HB1333: authorizing travel expense payments to state legislators.

HB 1333-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED

2020 SESSION

20-2426

10/05

HOUSE BILL 1333-FN-A

AN ACT authorizing travel expense payments to state legislators.

SPONSORS: Rep. Fox, Merr. 23; Rep. Piedra, Hills. 9; Rep. Josephson, Graf. 11; Rep. Chretien, Hills. 42; Rep. Loughman, Rock. 21; Rep. McWilliams, Merr. 27; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a payment to a member of the house of representatives or senate for travel expenses on days of official legislative business other than session days.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2426

10/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT authorizing travel expense payments to state legislators.

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

1 Members of the General Court; Travel Expenses. Amend RSA 14-A:3, II to read as follows:

II. In addition to payment of legislative mileage, the president of the senate or the speaker of the house [may] shall authorize a travel payment [of expenses incident to travel by] for a member of her or his respective house on official legislative business, provided that no additional expenses shall be paid for such business at Concord on a day when the member's respective house of the general court meets. The travel payment shall be calculated as 75 percent of the single calendar day of travel meals and incidentals as determined and published by the Government Services Administration for Concord, New Hampshire.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.

LBAO

20-2426

11/4/19

HB 1333-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT authorizing travel expense payments to state legislators.

FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

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Funding Source:

[ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ ] Other

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires a per diem travel payment to legislators with such payment based on 75% of the meals and incidentals expense standard promulgated by the U.S. Government Services Administration (USGSA) for Concord, NH. Payments will be authorized to members for travel for legislative business on non-session days for the member's respective body. The standard USGSA meals and incidentals expense per day in Concord, NH is currently $66 and 75% of this amount is $49.50. If all 424 legislative members attended to legislative business in a single day, the cost would be $20,988 ($49.50 x 424). The Legislative Branch cannot estimate the number of members in attendance for legislative business other than session days, therefore the fiscal impact is indeterminable. There may be additional tax implications for both members and the Legislative Branch.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Legislative Branch