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2003 SESSION

03-0699

04/09

HOUSE BILL 222

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Requires the commissioner to exercise general oversight over the special department of corrections school district, and

II. Makes changes to the management of personnel within the department of corrections.

This bill is a request of the department of corrections.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25mar03... 0761h

06/05/03 1900s

03-0699

04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

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

1 Department of Corrections; Internal Organizational Units. Amend RSA 21-H:4, I to read as follows:

I. The division of administration, under the supervision of a director of administration, who shall, in accordance with applicable laws:

(a) Be responsible to provide for:

(1) Accounting, purchasing and budget control;

[(2) Personnel management;]

[(3)] (2) Property, contracts and grant management;

[(4)] (3) Data processing;

[(5)] (4) Assistance to the commissioner with short and long range department level planning activities; and

[(6)] (5) Centralized records retention.

(b) Exercise, subject to the supervision of the commissioner, superior authority over the directors of the other divisions of the department relative to areas of responsibility specified in this paragraph.

[(c) Be responsible for the operation of the special school district, established under RSA 194:60, which shall provide appropriate education services to eligible offenders held in facilities operated by the department of corrections.]

2 New Subparagraph; Department of Corrections; Powers and Duties of Commissioner. Amend RSA 21-H:8, II by inserting after subparagraph (h) the following new subparagraph:

(i) Be responsible for the operation of the special school district, established under RSA 194:60, which shall provide appropriate education services to eligible offenders held in facilities operated by the department of corrections.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 31, 2003.