HB 1597 - AS INTRODUCED

2000 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 1597

AN ACT relative to passage of fiscal note bills which do not contain an accompanying fiscal analysis.

SPONSORS: Rep. Sullivan, Carr 2; Sen. Johnson, Dist 3

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill requires a separate vote by the house or senate waiving the review of the fiscal analysis for bills which have been identified as fiscal note bills and which do not contain an accompanying fiscal analysis when acted upon by either body of the legislature.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand

AN ACT relative to passage of fiscal note bills which do not contain an accompanying fiscal analysis.

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

1 New Section; Fiscal Notes; Vote Required for Passage of Certain Legislation. Amend RSA 14 by inserting after section 47 the following new section:

14:47-a Vote Required for Legislation not Containing Fiscal Analysis. Any bill before the house of representatives or the senate which has been identified as a fiscal note bill according to the provisions of this subdivision, and which does not contain an accompanying fiscal analysis of its contents when acted upon by the body, shall require a separate vote by the house or senate waiving the review of the fiscal analysis prior to adoption.

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