HB 641-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
09/10
HOUSE BILL 641-FN-A
AN ACT relative to a study by the legislature of gender bias in the New Hampshire court system and making an appropriation therefor.
COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration
This bill requires the speaker of the house and the senate president, in consultation with the chairpersons of the house and senate judiciary committees, to hire a consultant to prepare and publish a study on the issue of gender bias in the New Hampshire court system. The bill makes an appropriation for the consultant's fee and provides that this appropriation may be reduced by gifts, grants, and private donations.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0134
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to a study by the legislature of gender bias in the New Hampshire court system and making an appropriation therefor.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Legislative Study of Gender Bias in New Hampshire Courts Authorized; Appropriation. The speaker of the house and the senate president shall, in consultation with the chairpersons of the senate and house judiciary committees, hire a consultant to conduct a study of gender bias in the New Hampshire court system. The consultant shall complete the study and publish its report on or before January 1, 2002. The sum of $1 is hereby appropriated to the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002, for the purpose of conducting this study. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
2 Acceptance of Gift, Grants, and Private Donations Authorized. The general court is authorized to accept gifts, grants and private donations for the study authorized in section 1, which shall be applied to reduce the appropriation made in section 1.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
LBAO
01-0134
1/25/01
HB 641-FN-A - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to a study by the legislature of gender bias in the New Hampshire court system and making an appropriation therefor.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant has determined this bill will increase state general fund expenditures by $1 in FY 2002. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue or county and local expenditures.
This bill appropriates $1 from the state general fund to the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002 for the purposes of this act.
METHODOLOGY:
This bill will require the New Hampshire General Court to conduct a study of gender bias in the New Hampshire Court System. $1 is appropriated from the state general fund in FY 2002 for the purposes of hiring a consultant to complete the study and publish its report on or before January 1, 2002. The bill authorizes the General Court to accept gifts, grants and private donations for purposes of the study, and to apply such sums in order to reduce the appropriation made in section 1 of this bill.