2001 SESSION

01-2311

09/01

HOUSE BILL 1342

COMMITTEE: Legislative Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the legislative budget assistant from using information from registered lobbyists in the preparation of fiscal notes.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-2311

09/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Preparation of Fiscal Notes; Sources of Information. Amend RSA 14:46, I to read as follows:

I. Fiscal impact notes shall be prepared by the legislative budget assistant with such assistance and data as he or she may require from any state agency, political subdivision, or any other source of data which he or she deems reliable, including but not limited to private individuals, corporations, and associations located within or without the state; provided, that the legislative budget assistant shall not use any information provided by lobbyists registered under RSA 15:1 in the preparation of any fiscal note. [He] The legislative budget assistant shall identify in the fiscal note the source or sources of the data.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.