HB 1413-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
05/09
HOUSE BILL 1413-FN
AN ACT relative to daylight saving time.
SPONSORS: Rep. Schmidt, Straf 4
This bill declares that daylight saving time in New Hampshire shall be 2 hours in advance of United States Standard Eastern Time, rather than one hour in advance of Standard Eastern Time.
The bill also extends daylight saving time to correspond with changes made at the federal level in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2258
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to daylight saving time.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Standard Time; Daylight Saving Time. Amend RSA 21:36 to read as follows:
21:36 Standard Time. The standard time within the state, except as hereinafter provided, shall be based on the mean astronomical time of the seventy-fifth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, known and designated by the federal statute as “Eastern Standard Time.” At 2 o’clock ante-meridian of the [first Sunday in April] second Sunday in March of each year, the standard time in this state shall be advanced [one hour] 2 hours, at 2 o’clock ante-meridian of the [last Sunday in October] first Sunday in November of each year, the standard time in this state shall, by the retarding of [one hour] 2 hours, be made to coincide with the astronomical time hereinbefore described as Eastern Standard Time, so that between the [first Sunday in April] second Sunday in March at 2 o’clock ante-meridian and the [last Sunday in October] first Sunday in November at 2 o’clock ante-meridian in each year the standard time in this state shall be [one hour] 2 hours in advance of the United States Standard Time. In all laws, statutes, orders, decrees, rules and regulations relating to the time of performance by any officer or department of this state, or of any county, city, town, or district thereof, or relating to the time in which any rights accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of this state, or of any county, city, town, or district thereof, and in all contracts or choses in action made or to be performed in this state, it shall be understood and intended that the time shall be as set forth in this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.
LBAO
06-2258
11/1/05
HB 1413-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to daylight saving time.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Energy and Planning states this bill may have an indeterminable fiscal impact on state, county, and local expenditures in FY 2007 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenues.
METHODOLOGY:
The Office of Energy and Planning states it is impossible to determine what the potential savings might be from extending and/or doubling daylight savings time. Preliminary investigation into relevant literature by the Office suggests that there are conflicting claims relative to both, and that inadequate analysis has been done nationally regarding economic benefits, especially as they relate to doubling daylight savings time. The Office is unable to determine the exact fiscal impact at this time.
The Department of Administrative Services states government operations will be open only during daylight hours with or without an amendment to RSA 21:36. The Department states the change during the spring would generate no additional work hours outside of daylight, and the change during the fall would generate two and a half additional work hours outside of daylight in FY 2007, which could be absorbed within existing budgets. In regards to savings for heating, the Department states additional heating degree days during the spring would be equivalent to the reduction in heating degree days during the fall and result in no fiscal impact.