New Hampshire Revised Statutes 6:12-j – Review and Reporting Requirement for Dedicated Funds
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I. Every 5 years, the agency responsible for administration of a fund or account listed in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 6:12 shall prepare a report that:
(a) In addition to the information contained in the report submitted under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 6:12-e, identifies all fund or account expenditures during the prior 4 fiscal years by accounting unit; and
(b) Demonstrates the continued need for the fund or account.
II. The report shall be submitted on or before August 15 of the reporting year to the ways and means committee in the house and senate, the finance committee in the house and senate, the joint committee on dedicated funds, the relevant policy committees in the house and senate, and the legislative budget assistant.
III. If the joint committee on dedicated funds, in consultation with the relevant policy committee, determines that the fund or account no longer serves the statutory purpose for which it was created, or that the purpose has become obsolete, the joint committee shall submit legislation to repeal, merge, or modify the fund or account in the next legislative session.
IV. The joint committee shall also annually request information of the department of administrative services as to dedicated funds which are not yet listed in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 6:12, I and submit legislation to add them to this list.
V. The reporting year for each agency responsible for a dedicated fund shall be as follows:
(a) Year 1, beginning November 1, 2016, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of safety.
(2) The police standards and training council.
(3) The department of employment security.
(4) The department of business and economic affairs.
(5) The department of state.
(b) Year 2, beginning November 1, 2017, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of environmental services.
(2) The liquor commission.
(3) The department of justice.
(4) The lottery commission, including the racing and charitable gaming division.
(5) The university system of New Hampshire.
(6) The judicial branch.
(b) Year 2, beginning November 1, 2017, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of environmental services.
(2) The department of justice.
(3) The lottery commission, including the racing and charitable gaming division.
(4) The judicial branch.
(c) Year 3, beginning November 1, 2018, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of agriculture, markets, and food.
(2) The labor department.
(3) The department of corrections.
(4) Pease development authority.
(5) The community development finance authority.
(6) The department of military affairs and veterans services.
(7) The state treasurer.
(8) The insurance department.
(9) The department of transportation.
(c) Year 3, beginning November 1, 2018, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of agriculture, markets, and food.
(2) The labor department.
(3) The department of corrections.
(4) Pease development authority.
(5) The department of military affairs and veterans services.
(6) The state treasurer.
(7) The insurance department.
(8) The department of transportation.
(d) Year 4, beginning November 1, 2019, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of natural and cultural resources.
(2) The department of education.
(3) The banking department.
(4) The department of energy, including the administratively attached public utilities commission.
(5) The department of revenue administration.
(6) The department of information technology.
(7) The judicial council.
(8) [Repealed.]
(9) The New Hampshire veterans’ home.
(10) The office of professional licensure and certification.
(e) Year 5, beginning November 1, 2020, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of administrative services.
(2) The general court.
(3) The department of health and human services.
(4) The fish and game department.
VI. The joint committee on dedicated funds may submit legislation at any time after the first review to exempt a fund or account from this section which receives adequate and periodic review elsewhere.
VII. This section shall not apply to trusts as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 6:12, III(f).
(a) In addition to the information contained in the report submitted under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 6:12-e, identifies all fund or account expenditures during the prior 4 fiscal years by accounting unit; and
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 6:12-j
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- justice: when applied to a magistrate, shall mean a justice of a municipal court, or a justice of the peace having jurisdiction over the subject-matter. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:12
- Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
(b) Demonstrates the continued need for the fund or account.
II. The report shall be submitted on or before August 15 of the reporting year to the ways and means committee in the house and senate, the finance committee in the house and senate, the joint committee on dedicated funds, the relevant policy committees in the house and senate, and the legislative budget assistant.
III. If the joint committee on dedicated funds, in consultation with the relevant policy committee, determines that the fund or account no longer serves the statutory purpose for which it was created, or that the purpose has become obsolete, the joint committee shall submit legislation to repeal, merge, or modify the fund or account in the next legislative session.
IV. The joint committee shall also annually request information of the department of administrative services as to dedicated funds which are not yet listed in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 6:12, I and submit legislation to add them to this list.
V. The reporting year for each agency responsible for a dedicated fund shall be as follows:
(a) Year 1, beginning November 1, 2016, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of safety.
(2) The police standards and training council.
(3) The department of employment security.
(4) The department of business and economic affairs.
(5) The department of state.
[Paragraph V(b) effective until January 1, 2024; see also paragraph V(b) set out below.]
(b) Year 2, beginning November 1, 2017, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of environmental services.
(2) The liquor commission.
(3) The department of justice.
(4) The lottery commission, including the racing and charitable gaming division.
(5) The university system of New Hampshire.
(6) The judicial branch.
[Paragraph V(b) effective January 1, 2024; see also paragraph V(b) set out above.]
(b) Year 2, beginning November 1, 2017, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of environmental services.
(2) The department of justice.
(3) The lottery commission, including the racing and charitable gaming division.
(4) The judicial branch.
[Paragraph V(c) effective until January 1, 2024; see also paragraph V(c) set out below.]
(c) Year 3, beginning November 1, 2018, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of agriculture, markets, and food.
(2) The labor department.
(3) The department of corrections.
(4) Pease development authority.
(5) The community development finance authority.
(6) The department of military affairs and veterans services.
(7) The state treasurer.
(8) The insurance department.
(9) The department of transportation.
[Paragraph V(c) effective January 1, 2024; see also paragraph V(c) set out above.]
(c) Year 3, beginning November 1, 2018, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of agriculture, markets, and food.
(2) The labor department.
(3) The department of corrections.
(4) Pease development authority.
(5) The department of military affairs and veterans services.
(6) The state treasurer.
(7) The insurance department.
(8) The department of transportation.
(d) Year 4, beginning November 1, 2019, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of natural and cultural resources.
(2) The department of education.
(3) The banking department.
(4) The department of energy, including the administratively attached public utilities commission.
(5) The department of revenue administration.
(6) The department of information technology.
(7) The judicial council.
(8) [Repealed.]
(9) The New Hampshire veterans’ home.
(10) The office of professional licensure and certification.
(e) Year 5, beginning November 1, 2020, and every 5 years thereafter:
(1) The department of administrative services.
(2) The general court.
(3) The department of health and human services.
(4) The fish and game department.
VI. The joint committee on dedicated funds may submit legislation at any time after the first review to exempt a fund or account from this section which receives adequate and periodic review elsewhere.
VII. This section shall not apply to trusts as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 6:12, III(f).