HB 607-FN-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
04/10
HOUSE BILL 607-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to reimbursement for police assistance provided to schools within a cooperative school district or an authorized regional enrollment area school.
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill requires that a city or town which hosts a cooperative school or authorized regional area school and which provides police assistance to such school shall be reimbursed for police assistance on a per diem basis.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-0089
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to reimbursement for police assistance provided to schools within a cooperative school district or an authorized regional enrollment area school.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Cooperative School Districts; Reimbursement for Police Assistance. Amend RSA 195 by inserting after section 15-a the following new section:
195:15-b Reimbursement for Police Assistance.
I. A city or town in which a cooperative school or authorized regional enrollment school is located and which provides police assistance to such cooperative school or authorized regional enrollment school shall be reimbursed by the cooperative school or authorized regional enrollment school receiving such police assistance. In this section, "police assistance" shall mean a call to the police department placed by a cooperative school or authorized regional enrollment school official.
II. The specific rate of reimbursement shall be determined by the city or town provided that the minimum reimbursement shall be $25 per day for police assistance during the school year and the maximum reimbursement shall be $120 per day for police assistance during the school year.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
01-0089
2/7/01
HB 607-FN-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to reimbursement for police assistance provided to schools within a cooperative school district or an authorized regional enrollment area school.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Education indicates this bill may increase local revenue and expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2001. There will be no fiscal impact on state and county revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
This bill states that a city or town in which a cooperative school district or authorized regional enrollment area is located, and which provides police assistance to the cooperative school district or authorized regional enrollment area, shall be reimbursed by them for receiving such assistance. The rate of payment will range from $25 to $120 per day, the exact amount will be set by the city or town providing the service.
The Department states it cannot estimate the number or dollar amount of police calls that will be made and therefor, cannot estimate the fiscal impact.