SB 69-FN-A-LOCAL- AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

5/9/01 1143s

31may01...1306h

2001 SESSION

01-0802

09/01

SENATE BILL 69-FN-A-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua.

SPONSORS: Sen. Pignatelli, Dist. 13

COMMITTEE: Public Affairs

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in the city of Nashua to provide civil legal services to low-income persons in Nashua and the surrounding area.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

5/9/01 1143s

31may01...1306h

01-0802

09/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua.

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

1 New Hampshire Legal Assistance Office. The legislature hereby establishes a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in the city of Nashua to provide civil legal services to low income persons in that city and the surrounding area. These civil legal services include services related to such issues as housing, social security and other government benefits, health care, domestic violence, and consumer issues.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

LBAO

01-0802

Amended 5/14/01

SB 69 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to a New Hampshire Legal Assistance office in Nashua and making an appropriation therefor.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined this bill, as amended by the Senate, will increase state general fund expenditures by $315,000 in FY 2002 and $315,000 in FY 2003. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures or state, county and local revenues.

This bill appropriates $315,000 from the general fund in FY 2002 and FY 2003 to New Hampshire Legal Assistance.

METHODOLOGY:

This bill appropriates $315,000 in FY 2002 and FY 2003 to New Hampshire Legal Assistance to provide a portion of the funding for a new office in the city of Nashua.