04/03/03 0980s

2003 SESSION

03-0562

05/09

SENATE BILL 46-FN

AN ACT repealing the meat inspection account and the poultry inspection account.

COMMITTEE: Finance

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the meat inspection account and the poultry inspection account.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/03/03 0980s

03-0562

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT repealing the meat inspection account and the poultry inspection account.

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

202:1 Meat Inspection; Costs of Inspection; Reference to Special Account Removed. Amend RSA 427:32 to read as follows:

427:32 Costs of Inspection; Limitation. The cost of inspection rendered under the requirements of this subdivision shall be borne by the state, except that the cost of overtime and holiday work performed in establishments subject to the provisions of this subdivision shall be at such rates as the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food may determine, and shall be borne by such establishments. Such costs shall be collected by the commissioner. [and shall be paid into a special account, and] All employees of the department who are required to make inspections at any time after working 40 hours per week or after working 8 hours per day shall be paid [from said account] at the rate of time and a half. Labor performed on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall also be compensated at the rate of time and a half. Costs collected by the commissioner for such premium pay work shall be available without fiscal year limitation to carry out the purposes of this section.

202:2 Poultry Inspection; Costs of Inspection; Reference to Special Account Removed. Amend RSA 428:8 to read as follows:

428:8 Costs of Inspection; Limitation. The cost of inspection rendered under the requirements of this subdivision shall be borne by the state, except that the cost of overtime and holiday work performed in establishments subject to the provisions of this subdivision shall be at such rates as the commissioner of agriculture, markets, and food may determine, and shall be borne by such establishments. Such costs shall be collected by the commissioner. [and shall be paid into a special account, and] All employees of the department who are required to make inspections at any time after working 40 hours per week or after working 8 hours per day shall be paid [from said account] at the rate of time and a half. Labor performed on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shall also be compensated at the rate of time and a half. Costs collected by the commissioner for such premium pay work shall be available without fiscal year limitation to carry out the purposes of this section.

202:3 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 6:12, I(eeeeeeeee), relative to the meat inspection account.

II. RSA 6:12, I(fffffffff), relative to the poultry inspection account.

202:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

(Approved: June 30, 2003)

(Effective Date: July 1, 2003)