SB 146 - AS INTRODUCED

2003 SESSION

03-1112

03/01

SENATE BILL 146

AN ACT relative to eligible costs for training grants in the job training program for economic growth.

SPONSORS: Sen. Johnson, Dist 2; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14

COMMITTEE: Energy and Economic Development

ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies what constitutes eligible costs for training grants in the job training program for economic growth.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-1112

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to eligible costs for training grants in the job training program for economic growth.

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

1 Job Training Program for Economic Growth; Eligible Costs. Amend RSA 188-F:54 to read as follows:

188-F:54 Eligible Costs.

I. To be eligible under this subdivision, a cost must be necessary and reasonable for the proper and efficient delivery of training by the training provider to the employees of the grant recipient, including usual and customary costs associated with the assessment of training needs, design and delivery of the necessary training, and post-training evaluation.

II. The following costs are not eligible:

(a) Costs resulting from violations of or failure to comply with federal, state, or local laws and regulations.

(b) Entertainment costs.

(c) Administrative costs.

(d) Salaries and wages of employees in training.

III. Funds for training grants shall supplement, and not replace, funds available through existing programs conducted by the business entity, or other public or private training programs.

IV. The department shall be authorized to use no more than 10 percent, or $100,000, of any moneys received from the training fund established at RSA 282-A:138-a, whichever is less, to [administer this] cover the additional costs associated with the administration of the job training program.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.