SB 407-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2002 SESSION
05/01
SENATE BILL 407-FN
AN ACT requiring restroom facilities in certain state buildings.
SPONSORS: Sen. Pignatelli, Dist 13; Sen. Wheeler, Dist 21; Rep. Taylor, Straf 11; Rep. Manning, Ches 9; Rep. Messier, Hills 46; Rep. Holbrook, Belk 7; Rep. Robert Johnson, Rock 1
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill requires public restroom facilities in certain state buildings.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02-3135
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT requiring restroom facilities in certain state buildings.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Construction and Inspection of Public Buildings; Restroom Facilities in State Buildings. Amend RSA 155-A by inserting after section 4 the following new section:
155-A:5 Restroom Facilities in State Buildings. All buildings that are owned or rented by the state shall be equipped with public restroom facilities if a member of the public may be required to wait for 30 minutes or more as part of the normal operation and use of the building.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
02-3135
11/8/01
SB 407-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring restroom facilities in certain state buildings.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Administrative Services states this bill will increase state expenditures by $600,000 in FY 2003. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department states the Bureau of General Services is responsible for 22 state-owned facilities located primarily in Concord, NH. Of the 22 state-owned facilities, three of them would require new restrooms to comply with this legislation. They are the Health and Human Services Building, the Department of Justice Building, and the Supreme Court Building. In addition, the Department states approximately half of the state's office space is leased and assume an equal number of these buildings would have to be renovated to comply with the provisions of this bill. The cost estimate from the Bureau of Public Works is $100,000 per building to retrofit existing state office space and convert it to a public restroom. This would result in a one-time expenditure of $600,000 from the state general fund in FY 2003. There are no cost estimates available for any county and local government expenses that may be required.