but not limited to, filing and disclosure requirements and voter registration and voting procedures. 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 July 1, 2017.
LBAO 17-0974
Amended 5/1/17
SB 197-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2017-0776s)
AN ACT making an appropriation to the department of justice to enforce election and lobbying laws.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE:
FY 2018
FY 2019
FY 2020
FY 2021
Appropriation
$100,000
$100,000
$0
$0
Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
Expenditures
$99,500
$100,000
$106,000
$112,000
Funding Source:
[ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other
METHODOLOGY:
This bill appropriates $200,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2019 to the Department of Justice to fund one full-time investigator position to enforce election and lobbying laws. The Department states it anticipates hiring one full-time unclassified elections investigator (LG BB step 3 per RSA 94:1-a), with a starting salary of $63,239. The Department estimates salaries, benefits and expenditures will cost approximately $99,500 in FY 2018, $100,000 FY 2019, $106,000 in FY 2020 and $112,000 in FY 2021.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Justice