June 3, 1999

No. 36

HJR 1, requesting that the federal government prohibit the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or other federal agency from introducing wolf populations to the northeastern United States, especially New Hampshire.

HB 56, establishing a procedure for reinstating corporate charters that have been expired for more than 3 years.

HB 64, relative to changes of registration for undeclared voters.

HB 112, increasing the tobacco tax and imposing the tax on all types of tobacco products.

HB 374, relative to the order of names on presidential primary election ballots.

HB 562, relative to the date of decision for appeals of zoning matters.

SB 158-FN, relative to indecent exposure.

HB 67, relative to termination of parental rights upon a finding of either child abuse or the commission of certain criminal offenses.

Senate Conferees: Senators Pignatelli, Fernald, Squires

House Conferees: Representatives R. Lyman, I. Pratt, D. Bickford, E. Moran

SB 30, relative to the cruelty to animals law.

Senate Conferees: Senators Wheeler, Trombly, Disnard

SB 101, relative to landlord-tenant obligations.

Senate Conferees: Senators Trombly, Disnard, Russman

SB 124, establishing a committee to study the integration of technology at the state and municipal level.

Senate Conferees: Senators D'Allesandro, McCarley, Klemm

SB 204, establishing the New Hampshire excellence in higher education endowment trust fund.

Senate Conferees: Senators Larsen, Gordon, Cohen

FINANCE, Room 103, SH

9:00 a.m. Budget Worksession

CAPITAL BUDGET, Room 103, SH

1:00 p.m. Capital Budget Worksession

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 101, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 274, relative to the office of the consumer advocate.

1:20 p.m. HB 601, allowing the assistant commissioner of corrections to assume the duties of the commissioner in the event that the commissioner is unable to perform such duties, correcting out-of-date references and phraseology pertaining to the department of corrections, adding the position of warden of the Northern New Hampshire Correctional Facility to the unclassified system, and changing the personnel group status of the warden of the lakes region facility.

1:40 p.m. HB 626-FN, relative to revising the laws regulating accountancy.

2:00 p.m. HB 658-FN, relative to certification, registration, and insurance requirements for recovery agents who assist bail agents and sureties.

INSURANCE, Room 103, SH

8:30 a.m. HB 333, relative to contracts between participating providers and managed care entities.

9:00 a.m. HB 469, raising the medical payments coverage under automobile insurance policies.

9:30 a.m. HB 473, establishing a committee to study the non-group health insurance market.

10:00 a.m. HB 66-FN, relative to disability retirement benefits for retirement system members permanently incapacitated for duty.

10:30 a.m. HB 88-FN, relative to purchasing credit for prior service for certain employees in the New Hampshire retirement system.

11:00 a.m. HB 471, exempting certain family owned and operated businesses from certain requirements in the workers' compensation act relative to safety programs.

11:30 a.m. HB 485-FN, relative to the calculation of unemployment compensation benefits.

12:00 p.m. HB 741, relative to the ratio of apprentices to journeymen in trade or industry apprenticeship programs.

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Room 102, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 356, relative to the issuance of summons and notice in CHINS petitions.

1:20 p.m. HB 721-FN, relative to procedures regarding delinquent children under RSA 169-B.

1:50 p.m. HB 719-FN, relative to procedures regarding children in need of services.

TRANSPORTATION, Room 104, LOB

3:00 p.m. HB 89-FN-A, making an appropriation for a department of transportation study of the state house complex to evaluate space needs.

3:15 p.m. HB 584-FN, relative to administrative license suspensions.

3:30 p.m. HB 525-FN, relative to special number plates for certain veterans.

BANKS, Room 103, LOB

8:30 a.m. HB 451, establishing a committee to study first and second mortgage home loans.

EDUCATION, Room 105-A, SH

8:30 a.m. HCR 2, recognizing students who display good behavior in the public schools.

8:45 a.m. HB 311-FN-A, relative to grants made under the New Hampshire incentive program.

9:15 a.m. HB 487, relative to the adoption of bonds or notes in certain school districts and municipalities.

9:45 a.m. HB 726-FN, relative to the credentialing of personnel in early care and education programs, establishing a fee for such credential, and making an appropriation therefor.

JUDICIARY, Room 102, LOB

10:15 a.m. HB 723-FN, relative to standby and emergency guardianship proxies.

10:30 a.m. HB 470, relative to settlement of personal actions.

10:45 a.m. HB 360-FN, clarifying that any person convicted of a felony in this state is prohibited from owning or possessing firearms and other dangerous weapons.

11:00 a.m. HB 706, relative to the definition of "sexual contact" under the sexual assault laws and relative to the registration of certain criminal offenders.

11:15 a.m. HB 652-FN-A, relative to victims' assistance, penalty assessments on criminal offenses, and establishing a surcharge on items sold at state prison commissaries which is continually appropriated to the victims' assistance fund.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Room 104, LOB

1:00 p.m. HJR 8, urging the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to change the structure of the New England Independent System Operator (ISO).

1:10 p.m. HB 294-FN-L, relative to state aid to municipalities for closure of certain municipal incinerators.

1:30 p.m. HB 732, relative to nonpayment of member dues and fees and access to financial records of condominium associations.

1:45 p.m. HB 739, eliminating certain restrictions on the number of days bingo volunteers may serve.

ENVIRONMENT, Room 104, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 561-FN, reducing lab analysis fees of chemical analyses of water.

1:15 p.m. HB 609, relative to construction of a sewer force main through a state land conservation easement.

1:30 p.m. HB 263, repealing the Northern New England Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact.

1:50 p.m. HB 546-FN-A, providing partial funding to support research monitoring groundwater at reclamation sites that have had sludge applied.

2:10 p.m. HB 97, relative to the right to farm.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS, Room 103, LOB

2:45 p.m. HB 605-FN, affirming sovereign immunity for the state and its political subdivisions as it relates to the "year 2000 problem."

3:15 p.m. HB 395-FN-A, establishing a program of matching grants to preserve historic agricultural structures in New Hampshire.

3:30 p.m. HB 685-FN-A, relative to the duties of the New Hampshire land and community heritage commission.

3:45 p.m. HB 670, establishing an advisory board to study the future of the New Hampshire automated information system's "Webster" Internet site.

FINANCE, Room 103, SH

11:00 a.m. HB 608-FN-A, establishing a New Hampshire emergency management response and recovery fund and making an appropriation therefor.

11:30 a.m. HB 738-FN, making an appropriation to the department of administrative services for the purpose of reimbursing counties for providing prisoner custody in courthouses.

11:45 a.m. HB 666-FN-A-L, relative to the taxation of sand, gravel, loam, and other similar substances.

WAYS AND MEANS, Room 103, SH

9:30 a.m. HB 443, allowing certain beverage manufacturers to distribute products directly to retailers.

10:00 a.m. HB 596, making technical corrections to certain laws administered by the department of revenue administration and extending the temporary tax rate of the communications services tax through the biennium ending June 30, 2001.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 101, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 375, relative to substitutions for disqualified and deceased candidates.

1:15 p.m. HB 524, increasing the alternate members on the public employee labor relations board.

1:35 p.m. HB 688, relative to the custody and escheat of abandoned and unclaimed property.

2:00 p.m. HB 586, relative to rulemaking authority of the board of chiropractic examiners and unlawful practice of chiropractic.

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Room 102, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 657-FN, relative to the health services planning and review board and the certificate of need process.

2:00 p.m. HB 545-FN, establishing a committee to study ambulatory surgical facilities.

2:40 p.m. HB 640-FN, relative to grievance procedures of managed care organizations.

TRANSPORTATION, Room 104, LOB

2:45 p.m. HB 616-FN-A, establishing a house study committee to consider issues related to the driver training fund.

3:00 p.m. HB 698-FN-L, restricting fees for registration permits for certain vehicles.

JUDICIARY, Room 102, LOB

10:15 a.m. HB 576-FN-A, establishing additional staff positions for statewide child custody and support impact seminars, and making an appropriation therefor.

10:30 a.m. HB 216, relative to release conditions pending trial for defendants in domestic violence, stalking, or protective order violation cases.

10:45 a.m. HB 715-FN-A-L, granting responsibility for court security to the county sheriff and abolishing certain court security officer positions.

11:00 a.m. HB 722-FN, revising the law relative to protection of persons from domestic violence.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Room 104, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 411, requiring voters to present identification.

1:15 p.m. HB 468, relative to the home rule powers of municipalities.

2:00 p.m. CACR 6, relating to municipalities' home rule. Providing that municipalities shall have home rule authority to exercise such powers which are not prohibited by the state constitution, state statute, or common law.

WILDLIFE & RECREATION, Room 101, LOB

2:45 p.m. HJR 7, supporting the continued management of the White Mountain National Forest for multiple uses as a part of the National Forest System.

3:00 p.m. HB 574-FN-A, establishing a fisheries habitat fee required for persons obtaining a fishing license and continually appropriating the funds for fisheries habitats.

INTERNAL AFFAIRS, Room 103, LOB

2:45 p.m. HB 414-FN, establishing a committee to study the unclassified salary structure for state officers.

3:00 p.m. HB 728-FN, establishing a commission to study the compensation of members of the legislature and the reimbursement for expenses.

3:20 p.m. HB 606-FN, relative to managed care programs under workers' compensation and relative to certain members of the compensation appeals board.

3:40 p.m. HB 551, revising the definition of "employer" under the employment discrimination laws of the state.

PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Room 102, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 486-FN-A, relative to the physician effectiveness program.

1:20 p.m. HB 720-FN, relative to the practice of midwifery.

1:50 p.m. HCR 9, encouraging greater health care choices for Medicaire eligible citizens throughout New Hampshire.

TRANSPORTATION, Room 104, LOB

3:00 p.m. HB 449-FN, requiring boating safety education.

3:15 p.m. HB 676-FN-A, increasing fees for motor vehicle inspection stickers and establishing motor vehicle inspector positions and making an appropriation therefor.

FISCAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL COURT (RSA 14:30-a,I) Room 210-211, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Business

9:30 a.m. Audit: State Of New Hampshire, Liquor Commission, Audit Report For The Year Ended June 30, 1998

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Vic Geary Center, 18 Greenough Road, Plaistow

7:00 p.m. Public Informational Meeting (Replacement of the Kingston Bridge Over B&M Railroad)

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Green Acres School, Gymnasium, 10 Aurora Avenue, Off Mammoth Road, Manchester

7:00 p.m. Combined Public Officials Meeting/Public Informational Meeting (Rehabilitation of I-293 Including New Bridges Over Brown Avenue)

WORKER'S COMPENSATION ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 281-A:62) Room 306, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

OSTEOPOROSIS EDUCATION & ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 126-I:3) Room 205, LOB

9:00-12:00 Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (RSA 541-A:2) Room 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Special Meeting

NEW Hampshire CONSERVATION NUMBER PLATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (RSA 261:97-d) Room 203, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

NEW Hampshire COLLEGE TUITION SAVINGS PLAN ADVISORY COMMISSION (RSA 195-H:2) Room 103, SH

9:30-12:00 Regular Meeting

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NHDOT, 1 Hazen Drive, Room 3, Concord

10:00 a.m. Commission Meeting (Salem-Manchester, Wetland Mitigation In Salem & Londonderry)

NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING FINANCE COMMITTEE (RSA 162-F:15) Selectman's Meeting Room ,Town Office Building, Route 1, Seabrook

7:00-9:00 Hearing

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION James R. Morrill Municipal Building (Gym), NH Route 10, Haverhill

7:30 p.m. Combined Public Officials Meeting (Haverhill, Improvements To NH Route 16)

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Exeter Town Hall, Nowak Room, Exeter

7:00 p.m. Combined Public Officials Meeting (Exeter, Rail Platform/Parking)

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Nottingham West Elementary School Cafeteria, Hudson

7:30 p.m. Public Hearing (Hudson, NH Route 3A)

BOARD OF CLAIMS (RSA 541-B:3) Room 202, LOB

8:30-5:00 Regular Meeting

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Tamworth Elementary School, Tamworth

9:00 a.m. Tamworth Pilot Study

NATURAL, CULTURAL & HISTORICAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (SB 493, Chapter 161:2, 1998) Room 308, LOB

1:00-4:00 p.m. Meeting

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Pollard School (Old Gym), 120 Main Street, Plaistow

7:00 p.m. Public Hearing (NH Route 121A & NH Route 125)

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (RSA 541-A:2) Room 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Meeting

PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE (RSA 187-A:28-a) Room 207, LOB

12:00-2:00 Regular Meeting

THE JOINT HEALTH COUNCIL NH Board of Nursing, Room 17, 78 Regional Drive, Building 2, Concord

4:00 p.m. Special Meeting

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Meredith Police Department, conference Room, 347 Daniel Webster Highway, Meredith

7:00 p.m. Public Officials Meeting (US 3 Parade Road)

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Whitney Hall, Main Street, Enfield

7:00 p.m. Public Hearing (Enfield, Main Street)

OIL FUND DISBURSEMENT BOARD (RSA 146-D:4) Room 305, LOB

9:30 a.m. Regular Meeting

DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY WAITLIST (RSA 171-A:1-b) Room 205, LOB

10:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

BOARD OF MANUFACTURED HOUSING (RSA 205-A:25,I) Room 201, LOB

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Plymouth regional Senior Center, 8 Depot Street, Plymouth

7:00 p.m. Public Hearing Holderness-Plymouth, Bridge Replacement NH 175A Over Pemigewasett River)

OSTEOPOROSIS EDUCATION & ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 126-I:3) Room 205, LOB

9:00-12:00 Meeting

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Exeter Office Building, Nowak Room, 10 Front Street, Exeter

7:00 p.m. Public Hearing (Exeter, Lincoln Street Railroad Platform & Parking Area)

FISCAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL COURT (RSA 14:30a,l) Room 210-211, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Business

9:30 a.m. Audit: State of New Hampshire, Department of Education, Special Education Catastrophic Aid Program, Performance Audit Report July 1999)

NATURAL, CULTURAL & HISTORIC RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (SB 493, Chapter 161, 1998) Room 308, LOB

1:00-4:00 Regular Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (RSA 541-A:2) Room 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Meeting

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Exeter Office Building, Nowak Room, 10 Front Street, Exeter

7:00 p.m. Public Hearing (Exeter, Lincoln Street, Railroad Platform & Parking Area)

OSTEOPOROSIS EDUCATION & ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 126-I:3) Room 205, LOB

9:00-12:00 Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (RSA 541-A:2) Room 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Meeting

NATURAL, CULTURAL & HISTORIC RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (SB 493, Chapter 161, 1998) Room 308, LOB

1:00-4:00 Regular Meeting

OSTEOPOROSIS EDUCATION & ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 126-I:3) Room 205, LOB

9:00-12:00 Meeting

BOARD OF CLAIMS (RSA 541-B:3) Room 202, LOB

8:30-5:00 Regular Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (RSA 541-A:2) Room 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Meeting

NATURAL, CULTURAL & HISTORIC RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION (SB 493, Chapter 161, 1998) Room 308, LOB

1:00-4:00 Regular Meeting

OSTEOPOROSIS EDUCATION & ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 126-I:3) Room 205, LOB

9:00-12:00 Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (RSA 541-A:2) Room 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Meeting

OSTEOPOROSIS EDUCATION & ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 126-I:3) Room 205, LOB

9:00-12:00 Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (RSA 541-A:2) Room 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Meeting

OSTEOPOROSIS EDUCATION & ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 126-I:3) Room 205, LOB

9:00-12:00 Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES (RSA 541-A:2) Room 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Meeting

The Office Of Legislative Services Has A Number Of Extra Copies Of Softbound Volumes Of 1997 Session Laws. They Will Be Available To House And Senate Members On A First Come, First Serve Basis, In Room 109 Of The State House.

Senator Clesson Blaisdell

All Legislators, Staff And Friends Are Invited To The NH Order Of Women Legislators' (OWLS) Installation Banquet On Wednesday, June 9, At The Holiday Inn, Concord. Social Hour Begins After Session Or At 5:00 p.m.; And Dinner Begins At 6:00 p.m. Proceeds From This Event Will Benefit Our Scholarship Program. Look For Invitations In The Mail. For Tickets And Information Please Contact Representative Janet Wall, Representative Betsy McKinney Or Senator Patricia Krueger.

Senator Patricia Krueger

The Official Senate Session Photograph Will Be Taken Thursday, June 10^th Before Session Begins. Please Dress Accordingly For This Group Picture. For More Information Contact Michael Colby Senate Informational Officer.

Senator Clesson Blaisdell

Perinatal Alcohol, Tobacco And Other Drug Use Task Force Invites All Legislators To Attend A Special Informational Forum And Treatment Of Substance Use During Pregnancy. Presentations Will Include An Overview Of The Scope And Effects OF Alcohol, Tobacco And Other Drug (ATOD) Problems During Pregnancy And Approaches Necessary TO Assist Women Avoid, Reduce And Recover From Substance Dependence. Members Of The Task Force Will Lead A Discussion With Policy Makers Around New Hampshire's Current Perinatal Substance Use Problem. The Forum Will Take Place On Monday, June 21 At The Odyssey Family Center In Canterbury (a residential substance abuse treatment program for pregnant and parenting women and their children) From 10:00 a.m. To Noon. Refreshments Will Be Served, Followed By Tours Of The Odyssey Family Center. Come Learn About This Important Issue. For Further Information, Reservations And Directions, Please Call 1-800-852-3345, Extension 6108 Or 783-9104. Reservations Requested By Wednesday, June 16^th.

Senator Mary Brown

The Bill White Memorial 26^th Annual Legislative Golf Tournament Is Scheduled For Monday, June 21, 1999, At The White Mountain Country Club In Ashland, NH. The Entry Fee For This Annual Tourney Is $60.00 Per Person And Includes Greens Fee, Cart, Dinner And Prizes. A Shotgun Start Is Scheduled For 9:00 a.m. The Format Is "Captain And Crew." Sign-ups As A Foursome Or Sign-up By Yourself And Be Placed In A Foursome. A Maximum Of 120 Players Will Be Allowed. Please Return Your Entry And Payment No Later Than June 8^th To Sandy Wheeler At The LOB Lobby Desk. Please Make Checks Payable To Legislative Golf Tournament c/o David S. Saltmarsh.

Senator Clesson Blaisdell