SB208: relative to online access to state information on economic relief disbursements.

CHAPTER 102

SB 208 - FINAL VERSION

2023 SESSION

23-1005

06/04

SENATE BILL 208

AN ACT relative to online access to state information on economic relief disbursements.

SPONSORS: Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Rep. Almy, Graf. 17; Rep. Leishman, Hills. 33; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 31

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill requires the commissioner of the department of administrative services and the governor's office for emergency relief and recovery to separately report on the disbursement of federal funds.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-1005

06/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to online access to state information on economic relief disbursements.

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

102:1 New Paragraph; Department of Administrative Services; Duties of Commissioner. Amend RSA 21-I:13 by inserting after paragraph XVIII the following new paragraph:

XIX.(a) Beginning July 1, 2023, create and make available on the department's public Internet website, a report of all federal relief funds disbursed, within 30 days of each disbursement. The report shall be in check register format, and shall include the amount, date, and person or other entity to whom the disbursement was made, the accounting unit and class code of the disbursement, the title and number of the expense account, and a brief description of each disbursement.

(b) Any resident who is aggrieved by a violation of this section may appeal to the office of the right-to-know ombudsman.

102:2 Governor's Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery; Report of Federal Funds Disbursement Required.

I. Beginning July 1, 2023, the governor's office for emergency relief and recovery established by Executive Order 2020-06 shall create and make available on its public Internet website, a report of all federal relief funds disbursed, within 30 days of each disbursement. The report shall be in check register format, and shall include the amount, date, and person or other entity to whom the disbursement was made, the accounting unit and class code of the disbursement, the title and number of the expense account, and a brief description of each disbursement.

II. Any resident who is aggrieved by a violation of this section may appeal to the office of the right-to-know ombudsman.

102:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 20, 2023

Effective Date: June 20, 2023