HB 580-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
10/09
HOUSE BILL 580-FN-A
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill establishes the task force for the promotion of firearm safety and environmental awareness. The task force may receive and expend funds and organize and promote programs in schools or elsewhere.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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03-0698
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT establishing a task force for the promotion of firearm safety and environmental awareness.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Chapter; Task Force Established; Firearm Safety and Environmental Awareness. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 19-I the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 19-J
TASK FORCE ON FIREARM SAFETY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
19-J:1 Task Force Established. There is established a task force for the promotion of firearm safety and environmental awareness. The task force shall consist of the following members:
I. Six members of the house of representatives, 2 of whom shall be from the education committee, 2 of whom shall be from the fish and game committee, and 2 of whom shall be from the criminal justice and public safety committee, appointed by the speaker of the house.
II. Two senators, one of whom shall be from the wildlife and recreation committee, and one of whom shall be from the education committee, appointed by the senate president.
III. A representative from the Eddie Eagle program, nominated by that program and appointed for a 2-year term by the governor.
IV. A representative from a 4-H firearm safety program, nominated by that program and appointed for a 2-year term by the governor.
V. A representative from a state hunter's safety program, appointed for a 2-year term by the executive director of fish and game.
19-J:2 Duties.
I. The task force shall identify, organize, and develop programs for schools or for other organizations in the promotion of firearm safety and environmental awareness.
II. The task force may receive and expend funds held in the task force firearm safety fund for the purposes of this chapter.
III. The task force may adopt rules under RSA 541-A for the procedures of the task force, acceptance of proposals, the process for making grants or other expenditures from the task force firearm safety fund, and other matters in the administration of this chapter.
19-J:3 Fund Established. There is established the task force firearm safety fund which is nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the task force established in RSA 19-J:1. The fund shall not hold any state funds but may hold any federal moneys, or private donations or grants, or any other non-state source funds.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
LBAO
03-0698
1/24/03
HB 580-FN-A - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT establishing a task force for the promotion of firearm safety and environmental awareness.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant has determined this bill may increase state restricted revenue and expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2004 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
This bill establishes a task force for the promotion of firearm safety and environmental awareness. The bill also establishes a fund to be kept separate and distinct from all other funds and continually appropriates the fund to the task force. Finally, the task force is authorized to receive any federal moneys, private donations, grants or any other non-state source funds.