HB83: relative to county commissioners' authority on county buildings.

CHAPTER 178

HB 83 - FINAL VERSION

2Feb2023... 0119h

03/30/2023 1136s

2023 SESSION

23-0147

02/10

HOUSE BILL 83

AN ACT relative to county commissioners' authority on county buildings.

SPONSORS: Rep. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Rollins, Sull. 3; Rep. C. McGuire, Merr. 27; Rep. Stapleton, Sull. 6; Rep. Cloutier, Sull. 6

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill does the following:

1. It increases the expense thresholds for county commissioners' authority to purchase real estate and repair, enlarge, or erect county buildings.

2. It raises the monetary cap on the value of enlargements or repairs to county buildings vested in the county convention.

3. It increases the minimum value threshold of county personal property subject to competitive bidding.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

2Feb2023... 0119h

03/30/2023 1136s 23-0147

02/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to county commissioners' authority on county buildings.

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

178:1 County Conventions; Powers. Amend RSA 24:13, I to read as follows:

I. The [power] following powers shall be vested in the county convention:

(a) To raise county taxes[,];

(b) To make appropriations for the use of the county; [and]

(c) To authorize the purchase of real estate for its use, the sale and conveyance of its real estate[,];

(d) To authorize the erection, enlargement or repair of its buildings exceeding an expense of [$5,000] $25,000[,]; and [the issuing of]

(e) To issue bonds for its debts[, shall be vested in the county convention].

178:2 Counties; County Buildings. Amend RSA 28:5 to read as follows:

28:5 County Buildings. The county commissioners may repair, enlarge, or erect county buildings at an expense not exceeding [$5,000] $25,000.

178:3 Counties; Real Estate. Amend RSA 28:7 to read as follows:

28:7 Real Estate. When so authorized by the county convention they may purchase such real estate as may be required for county correctional facilities, including county farms, or other county uses, and may repair, enlarge or erect county buildings at a cost exceeding [$5,000] $25,000; and, with like authority, they may sell any of the county's real estate.

178:4 County Commissioners; Competitive Bidding on Sales of Personal Property. Amend RSA 28:8-a to read as follows:

28:8-a Competitive Bidding on Sales of Personal Property. Any sale of personal property made by a county where the estimated value thereof is in excess of [$300] $3,000 shall be by competitive bidding, provided that the county commissioners by unanimous vote may waive the provisions for such bidding. In case the commissioners so vote a copy of such action shall be recorded in their offices with a statement of the reasons therefor and such record shall be open to public inspection.

178:5 Repeal. RSA 30-B:2, relative to county corrections real estate and buildings, is repealed.

178:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: August 04, 2023

Effective Date: October 03, 2023