HB 275-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
09/04
HOUSE BILL 275-FN
AN ACT increasing the state reimbursement amounts for payment of bailiffs.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ahlgren, Carr 4; Rep. Buco, Carr 1; Rep. Bridgham, Carr 2; Rep. Stevens, Carr 4
This bill increases the amounts the state is required to reimburse the sheriffs’ offices for payment of bailiffs.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0040
09/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT increasing the state reimbursement amounts for payment of bailiffs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Payment of Bailiffs; State Reimbursement Amounts. Amend RSA 104:31, X to read as follows:
X. The state shall reimburse the sheriff’s office, within available funds appropriated by the legislature, [$65] $80 for each full day and [$35] $45 for each half day, plus traveling expenses to attend any official business, for any person employed as a bailiff by the sheriff's office. For the purpose of this paragraph, a half day shall be defined as a day in which a bailiff works 4 hours or less. The state shall reimburse the counties, within available funds appropriated by the legislature, for all costs associated with employing court bailiffs, if those costs are the result of job requirements imposed by federal and state governments.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
LBAO
09-0040
01/07/09
HB 275-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT increasing the state reimbursement amounts for payment of bailiffs.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Judicial Branch states this bill will increase state general fund expenditures by $580,987 and increase county revenues by $277,920 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. The Department of Administrative Services states this bill will increase state general fund expenditures and county revenues by $331,912 in FY 2010, $367,082 in FY 2011, $402,932 in FY 2012 and $439,594 in 2013. This bill will have no fiscal impact on state and local revenue or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Judicial Branch states this bill will increase the amount the state is required to reimburse the sheriff’s offices for payment of bailiffs from $65 to $80 for each full day and from $35 to $45 for each half day. The Judicial Branch states this bill will increase state expenditures by $580,987 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. The Judicial Branch also states this bill will increase county revenues by $277,920 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. The Judicial Branch’s estimate is based upon a projection of the increased amounts upon specific budget lines allocated to sheriff reimbursement and the Judicial Branch’s more than 140 per diem court security officers. The sheriff’s bailiffs provide court security in all superior court locations. The per diem court security officers provide court security in all other court locations including the supreme court, the district courts, some probate courts and the family division. Although RSA 104:31 specifically addresses reimbursements to the sheriff’s offices, the Judicial Branch notes that their policy is to pay court security officers in accordance with RSA 104:31 as well.
PAU number |
Description |
Projected Increase | ||
02 01 06 92 |
Sheriff Reimbursement |
$ 277,920 |
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02 01 06 50 |
Personal Service (per diem pay) |
$ 281,530 | ||
02 01 06 60 |
Personal Service (benefits, employers share of FICA; 281,530 x . 0765 = 21,537) |
$ 21,537 | ||
$ 580,987 | ||||
The Department of Administrative Services states this bill will increase state expenditures and county revenues by $331,912 in FY 2010, $367,082 in FY 2011, $402,932 in FY 2012 and $439,594 in 2013. The Department’s estimate is based upon an annualized number of invoices received by the Department, from the counties in the first quarter of FY 2009, for prisoner custody and control in the courthouses. In deriving the Department’s estimate, the Department assumed FY 2010 invoices to be the same as FY 2009 with 2% increases in FY 2011 and each year thereafter. The Department’s estimate also accounts for a 12.65% surcharge charged by the counties for associated fringe employment costs including employer’s share of FICA, unemployment insurance, and worker’s compensation insurance.
This bill does not contain an appropriation.