SB387: making an appropriation to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund.

SB 387-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2920

08/04

SENATE BILL 387-FN-A

AN ACT making an appropriation to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund.

SPONSORS: Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Porter, Hills. 1

COMMITTEE: Finance

ANALYSIS

This bill makes an appropriation to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund and establishes a distribution process.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2920

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT making an appropriation to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund.

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

1 Appropriation; Body-Worn and Dashboard Cameras. The sum of $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 is hereby appropriated to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund established in RSA 105-D:3 for the purpose of reimbursing county and municipal law enforcement agencies for 50 percent of the initial body-worn and dashboard cameras and associated video retention acquisition costs. The appropriation shall be funded from any remaining American Rescue Plan Act funds, or any other federal funds that can be used for this purpose. Any amount remaining after the use of federal funds shall be appropriated from the general fund and the governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Funds shall be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis and shall not lapse until September 30, 2024.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect June 30, 2022.

LBA

22-2920

Redraft 12/21/21

SB 387-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

AN ACT making an appropriation to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund.

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

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

Appropriation

$20,000,000

$0

$0

$0

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Expenditures

$20,000,000

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Funding Source:

[ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - Body-Worn and Dashboard Camera Fund and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds

COUNTY:

Revenue

$0

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Expenditures

$0

$0

$0

$0

LOCAL:

Revenue

$0

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Expenditures

$0

$0

$0

$0

METHODOLOGY:

This bill appropriates $20,000,000 in FY 2022 to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund, administered by the Department of Safety. The appropriation would be a charge against available American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, to the extent available for this purpose, with any remaining amount being a charge to the state general fund. This appropriation would be used to reimburse county and municipal law enforcement agencies for 50 percent of the initial body-worn and dashboard cameras, and associated video retention acquisition costs. It is not known at this time how much would be disbursed to local or county law enforcement agencies, or in which fiscal year.

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

None