{"id": "HB65", "year": 1991, "term": "1991-1992", "title": "(2nd New Title) relative to state fees, funds, revenues and expenditures.", "narrative": "It was introduced on February 5, 1991 and referred to the House Appropriations committee. The majority of the committee recommended that the House pass it with changes by a vote of 11\u20137. A floor amendment (), offered by REP FENTON, was rejected on a voice vote on April 11, 1991. A floor amendment () was rejected on a voice vote on April 11, 1991. On April 11, 1991 the House voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote. It crossed to the Senate and was referred to the Senate Finance committee. The committee held a public hearing on May 1, 1991. The committee recommended that the Senate pass it with changes. The committee's amendment () was adopted on a voice vote on May 29, 1991, changing the text of the bill. A floor amendment (), offered by SEN COLANTUONO, was rejected on a roll call 9\u201314 on May 29, 1991. On May 29, 1991 the Senate voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote. On May 29, 1991 the House voted to reject the other chamber's changes. On May 29, 1991 the Senate adopted \u201cAccede to Request for Committee of Conference\u201d on a voice vote. A committee of conference met on June 5, 1991, June 6, 1991, June 10, 1991 and June 18, 1991 to try to settle the differences between the two chambers' versions of the bill. On June 26, 1991 the Senate adopted \u201cConference Committee Report\u201d on a roll call 18\u20134. On June 27, 1991 the House adopted \u201cConference Committee Report\u201d on a roll call 235\u2013112. The bill was enrolled on June 27, 1991 \u2014 the final check of the text before it goes to the governor. The governor signed it on July 2, 1991, making it Chapter 355 of the session laws. It took effect on July 1, 1991.", "stages": [{"label": "House Committee (Appropriations)", "hand": "H:committee", "text": "It was introduced on February 5, 1991 and referred to the House Appropriations committee. The majority of the committee recommended that the House pass it with changes by a vote of 11\u20137.", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the House Floor", "hand": "H:floor", "text": "A floor amendment (), offered by REP FENTON, was rejected on a voice vote on April 11, 1991. A floor amendment () was rejected on a voice vote on April 11, 1991. On April 11, 1991 the House voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote.", "notes": []}, {"label": "Senate Committee (Finance)", "hand": "S:committee", "text": "It crossed to the Senate and was referred to the Senate Finance committee. The committee held a public hearing on May 1, 1991. The committee recommended that the Senate pass it with changes.", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the Senate Floor", "hand": "S:floor", "text": "The committee's amendment () was adopted on a voice vote on May 29, 1991, changing the text of the bill. A floor amendment (), offered by SEN COLANTUONO, was rejected on a roll call 9\u201314 on May 29, 1991. On May 29, 1991 the Senate voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote.", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the House Floor", "hand": "H:floor", "text": "On May 29, 1991 the House voted to reject the other chamber's changes.", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the Senate Floor", "hand": "S:floor", "text": "On May 29, 1991 the Senate adopted \u201cAccede to Request for Committee of Conference\u201d on a voice vote.", "notes": []}, {"label": "Committee of Conference", "hand": "C:conference", "text": "A committee of conference met on June 5, 1991, June 6, 1991, June 10, 1991 and June 18, 1991 to try to settle the differences between the two chambers' versions of the bill.", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the Senate Floor", "hand": "S:floor", "text": "On June 26, 1991 the Senate adopted \u201cConference Committee Report\u201d on a roll call 18\u20134.", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the House Floor", "hand": "H:floor", "text": "On June 27, 1991 the House adopted \u201cConference Committee Report\u201d on a roll call 235\u2013112.", "notes": []}, {"label": "With the Governor", "hand": "G:governor", "text": "The bill was enrolled on June 27, 1991 \u2014 the final check of the text before it goes to the governor. The governor signed it on July 2, 1991, making it Chapter 355 of the session laws. It took effect on July 1, 1991.", "notes": []}], "notes": [], "vote_note": "3 of the floor votes on this bill were voice or division votes, which do not record how individual legislators voted.", "events": [{"date": "1991-02-05", "text": "INTRODUCED AND REF TO APPROPRIATIONS; HJ23,P290", "routine": false, "cite": "HJ 23"}, {"date": "1991-04-08", "text": "MAJ REPORT OTP/AM FOR APR11 (VOTE 11-7)", "routine": false}, {"date": "1991-04-09", "text": "PROP APPROP AM (NEW TITLE); HC62A,P1427-1434", "routine": false, "cite": "HC 62A"}, {"date": "1991-04-09", "text": "04/09/91 INTRODUCED AND REF TO FINANCE; SJ16,P234", "routine": false, "cite": "SJ 16"}, {"date": "1991-04-11", "text": "PROP APPROP FL AM; HC63A,P1447-1448", "routine": false, "cite": "HC 63A"}, {"date": "1991-04-11", "text": "REPS WADSWORTH & C. 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FINAL VERSION\n\nAMENDED ANALYSIS\n\n(Continued)\n\n(9) Provides that the state will pay for 2-person coverage for medical benefits for retired group II employees with the retiree authorized to pay for the coverage for any other person entitled to such benefits.\n\n(10) Increases fees for birth registration cards and for copies and verifications of vital records and establishes a vital records improvement fund.\n\n(11) Changes procedures for burial and transit permits.\n\n(12) Authorizes the division of public health services to impose administrative fines for violations of public health laws and authorizes the commissioner of health and human services to charge a reasonable sum for copying costs of documents. Moneys so collected would be deposited in a special fund and would be continually appropriated.\n\n(13) Increases administrative fees collected from hospitals and nursing homes licensed under RSA 151.\n\n(14) Increases the fee for elevator inspection certificates and repeals the boiler and elevator inspection fund.\n\n(15) Requires local assistance payments not to be made in cash, so as to enable recipients to obtain a greater food stamp allotment.\n\n(16) Requires the liquor commission to negotiate reimbursements for emergency services provided by municipalities to liquor stores on interstate highways.\n\n(17) Amends provisions of law relating to the serving of liquor in cocktail lounges and advertising of liquor prices.\n\n(18) Exempts the school improvement program from competitive bidding.\n\n(19) Allows the department of fish and game to transfer funds over budget estimates.\n\n(20) Removes the requirement that fees for the state park system and state-owned ski areas be set by administrative rule.\n\n(21) Requires that civil penalties collected for violations of RSA 281-A, the workers' compensation law, be deposited into the general fund instead of the administration fund.\n\n(22) Makes minor technical changes to RSA 293-B, the treatment of New Hampshire investment trusts.\n\n(23) Abolishes the office of securities regulation and makes the attorney general and the secretary of state responsible for enforcement and administration of the securities laws.\n\n(24) Reduces jurors' fees.\n\n(25) Extends the court modernization fund.\n\n(26) Reduces witness fees.\n\n(27) Provides for indemnification of the medical examiner.\n\n(28) Changes the effective date for literacy instruction.\n\n(29) Doubles fines for violations, misdemeanors, and felonies.\n\n(30) Extends the effective date for rehiring of laid off state employees.\n\n(31) Changes the effective date of SB 157 relative to bingo.\n\n(32) Allows transfers within the PAU for indigent defenders.\n\n(33) Establishes a method for computing payment for lost taxes under RSA 219:32.\n\nHOUSE BILL - FINAL VERSION\n\nAMENDED ANALYSIS\n\n(Continued)\n\n(34) Reclassifies certain positions in the multiple offender program.\n\n(35) Makes a bonded appropriation to the Pease development authority for its operating expenses for fiscal year 1992.\n\n(36) Establishes a task force on government operations.\n\n(37) Authorizes the department of administrative services to acquire, renovate and rehabilitate land and buildings suitable for general office space in the capitol area government center and authorizes the state treasurer to issue bonds and notes for the purposes of this bill.\n\n(38) Establishes a committee to study the future utilization of such property as may be acquired pursuant to this bill, and the feasibility of\n\ntransferring property of comparable tax value to the city of Concord or any private entity.\n\n(39) Allows the transfer of funds appropriated for AFDC under certain circumstances.\n\n(40) Abolishes certain vacant positions.\n\n(41) Rejects the factfinder's report on collective bargaining.\n\n(42) Establishes a committee to study different classes of misdemeanors.\n\n(43) Allows the director of the division of mental health and developmental services to transfer certain funds.\n\n(44) Allows the transfer of funds relating to juvenile services officers.\n\n(45) Reduces the appropriation for personnel services and benefits.", "body": "1403L\n\n09\n\nHOUSE BILL - FINAL VERSION\n\nHB 65-FN-A\n\nnine hundred and ninety-one\n\nrelative to state fees, funds, revenues and expenditures.\n\nBe it Enacted by the Senate and House of Represen-\n\ntatives in General Court convened:\n\n1 When Fiscal Notes Required. Amend RSA 14:44 to read as follows:\n\n14:44 Fiscal Note Required.\n\nI. All bills and resolutions having an effect on the revenues, expenditures or fiscal liability of the state or a city or town or county[, excepting appropriations for capital improvements,] shall be accompanied by a fiscal statement which sets forth the estimated fiscal impact thereof, except as provided in paragraph II.\n\nII. No fiscal note shall be required for bills and resolutions which:\n\n(a) Make appropriations for capital improvements and expenditures.\n\n(b) Are budget or supplemental budget bills.\n\n(c) Establish study committees where the only fiscal impact of the bill is due to legislative mileage authorized for legislative members.\n\n(d) Establish or change a civil or criminal penalty.\n\n(e) Shift the burden of a tax among local taxpayers, without affecting the total amount of revenue received from the tax.\n\n(f) Regulate the operation of boats or other watercraft on a particular body or bodies of water.\n\n(g) Grant rulemaking authority to or alter the rulemaking authority of a state agency.\n\n2 New Paragraph; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 21-I:14 by inserting after paragraph XII the following new paragraph:\n\nXII-a. Procedures for the waiver of certain provisions of RSA 21-I relative to purchasing under RSA 21-I:18, II.\n\n3 Waiver Procedure Added. Amend RSA 21-I:18 to read as follows:\n\n21-I:18 Exemptions.\n\nI. To the extent indicated in this section, the following agencies and purchases are exempted from the provisions of this chapter. All exempt purchases shall be made in accordance with the existing laws governing such purchases:\n\n[I.] (a) The university system of New Hampshire shall not be required to make any purchases through the director of plant and property management, unless it wishes to do so. If it does, the director shall be required to follow the provisions of this chapter. The university system shall make purchases under competitive bidding requirements except when waived by the chancellor of the university system or his authorized agent upon written justification.\n\n[II.] (b) The purchasing powers now vested in the state liquor commission by RSA 176:11, RSA 176:15, and RSA 177:1 shall remain in effect. All other purchases by or for said commission shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter.\n\n[III.] (c) The legislature, secretary of state, court systems and the state reporter are completely exempted from the provisions of this\n\nchapter.\n\n[IV.] (d) This chapter shall not apply to any contracts made or entered into by the director of plant and property management or any agency under the terms of which contractors with the state purchase their own supplies directly.\n\n[V.] (e) The purchase of materials, supplies and merchandise by the department of resources and economic development as provided by RSA 219:21 shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter.\n\n[VI.] (f) All state agencies are exempted in the matter of the purchase of books and periodicals.\n\n[VII.] (g) The purchase of gaming tickets and their dispensing equipment by the sweepstakes commission. The commission shall make such purchases under competitive bidding requirements, except when waived by the commission or its authorized agent with written justification.\n\n[VIII.] (h) The purchase of client rehabilitative equipment and supplies for disabled persons by the division of vocational rehabilitation, including adaptive equipment as provided by RSA 200-C:16, shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter.\n\nII. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the commissioner of the department of administrative services, or his designee, may waive the provisions of RSA 21-I, relative to the purchase of materials, supplies, and merchandise, when requested by the executive head of any department or agency or his designee to prevent the loss of any federal or other funds subject to recapture. Such waiver shall be acted upon in a timely manner, and approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.\n\n4 Medical and Surgical Benefits. Amend RSA 21-I:30, I to read as follows:\n\nI. The state shall pay [the full] a premium for each state employee and permanent temporary or permanent seasonal employee as defined in RSA 98-A:3 including spouse and minor, fully dependent children, if any, and each retired employee, as defined in paragraph II of this section, and his spouse, or retired employee's beneficiary, only if an option was taken at the time of retirement and the employee is not now living, toward group hospitalization, hospital medical care, surgical care and other medical benefits plan within the limits of the funds appropriated at each legislative session and providing any change in plan or vendor is approved by the fiscal committee of the general court prior to its adoption. Funds appropriated for this purpose shall not be transferred or used for any other purpose.\n\n5 New Section; Health Insurance Group Coverage Survey Required. Amend RSA 21-I by inserting after section 36 the following new section:\n\n21-I:36-a Health Insurance Group Coverage Survey Required.\n\nI. The department of administrative services shall annually compile information regarding participants in state group health insurance coverage, including active and retired state employees and their family members. Such information shall include, but not be limited to, the names and identification numbers of all covered persons.\n\nII. The compilation shall be made after the close of each fiscal year and shall include information on all persons covered as of June 30.\n\nIII. The department of administrative services shall annually\n\nprepare a report on the information compiled under this section and shall present the report to the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, and the governor on or before August 1 of each year.\n\nIV. Upon request of the department of administrative services, all state agencies shall supply any information requested by the department in connection with its duties under this section.\n\n6 New Section; Revenue Counsel. Amend RSA 21-J by inserting after section 6-a the following new section:\n\n21-J:6-b Revenue Counsel.\n\nI. There is established within the department the position of revenue counsel who shall be responsible for providing advice and legal representation for the department in all matters of administration of the tax laws assigned to the department.\n\nII. The commissioner shall appoint the position of revenue counsel.\n\nIII. The salary of the revenue counsel shall be as specified in RSA 94:1-a.\n\n7 Salary; Revenue Counsel of Department of Revenue Administration.\n\nI. Amend RSA 94:1-a, I by inserting in group M: revenue counsel, department of revenue administration.\n\nII. The funds necessary to fund the position established in paragraph I of this section are provided in section 1 of HB 25-A.\n\n8 Section Heading Changed. Amend the section heading of RSA 21-O:2 to read as follows:\n\n21-O:2 Commissioner; Assistant Commissioner; Directors; Chief Operations Officer; Compensation.\n\n9 New Paragraph; New Position; Chief Operations Officer. Amend RSA 21-O:2 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:\n\nIII-a. The commissioner shall nominate for appointment by the governor and council a chief operations officer of the commissioner's office who shall serve for a term of 4 years. The chief operations officer shall oversee and coordinate the activities of the administrative services, geology, public information and permitting, and laboratory services units, and shall be responsible for the following functions:\n\n(a) Preparing agency budget requests.\n\n(b) Developing and implementing procedures for assuring smooth operation of the various units within the commissioner's office.\n\n(c) Ensuring compliance with directives and procedures by the governor and general court.\n\n(d) Implementing audit recommendations concerning the commissioner's office units.\n\n(e) Carrying out the directives of the commissioner and assistant commissioner.\n\n10 Salary; Chief Operations Officer. Amend RSA 21-O:2, IV to read as follows:\n\nIV. The salaries of the commissioner, the assistant commissioner, the chief operations officer and each division director shall be as specified in RSA 94:1-a.\n\n11 Salary; Chief Operations Officer. Amend RSA 94:1-a, I by inserting in group O the following: chief operations officer, department of environmental services.\n\n12 Filing; Intent to Cut. Amend RSA 79:10 to read as follows:\n\n79:10 Notice of Intent to Cut.\n\nI. Every owner, as defined in RSA 79:1, II, shall, at the beginning of each tax year and prior to commencing each cutting operation, file with the proper assessing officials in the city or town where such cutting is to take place a notice of intent to cut provided by the commissioner of revenue administration, stating his name, residence, social security number, an estimate of the volume of each species to be cut, and such other information as may be required. A supplemental notice of intent shall be filed in the same manner for any additional volume of wood or timber to be cut in excess of the original estimate and within the tax year. The appropriate copies of all intents received by a city or town shall be forwarded to the commissioner of revenue administration by the assessing officials. Upon receipt of an original intent, the commissioner of revenue administration shall assign an operation number and furnish, without cost to the owner, a certificate and report of wood cut form. Such certificate shall be posted by the owner filing such intent in a conspicuous place within the area of cutting for each operation conducted within a city or town. The appropriate copy of all intents received by the commissioner of revenue administration shall be forwarded to the division of forests and lands of the department of resources and economic development. Starting an operation before the appropriate notice of intent to cut has been filed with the city or town and signed by the appropriate municipal officials shall constitute a violation by the owner or any other person doing the cutting, or both. Failure to post the certificate on the\n\njob in a conspicuous place upon receipt shall constitute a violation.\n\nII. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I, any owner who has commenced cutting operations under a valid notice of intent to cut prior to April 1 shall not be required to file for a new notice of intent if the cutting operation will be completed prior to June 30 of that year.\n\n13 Salary; Executive Secretary, N.H. Retirement System.\n\nI. Amend RSA 94:1-a, I by:\n\n(a) Deleting from group M the following: executive secretary, N.H. retirement system.\n\n(b) Inserting in group N the following: executive secretary, N.H. retirement system.\n\nII. The incumbent executive secretary shall be placed in group N, maximum.\n\n14 Medical Benefits; Persons Retired Before July 1, 1991. Amend RSA 100-A:52, III to read as follows:\n\nIII. In the case of group II members retired from state employment before July 1, 1991, and their beneficiaries who are eligible for coverage under this subdivision and also under the provisions of RSA 21-I:26-36, the amount payable by the retirement system on account of such persons shall be paid over to the state and used to pay for all or part of the medical benefits provided under RSA 21-I:26-36 for such persons, and the balance shall be paid by the state as provided in RSA 21-I:26-36.\n\n15 New Paragraph; Medical Benefits; Persons Retired On or After July 1, 1991. Amend RSA 100-A:52 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:\n\nIII-a. In the case of group II members retired from state employment on or after July 1, 1991, and their beneficiaries who are eligible for coverage under this subdivision and also under the provisions of RSA 21-I:26-36, the amount payable by the retirement system on account of such persons shall be paid over to the state and used to pay for all or part of the medical benefits provided under RSA 21-I:26-36 for such persons, and the state shall pay its portion as provided in RSA 21-I:26-36. If the cost of the premium for any retired group II member and spouse, surviving spouse, or any other person entitled to benefits under paragraph I shall exceed the maximum under paragraph II, and the state does not elect to pay the excess cost above the amount to be paid under RSA 21-I:26-36, the excess cost shall be paid by the retiree or qualified surviving spouse and may be deducted from retirement benefits as provided in RSA 100-A:51. The state may require, as a condition for coverage, that the retiree or surviving spouse apply for deduction of such excess cost from retirement benefits as provided in RSA 100-A:51.\n\n16 Birth Registration Cards; Fee Increased. Amend RSA 126:13 to read as follows:\n\n126:13 Birth Registration Cards.\n\nI. The registrar of vital records and health statistics, or the town clerk, may issue, in accordance with the provisions of RSA 126:14, a card containing information relative to the date and place of birth of such persons as may be on record in his office. The fee for the issuance of any such card shall be [$3] $10. However, under no circumstances shall any information relative to any adoption be disclosed or given out by the\n\nregistrar of vital records and health statistics, or the town clerk, or any other individual except pursuant to RSA 170-B:19, II, except that a birth certificate which does not indicate that the certificate has been amended or that an individual has been adopted may be issued.\n\nII. The town clerk shall forward $6 of each fee collected under this section to the state treasurer for deposit in the vital records improvement fund established under RSA 126:31. The town clerk shall retain the remaining $4 as his fee for issuing such birth registration card.\n\n17 Fee Increased for Requesting Vital Records. Amend RSA 126:15 to read as follows:\n\n126:15 Fees For Copies and Verifications.\n\nI. A town clerk or the registrar of vital records and health statistics shall be paid in advance, by any person requesting any copy or verification as provided in RSA 126:14, the sum of [$3] $10 for making search, which sum shall include payment for the issuance of such copy or verification, provided that the fee to town clerks for examination of documents and issuance of a delayed birth certificate shall be $4.\n\nII. The town clerk shall forward $6 of each fee collected under this section to the state treasurer for deposit in the vital records improvement fund established under RSA 126:31. The town clerk shall retain the remaining $4 as his fee for issuing such a copy.\n\n18 New Sections; Fund Established; Committee Established. Amend RSA 126 by inserting after section 30 the following new sections:\n\n126:31 Vital Records Improvement Fund. There is hereby established a special fund for the improvement and automation of vital records at the\n\nstate and local levels. The sole purpose of the fund shall be to provide revenues for vital records improvement, and said money shall not be used for any other purpose. Moneys in the fund shall be allocated by the director, division of public health services, with the assistance of the advisory committee established under RSA 126:32. The fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the director, division of public health services.\n\n126:32 Advisory Committee.\n\nI. There is established an advisory committee to assist the director of public health services in administering the fund established under RSA 126:31. The advisory committee shall also determine the need for improvement and automation of the processing of vital records. The members of the committee shall be appointed by the director of public health services as follows:\n\n(a) A town clerk.\n\n(b) A city clerk.\n\n(c) A funeral director.\n\n(d) A physician licensed under RSA 329.\n\n(e) A nurse licensed under RSA 326-B.\n\n(f) A public member, who shall have a direct interest in the registration of vital records.\n\n(g) The registrar of vital records, or designee.\n\nII. The members of the committee shall choose a chairperson by majority vote. Members of the advisory committee shall serve 2-year terms and no member shall serve more than 2 consecutive terms.\n\n19 Division Added. Amend RSA 290:7 to read as follows:\n\n290:7 In Cities. Boards of health in cities or the division of public health services shall have charge of granting permits for the burial of the dead[; and]. No interment or removal from the city, of the dead body of any human being, nor disposition thereof in any tomb or vault, shall be made without a permit from said boards [or], their duly appointed agent, or the division nor otherwise than in accordance with said permit.\n\n20 Registrar Added. Amend RSA 290:9 to read as follows:\n\n290:9 Sub-Registrars. The registrar of vital records and health statistics or the town clerk may appoint suitable persons[, not exceeding 2 in number,] as sub-registrars, who are authorized to issue burial and transit permits based upon a death certificate, as hereinbefore provided in the manner required of the town clerk or the division of public health services. A town clerk's appointment of such sub-registrar shall not exceed 2 individuals. The appointment of sub-registrars shall be made with reference to locality, as the convenience of the inhabitants of the town may require.\n\n21 New Subparagraph; Special Fund. Amend RSA 6:12, I by inserting after subparagraph (nn) the following new subparagraph:\n\n(oo) Moneys received from the town clerk under RSA 126:13, II, which shall be credited to the vital records improvement fund established in RSA 126:31.\n\n22 New Paragraph; Photocopies of Documents; Health and Human Services. Amend RSA 126-A:4 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:\n\nV. The commissioner may assess and collect reasonable fees for the duplication of materials made pursuant to RSA 91-A:4 and for material generally available to the public upon request. Such fees shall be based on an amount necessary to recover the cost of producing such documents, regardless of the type of medium used. Fees paid to the department of health and human services shall be continually appropriated to the department. Local, state and federal agencies shall be exempted from these fees.\n\n23 New Subparagraph; Special Fund. Amend RSA 6:12, I by inserting after subparagraph (nn) the following new subparagraph:\n\n(oo) Moneys received under RSA 126-A:4, V, which shall be credited to the commissioner, department of health and human services.\n\n24 Statement of Purpose; Administrative Fines; Division of Public Health Services. The general court finds that the laws protecting the health of the public contain appropriate civil and criminal penalties but lack a mechanism to compel the earliest possible compliance necessary to protect the public while other sanctions are being pursued, or a mechanism to penalize infractions of such laws which do not warrant civil or criminal penalties. Therefore, the purpose of sections 25-52 of this act is to provide the division of public health services with the necessary tools, in the form of administrative fines, to fully protect the health of the public, while assuring restraint on the regulator through a scaling of fines and the availability of due process for the regulated.\n\n25 New Paragraphs; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 130-A:6 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraphs:\n\nIII. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 130-A:8-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\nIV. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 130-A:8-a.\n\n26 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 130-A by inserting after section 8 the following new section:\n\n130-A:8-a Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n27 New Paragraphs; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 137-F:16 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraphs:\n\nIII-a. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 137-F:18-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\nIII-b. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 137-F:18-a.\n\n28 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 137-F by inserting after section 18 the following new section:\n\n137-F:18-a Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n29 New Subparagraphs; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 141-E:4, I by inserting after subparagraph (l) the following new subparagraphs:\n\n(m) A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 141-E:15-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\n(n) Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 141-E:15-a.\n\n30 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 141-E by inserting after section 15 the following new section:\n\n141-E:15-a Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n31 New Subparagraphs; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 143:6, II by inserting after subparagraph (d) the following new subparagraphs:\n\n(e) A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 143:7-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\n(f) Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 143:7-a.\n\n32 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 143 by inserting after section 7 the following new section:\n\n143:7-a Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules\n\nadopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n33 New Paragraphs; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 143-A:9 by inserting after paragraph IV-a the following new paragraphs:\n\nIV-b. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 143-A:10-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\nIV-c. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 143-A:10-a.\n\n34 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 143-A by inserting after section 10 the following new section:\n\n143-A:10-a Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The\n\ndirector shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n35 Rulemaking Added. RSA 145:15 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\n145:15 Rulemaking. The director, division of public health services, shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to:\n\nI. Licenses issued under RSA 145:3.\n\nII. The use of marks, tags, labels, and signs.\n\nIII. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 145:17 for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\nIV. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 145:17.\n\nV. Any other matter necessary for the administration of this chapter.\n\n36 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 145 by inserting after section 16 the following new section:\n\n145:17 Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further\n\npenalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n37 New Subparagraphs; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 146:11, II by inserting after subparagraph (e) the following new subparagraphs:\n\n(f) A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 146:18-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\n(g) Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 146:18-a.\n\n38 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 146 by inserting after section 18 the following new section:\n\n146:18-a Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter, except for those provisions relating to additives to fresh produce. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The director shall adopt rules, in accordance with RSA 541-A, relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation.\n\nThe sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n39 Fine Deleted. Amend RSA 147:2 to read as follows:\n\n147:2 Rulemaking; Enforcement. The director, division of public health services, shall, in addition to the rules and ordinances of the health officers of towns, adopt other rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, as in his judgment the public good requires, and the rules shall be enforced by the department of health and human services, division of public health services, and local boards of health. The division of public health services may also enforce, concurrently with towns, the other provisions of this chapter. [Any person wilfully violating any rule of the director, division of public health services, as adopted under this section shall be fined $10.]\n\n40 New Subparagraphs; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 151:9, I by inserting after subparagraph (k) the following new subparagraphs:\n\n(l) A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 151:16-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\n(m) Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 151:16-a.\n\n41 New Paragraphs; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 151:9-a by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraphs:\n\nIX. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 151:16-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\nX. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 151:16-a.\n\n42 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 151 by inserting after section 16 the following new section:\n\n151:16-a Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n43 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 151-B by inserting after section 14 the following new section:\n\n151-B:14-a Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of\n\nfurther penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n44 New Paragraphs; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 151-B:16 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraphs:\n\nV-a. A schedule of administrative fines imposed under RSA 151-B:14-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\nV-b. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 151-B:14-a.\n\n45 New Paragraphs; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 170-E:11 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraphs:\n\nVI. A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 170-E:21-a for a violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\nVII. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 170-E:21-a.\n\n46 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 170-E by inserting after section 21 the following new section:\n\n170-E:21-a Administrative Fines. The commissioner of the department of health and human services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a\n\ndecision of the commissioner shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n47 Rulemaking Added. RSA 325-A:5 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\n325-A:5 Rulemaking. The director, division of public health services, shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to:\n\nI. The construction and operation of crematories.\n\nII. A schedule of administrative fines imposed under RSA 325-A:7 for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted hereunder.\n\nIII. Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 325-A:7.\n\nIV. Any other matter necessary to the administration of this chapter.\n\n48 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 325-A by inserting after section 6 the following new section:\n\n325-A:7 Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine\n\nimposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n49 New Subparagraphs; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 328-B:4, VII by inserting after subparagraph (j) the following new subparagraphs:\n\n(k) A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 328-B:11-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\n(l) Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 328-B:11-a.\n\n50 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 328-B by inserting after section 11 the following new section:\n\n328-B:11-a Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notice and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted pursuant to it. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation.\n\nThe sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n51 New Subparagraphs; Rulemaking Added. Amend RSA 339-A:5, II by inserting after subparagraph (f) the following new subparagraphs:\n\n(g) A schedule of administrative fines which may be imposed under RSA 339-A:7-a for violation of this chapter or the rules adopted pursuant to it.\n\n(h) Procedures for notice and hearing prior to the imposition of an administrative fine imposed under RSA 339-A:7-a.\n\n52 New Section; Administrative Fines. Amend RSA 339-A by inserting after section 7 the following new section:\n\n339-A:7-a Administrative Fines. The director of the division of public health services, after notices and hearing, pursuant to rules adopted under RSA 541-A, may impose an administrative fine not to exceed $2,000 for each offense upon any person who violates any provision of this chapter or rules adopted under this chapter. Rehearings and appeals from a decision of the director shall be in accordance with RSA 541. Any administrative fine imposed under this section shall not preclude the imposition of further penalties or administrative actions under this chapter. The director shall adopt rules in accordance with RSA 541-A relative to administrative fines which shall be scaled to reflect the scope and severity of the violation. The sums obtained from the levying of administrative fines under this chapter shall be forwarded to the state treasurer to be deposited into the general fund.\n\n53 Fees; Acute Care Hospitals, Specialty Hospitals, and Nursing Homes. RSA 151-C:15, I is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\nI. In addition to any other fees required of it, each acute care hospital, specialty hospital, and nursing home licensed under RSA 151 shall pay an annual administrative fee. The total amount collected shall be equal to the amount actually expended in that year for the health services planning and review component of the division of public health services or $500,000, whichever is less. The amount to be collected shall be prorated at the end of each fiscal year among all acute care hospitals, specialty hospitals, and nursing homes licensed under RSA 151, except those operated by county and municipal governments.\n\n54 Fee for Elevator Inspection Certificate Increased. Amend RSA 157-B:5, I to read as follows:\n\nI. Subsequent to the inspection of an elevator, an inspector shall file with the commissioner an inspection report on a form prescribed by the commissioner indicating whether or not the elevator is certifiable and shall provide a copy of the inspection report to the owner or the owner's designee. When an elevator passes inspection, the commissioner shall furnish an inspection certificate to its owner or the owner's designee on a form prescribed by the commissioner. A fee of [$15] $45 shall be charged for each certificate. If the fee is not paid within 30 days of the date on which the certificate is issued, the certificate shall be void.\n\n55 Repeal. RSA 157-A:14, relative to the boiler and elevator inspection fund, is repealed.\n\n56 New Paragraph; No Cash Payments. Amend RSA 165:1 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:\n\nIII. Whenever a town provides assistance under this section, no such assistance shall be provided directly to a person or household in the form of cash payments.\n\n57 New Section; Liquor Stores; Reimbursement for Emergency Services. Amend RSA 177 by inserting after section 9 the following new section:\n\n177:10 Reimbursement for Emergency Services. The commission and the officials of any municipality which is required to provide emergency services to a liquor store located on an interstate highway shall meet and negotiate reimbursement for each store on a per call basis for the services to be provided.\n\n58 Cocktail Lounges in Hotel Restaurants. Amend RSA 178:20, V(k) to read as follows:\n\n(k) Hotel. The commission may issue a cocktail lounge license to any hotel holding a hotel full service restaurant license issued under RSA 178:19, II(b)(1) to serve liquor and beverages in any room of a hotel designated by the commission. No cocktail lounge shall be operated on days that the dining room is closed. No cocktail lounge shall operate before the dining room opens for meals, except if breakfast and noon meals are not offered, the lounge may operate [one hour] 2 hours before the dining room opens for the evening meal. The commission may extend the cocktail lounge license to include the use of a dining area in the restaurant of the hotel after such area has been closed for serving meals, but not before 9:00 p.m., as an overflow area for the cocktail lounge when the lounge is filled to capacity. In the overflow area, liquor and beverages need not be served with meals. [The number of guests allowed to use a dining area of the restaurant as a lounge on an overflow basis shall not exceed the number\n\nallowed to use the cocktail lounge area.] The commission may grant, regulate, suspend or revoke a cocktail lounge license without affecting any other license granted to a hotel.\n\n59 Listing Retail Prices. Amend RSA 179:31, V to read as follows:\n\nV. The listing of retail prices [by, for or in] on behalf of retail licensees, [except for wine by off-premise licensees] by a holder of a wholesale distributor license, is prohibited in all newspaper, magazine, periodical, radio or television advertising. All other licensees under title XIII shall be allowed, with no restriction, to advertise prices, either comparatively or otherwise in all newspaper, magazine, periodical, radio or television advertising.\n\n60 Exemption From Competitive Bidding; School Improvement Program. Amend RSA 186:69 to read as follows:\n\n186:69 School Improvement Program. There is established a school improvement program within the department of education. The [department] commissioner of education shall contract with an appropriate agency to implement this program. The program shall be based upon, but not limited to, the profiling effectiveness in special education model developed by the bureau of special education, department of education, for implementation as the school improvement program in the public elementary, middle and high schools of the state. Such implementation shall be done annually in selected schools voluntarily requesting to participate in the New Hampshire school improvement program. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, the school improvement program shall be exempt from competitive bidding requirements. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 186:11, the commissioner shall have exclusive authority over expenditures of funds appropriated for the school improvement program.\n\n61 New Section; Transfers from Fish and Game Fund. Amend RSA 206 by inserting after section 33-a the following new section:\n\n206:33-b Transfers from Fish and Game Fund. If the expenditure of additional funds over budget estimates is necessary for the proper functioning of the fish and game department, the department may request, with prior approval of the legislative fiscal committee, that the governor and council authorize the transfer of funds from the fish and game fund for fish and game department purposes.\n\n62 Park System Fees. RSA 216-A:3-g is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\n216-A:3-g Fees for Park System. The commissioner of the department of resources and economic development, in consultation with the director of parks and recreation and the director of state ski operations, shall establish fees for access to and use of the state park system. The fees approved by the commissioner and after prior approval of the fiscal committee shall not be subject to the provisions of RSA 541-A, so as to provide the department with the ability to maximize revenues and to adjust fees according to market conditions and trends as is the common practice in private industry. Said fees shall be consistent with the following criteria:\n\nI. Fees for the use of park areas shall be designed to recover a reasonable portion of budget expenses consistent with the purposes of RSA 216-A:1 and 216-A:3. The general court does not intend that all park facilities be self-supporting.\n\nII. Fees for the use of campgrounds and ski lifts shall be comparable with the fees for use of similar privately owned facilities.\n\nThe operation of all enterprise functions within the park system, including ski lifts, food service, retail facilities, campgrounds, and other concession activities, shall be as profitable as possible, within the purposes of the park system.\n\n63 Repeal. RSA 12-A:2-c, II(c), relative to fees for access to certain property, is repealed.\n\n64 Civil Penalties; Workers' Compensation. Amend RSA 281-A:59, IV to read as follows:\n\nIV. [In addition to the provisions of paragraph III,] The civil penalties collected under RSA 281-A:7, 42 and 53 shall be forwarded to the state treasurer and deposited [to the credit of the administration fund established by this section] in the general fund.\n\n65 Secretary of State; Payment of Expenses. RSA 293-B:15, II is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\nII. The state treasurer shall pay the expense of administering RSA 293-B out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated until the fees collected pursuant to RSA 293-B:14, I, have been received. Thereafter, the expenses of administering this chapter shall be paid out of the fees collected under RSA 293-B:14, I, and the treasurer shall reimburse the treasury for the previous expenses paid. The governor is authorized to draw his warrant for the sums authorized by this section out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.\n\n66 Reservation of Name. Amend RSA 293-B:16, III to read as follows:\n\nIII. The reservation of a specified name shall be made by filing with the secretary of state an application, executed by the applicant, which may either be a signed or conformed copy, specifying the name to be\n\nreserved and the name and address of the applicant. If the secretary of state finds that the name is available for use by a New Hampshire investment trust, [he shall reserve] the name shall be reserved for the exclusive use of the applicant for a period of 120 days. The same applicant may not reserve the same name until a period of 60 days has passed since the expiration of that applicant's prior reservation. The right to the exclusive use of a reserved name may be transferred to any other person by filing in the office of the secretary of state a notice of the transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name was reserved, which may be either a signed or conformed copy, specifying the name to be transferred and the name and address of the transferee. The reservation of a specified name may be cancelled by filing with the secretary of state a notice of cancellation, executed by the applicant or transferee, which may be either a signed or conformed copy, specifying the name reservation to be cancelled and the name and address of the applicant or transferee.\n\n67 Definition; Attorney General. RSA 421-A:2, I-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\nI-a. \"Attorney general\" means the attorney general or delegee.\n\n68 Definition; Department. RSA 421-A:2, IV-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\nIV-a. \"Department\" means the department of justice.\n\n69 Reference Changes. Amend RSA 421-A:11, I to read as follows:\n\nI. Whenever it appears to the [director] attorney general that any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any act or practice constituting a violation of this chapter, or any rule adopted or order issued under it, the [director] attorney general may issue and cause to\n\nbe served upon any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter, an order requiring the person to cease and desist therefrom; and the [director] attorney general may bring an action in a court of competent jurisdiction to enjoin the acts or practices and to enforce compliance with this chapter or any rule adopted or order issued under it[, or he may refer the matter to the attorney general or the county attorney of the appropriate county]. Upon a proper showing, the court may grant a permanent or temporary injunction or restraining order and may order rescission of any sales or purchases of securities determined to be unlawful under this chapter, or any rule adopted or order issued under it. The court may not require the [director] attorney general to post a bond.\n\n70 Criminal Penalties. Amend RSA 421-A:13 to read as follows:\n\n421-A:13 Criminal Penalties.\n\nI. Any person who violates RSA 421-A:3 or any rule adopted under it, or any order of which he has notice, or who willfully violates RSA 421-A:7, 8 or 11 or any rule adopted or order issued thereunder, shall be guilty of a class B felony if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person. Each of the acts specified shall constitute a separate offense and a prosecution or conviction for any of such offenses shall not bar prosecution or conviction for any other offense. No indictment or information may be returned more than 6 years after the alleged violation.\n\n[II. The director may refer such evidence as is available concerning violations of this chapter or of any rule adopted or order issued hereunder to the attorney general or the county attorney of the appropriate county who may, with or without any reference, institute the appropriate criminal\n\nproceedings under this chapter. If referred to a county attorney, he shall within 90 days file with the director a statement concerning any action taken or, if no action has been taken, the reasons therefor.]\n\n[III.] II. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the power of the state to punish any person for any conduct which constitutes a crime under any other statute.\n\n71 Definitions; Attorney General; Department. RSA 421-B:2, IV and V are repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\nIV. \"Attorney general\" means the attorney general or delegee.\n\nV. \"Department\" means the department of justice.\n\n72 Definition; Reference Change. Amend RSA 421-B:2, II(d) to read as follows:\n\n(d) Effecting other transactions, if such individual is an officer or director of the issuer, no commission or other remuneration is paid or given directly or indirectly for soliciting any person in this state, and upon application, such individual is specifically authorized by name in an order issued by the [director] attorney general; or\n\n73 Licensing Procedure. Amend RSA 421-B:7, I to read as follows:\n\nI. A broker-dealer, agent, or investment adviser may obtain an initial or renewal license by filing with the [director] secretary of state an application together with a consent to service of process pursuant to RSA 421-B:30, VII. The application shall be on a form prescribed by the [director] attorney general and shall contain whatever information the [director] attorney general requires concerning such matters as, but not limited to, the applicant's form and place of organization; the applicant's proposed method of doing business;\n\nthe qualifications and business history of the applicant; in the case of a broker-dealer or investment adviser, the qualifications and business history of any partner, officer, or director, any person occupying a similar status or performing similar functions, or any person directly or indirectly controlling the broker-dealer or investment adviser; and, in the case of an investment adviser, the qualifications and business history of any employee; any injunction or administrative order or conviction of a misdemeanor involving a security or any aspect of the securities business and any conviction of a felony; and the applicant's financial condition and history. The [director] secretary of state may by rule or order require an applicant for initial license to publish an announcement of the application in one or more specified newspapers published in this state. If no denial order is in effect and no proceeding is pending under RSA 421-B:10, licensing becomes effective at noon of the thirtieth day after an application is filed. The [director] secretary of state may by rule or order specify an earlier effective date, and he may by order defer the effective date until noon of the thirtieth day after filing of any amendment.\n\n74 Post-Licensing Provisions. Amend RSA 421-B:8, I-VII to read as follows:\n\nI. Every broker-dealer or issuer-dealer doing business in this state unless otherwise directed shall, within 60 days after the close of the fiscal year, make and transmit to the [director] secretary of state a filing under oath of its chief managing officer showing or providing the financial statement, changes in management, changes in ownership, and any significant changes in the method of doing business for the preceding\n\nfiscal year. Said filing shall include statements or periodic reports filed with any regulatory, state or federal authority or exchange if so directed by order or rule of the [director] attorney general.\n\nII. The [director] secretary of state may extend the time for filing such statement for cause shown for a period of not more than 60 days. A broker-dealer or issuer-dealer intentionally failing to file its annual statement as required by paragraph I shall forfeit to the [office] state $25 for each day of delinquency. The [director] secretary of state may refuse to continue, or may suspend or revoke, the license of any broker-dealer or issuer-dealer intentionally failing to file its annual statement when due.\n\nIII. In addition to the above, the [director] attorney general may require at any reasonable time and in any reasonable manner from any person or company subject to this chapter:\n\n(a) Statements, reports, including reports audited by independent public accountants, answers to questionnaires and other information, and evidence thereof, in whatever reasonable form he designates, and at such reasonable intervals as he may choose, or from time to time;\n\n(b) A full explanation of the programming of any data storage or communications systems in use; and\n\n(c) Information from any books, records, electronic data processing systems, computers or any other information storage system.\n\nIV. The [director] attorney general may prescribe forms for the reports under paragraph III. The forms shall be consistent, as far as practicable, with those prescribed by other states.\n\nV. Any officer, manager or agent of any broker-dealer or issuer-dealer authorized to do or doing securities business in this state, and any person controlling or having a contract under which he has a right to control such a broker-dealer or issuer-dealer, whether exclusively or otherwise, and any person with executive authority over or in charge of any segment of such a broker-dealer's or issuer-dealer's affairs, shall reply promptly in writing or in other designated form, to any written inquiry from the [director] attorney general or secretary of state requesting a reply.\n\nVI. The [director] attorney general or secretary of state may require that any communication made to him under this section be verified.\n\nVII. In the absence of actual malice, no communication required by the [director] attorney general or secretary of state under this section shall subject the person making it to an action for damages for defamation.\n\n75 Post-Licensing Provisions. Amend RSA 421-B:9, V(b) to read as follows:\n\n(b) If so requested by the person examined, within the period allowed under subparagraph V(a), or if deemed advisable by the [director] attorney general without such request, the [director] attorney general shall hold a closed hearing relative to the report and shall not file the report in the [office] department until after such closed hearing and his order thereon; except, that the [director] attorney general may furnish a copy of the report to the governor[, attorney general] secretary of state or state treasurer pending final decision thereon.\n\n76 Suspension or Revocation of Application. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 421-B:10, I to read as follows:\n\nI. The [director] attorney general, on his own motion, or upon the recommendation of the secretary of state, may by order deny, suspend, or revoke any license or application if he finds:\n\n77 Registration by Coordination. Amend RSA 421-B:13, I-a to read as follows:\n\nI-a. Before the secretary of state may accept articles of incorporation for a new corporation under RSA 293-A, an application for a certificate of authority under RSA 293-A, a certificate of limited partnership for a new limited partnership under RSA 304-B, or an application for registration of a foreign partnership under RSA 305-A, the following requirements shall be met:\n\n(a) Along with a $50 filing fee, a statement shall be filed with the [director] secretary of state that the capital stock of the corporation or the interests of the limited partnership have been registered, or when offered will be registered, under this chapter or are exempted, or when offered will be exempted, under this chapter, or are or will be offered in a transaction exempted from registration under this chapter; and, in the case of a New Hampshire corporation or limited partnership, that the articles of incorporation or certificate of limited partnership state whether the capital stock or interests in the limited partnership will be sold or offered for sale within the meaning of this chapter.\n\n(b) The statement shall be signed by the incorporators of a corporation to be formed, by an executive officer of an existing\n\ncorporation, or by the general partners or intended general partners if a limited partnership.\n\n[(b) The director shall certify to the secretary of state that the requirements of subparagraph (a) have been met.]\n\n78 Registration by Coordination. Amend RSA 421-B:13, III-VII to read as follows:\n\nIII. A registration statement under this section automatically becomes effective at the moment the federal registration statement becomes effective if all the following conditions are satisfied:\n\n(a) No stop order is in effect and no proceeding is pending under RSA 421-B:16;\n\n(b) The registration statement has been on file with the [director] secretary of state for at least 20 days; and\n\n(c) A statement of the maximum and minimum proposed offering prices and the maximum underwriting discounts and commissions has been on file for 2 full business days or such shorter period as the [director] secretary of state permits by rule or otherwise and the offering is made within those limitations.\n\nIV. The [director] attorney general may by rule or otherwise waive either or both of the conditions specified in subparagraphs III(b) and (c).\n\nV. The registrant shall promptly notify the [director] secretary of state by telephone, telegram, or similar means of communication of the date and time when the federal registration statement became effective and the content of the price amendment, if any, and shall promptly file a post-effective amendment containing the information and documents in the\n\nprice amendment. \"Price amendment\" means the final federal amendment which includes a statement of the offering price, underwriting and selling discounts or commissions, amount of proceeds, conversion rates, call prices, and other matters dependent upon the offering price.\n\nVI. Upon failure to receive the required notification and post-effective amendment with respect to the price amendment, the [director] secretary of state may enter a stop order, without notice or hearing, retroactively denying effectiveness to the registration statement or suspending its effectiveness until there is compliance with this section, if he promptly notifies the registrant by telephone, telegram, or similar means of communication, and promptly confirms by letter or telegram when he notifies by telephone of the issuance of the order. If the registrant proves compliance with the requirements of this section as to notice and post-effective amendment the stop order is void as of the time of its entry.\n\nVII. If the federal registration statement becomes effective before all the conditions in this section are satisfied and they are not waived, the registration statement automatically becomes effective as soon as all of the conditions are satisfied. If the registrant advises the [director] secretary of state of the date when the federal registration statement is expected to become effective, the [director] secretary of state shall promptly advise the registrant by telephone, telegram, or similar means of communication, at the registrant's expense, whether all the conditions are satisfied and whether he then contemplates the institution of a proceeding under RSA 421-B:16; but this advice by the [director] secretary of state does not preclude the institution of such a proceeding at any time.\n\n79 Registration by Qualification. Amend RSA 421-B:14, III to read as follows:\n\nIII. A registration statement under this section becomes effective when the [director] secretary of state so orders.\n\n80 Registration; Generally. Amend RSA 421-B:15 to read as follows:\n\n421-B:15 Provisions Applicable to Registration Generally.\n\nI. A registration statement may be filed with the secretary of state by the issuer, any other person on whose behalf the offering is to be made, or a licensed broker-dealer.\n\nII. Every registration statement shall specify:\n\n(a) The amount of securities to be offered in this state;\n\n(b) The states in which a registration statement or similar document in connection with the offering has been or is to be filed; and\n\n(c) Any adverse order, judgment, or decree entered in connection with the offering by the regulatory authorities in each state or by any court or the Securities and Exchange Commission.\n\nII-a. Every corporation and partnership having securities registered in this state shall, within 90 days after the close of their fiscal year, file with the [director] secretary of state annually a financial statement audited and certified by an independent certified public accountant. The audited statement shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and such other standards as the [director] attorney general shall adopt by rule. Issuers of securities registered under this chapter shall also provide quarterly financial reports within 60 days of the end of each quarter to their shareholders, partners, and the [director] attorney general. Such quarterly reports\n\nneed not be independently audited.\n\nIII. Any document filed under this chapter or a predecessor chapter within 5 years preceding the filing with the secretary of state of a registration statement may be incorporated by reference in the registration statement to the extent that the document is currently accurate.\n\nIV. The [director] attorney general may by rule or otherwise permit the omission of any item of information or document from any registration statement.\n\nV. The [director] attorney general may by rule or order require as a condition of registration by qualification or coordination:\n\n(a) That any security issued within the past 3 years or to be issued to a promoter for a consideration substantially different from the public offering price, or to any person for a consideration other than cash, be deposited in escrow; and\n\n(b) That the proceeds from the sale of the registered security in this state be impounded until the issuer receives a specified amount from the sale of the security either in this state or elsewhere.\n\nVI. The [director] attorney general may by rule or order determine the conditions of any escrow or impounding required under this section, but he may reject a depository solely because of location in another state only if the offering is not being registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and the principal place of business of the registrant is in this state.\n\nVII. The [director] attorney general may by rule or order require as a condition of registration that any security registered by qualification or coordination be sold only on a specified form of\n\nsubscription or sale contract, and that a signed or conformed copy of each contract be filed with the [director] secretary of state or preserved for any period up to 3 years specified in the rule or order.\n\nVIII. Every registration statement shall be effective, for the purpose of any non-issuer distribution until withdrawn, suspended or revoked. All outstanding securities of the same class as a registered security are considered to be registered for the purpose of any non-issuer transaction so long as the registration statement is effective. A registration statement may not be withdrawn for one year from its effective date if any securities of the same class are outstanding.\n\nIX. So long as a registration statement is effective, the [director] attorney general may by rule or order require the person who filed the registration statement to file with the secretary of state reports, not more often than quarterly, to keep reasonably current the information contained in the registration statement, to disclose the process of the offering and the use of any proceeds received from the offering, and to submit reports of sales. The [director] attorney general may by rule or order require that the issuer distribute annual reports to its shareholders.\n\nX. A registration statement relating to a security issued by a face-amount certificate company or a redeemable security issued by an open-end management company or unit investment trust, as those terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, may be amended after its effective date so as to increase the securities specified as proposed to be offered. Such an amendment becomes effective when the [director] attorney general so orders.\n\nXI. So long as a registration statement is effective the [director] attorney general may require an issuer to file with the secretary of state an annual report in such form as the [director] attorney general by rule prescribes. Failure to file the annual report within 30 days after its request may be deemed a request for withdrawal.\n\nXII. No registration shall be deemed to be filed with the secretary of state until the fee established pursuant to RSA 421-B:31 has been paid.\n\n81 Suspension or Revocation of Registration. Amend the introductory paragraph to RSA 421-B:16, I to read as follows:\n\nI. The [director] attorney general, on his own motion, or on the recommendation of the secretary of state, may issue a stop order denying effectiveness to, or suspending or revoking the effectiveness of, any registration statement if he finds:\n\n82 Misleading Filings. Amend RSA 421-B:19 to read as follows:\n\n421-B:19 Misleading Filings. It is unlawful for any person to make or cause to be made in any document filed [with the director] under this chapter or in any proceeding under this chapter any statement which is, at the time and in the light of the circumstances under which it is made, false or misleading in any material respect or, in connection with such statement, to omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.\n\n83 Reference Change; Unlawful Representations. Amend RSA 421-B:20, I to read as follows:\n\nI. Neither the fact that a registration statement or an application\n\nfor a license has been filed under this chapter with the state of New Hampshire nor the fact that a security is effectively registered or a person is licensed in the state of New Hampshire constitutes a finding by the [director of the office of securities regulation] attorney general or the secretary of state that any document filed under RSA 421-B is true, complete and not misleading. Neither any such fact nor the fact that an exemption or exception is available for a security or a transaction means that the [director of the office of securities regulation] attorney general has passed in any way upon the merits or qualifications of, or recommended or given approval to, any person, security, or transaction. It is unlawful to make, or cause to be made, to any prospective purchaser, customer, or client any representation inconsistent with the provisions of this paragraph.\n\n84 Administration. RSA 421-B:21 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\n421-B:21 Administration.\n\nI. This chapter shall be administered by the attorney general, with the assistance of the secretary of state who shall receive and maintain all documents which are required to be filed under this chapter. The secretary of state shall, to the greatest extent practical, physically and substantively consolidate the activities and functions related to corporations, limited partnerships, and other business organizations and entities administered by the department of state with the activities and functions related to the registration of securities which are performed by the attorney general and secretary of state under this chapter.\n\nII. The attorney general shall have all powers specifically granted or reasonably implied in order to perform the substantive responsibilities imposed by this title, and may, by rule, after consultation with and approval from the secretary of state, impose duties upon the secretary of state with regard to the receipt, maintenance and review of documents required to be filed under this chapter and the coordination of activities between the department of justice and the office of secretary of state.\n\nIII. It is unlawful for the attorney general, the secretary of state or any officers or employees of the department of justice or the secretary of state to use for personal benefit any information which is filed with or obtained by the attorney general or the secretary of state and which is not made public. No provision of this chapter authorizes the attorney general, the secretary of state or any officers or employees of the department of justice or the secretary of state to disclose any such information except among themselves or when necessary or appropriate in a proceeding or investigation under this chapter. No provision of this chapter either creates or derogates from any privilege which exists at common law or otherwise when documentary or other evidence is sought under a subpoena directed to the attorney general, the secretary of state or any officers or employees of the department of justice or the secretary of state.\n\n85 Judicial Review. Amend RSA 421-B:27 to read as follows:\n\n421-B:27 Judicial Review of Orders. Requests for rehearings and appeals from orders of the director shall be governed by RSA 541 and by the rules adopted by the [director] attorney general pursuant to title [XXXVII] XXXVIII and RSA 541-A.\n\n86 Administrative Files and Opinions. Amend RSA 421-B:29 to read as follows:\n\n421-B:29 Administrative Files and Opinions.\n\nI. A document is filed when it is received by the [director] secretary of state.\n\nII. The [director] secretary of state shall keep a register of all applications for licensing and registration statements which are or have ever been effective under this chapter and all denial, suspension, or revocation orders which have been entered under this chapter. The register shall be open for public inspection.\n\nIII. The information contained in or filed with any registration statement, application, or report may be made available to the public under such rules as the [director] attorney general adopts pursuant to RSA 541-A.\n\nIV. Upon request and at such reasonable charges as he prescribes, the [director] secretary of state shall furnish to any person photostatic or other copies, certified under his seal of office if requested, of any entry in the register or any document which is a matter of public record. In any proceeding or prosecution under this chapter any copy so certified is prima facie evidence of the contents of the entry or document certified.\n\n87 Service of Process; Rules. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 421-B:30, VII to read as follows:\n\nVII. Every applicant for licensing under this chapter and every issuer who proposes to offer a security in this state through any person acting on an agency basis in the common-law sense shall file with the\n\n[director] secretary of state, in such form as he prescribes by rule, irrevocable consent appointing the [director or his successor in office to be his attorney] secretary of state to receive service of any lawful process in any non-criminal suit, action, or proceeding against him or his successor, executor, or administrator which arises under this chapter or any rule or order under this chapter after the consent has been filed, with the same force and validity as if served personally on the person filing the consent. A person who has filed such a consent in connection with a previous registration need not file another. Service may be made by leaving a copy of the process in the office of the [director] secretary of state along with $5, but it is not effective unless:\n\n88 Reference Change; Service of Process. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 421-B:30, VIII to read as follows:\n\nVIII. When any person, including any nonresident of this state engages in conduct prohibited or made actionable by this chapter or any rule or order under this chapter, and he has not filed a consent to service of process under paragraph VII and personal jurisdiction over him cannot otherwise be obtained in this state, that conduct shall be considered equivalent to his appointment of the [director or his successor in office to be his attorney] secretary of state to receive service of any lawful process in any non-criminal suit, action, or proceeding against him or his successor, executor, or administrator which grows out of that conduct and which is brought under this chapter or any rule or order under this chapter, with the same force and validity as if served on him personally. Service may be made by leaving a copy of the process along with $5 in the office of the [director] secretary of state, and it is not effective unless:\n\n89 Change from \"Director\" to \"Attorney General\". Amend the following RSA provisions by replacing \"director\" with \"attorney general\":\n\nI. RSA 421-A:3; 421-A:4, X; 421-A:5; 421-A:6; 421-A:8; 421-A:9; 421-A:11, II, III; 421-A:12.\n\nII. RSA 421-B:2, III(e); 421-B:2, IX(i); 421-B:2, X, XI; 421-B:4, II, III; 421-B:6, II; 421-B:7, III-VI; 421-B:9, I-III; 421-B:9, V(a); 421-B:9, V(c)-(e); 421-B:9, VI-VIII; 421-B:10, I(b)(5), (8), (11), (13); 421-B:10, II-VI; 421-B:12; 421-B:13, II; 421-B:14, II, IV; 421-B:16, I(b)(3), (7), (10), (11); 421-B:16, II-IV; 421-B:17; 421-B:18; 421-B:22; 421-B:23; 421-B:25, VIII; 421-B:26; 421-B:28; 421-B:30, VII(a); 421-B:30, VIII(a); 421-B:30, IX; 421-B:31, III.\n\n90 Change from \"Office\" to \"Department.\" Amend the following RSA provisions by replacing \"office\" with \"department\": RSA 421-A:9, I; 421-A:12, II; 421-B:9.\n\n91 Transition; Rules; Delegation of Duties, Functions, and Personnel.\n\nI. The rules of the office of securities regulation in effect immediately prior to July 1, 1991, may be continued in effect for a period of up to one year upon the order of the attorney general. Notwithstanding RSA 541-A, the attorney general may also issue orders which modify these existing rules for the sole purpose of properly allocating responsibilities between the department of justice and the department of state in a manner consistent with the provisions of this chapter. Such modifications shall be filed with the legislative committee on administrative rules and the office of legislative services prior to taking effect, but shall not be subject to the other requirements of RSA 541-A:3.\n\nII. The attorney general may delegate duties, functions and personnel to the department of state to assist the department of justice in the licensing, registration and auditing functions under RSA 421-B.\n\n92 Salaries Eliminated. Amend RSA 94:1-a, I, group O by deleting the following:\n\nI. Director of the office of securities regulation.\n\nII. Chief investigator, office of securities regulation.\n\nIII. Administrator of the office of securities services, office of securities regulation.\n\nIV. Administrator of the bureau of securities filings, office of securities regulation.\n\nV. Administrator of the bureau of securities audits and examinations, office of securities regulation.\n\n93 Repeal. The following are repealed:\n\nI. RSA 400-A:40-66, relative to the office of securities regulation.\n\nII. RSA 421-B:24, III, relative to criminal penalties.\n\n94 Transfer of Equipment and Files. Office equipment and files within the office of securities regulation are hereby transferred to the department of justice. The transfer authority granted under this section shall not be construed to authorize the transfer of personnel.\n\n95 Contingent Amendment to HB 25-A; Securities Regulation. If HB 25-A becomes law, PAU 02, 04, 02, 02 as inserted by section 1 of HB 25-A shall not take effect. The following shall be inserted as PAU 02, 04, 02, 02 in HB 25-A:\n\n02 Administration of Justice and Public Protection\n\n04 Department of Justice\n\n02 Division of Public Protection\n\n02 Consumer Protection\n\nFY 1992 FY 1993\n\n10 Personal Services - Permanent $ 94,222 $ 96,139\n\n13 Assistant Attorneys General 137,999 141,584\n\n14 Investigators 113,612 113,612\n\n20 Current Expenses 6,663 6,663\n\n24 Maint. Other than Build. and Grnds 500 500\n\n60 Calculated Benefits 57,111 57,972\n\n70 In-state Travel 700 700\n\n91 Securities Regul/Enforce 298,762 301,161\n\nTotal $709,569 $718,331\n\nEstimated Source of Funds\n\nfor Consumer Protection\n\nGeneral Fund $7 09,569 $ 718,331\n\nTotal $709,569 $718,331\n\n96 Jurors' Fee Reduced. Amend RSA 500-A:15, I to read as follows:\n\nI. Grand and petit jurors' fees and mileage shall be paid by the state. The jurors' fees shall be [$15] $10 for each half day's attendance before a superior court; for each mile's travel to and from the place where the juror serves, mileage shall be paid at the rate of $.20 per mile, mileage to be allowed for each day's attendance when the juror is required to leave the town or city in which he resides.\n\n97 Court Modernization Fund Extended. Amend RSA 502-A:37, III to read\n\nas follows:\n\nIII. The fund created in this section shall lapse on June 30, [1994] 1998, to the general fund.\n\n98 Court Modernization Fund Extended. Amend 1989, 408:124, III to read as follows:\n\nIII. Sections 82, II and IV, and 83 -84 of this act shall take effect July 1, [1994] 1998.\n\n99 Witness Fees Reduced. Amend RSA 516:16 to read as follows:\n\n516:16 Attendance; Travel. The fees of witnesses shall be [$30] $12 for each half day's attendance before a municipal, district, superior, or probate court or legally constituted auditors, referees, magistrates or officials having the power to summon witnesses, except as otherwise specially provided; for each mile's travel to and from the place of testifying, mileage shall be paid at the rate of $.17 per mile; mileage to be allowed for each day's attendance where the witness is required to leave the town or city in which he resides to testify.\n\n100 New Section; Indemnification of Chief Medical Examiner. Amend RSA 611-A by inserting after section 11 the following new section:\n\n611-A:12 Indemnification of Medical Examiner. The provisions of RSA 99-D shall apply to the chief medical examiner and any other medical examiner employed in the office of the chief medical examiner for claims arising from the scope of their official duties, including, but not limited to, the practice of forensic pathology and the practice of clinical forensic medicine.\n\n101 Effective Date Change; Literacy Instruction. Amend 1988, 274:10, I-a as inserted by 1989, 301:6 to read as follows:\n\nI-a. RSA 189:54, II as inserted by section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, [1991] 1992.\n\n102 Fines for Crimes Doubled. Amend RSA 651:2, IV(a) and (b) to read as follows:\n\n(a) Any individual may not exceed [$2,000] $4,000 for a felony, [$1,000] $2,000 for a misdemeanor, and [$500] $1,000 for a violation.\n\n(b) A corporation or unincorporated association may not exceed [$50,000] $100,000 for a felony, [$10,000] $20,000 for a misdemeanor and [$500] $1,000 for a violation. A writ of execution may be issued by the court against the corporation or unincorporated association to compel payment of the fine, together with costs and interest.\n\n103 Rehiring of Laid Off State Employees. Amend 1990, 261:1, I as amended by 1991, 4:10 to read as follows:\n\nI. For purposes of this act, \"laid off\" means any person laid off between January 1, 1990, and [June 30, 1991] June 30, 1993, as a result of 1990, 1:16 or any other state law.\n\n104 Effective Date Change for SB 157 Relative to Bingo. 1991, 271:4 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\n271:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.\n\n105 Transfers Within PAU; Indigent Defenders. Notwithstanding RSA 9:16-a, the executive director of the judicial council, after certification to the commissioner of administrative services that transfers are necessary to carry out the functions of indigent defense, is authorized to transfer funds within PAU 01, 04, 01, 02, 04, indigent defenders.\n\n106 Loss of Taxes. The commissioner of revenue administration shall\n\ncompute the payment for lost taxes under RSA 219:32 as follows:\n\nI. Add together the high and low value in the highest range of values within the forest land category, as set by the current use advisory board pursuant to RSA 79-A, then divide by 2 to arrive at the per acre value;\n\nII. Multiply the per acre value by the number of acres on which application for loss of taxes is made, to arrive at the total assessment, to be further adjusted by the equalization ratio;\n\nIII Multiply the assessment by the local municipal tax rate to arrive at the payment due to the town, reduced in accordance with RSA 219:29, and adjusted for equity in accordance with RSA 219:33.\n\n107 Positions Reclassified. Notwithstanding any law, rule, or executive order to the contrary, the following positions within the multiple offender program and funded in PAU 05, 01, 01, 03, 07 are hereby reclassified:\n\nI. Position number 19048 is reclassified from substance abuse counselor II, labor grade 15, to cook II, labor grade 8.\n\nII. Position number 19049 is reclassified from substance abuse counselor II, labor grade 15, to cook I, labor grade 7.\n\nIII. Position number 19034 is reclassified from substance abuse counselor I, labor grade 13, to dormitory supervisor, labor grade 7.\n\n108 New Paragraph; Borrowing Authority; Pease Development Authority. Amend RSA 12-G:27 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:\n\nIII. In lieu of a state guarantee under this section, the state treasurer is authorized to borrow upon the credit of the state a sum not\n\nexceeding the total state bond guarantee authorized in RSA 12-G:27, I to make a loan or loans to the authority for the purposes of this chapter, and issue general obligation bonds or notes in the name and on behalf of the state in accordance with the provisions of RSA 6-A. The terms and conditions of any such loan shall be determined by the state treasurer and the governor and council may impose such other conditions as they may deem appropriate. Payments of principal and interest on the bonds or notes issued under this paragraph shall be made when due from available funds of the authority. The principal amount of bonds of the authority that may be guaranteed by the state under paragraph I of this section shall be reduced by the amount of bonds issued by the state under this paragraph.\n\n109 New Section; Annual Operating Budget; Quarterly Reports. Amend RSA 12-G by inserting after section 27 the following new section:\n\n12-G:27-a Annual Operating Budget; Bonding; Quarterly Reports.\n\nI. The board shall approve and submit an annual operating budget to the fiscal committee and the governor and council.\n\nII. The issuance of bonds under 12-G:27, III to pay operating costs of the authority which are not included in the annual operating budget shall be subject to the approval of the fiscal committee and governor and council.\n\nIII. Until such time as the authority is self-funding, the board shall submit quarterly financial reports on its revenues and expenditures to the governor, the senate president, and the speaker of the house.\n\n110 Appropriation; Pease Development Authority. A sum not to exceed $2,800,000 is appropriated to the Pease development authority for its operating budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, upon the\n\napproval of such operating budget by the governor and council, the board of directors of the Pease development authority, and the fiscal committee.\n\n111 Bonds Authorized. To provide funds for the appropriation made in section 110 of this act, the state treasurer is authorized to borrow upon the credit of the state a sum not exceeding $2,800,000 and for said purpose may issue general obligation bonds or notes in the name and on behalf of the state of New Hampshire in accordance with RSA 12-G:27, III. The payments of principal and interest of the bonds and notes shall be made when due from available funds of the authority in accordance with RSA 12-G:27, III.\n\n112 Declaration of Purpose; Review of Operations of State Government.\n\nI. The general court finds that from time to time the budget process should be augmented by a thorough review of government operations undertaken in partnership with the private sector in order to achieve efficiencies and economies.\n\nII. The general court recognizes that a review of the operations of state government to identify efficiencies and economies which can be achieved by structural or operational changes should be conducted during the 1992-1993 biennium. The general court further recognizes that the participation of individuals from the private sector with appropriate knowledge, skills and experience will further the success of this undertaking.\n\n113 Task Force on Government Operations Established; Membership; Duties and Responsibilities; Reports.\n\nI. There is hereby established the task force on government operations which shall consist of public members appointed jointly by the\n\ngovernor, president of the senate and speaker of the house in numbers they deem appropriate. Members of the committee shall serve without compensation.\n\nII. A member of the task force shall not use his office for personal gain or act in a manner to place a private interest in conflict with the public interest. A member shall abstain from voting on matters in which he has a financial interest, whether personally or through a spouse or dependent. If in doubt, he may submit a written request for advice to the attorney general, who shall make a ruling as to whether he may vote on a matter.\n\nIII. The task force on government operations shall review aspects of government operations including, but not limited to, the following: purchasing; space, both owned and leased; communications, including telephones, mailing and printing; property and equipment other than real estate; asset management; and organization.\n\nIV. The task force on government operations shall make recommendations about, but not limited to, the following aspects of government operations: purchasing equipment and supplies; contracting for services; managing capital assets; and organizing human resources.\n\nV. The task force on government operations shall have the authority to compel the cooperation of department heads and the production of documents necessary to carry out its objectives, except when such requests would be inconsistent with state law.\n\nVI. The task force on government operations shall prepare an interim report and submit it to the governor, the speaker of the house, and senate president no later than November 1, 1991, and submit a final report to the\n\ngovernor, the speaker of the house, and senate president no later than June 30, 1992.\n\n114 Statement of Purpose.\n\nI. The general court finds that:\n\n(a) New Hampshire Savings Bank has offered its properties in downtown Concord for sale to the state of New Hampshire; and\n\n(b) This offer constitutes a window of opportunity for the state of New Hampshire to acquire existing office and parking space in the capitol area government center; and\n\n(c) The present and future presence of state government in the downtown area is important to the economic well-being of the city of Concord; and\n\n(d) The city of Concord has traditionally relinquished certain parking revenues to provide parking in the civic complex for legislators; and\n\n(e) Purchase of these New Hampshire Savings Bank properties would provide additional parking for immediate use as well as an opportunity for the state of New Hampshire and the city of Concord to cooperate in developing a joint plan for future off-street parking in the downtown area.\n\nII. Therefore, the general court declares it to be in the interests of the state of New Hampshire to acquire these New Hampshire Savings Bank properties for both present and future government use, provided that the state is able to negotiate a price which reflects the current downturn in real estate values.\n\n115 Department of Administrative Services; Capitol Area Government\n\nCenter; Appropriation. A sum not exceeding $5,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, is hereby appropriated to the department of administrative services for the sole purpose of acquiring, renovating, and rehabilitating land and buildings suitable for general office space in the capitol area government center. Within the limits of the appropriated amount, the department of administrative services is authorized to negotiate the purchase of such land and buildings. Such purchase agreement may include an arrangement for leasing back a portion of the land or buildings acquired to the seller. Plans for the acquisition, renovation, rehabilitation and occupancy of any land or buildings to which this section is applicable shall receive prior approval from the governor and council and the joint committee on legislative facilities. After expenditures are approved by the governor and council and the joint committee on legislative facilities, the resulting contracts shall receive such review and approval as required by state law. This appropriation shall be nonlapsing and is in addition to any other funds appropriated to the department of administrative services.\n\n116 Bonds Authorized. To provide funds for the appropriation in section 115 of this act, the state treasurer is authorized to borrow upon the credit of the state not exceeding the sum of $5,000,000 and for said purpose may issue bonds and notes in the name and on behalf of the state of New Hampshire in accordance with RSA 6-A.\n\n117 Payments. The payment of principal and interest on bonds and notes issued for the project in section 115 shall be made when due from the general fund.\n\n118 Committee Established. There is hereby established a committee to\n\nstudy the future utilization of such property as may be acquired pursuant to this act.\n\n119 Membership.\n\nI. The committee members shall be as follows:\n\n(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.\n\n(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.\n\n(c) One member appointed by the governor.\n\n(d) One member representing the city of Concord, appointed by the mayor of the city of Concord.\n\nII. The committee members shall be appointed within 30 days of the effective date of this act. The committee shall elect a chairperson from among its members at the initial meeting of the committee.\n\n120 Duties of the Committee. The committee shall:\n\nI. Determine the availability and need for off-street parking for legislators and for state and city employees.\n\nII. Review previous state and city parking studies.\n\nIII. Authorize such additional parking studies as may be required.\n\nIV. Study and make recommendations concerning the best use of existing parking areas and structures, including the 2 city-owned garages and the Storrs Street parking lot.\n\nV. Study and make recommendations regarding the feasibility of the state of New Hampshire transferring property with a tax value comparable to the property acquired under section 115 of this act to the city of Concord or any private entity.\n\n121 Report. The committee shall submit a report on its findings, including any recommendations for legislation, to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house and the governor not later than November 1, 1991.\n\n122 Mileage. Legislative members shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the business of the committee.\n\n123 AFDC Funds. The sum appropriated for AFDC grants currently - PAU 05, 01, 04, 04, 01 class 90 shall remain in such class and shall not be reduced during the biennium ending June 30, 1993. If the amount expended in each of 3 successive months is less than 1/12 of the total appropriation for that fiscal year and the number of open AFDC cases in each of those 3 months is less than the number of open AFDC cases in the prior month, the director of the division of human services, under RSA 167:7 may, with review and approval of the fiscal committee, transfer to emergency assistance an amount necessary to utilize the accumulating surplus as projected during that fiscal year.\n\n124 Vacant Positions; Abolishment; Reestablishment.\n\nI. Any position which is funded wholly or partially by state general funds and which is vacant on June 30, 1991, is abolished.\n\nII. The provisions of paragraph I shall not apply to the New Hampshire hospital, the Glencliff home for the elderly, and the veterans home.\n\nIII. There is appropriated the sum of $750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1992, and $750,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1993, in order to reestablish positions abolished by paragraph I. An agency may request to the fiscal committee and the governor and council\n\nthat a position abolished by paragraph I be reinstated. Upon a demonstration by the agency that the continuation of the position is necessary for the protection and safety of New Hampshire citizens or for the effective and efficient operation of state government, the governor may, upon review and with the approval of the fiscal committee, approve the transfer of funds from the appropriation made in this paragraph to the agency for the purpose of reestablishing such position. The governor is authorized to draw his warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.\n\n125 Factfinder's Report Rejected. The legislature hereby rejects the recommendations of the factfinder's report dated February 11, 1991, regarding collective bargaining between the state and the state employees association.\n\n126 Committee to Study Misdemeanors. The house judiciary committee shall study crimes which are misdemeanors in this state and make recommendations on the reclassifications of misdemeanors. The committee shall prepare a report, including recommendations for legislation for the 1992 legislative session, and submit it to the speaker of the house on or before November 1, 1991.\n\n127 Tranfers by Director of the Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the provisions of RSA 99:4 and RSA 9:17-a through 17-c, during the biennium ending June 30, 1993, the director of the division of mental health and developmental services is authorized to transfer with the approval of fiscal committee and governor and council from New Hampshire Hospital sub-component 05, 01, 05, 06, 07, classes 010-060, Transitional\n\nHousing - DD to Bureau of Developmental Services, sub-component 05, 01, 05, 03, 03, class 093, Community Residences and from classes 010-091 to class 093 within sub-component 05, 01, 05, 03, 03, Community Residences, such sums as are necessary to provide contracted community-based services for former residents of Laconia developmental services and New Hampshire hospital.\n\n128 Training for Social Workers and Juvenile Services Officers. The division for children and youth services may transfer up to $200,000 each fiscal year for the biennium ending June 30, 1993, in funds which would otherwise lapse to the salary adjustment fund from class 10, personal services-permanent in components 05, 01, 03, 02, 01 and/or 05, 01, 03, 02, 09 to class 91, training, in component 05, 01, 03, 02, 01 to provide training for social workers and juvenile services officers.\n\n129 Authority to Adjust Operating Budget Amounts and Totals. The legislative budget assistant shall have the authority to make adjustments in amounts and totals in section 1 of HB 25-A of the 1991 legislative session made necessary by the passage of this act.\n\n130 Reduction of Personnel Services and Benefits. The appropriation for personnel services and benefits is hereby reduced by $24,000,000 in general funds for the biennium.\n\nI. The governor, and the exclusive bargaining representatives of the state bargaining units acting jointly, shall negotiate these reductions which may include, but may not be limited to, areas such as health benefits, furloughs, early retirement or any other personnel cost savings.\n\nII. The parties shall submit the proposed agreement to the fiscal committee on or before September 9, 1991. No agreement shall be considered\n\nacceptable to the committee unless the committee determines it is consistent with the legislative intent and in the public interest. The agreement shall be effective upon the approval of the fiscal committee.\n\nIII. If no agreement has been reached by the parties, the exclusive representatives of the bargaining units and the governor shall submit their respective last best offers to the fiscal committee on September 9, 1991. The fiscal committee shall approve or reject, consistent with existing law, any or all of the individual components of the 2 offers presented by the parties to achieve the required reductions or after September 23, 1991, to be effective on or before October 4, 1991.\n\nIV. The governor shall apply the terms of any approved agreement or fiscal committee action to unclassified and by-letter employees as well as to classified employees, regardless of source of funding.\n\n131 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 1991.\n\n1 Effective Date. 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