March 09, 2000

No. 16

HB 542-FN-A, (2nd New Title) repealing the legacies and succession tax.

HB 723-FN, relative to standby and emergency guardianship proxies.

SB 132, requiring the removal of the telecommunications tower on Mount Kearsarge.

SB 203, authorizing electronic games of chance at racetracks.

SB 218-FN-L, regulating the land application of sewage sludge.

SB 329, relative to the display of tobacco products.

SB 349, relative to the sale of the marital residence or other real property in a domestic proceeding.

SB 365-L, [New Title]relative to the adoption of bonds or notes in school districts and municipalities.

SB 379-FN, relative to lottery scratch tickets.

SB 438-FN, relative to habitual simple assault.

SB 447-FN, relative to campaign contributions and expenditures.

CAPITAL BUDGET, Room 103, SH

1:00 p.m. HB 1471, (New Title) relative to the department of employment security's power to approve building projects.

1:30 p.m. HB 305-A, (New Title) relative to a lease-purchase agreement between Cheshire county and the state for construction of a new district courthouse to be located in the town of Jaffrey.

SENATE RULES, Room 302, SH

9:30 a.m. Meeting to hear request from members for new legislation.

WAYS AND MEANS, Room 103, SH

10:00 a.m. SB 452, increasing to $25 per game date the amount operators of bingo games may be reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses.

EDUCATION, Room 105-A, SH

8:30 a.m. HB 413-FN-A, relative to the renovation of regional vocational education centers, and making an appropriation therefor.

8:50 a.m. HB 1362-L, relative to the reconsideration of cost apportionment within a cooperative school district.

9:20 a.m. HB 1283, (New Title) establishing a commission on the education of the deaf and hard of hearing in New Hampshire.

JUDICIARY, Room 103, SH

10:00 a.m. HB 1212, relative to extending the reporting date of the open adoption study committee.

10:15 a.m. HB 1374, extending the reporting date for the sex offender issues study committee.

10:30 a.m. HB 1435, (New Title) establishing a committee to study the immediate and long-term impact of changing methodology of communications and information technology as it applies to the right-to-know law.

11:00 a.m. HB 1508, (New Title) establishing a study committee on antitrust laws as they apply to hospital business practices.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Room 104, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 1110, establishing a committee to study landlord-tenant issues.

1:15 p.m. HB 1523, relative to landlord-tenant obligations.

1:30 p.m. HB 1124-L, relative to local building codes.

1:45 p.m. HB 1168, establishing a committee to study the merits of limiting the use of social security numbers as identifiers.

2:00 p.m. HB 1196-L, giving the police department of Lincoln authority to respond to emergency situations and exercise police duties in the unincorporated place of Livermore.

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

1:00 p.m. THERE WILL BE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ALL PENDING LEGISLATION

WILDLIFE & RECREATION, Room 101, LOB

2:30 p.m. SB 455, relative to campgrounds.

2:45 p.m. SB398-FN, relative to public boat access on Lake Sunapee.

ENERGY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Room 105A, SH

2:45 p.m. HB 1318, (New Title) establishing a committee to study the instability of kerosene, gasoline, diesel fuel, and home heating fuel prices.

2:55 p.m. HB 1462, (New Title) extending the report date and changing the membership and duties of the committee to study methods to promote the use of renewable energy sources.

3:05 p.m. HCR 32, urging the President and the Secretary of Energy to release certain amounts of petroleum from the nation's petroleum reserve.

3:15 p.m. HB 1179, relative to final orders of the public utilities commission.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 101, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 246, relative to personnel transfers at the department of safety.

1:30 p.m. HB 1175, relative to license renewal for dental hygienists.

1:50 p.m. HB 1301, relative to regional appointments to the state committee on aging.

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

1:00 p.m. SB 456, relative to testing newborns for deafness.

1:30 p.m. HB 1206, extending the reporting date of the committee studying alcohol and drug abuse prevention.

2:00 p.m. HB 1594-FN, relative to the allocation of moneys in the tobacco use prevention fund.

TRANSPORTATION, Room 104, LOB

2:45 p.m. HB 1613, exempting police officers on bicycles from certain motor vehicle laws and rules.

3:00 p.m. HB 630-FN-L, relative to the Skyhaven airport transfer plan.

3:15 p.m. HB 1161, making technical changes to the New Hampshire Aeronautics Act and establishing a committee to study revisions to the state aeronautics laws.

3:30 p.m. HB 279-FN-A, relative to refinancing the cost and rehabilitation of the Cheshire Bridge.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Room 104, LOB

1: 00 p.m. HB 1264-FN, relative to the unlawful use of theft detection shielding devices.

1:15 p.m. HB 1413, relative to the rights of ownership of cemetery plots or burial spaces.

1:30 p.m. CACR 5, (New Title) relating to voting and elective rights of incarcerated felons. Providing that any person who has been convicted of a felony may be denied the right to vote for any or all of the time between conviction and final discharge of sentence, as provided by law.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 101, LOB

1:00 p.m. SB 457, relative to ownership of certified public accounting firms.

1:20 p.m. SB 458, increasing the salary of the executive secretary of the retirement system and changing the title to executive director.

1:40 p.m. HB 51, (New Title) providing for the voluntary registration of commercial maple producers and maple packers.

2:00 p.m. HB 725, relative to rulemaking under the administrative procedures act.

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

1:00 p.m. HB 1502, (New Title) relative to lead paint abatement.

1:30 p.m. HB 1256, clarifying certain health care laws.

2:00 p.m. HB 618-FN-A, (New Title) establishing a voucher program for smoking cessation.

TRANSPORTATION, Room 104, LOB

2:45 p.m. HB 1334-L, relative to posting municipal roads.

3:00 p.m. HB 1169, relative to gates and bars on class VI roads.

3:15 p.m. HB 1165-FN-L, reclassifying certain roads in the towns of Northfield, Tilton, and Waterville Valley.

3:30 p.m. HB 1614, naming 2 bridges.

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

1:00 p.m. HB 405-FN, (2nd New Title) relative to the annual funding of placement costs for juvenile diversion and alternative disposition programs and relative to an effectiveness study of such programs.

2:00 p.m. HB 1337, repealing the New Hampshire foundation for mental health.

TRANSPORTATION, Room 104, LOB

3:00 p.m. HB 1106, making the widening of Interstate 93 from Manchester to the Massachusetts border a state priority.

3:20 p.m. HB 505-FN, establishing a special license plate for veterans.

3:40 p.m. HB 1268, relative to certain vehicle registrations.

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

1:00 p.m. HB 1272, allowing school nurses to possess and administer epinephrine for certain emergency treatment.

2:00 p.m. HB 427, relative to the laws requiring a prescription to possess hypodermic needles and modifying the drug paraphernalia laws applying to syringes.

TRANSPORTATION, Room 104, LOB

3:00 p.m. HB 1322, relative to the regulation of certain outdoor advertising devices.

3:20 p.m. HB 1143-FN, relative to renaming New Hampshire route 28 in the town of Wolfeboro as the "Gary Parker Memorial Highway."

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

1:00 p.m. HB 1607, establishing a study committee to consider legislation reducing to zero the number of mentally retarded or developmentally disabled individuals in the state who are not receiving or have not received medicaid services.

2:00 p.m. HCR 24, relative to integration of people with disabilities.

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

1:00 p.m. HB 310, (New Title) providing that the department of agriculture, markets, and food shall not conduct meat inspections unless and until such time as the United States Department of Agriculture withdraws its meat inspection program from the state.

1:30 p.m. HCR 20, urging Congress to stop the collection of certain kinds of information from patients in a home health care setting.

2:00 p.m. HB 1464, relative to the licensing process for new health care facility construction.

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

1:00 p.m. HB 1579-FN, (New Title) establishing certain penalties for violations of the youth tobacco laws and clarifying a definition under the indoor smoking act.

2:00 p.m. HB 1602-FN, establishing the New Hampshire task force on deafness and hearing loss.

ADEQUATE EDUCATION & EDUCATION FINANCING COMMISSION (RSA 198:49, I) Room 210-211, LOB

9:30 a.m. Regular Meeting

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

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

ELECTRIC UTILITY RESTRUCTURING (RSA 374-F:5) ROOM 302-304, LOB

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

JUDICIAL COUNCIL (RSA 494:1) Room 208, LOB

3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

PERINATAL ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG USE TASK FORCE (RSA 132:19) Room 101, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

COMMISSION ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION (HB 532, Chapter 135:3, Laws of 1999) Room 207, LOB

9:30 a.m. Regular Meeting

BOARD OF MANUFACTURED HOUSING (RSA 205-A:25) Room 203, LOB

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE REGULATION OF OUTDOOR LIGHTING (HB 727, Chapter 146:2, Laws of 1999) Room 105-A SH

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Room 201 Legislative Office Building Concord, NH - Transportation Enhancement Advisory Committee Meeting

3:00 p.m. Meeting of the Committee

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Windham Town Hall 3 No. Lowell Road Windham, NH - Salem-Manchester, 10418-C I-93 Widening

7:00 p.m. Officials Meeting

UPDATING NH LAWS RELATED TO FENCES (HB 1154, Chapter 62, Laws of 1998) Room 303, LOB

10:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

SENATE FISCAL TASK FORCE COMMITTEE Room 103, SH

3:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Belmont High School Seavey Rd., Belmont - Belmont, 12792 (NH 140 Bypass Study)

7:00 p.m. Advisory / Task Force Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Gerrish Community Center 39 west Broadway, Room 6 Derry, NH - Salem-Manchester 10418-C I-93 Widening

7:00 p.m. Officials Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

ADEQUATE EDUCATION & EDUCATION FINANCING COMMISSION (RSA 198:49, I) Room 210-211, LOB

9:30 a.m. Regular Meeting

LONG-TERM CARE INSTITUTE BOARD (RSA 126-L:2) Room 210-211, LOB

1:00-3:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

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

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

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

9:00 a.m. Endowment Subcommittee Report

WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE STUDY (HB 214 Chapter 42:1, Laws of 1999) Room 302, LOB

11:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ELDERLY AFFAIRS (RSA 17-H:2) Room 205, LOB

11:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

SEED STERILIZATION OR "TERMINATOR" TECHNOLOGY STUDY (HB 291, Chapter 282, Laws of 1999) Room 303, LOB

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Southern NH Planning Comm 438 Dubuque St. Manchester, NH - Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Advisory Committee Meeting

4:00 p.m. Project Selection Meeting Of the Committee

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Room 201 Legislative Office Building Concord, NH - Transportation Enhancement Advisory Committee Meeting

3:00 p.m. Project Selection Meeting of the Committee

SENATE FISCAL TASK FORCE COMMITTEE Room 103, SH

3:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Rye Elementary School Café 461 Sagamore Road Rye, NH- Rye Betterment, 12595 NH Rte 1A with Elwyn Rd & Sagamore Rd known as Foyes Corner

7:00 p.m. Public Hearing

ADEQUATE EDUCATION & EDUCATION FINANCING COMMISSION (RSA 198:49, I) Room 210-211, LOB

9:30 a.m. Regular Meeting

LONG RANGE CAPITAL PLANNING AND UTILIZATION - SUBCOMMITTEE ON DAY CARE CENTERS (RSA 17-M:1) At NH Hospital Acute Psychiatric Services Bldg., Conference Room

9:00 a.m. Special Meeting

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

9:00 a.m. Investment Subcommittee Meeting.

10:00 a.m. Full Commission Meeting

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

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

REDUCING VIOLENT INCIDENTS INVOLVING CHILDREN AND GUNS STUDY (SB 163,Chapter 322:2, Laws of 1999) Room 202-204, LOB

10:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NHDOT, 1 Hazen Drive Room 103, Concord, NH - Hudson 12460 NH Rte 102

11:00 a.m. Commission Meeting

TAX EQUITY EFFICIENCY COMMISSION (HB117, Chapter 17:55, Laws of 1999) Room 210-211, LOB

1:30 p.m. Regular Meeting

SENATE FISCAL TASK FORCE COMMITTEE Room 103, SH

3:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION McLaughlin Middle School 290 Mammoth Road Manchester, NH - Salem-Manchester, 10418-C I-93 Widening

7:00 p.m. Officials Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Knightly Meeting Room Town Hall 33 Geremonty Drive Salem, NH - Salem-Manchester, 10418-C I-93 Widening

7:00 p.m. Officials Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Hollis Town Hall 7 Monument Sq. Hollis, NH - Hollis 12648 Main St / Broad St / Ash St. Sidewalk and Connector

7:00 p.m. Public Officials Meeting

ADEQUATE EDUCATION & EDUCATION FINANCING COMMISSION (RSA 198:49, I) Room 210-211, LOB

9:30 a.m. Regular Meeting

PET OVERPOPULATION (RSA 437-A:7) Room 301-303, LOB

10:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

FISCAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL COURT Room 210-211, LOB

9:00a.m. Regular Business

9:30 a.m. Audit:

SENATE FISCAL TASK FORCE COMMITTEE Room 103, SH

3:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Meredith Fire Stn. Conference Room 286 D.W. Hwy (Rte 3) Meredith, NH - Meredith, 11386 Alterations to US Rt. 3 & Parade Road

7:00 p.m. Public Hearing

CAPITAL BUDGET Room 103, SH

12:00 p.m. Presentation / slide show of UNH Capital Projects all Senators and House Public Works committee members are invited to attend. Bring your lunch - Coffee and Dessert will be provided.

PERINATAL ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG USE TASK FORCE (RSA 132:19) Room 101, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

SENATE FISCAL TASK FORCE COMMITTEE Room 103, SH

3:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

SENATE FISCAL TASK FORCE COMMITTEE Room 103, SH

3:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Dover City Hall Auditorium 288 Central Avenue Dover, NH - Dover- Rollinsford, 13063 Oak Street intersection with Broadway and Rollins Road in the City of Dover and Town of Rollinsford

7:00 p.m. Public Hearing

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

SENATE FISCAL TASK FORCE COMMITTEE Room 103, SH

3:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Stratford Town Hall Route 3 Stratford, NH - Stratford 13005A U.S. Route 3 near Hollow Road

7:00 p.m. Public Hearing

PERINATAL ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG USE TASK FORCE (RSA 132:19) Room 101, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

PERINATAL ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG USE TASK FORCE (RSA 132:19) Room 101, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

PERINATAL ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG USE TASK FORCE (RSA 132:19) Room 101, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

PERINATAL ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG USE TASK FORCE (RSA 132:19) Room 101, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

PERINATAL ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG USE TASK FORCE (RSA 132:19) Room 101, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

PERINATAL ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG USE TASK FORCE (RSA 132:19) Room 101, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

PERINATAL ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG USE TASK FORCE (RSA 132:19) Room 101, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

PERINATAL ALCOHOL TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUG USE TASK FORCE (RSA 132:19) Room 101, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES, Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

Applications are available for the New Hampshire Order of Women Legislators Scholarship. Your constituents may pick them up in their college's financial aid office or you may get them from the House Secretarial Services Office on the 4^th floor of the LOB. New Hampshire residents who are obtaining transitional education in their field endeavor toward a field of public service are eligible. All pertinent information is included in the scholarship application.

Senator Beverly Hollingworth

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Members of the NH Senate and House are encouraged to utilize the complimentary ski privileges afforded them. Upon presentation of proper credentials at the ticket window, NH Senators and Representatives may receive a lift ticket for their personal use and one for a guest. The elected official must be present to personally present the credentials, unless prior arrangement is made with Commissioner Bald. Lift tickets are to be picked up at Guest Services or the Ticket Window at Cannon.

Senator Beverly Hollingworth

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The Legislative Tourism Caucus will hold a meeting at the Eagles Nest Restaurant (directly across from State House) from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Wine and cheese will be served courtesy of the New Hampshire International Speedway, the New Hampshire Travel Council and the New Hampshire Lodging and Restaurant Association.

"Festival New Hampshire" – a local "home town" celebration of the 1999 Smithsonian Folklife Festival featuring New Hampshire in Washington, DC. The Festival will be at the Hopkinton Fairgrounds on June 7-11, 2000 and is anticipated to be one of the biggest cultural events to hit the Granite State in years.

Speaker: Michael Chaney, Executive Director of Celebrate New Hampshire Culture.

"Director’s Report on the Newly-Created "Division" and Advisory Committee on Travel and

Tourism"

Speaker: Laurie Ostrander Klefos, Director, New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism Development.

"Transportation and Tourism"

Speakers: J. Brian O’Neill, Assistant Airport Director, Manchester Airport; Carl Lindblade, Executive Director, Flying Yankee Restoration Group, Inc.

We hope that you will mark your calendar and join us as we explore issues of importance to the state’s tourism industry as well as provide an opportunity to network with tourism representatives. These events are designed to be educational, yet informal. Each presentation will be followed by a question /answer period and open discussion of current tourism issues is strongly encouraged. Hope to see you there!

Senate President, Beverly Hollingworth

Senate Republican Leader, Carl Johnson

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Senator Beverly Hollingworth

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Senator Beverly Hollingworth

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