SB 0223

CHAPTER 248

SB 223-FN-A - FINAL VERSION

AN ACT relative to fees for copies of motor vehicle records, relative to the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund, and relative to the fire standards and training and emergency medical services report and budget.

SPONSORS: Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. Eaton, Dist 10; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. Packard, Rock 75; Rep. Letourneau, Rock 77; Rep. Chandler, Carr 4; Rep. Burling, Sull 19; Rep. Currier, Merr 34

I. Deletes the continual appropriation of the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund.

II. Authorizes use of the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund to pay the expenses of administration of the division of fire safety and emergency management.

III. Increases the fee charged to insurance companies and other authorized agents for copies of motor vehicle records.

IV. Adds the division of fire safety and emergency management to the department of safety's fire standards and training and emergency medical services report and budget requirements, and specifies that such reports shall be submitted by October 1 of each year.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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

248:1 Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services Fund. Amend RSA 21-P:12-d to read as follows:

21-P:12-d Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services Fund. There is established in the office of the state treasurer a separate, nonlapsing[~~, and continually appropriated~~] fund to be known as the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund from which the state treasurer shall pay expenses [~~as determined by the commissioner of safety~~] incurred in the administration of the division of fire standards and training, under RSA 21-P:12-a, [~~and~~] the division of emergency medical services, under RSA 21-P:12-b, and the division of fire safety and emergency management, under RSA 21-P:12. If the expenditure of additional funds over budget estimates is necessary for the proper functioning of the division of fire standards and training, the division of emergency medical services, or the division of fire safety and emergency management, the department of safety may request, with prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court, the transfer of funds from the fire standards and training and emergency medical services funds to the department of safety for such purposes.

248:2 Copies of Certificates and Motor Vehicle Records; Insurance Company and Other Authorized Agent Fee. Amend RSA 260:15, II to read as follows:

II. The department may issue a copy of any motor vehicle record upon the request of an insurance company or any other authorized agent, and payment by the insurance company or authorized agent of a fee of [$7] $8, which shall be deposited in the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund established in RSA 21-P:12-d.

248:3 Fire Standards and Training and Emergency Medical Services Report and Budget; Fire Safety and Emergency Management Added. Amend RSA 21-P:12-e to read as follows:

21-P:12-e Fire Standards and Training, [~~and~~] Emergency Medical Services, and Fire Safety and Emergency Management Report and Budget.

I. The department of safety shall submit an annual report, [~~beginning on July 1, 2002~~] by October 1 of each year, to the speaker of the house of representatives, president of the senate, and the governor and council which shall include, but not be limited to, training and educational programs offered or contracted by the divisions of fire standards and training, [~~and~~] emergency medical services, and fire safety and emergency management, the development of the technological advancements in division programs, the revenue generated from the sale of motor vehicle records, the budget and revenue projections of [~~both~~] the 3 divisions, the degree of coordination with municipal fire and emergency medical services departments, and the extent of direct aid to municipalities and mutual aid associations.

II. In addition to or in conjunction with the operating budget of the department of safety, the department shall submit a budget for the biennium beginning July 1, 2003, and for each biennium thereafter, which shall include financial responsibility for and the costs of all training and educational programs offered or contracted by the divisions of fire standards and training, [~~and~~] emergency medical services, and fire safety and emergency management, the development of technological advancements in division programs, the revenue generated from the sale of motor vehicle records, the extent of direct aid to municipalities and mutual aid associations, and all revenues and expenditures of the dedicated fund established in RSA 21-P:12-d.