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SB385: relative to the cost of care fund.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2024 SB385
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Committee
House Environment and Agriculture
Hearing
04/16/2024 at 01:00 PM
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Environment and Agriculture Public finance

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CHAPTER 38

SB 385 - FINAL VERSION

2024 SESSION

24-2941

08/05

SENATE BILL 385

AN ACT relative to the cost of care fund.

SPONSORS: Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

ANALYSIS

This bill allows payments from the cost of care fund to be distributed to a third party.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2941

08/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to the cost of care fund.

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

38:1 Cost of Care Fund. Amend RSA 437-B:1, III to read as follows:

III. The arresting officer or his or her designee may apply to the commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food for a grant from the cost of care fund to reimburse or pay directly to a third party costs incurred caring for animals in animal cruelty cases brought under RSA 644:8 or RSA 644:8-a during pretrial care, for the period between when the animals are seized and until the final disposition of the case. The commissioner of the department of agriculture, markets, and food[ and the state veterinarian] shall review such applications, respond to such applications within 15 days, and distribute no more than $500,000 per application.

38:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 31, 2024

Effective Date: July 30, 2024