CHAPTER 322
SB 449-FN - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
09/10
SENATE BILL 449-FN
AN ACT clarifying that employees in certain department of health and human services' positions are entitled to certain salaries and raises; increasing certain appropriations to the legislative branch for consultants; making fiscal year 2000 legislative branch appropriations nonlapsing until June 30, 2001; and appropriating funds to the legislative budget assistant and the department of revenue administration for tax modeling.
SPONSORS: Sen. Larsen, Dist 15; Sen. Trombly, Dist 7; Sen. Cohen, Dist 24; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Fraser, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Public Institutions, Health and Human Services
This bill clarifies that employees in certain department of health and human services' positions are entitled to certain salaries and raises.
The bill increases appropriations to the house and senate for consultants' fees and provides that funds appropriated to the legislative branch for fiscal year 2000 shall not lapse until June 30, 2001.
The bill also appropriates funds to the legislative budget assistant and the department of revenue administration for tax modeling.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT clarifying that employees in certain department of health and human services' positions are entitled to certain salaries and raises; increasing certain appropriations to the legislative branch for consultants; making fiscal year 2000 legislative branch appropriations nonlapsing until June 30, 2001; and appropriating funds to the legislative budget assistant and the department of revenue administration for tax modeling.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
322:1 Classified Positions in Department of Health and Human Services.
I. Notwithstanding the provisions of 1995, 310:60, any classified employee of the department of health and human services whose position was changed from one salary group to a lower paying salary group shall continue to receive the salary and scheduled raises of the higher paying group so long as such employee is employed in such position.
II. Employees to whom paragraph I applies are hereby entitled to the 5 percent raise for classified state employees effective June 5, 1998, the 3 percent raise for classified state employees effective October 1, 1999, and all subsequent raises negotiated for classified state employees.
III. Funding for salaries and raises under paragraphs I and II shall be from appropriations made to the department of health and human services in the 2000-2001 operating budget for positions which are not filled.
322:2 Legislative Branch; Senate. Amend 1999, 159:1.01, 02, 01, 01 as follows:
FY 2000 FY 2001
Strike out:
46 Consultants 33,000 33,000
Insert in place thereof:
46 Consultants 333,000 33,000
Strike out:
Total 1,347,509 1,369,735
Estimate source of funds for
Senate
General fund 1,347,509 1,369,735
Total 1,347,509 1,369,735
Insert in place thereof:
Total 1,647,509 1,369,735
Estimated source of funds for
Senate
General fund 1,647,509 1,369,735
Total 1,647,509 1,369,735
322:3 Legislative Branch; House. Amend 1999, 159:1.01, 02, 01, 02 as follows:
FY 2000 FY 2001
Strike out:
46 Consultants 2,000 2,000
Insert in place thereof:
46 Consultants 302,000 2,000
Strike out:
Total 2,741,217 2,864,330
Estimated source of funds for
House
General fund 2,741,217 2,864,330
Total 2,741,217 2,864,330
Insert in place thereof:
Total 3,041,217 2,864,330
Estimated source of funds for
House
General fund 3,041,217 2,864,330
Total 3,041,217 2,864,330
322:4 Lapse Date. Legislative Branch Appropriations. Amend 1999, 159:1 by replacing the totals and estimated source of funds for legislative branch with the following:
FY 2000 FY 2001
Total 11,513,802 10,587,326
Estimated source of funds for
Legislative branch
General fund 10,311,002 10,184,526
Other funds 1,202,800 402,800
Total 11,513,802 10,587,326
All funds appropriated to the legislative branch for fiscal year 2000 which would otherwise lapse on June 30, 2000 shall not lapse until June 30, 2001.
322:5 Legislative Budget Assistant; Audit Division. Amend 1999, 159:1.01, 02, 03, 02 as follows:
FY 2000 FY 2001
Strike out:
Total 2,197,629 2,218,598
Estimated source of funds for
Audit division
06 Agency income 300,000 300,000
General fund 1,897,629 1,918,598
Total 2,197,629 2,218,598
Insert place thereof:
Total 2,197,629 2,218,598
Estimated source of funds for
Audit division
06 Agency income 1,100,000 300,000
General fund 1,097,629 1,918,598
Total 2,197,629 2,218,598
322:6 Legislative Budget Assistant; Budget Division. Amend 1999, 159:1.01, 02, 03, 01 as follows:
FY 2000 FY 2001
Insert:
94 Tax Modeling 185,000 0
Strike out:
Total 808,264 803,865
Estimated source of funds for
Budget division
General fund 808,264 803,865
Total 808,264 803,865
Insert in place thereof:
Total 993,264 803,865
Estimated source of funds for
Budget division
General fund 993,264 803,865
Total 993,264 803,865
322:7 Department of Revenue Administration; Administration. Amend 1999, 159:1.01, 07, 01, 01 as follows:
FY 2000 FY2001
Insert:
90 Tax modeling F 15,000 0
Strike out:
Total 1,313,889 1,311,748
Estimated source of funds for
Administration
General fund 1,313,889 1,311,748
Total 1,313,889 1,311,748
Insert in place thereof:
Total 1,328,889 1,311,748
Estimated source of funds for
Administration
General fund 1,328,889 1,311,748
Total 1,328,889 1,311,748
322:8 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: June 21, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 21, 2000)
LBAO
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Revised 1/21/00
SB 449 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT clarifying that employees in certain department of health and human services' positions are entitled to certain salaries and raises.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services indicates this bill will increase state general fund expenditures by an indeterminate amount in FY 2000 and each year thereafter. There may be an indeterminable fiscal impact on state revenue. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures or revenues.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department identified 24 classified employees whose positions were changed to a lower labor grade under Chapter 310:60, Laws of 1995. Under Chapter 310:60 employees in downgraded positions would continue to receive their previous rate of pay until the pay of the new lower classification exceeded the pay these employees were receiving at the time of the downgrade. The Department reviewed the salary histories of the individuals to determine the cost of continuing to pay them at the higher rate, including the pay raises of June 5, 1998, October 1, 1999 and October 1, 2000. While the Department has computed a total cumulative cost of $177,500 for the period starting October 1, 1997 and continuing through FY 2004, it was not able to determine if a portion of the cost can be reimbursed by federal programs.