HB 503-FN-A-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED
2005 SESSION
09/01
HOUSE BILL 503-FN-A-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to distribution of tobacco settlement funds.
SPONSORS: Rep. Barry, Hills 16
This bill requires the balance of tobacco settlement funds received by the state, after deposits to the education trust fund and the tobacco use prevention fund, to be distributed ½ to the general fund and ½ to the counties.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0576
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to distribution of tobacco settlement funds.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Distribution of Tobacco Settlement Funds. Amend 2000, 212:1, II to read as follows:
II. [Beginning] In fiscal [year] years 2001 [and in each year thereafter] through 2005:
(a) The first $3,000,000 to the tobacco use prevention fund, established in RSA 126-K:15.
(b) The next $40,000,000 to the education trust fund, established in RSA 198:39.
(c) Any amount over $43,000,000 shall be deposited as unrestricted revenue to the general fund.
III. Beginning in fiscal year 2006 and in each year thereafter:
(a) The first $3,000,000 to the tobacco use prevention fund, established in RSA 126-K:15.
(b) The next $40,000,000 to the education trust fund, established in RSA 198:39.
(c) Of any amount over $43,000,000, ½ shall be deposited as unrestricted revenue to the general fund and ½ shall be distributed in shares according to the population of each county to the treasurers of the 10 counties.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
LBAO
05-0576
12/29/04
HB 503-FN-A-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to distribution of tobacco settlement funds.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services state this bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue or expenditures in FY 2006 through FY 2009.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Justice indicated the state received $41,860,000 of tobacco settlement revenue in FY 2004, and the Department does not expect the settlement revenue to exceed $43,000,000 per year in FY 2006 though FY 2009.
The Department of Health and Human Services assumed that, in accordance with Chapter 212, Laws of 2000, the first $3,000,000 of the tobacco settlement money received by the state in each year will be deposited in the Tobacco Prevention Fund. The Department assumed this bill will not impact the Tobacco Prevention Fund. The Department further assumed that according to this bill, any tobacco settlement revenue received by the state in excess of $43,000,000 annually would be split evenly between the state and counties starting in FY 2006. The Department agreed with the assumption of the Department of Justice and that there will be no fiscal impact through 2009, if the settlement revenue is not expected to exceed $43,000,000.
The Association of Counties states the fiscal impact on county revenue and expenditures is unknown.