April 19, 2000

No. 24

HB 312, (New Title) relative to the carrying of firearms in courthouses.

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

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 337-FN, (New Title) requiring any person applying for or renewing a driver's license to be checked through the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) for outstanding warrants or court defaults, as a precondition to issuance, and authorizing interest penalties on unpaid violations.

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

SB 380, (New Title) relative to the availability of matching funds for improvements to South Fruit Street at Industrial Drive in the city of Concord.

SB 429-FN, relative to claims before the state commission for human rights.

SB 433, relative to the age at which a minor may purchase or possess handguns and ammunition.

SB 457, relative to ownership of certified public accounting firms.

SB 459, relative to underinsured motorists.

SB 462-FN-A-L, establishing a reformed public school financing system for ensuring educational adequacy for all children, and establishing a state public education assistance system funded solely with state tax revenues, and making an appropriation therefor.

HB 226-L, establishing municipality bond payment schedules and percentages. Vote 4-0

Ought to pass with amendment, Senator Klemm for the committee.

HB 1373, relative to payments of first and second mortgage home loans. Vote 4-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Fraser for the committee.

HB 304, (New Title) relative to school employee and volunteer background investigations. Vote 6-0

Ought to pass with amendment, Senator McCarley for the committee.

HB 1191-FN-L, relative to the adoption of charter school and open enrollment provisions in cooperative school districts and authorized regional enrollment areas. Vote 6-0

Ought to Pass, Senator McCarley for the committee.

SB 470, relative to the administrative authority of the board of trustees for the regional community-technical colleges. Vote 6-0

Ought to pass with amendment, Senator Johnson for the committee.

SJR 1, concerning the status of the White Mountain National Forest within the U.S. Forest Service's forest management plan. Vote 3-0

Ought to Pass, Senator F. King for the committee.

HB 1160, relative to access to the enhanced 911 system. Vote 5-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Roberge for the committee.

HB 1382-FN, making it a felony for inmates to harass corrections personnel and others by propelling bodily fluids. Vote 6-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Francoeur for the committee.

HB 1422-FN, relative to the composition of and procedures for the appellate board of the department of employment security. Vote 6-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Brown for the committee.

HB 1450-FN, (New Title) relative to hearings and appeals of equal pay claims. Vote 5-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Roberge for the committee.

SB 467, relative to the exemption from regulation of certain elevating devices. Vote 5-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Francoeur for the committee.

SB 471, relative to authorizing the town of Seabrook to establish a reserve fund for tax stabilization related to the decommissioning of the Seabrook nuclear plant and ratifying articles 12 of the 1999 Seabrook annual town meeting. Vote 6-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Cohen for the committee.

HB 1171, restricting the payment of salaries to suspended judicial officers. Vote 8-0

Inexpedient to Legislate, Senator Larsen for the committee.

HB 1559-FN, (New Title) establishing a committee to study the organization and functions of the New Hampshire state port authority. Vote 7-1

Ought to pass with amendment, Senator Larsen for the committee.

SB 458, increasing the salary of the executive secretary of the retirement system and changing the title to executive director. Vote 8-0

Ought to Pass, Senator J. King for the committee.

SB 468, (New Title) relative to the family division of the courts and relative to the jurisdiction of the family division in Rockingham county. Vote 5-3

Ought to Pass, Senator Fraser for the committee.

HB 1465, extending the reporting date of the committee to study the non-group health insurance market. Vote 6-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Francoeur for the committee.

SB 469, relative to mutual insurance holding companies. Vote 4-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Fraser for the committee.

SCR 6, urging the President and Congress to address the challenge of high prescription medication prices. Vote 5-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Fraser for the committee.

HB 1149, commemorating the anniversary of the founding of certain branches of the United States armed forces. Vote 4-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Fraser for the committee.

HB 1151, establishing a committee to study the creation of a New Hampshire local government records management trust and to consider funding alternatives. Vote 3-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Trombly for the committee.

HB 1156, establishing June 20th each year as Destroyer Escort Day. Vote 5-0

Ought to Pass, Senator D'Allesandro for the committee.

HCR 33, establishing a joint New Hampshire-Vermont legislative cooperative effort regarding the Connecticut river. Vote 2-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Johnson for the committee.

SCR 5, urging the New England states and New York to consider cooperative strategies to address the challenge of the high cost of prescription medicines. Vote 3-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Disnard for the committee.

HB 1109, relative to the modification of spousal support orders. Vote 4-0

Inexpedient to Legislate, Senator Gordon for the committee.

HB 1242, relative to the standard for modification of a child custody order. Vote 4-0

Ought to pass with amendment, Senator Trombly for the committee.

HB 1448, relative to the partition of real property. Vote 7-0

Ought to pass with amendment, Senator Trombly for the committee.

SB 463, revising the uniform partnership act. Vote 3-0

Interim Study, Senator Trombly for the committee.

HB 1194, relative to the composition of planning boards in certain cities. Vote 5-0

Ought to Pass, Senator McCarley for the committee.

HB 1327, relative to residency of prisoners for purposes of voter registration. Vote 5-0

Inexpedient to Legislate, Senator Disnard for the committee.

SB 461, establishing a committee to study the creation of a flag to honor all police departments in the state. Vote 3-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Krueger for the committee.

SB 464, relative to the use of municipal and school district facilities for stunt biking and relative to the sale of bicycles at public auction. Vote 4-0

Ought to pass with amendment, Senator McCarley for the committee.

HB 427, relative to the laws requiring a prescription to possess hypodermic needles and modifying the drug paraphernalia laws applying to syringes. Vote 5-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Wheeler for the committee.

HB 1390, (New Title) establishing a commission to study the relationship between public health and the environment. Vote 4-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Squires for the committee.

HB 1410, relative to the joint health council. Vote 6-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Krueger for the committee.

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. Vote 6-0

Ought to pass with amendment, Senator McCarley for the committee.

HCR 24, relative to integration of people with disabilities. Vote 6-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Wheeler for the committee.

HB 1106, making the widening of Interstate 93 from Manchester to the Massachusetts border a state priority. Vote 3-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Roberge for the committee.

HB 1143-FN, relative to renaming New Hampshire route 28 in the town of Wolfeboro as the "Gary Parker Memorial Highway." Vote 4-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Gordon for the committee.

HB 1169, relative to gates and bars on class VI roads. Vote 3-0

Inexpedient to Legislate, Senator Gordon for the committee.

HB 1251, relative to driver education training reimbursement. Vote 2-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Gordon for the committee.

HB 1265-FN, (New Title) relative to registration of certain antique OHRVs. Vote 2-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Roberge for the committee.

HB 1322, relative to the regulation of certain outdoor advertising devices. Vote 3-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Below for the committee.

HB 1357-FN, relative to the sale of state-owned property in the towns of Belmont and Laconia. Vote 2-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Gordon for the committee

HB 1614, naming 2 bridges. Vote 3-0

Ought to Pass, Senator Roberge for the committee.

Banks

April 19, 2000

2000-4171s

08/09

Amend RSA 162-K:8 as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

162-K:8 Issuance of Bonds. The municipality may authorize, issue and sell general obligation bonds, which shall mature within 30 years from the date of issue, to finance the acquisition and betterment of real and personal property needed to carry out the development program within the development district together with all relocation costs incidental thereto. Bonds issued under authority of this chapter shall be payable in annual payments which shall be so arranged that the amount of annual payment of principal and interest in any year on account of any bond shall not be less than the amount of principal and interest payable in any subsequent year by more than 10 percent of the principal of the entire bond. The total amount of such payments shall be sufficient to extinguish the entire bond on account of which they are made at maturity. The first payment of principal on any bond shall be made no later than 5 years and the last payment not later than 30 years after the date thereof. Each authorized issue of bonds shall be a separate loan. All dedicated tax increments received by the municipality pursuant to RSA 162-K:10 shall be pledged for the payment of these bonds and used to reduce or cancel the taxes otherwise required to be extended for that purpose, and the bonds shall not be included when computing the municipality's net debt under RSA 33.

Senate Education

March 27, 2000

2000-3957s

03/09

Amend the bill by replacing section 2 with the following:

2 Education; School Boards, Transportation and Instruction of Pupils; School Employee and Volunteer Background Investigation; Crimes Changed. Amend RSA 189:13-a, V to read as follows:

V. Any person who has been convicted of [murder, child pornography, aggravated felonious sexual assault, felonious sexual assault, or kidnapping] any violation or attempted violation of RSA 630:1, 630:1-a, 630:1-b, 630:2, 632-A:2, 632-A:3, 632-A:4 633:1, 639:2, 639:3, 645:1, I(b), 645:1, II, 645:1, III, 645:2, 649-A:3, 649-B:3, or 649-B:4, or any violation or any attempted violation of RSA 650:2 where the act involves a child in material deemed obscene, in this state, or under any statute prohibiting the same conduct in another state, territory, or possession of the United States, shall not be hired by a school administrative unit, school district, or charter school. By decision of the appropriate governing body, a school administrative unit, school district, or charter school may deny a selected applicant a final offer of employment if such person has been convicted of any felony in addition to those listed above. The governing body may adopt a policy stating that any person who has been convicted of any felony, or any of a list of felonies, shall not be hired.

Senate Education

April 19, 2000

2000-4177s

04/01

Amend the bill by deleting section 1 and renumbering the original sections 2-4 to read as 1-3, respectively.

Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:

1 Board of Trustees; Duties. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 188-F:4-a to read as follows:

188-F:4-a. Duties. [The duties of the board of trustees shall be to:] It is the intent of the general court that the trustees, when exercising their responsibilities under this chapter, recognize and foster the unique character and educational mission of the system. To this end, the board of trustees shall be authorized to administratively organize each institution within the New Hampshire community-technical college system so that it meets the educational mission of the system. In addition to this general authority, the trustees are authorized to:

Senate Finance

April 19, 2000

2000-4183s

04/09

Amend the bill by replacing subparagraph I (a) as inserted by section 2 of the bill with the following:

(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.

Senate Judiciary

April 13, 2000

2000-4135s

04/09

Amend RSA 458:17, V (a)(2) as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing it with the following:

(2) If the court finds repeated, intentional, and unwarranted interference by a parent who has permanent primary physical or permanent joint or shared physical custody with the visitation or custodial rights of the other parent, the court may order a change in physical custody without the necessity of showing harm to the child, if the court determines that such change would be in accordance with the best interests of the child;

Senate Judiciary

April 12, 2000

2000-4121s

05/10

Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:

Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:

1 Division of Property Interests. Amend RSA 547-C:1 to read as follows:

547-C:1 Parties. Any person owning a present undivided legal [estate in land] or equitable interest or estate in real or personal property (hereinafter called "property"), not subject to redemption, or the holder of an equity of redemption shall be entitled to have partition or division in the manner hereinafter provided. If such interest or estate is in fee, he or she shall be entitled to partition or division in fee; if a life estate or a term for years, he or she shall be entitled to partition or division thereof to continue so long as his or her estate or interest endures. A life tenant, remainderman, or a tenant for years of whose term at least 20 years remains unexpired may, in the exercise of the court's equitable powers, have partition of the fee. The existence of a lease of the whole or a part of the [land] property to be divided shall not prevent partition or division, but such partition or division shall not disturb possession of a lessee under a lease covering the interests of all the co-tenants.

2 Petitions for Partition of Property. Amend RSA 547-C:2 to read as follows:

547-C:2 Petition. A petition may be filed by such person in the probate court in the county in which the [estate] property or any part of the [estate] property lies or is then located, particularly describing the [estate] property, the names of all owners or persons interested, if known, and the share or interest of the petitioner in the [estate] property and praying for partition or division of the [estate] property. Upon petition by the administrator or upon its own motion, the court may cause any [real estate] property to be partitioned or divided and awarded or assigned in accordance with procedures described in this chapter. Nothing in this chapter is intended to abrogate common law or statutory authority of the superior and district courts to adjudicate issues of personal property between parties engaged in litigation before those courts.

3 Appeal of Partition Judgment. Amend RSA 547-C:3 to read as follows:

547-C:3 Appeal. In cases where a right to jury trial is guaranteed by the constitution, a person may, at the time judgment by the probate court is declared, appeal therefrom to the superior court. The appeal shall be entered 15 days from the date of the register's issuance of the notice of decision unless for good cause shown the time is extended by the superior court. If a trial by jury is requested, the superior court shall expedite such request and schedule the case for trial in as timely a manner as possible and may cause any [real estate] property to be partitioned or divided in accordance with procedures described in this chapter. In all cases which are so appealed, it shall be the duty of the superior court to transmit to the judge of the probate court, within 10 days after the case is finally disposed of, a certificate showing the final disposition of the case.

4 Property Owner Unknown. Amend RSA 547-C:4 to read as follows:

547-C:4 Owner Unknown. If the persons interested in any such [real estate] property with the petitioner are unknown, it shall be described in the petition in the same manner as is required in the case of taxing unimproved lands of nonresidents, specifying the share held by each petitioner, and stating that it is held with persons unknown.

5 Disputed Partition; Notice. Amend RSA 547-C:5 to read as follows:

547-C:5 Notice. The petitioner shall give notice to all persons interested in the [estate] property, by causing the petition and order of notice thereon to be served on each in the same manner that writs of summons are required to be served.

6 Petitionee-Owner Unknown. Amend RSA 547-C:9 to read as follows:

547-C:9 Petitionee-Owner Unknown. If any petitionee is unknown the court may, in its discretion, appoint an agent to aid and advise in petitionee's behalf in making the partition or division.

7 Trial of Issues; Disposition of Property. Amend RSA 547-C:10 to read as follows:

547-C:10 Trial of Issues. Matters alleged in the petition may be denied or avoided by the petitionee by plea, and further proceedings may be had, and an issue of fact or of law made and tried, as upon a writ at common law or a bill in equity, and the court shall have full power to determine the respective interests of all the parties; or the petitionee may file a plea denying that the petitionee holds any part of the [premises] property with the petitioner, with a brief statement of matters in defense.

8 Judgment for Partition; Quieting Title. RSA 547-C:11 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

547-C:11 Judgment for Partition. If the issue is determined in favor of the petitioner, or if after notice the petitionee does not appear, or if no sufficient objection is made, the court shall render judgment that partition be made, and shall by decree set off and assign to the petitioner or petitionee their shares according to their respective rights, titles, or interests, and award costs, as the court deems equitable and just. In so doing, with an appropriate pleading, the court may also quiet title in discharge or extinguishment of any right, title, or interest that may otherwise unlawfully or inequitably encumber or burden the real estate as fully and completely as a court of general equity may do. The court shall make such partition as it decrees by metes and bounds or other distinct description. The partition shall be recorded at the registry of deeds for the county where the real estate lies.

9 Quiet Title. Amend RSA 547:11-c to read as follows:

547:11-c Quiet Title. An action may be brought in probate court by any person claiming title to, or any interest in, real or personal property, or both, in partition under RSA 547-C, listed in the estate of a deceased person or listed as guardianship, conservatorship, or trust assets over which the probate court has jurisdiction, against the estate, guardian, conservator, or trustee who may claim to own the same, either in fee, for years, for life or in reversion or remainder, or to have any interest in the same, or any lien or encumbrance thereon, adverse to the plaintiff, or in whom the land records disclose any interest, whether or not the plaintiff is entitled to the immediate or exclusive possession of such property, for the purpose of determining such adverse estate, interest or claim, and to clear up all doubts and disputes and to quiet and settle the title to the same. In any action brought under this provision, where applicable, the procedure set forth in RSA 498:5-b through 5-d shall be followed.

10 Recovery of Costs Against Petitioner. Amend RSA 547-C:17 to read as follows:

547-C:17 Against Petitioner. If on the trial of an issue involving property, as provided in RSA 547-C:10, it is determined that the petitioner has no share or interest in the [estate] property, or [a] less [share] than the petitioner claims, the petitionee shall recover the taxable costs of such trial.

11 Undisputed Partition; Processing of Petition. Amend RSA 547-C:19 to read as follows:

547-C:19 Petition. If there is no dispute [about the title], a petition for partition [may] shall be filed with the judge of probate for the county where the [real estate] property or the greater part thereof lies or is then located, who shall appoint a time and place of hearing on the petition.

12 Procedure. Amend RSA 547-C:21 to read as follows:

547-C:21 Procedure. If on the hearing no sufficient objection appears, [the judge shall cause partition to be made by a committee, who shall be appointed, be sworn, give notice and proceed, and] the court shall appoint guardians or agents for all minors or persons incapacitated, and agents for all persons unknown or out-of [the]-state, interested in [such] the [estate] property, [receive and accept the report of such committee,] and render judgment and award costs thereon, in the manner prescribed in this chapter.

13 Division with Consent. Amend RSA 547-C:22 to read as follows:

547-C:22 [Division With Consent] Unequal Division and Sale. Whenever [an estate] property is so situated or is of such a nature that it cannot be divided so as to give each owner his or her share [of the estate] or interest without great prejudice or inconvenience, the whole or a part of the [estate] property may be assigned[, if the parties consent,] to one of them, the assignee paying to the others who have less than their share such sums as the [committee] court shall award or order.

14 Sale. Amend RSA 547-C:25 to read as follows:

547-C:25 Sale. When the proceedings are pending, if it is alleged in the petition that the [estate] property is so situated or is of such a nature that it cannot be divided so as to give each owner his or her share [of the estate] or interest without great prejudice or inconvenience and the court so finds, [or if, upon the report of the committee that the estate is of the nature aforesaid, the court so finds,] the court may order it to be sold and the proceeds from the sale to be divided among the owners according to their respective rights, titles, or interests, and may make all other orders that may be necessary to cause such sale and the distribution of the proceeds, as a court of equity may do in like cases.

15 Mortgagees; Division of Property. Amend RSA 547-C:28 to read as follows:

547-C:28 Mortgagees, etc. No partition or division of property shall be avoided by any conveyance made by a petitionee after the entry of the petition therefor, nor by any conveyance or other disposition, unless duly recorded or effected at the date of such entry, nor by any mortgage, attachment or lien thereon, whenever made, nor by the death of either party; but the share or interest of each petitioner shall be set off in severalty, and be subject to all legal claims thereon, as if the claimant had been a party thereto.

16 Awarding or Assigning Property. RSA 547-C:29 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:

547-C:29 Award. In entering its decree the court may, in its discretion, award or assign the property or its proceeds on sale as a whole or in such portions as may be fair and equitable. In exercising its discretion in determining what is fair and equitable in a case before it, the court may consider: the direct or indirect actions and contributions of the parties to the acquisition, maintenance, repair, preservation, improvement, and appreciation of the property; the duration of the occupancy and nature of the use made of the property by the parties; disparities in the contributions of the parties to the property; any contractual agreements entered into between the parties in relation to sale or other disposition of the property; waste or other detriment caused to the property by the actions or inactions of the parties; tax consequences to the parties; the status of the legal title to the property; and any other factors the court deems relevant.

17 New Section; Construction. Amend RSA 547-C by inserting after section 29 the following new section:

547-C:30 Construction. Proceedings under this chapter shall be remedial in nature. The provisions of this chapter are to be liberally construed in favor of the exercise of broad equitable jurisdiction by the probate court in any proceeding pending before it.

18 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 547-C:12, relative to oath; notice.

II. RSA 547-C:13, relative to publication of notice.

III. RSA 547-C:14, relative to setoff; report.

IV. RSA 547-C:15, relative to judgment; record.

V. RSA 547-C:16, relative to costs.

VI. RSA 547-C:23, relative to non-assent.

VII. RSA 547-C:24, relative to recommitment.

19 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.

2000-4121s

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill expands the procedure for partition of real property to include equitable interests or estates in real or personal property.

Public Affairs

April 19, 2000

2000-4187s

04/09

Amend the bill by replacing section 3 with the following:

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Public Institutions, Health and Human Services

April 18, 2000

2000-4164s

08/09

Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:

AN ACT establishing a study committee to consider legislation reducing to zero the number of persons with developmental disabilities and persons with brain injuries in the state who are not receiving or have not received medicaid services.

Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:

1 Committee Established. There is established a study committee to consider legislation which would require New Hampshire to reduce to zero the number of persons with developmental disabilities and persons with brain injuries in the state who are not receiving or have not received medicaid services for which they are eligible.

Amend the bill by replacing section 3 with the following:

3 Duties. The committee shall consider legislation which would require New Hampshire to reduce to zero the number of persons with developmental disabilities and persons with brain injuries in the state who are not receiving or have not received medicaid services for which they are eligible. The committee shall also consider the minimum time frame and costs required to accomplish this reduction.

2000-4164s

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a study committee to address the distribution of medicaid services to persons with developmental disabilities and persons with brain injuries.

HB 75, changing the number required for a quorum on the commission for human rights.

Senate Conferees: Senators Cohen, Larsen, Roberge.

House Conferees: Representatives O'Neil, Mercer, Zolla , Murphy.

HB 97, relative to the right to farm.

Senate Conferees: Senators Below, Wheeler, Krueger.

House Conferees: Representatives Babson, K. Marshall, Patten, Phinizy.

HB 228, clarifying permissible political expenditures.

Senate Conferees: Senators Trombly, Eaton, McCarley.

House Conferees: Representatives Clegg, Horton, Letourneau, Clemons.

HB 553-FN-A, establishing a commission on the status of men.

Senate Conferees: Senators Cohen, Larsen, Brown.

House Conferees: Representatives Sapareto, Zolla, Boyce, Burkush.

HB 1198, establishing a procedure for the 2001 voter checklist verification.

Senate Conferees: Senators Trombly, Disnard, Eaton.

House Conferees: Representatives Clegg, Horton, Stritch, Buckley.

HB1200-FN, relative to the application of education property tax hardship relief to estate planning trusts and relative to eligibilty for hardship relief.

Senate Conferees: Senators McCarley, Gordon, Larsen.

House Conferees: Representatives Major, Anderson, Nichols, Wallin.

SB 135-FN, relative to water supply land protection grants.

Senate Conferees: Senators Russman, Johnson, Pignatelli.

House Conferees: Representatives Royce, Whalley, Downing, Stone.

SB 143, relative to penalties for incest.

Senate Conferees: Senators Pignatelli, Squires, Brown.

House Conferees: Representatives Welch, Lozeau, Tholl, Knowles.

SB186-FN, relative to additional cost of living adjustments and increased minimum allowances for certain retired group II members, and relative to requiring spousal acknowledgement of a member's election of an optional retirement allowance.

Senate Conferees: Senators J. King, F. King, Wheeler.

House Conferees: Representatives Dyer, Mercer, Holbrook, Lynch.

JUDICIARY, Room 201-203, LOB

10:00 a.m. HB 1548-FN, abolishing the death penalty.

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

1:00 p.m. HB 1244, (New Title) relative to the use of certain needle technology.

1:30 p.m. HB 1377, prohibiting managed care organizations from excluding certain physicians as providers and establishing a committee to study contracting methods.

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

2:30 p.m. HB 1195, making technical changes to the law regulating acupuncture.

ENERGY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Room 105A, SH

2:45 p.m. HCR 34, urging Congress to investigate the rising prices of gasoline and diesel fuel and take appropriate action to decrease prices to consumers.

2:55 p.m. HB 1412, relative to electric customer-generators.

3:10 p.m. HB 1329, (New Title) relative to the termination of residential electric or gas utility service, the public utility commission's rulemaking authority, and the establishment of a gas utility restructuring oversight committee.

3:25 p.m. HB 1309, relative to wood-to-energy rate order buydowns.

ENVIRONMENT, Room 104, LOB

10:30 a.m. HB 1343-FN-A, appropriating available funds for fiscal year 2000 to provide funding to support research monitoring groundwater at reclamation sites that have had sludge applied.

10:45 a.m. HB 1344-FN, expanding the used oil program.

11:00 a.m. HJR 21, (New Title) calling for changes in the federal Clean Air Act regarding best available control technology and lowest achievable emission rate.

11:15 a.m. HJR 24, (New Title) urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency and Congress to work with the northeastern states and gasoline refiners to authorize the use of a regional gasoline containing less or no MTBE additive and to promptly eliminate Clean Air Act requirements for oxygenates in gasoline.

11:25 a.m. HCR 30, (New Title) urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency to adopt recently proposed new emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles, at least as stringent as originally proposed, and to adopt a second phase of emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles and reductions in the sulfur content of highway diesel fuel.

11:45 a.m. HB 1569-FN, (New Title) requiring the department of environmental services to propose a voluntary testing program of public water supplies for methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), and to study the amount of MTBE in gasoline in the state.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 101, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 1404, (New Title) creating a study committee to address mechanisms for the preservation or disposal of state records.

1:15 p.m. HB 1406, relative to transition service.

1:30 p.m. HB 1483, (New Title) establishing a committee to study the application of non-conventional veterinary procedures for domestic animals.

INSURANCE, Room 103, SH

9:00 a.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION: HB 1560-FN, relative to the purchase of certain prior service by county corrections officers in the New Hampshire retirement system.

9:10 a.m. CONTINUED HEARING: HB 1240, (New Title) requiring insurers to make prompt payments.

9:40 a.m. HB 1589, prohibiting the use of genetic testing for certain insurance policies.

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.

TRANSPORTATION, Room 104, LOB

2:45 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION ON ALL PENDING LEGISLATION.

3:15 p.m. HB 1563-FN-L, establishing the Wolfeboro Airport Authority.

EDUCATION, Room 105-A, SH

8:30 a.m. HB 1619-FN, relative to school employee and volunteer background investigations.

9:00 a.m. HB 1224, relative to the process for nonrenewal of teacher contracts.

JUDICIARY, Room 103, SH

10:00 a.m. HB 713-FN, relative to penalties for multiple DWI offenses.

10:30 a.m. HB 1611, recodifying the state's DWI laws.

11:00 a.m. HB 1621-FN, allowing administrative home confinement for habitual offenders.

11:15 a.m. HB 1459, (New Title) requiring the state police to record and update information relative to the charges of criminal and civil non-support.

INTERSTATE COOPERATION, Room 103, LOB

2:45 p.m. HB 1338, increasing the membership of the American and Canadian French cultural exchange commission.

PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Room 104, LOB

1:00 p.m. SB 466, relative to lot rent increases at manufactured housing parks.

WAYS AND MEANS, Room 103, SH

2:00 p.m. HB 1144-L, (New Title) establishing a committee to study the exemption from property taxes for not-for-profit hospitals.

FINANCE, Room 103, SH

11:00 a.m. HB 1573-FN, (New Title) relative to the funding of the salary of the director of emergency medical services and making an appropriation therefor.

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

10:00 a.m. HB 1541-L, relative to the cremation of deceased persons.

10:20 a.m. HB 1571-FN, relative to claims arising from clinical services provided to the department of corrections.

11:30 a.m. HB 1335, requiring hospitals to disclose certain information to the attorney general.

ENERGY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Room 105A, SH

2:45 p.m. HB 1209, (New Title) relative to the construction and reconstruction of class B and class C dams.

3:00 p.m. HB 1259-FN, establishing a coordinated and comprehensive effort by state agencies for economic growth, resource protection, and planning policy to encourage smart growth.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 101, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 1107, (New Title) relative to the duties of the oversight committee on telecommunications concerning telephone utility line use congestion.

1:15 p.m. HB 1145, (New Title) limiting the liability of state certified fire instructors.

1:30 p.m. HB 1203-L, (New Title) relative to the adoption of rules by the commissioner of cultural resources regarding public libraries.

1:45 p.m. HB 1281, relative to disqualification of public utility commissioners.

2:05 p.m. HB 1552-FN-A, establishing a telecommunications development initiative in New Hampshire and making an appropriation therefor.

2:20 p.m. HB 1606-FN, establishing the governor's commission on alcohol and drug abuse prevention, intervention, and treatment.

INSURANCE, Room 103, SH

9:00 a.m. HB 1183, (New Title) relative to consumer access to providers for the term of the consumer's health benefit plan and relative to the committee studying certain financial arrangements.

9:20 a.m. HB 1189-FN, relative to benefit amounts, fees assessed and the application of the state unemployment compensation law.

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

10:00 a.m. HB 1506, extending the reporting date of the committee studying ambulatory surgical facilities and relative to the threshold limit for certain new health facilities under RSA 151-C.

10:30 a.m. HB 1525, establishing a legislative oversight committee to review the procedures of the health services planning and review board.

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.

JUDICIARY, Room 103, SH

10:00 a.m. HB 1236, (New Title) relative to an informed jury.

10:15 a.m. HB1371, (New Title) relative to allocation and distribution of funds for community-based prevention and diversion programs for children and juveniles.

10:30 a.m. HB 1431, relative to protective orders in domestic violence cases.

EXECUTIVE SESSION TO FOLLOW HEARINGS

PUBLIC AFFAIRS, Room 104, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 1216, relative to petitions for warrant articles.

1:15 p.m. HB 1294-L, relative to regional planning commissions.

1:30 p.m. HB 1308, relative to nomination paper requirements.

1:45 p.m. HB 1622-L, (New Title) eliminating the requirement that a deputy town clerk have his or her domicile within the town.

2:00 p.m. HB 1210-L, relative to capital reserve funds.

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

10:00 a.m. HB 1250, (New Title) allowing an advanced registered nurse practitioner to declare a personal safety emergency and to transfer an inmate for a psychiatric inpatient emergency.

10:30 a.m. HB 1438-FN, relative to transportation of children for involuntary emergency admissions.

11:00 a.m. HB 1463, making technical corrections related to the mental health system and guardianship hearings.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ADMINISTRATION, Room 101, LOB

1:00 p.m. HB 1467-FN, (New Title) relative to the registration of mail-order pharmacies.

1:20 p.m. HB 1468-FN, relative to the registration of pharmacy technicians.

1:35 p.m. HJR 22, relative to the unintended consequences of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

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

1:00 p.m. HJR 20, urging the United States Congress to fully fund the Ricky Ray Hemophilia Relief Fund Act for HIV victims.

1:30 p.m. HB 1139, establishing a committee to study involuntary emergency admission hearings.

2:00 p.m. HB 1319, extending the reporting date of the committee studying negotiated risk agreements and requiring the department of health and human services to conduct a study.

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

Cancelled HB 1506, extending the reporting date of the committee studying ambulatory surgical facilities and relative to the threshold limit for certain new health facilities under RSA 151-C.

Cancelled HB 1525, establishing a legislative oversight committee to review the procedures of the health services planning and review board.

Cancelled HB 1195, making technical changes to the law regulating acupuncture.

Cancelled HB 1335, requiring hospitals to disclose certain information to the attorney general.

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Cabot Motor Inn 200 Portland St. Lancaster, NH - Route 2

6:00 p.m. Study Advisory Committee Meeting

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

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

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

9:30 a.m. Regular Meeting

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

9:00 a.m. Continuation Meeting From Friday, April 21, 2000

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

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

GENERAL OPERATIONS OF ATECH SERVICES STUDY COMMISSION (SB 176, Chapter 3 Laws of 2000) Room 308, LOB

10:00 a.m. Organizational Meeting

SENATE FISCAL TASK FORCE COMMITTEE Room 103, SH

3:00 p.m. Regular Meeting Commissioner Stan Arnold Will Discuss Revenue Estimates.

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

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

9:30 a.m. Regular 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. Regular Meeting

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

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

JOINT HEALTH COUNCIL (RSA 326-B:12) NH Board of Nursing, Room 17, 78 Regional Dr. Bldg. 2, Concord, NH

5:30 p.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Wolfeboro Public Library PO Box 710 259 S. Main Street Wolfeboro, NH - Wolfeboro 12358 NH Route 28/ NH Route 109 (Center St.) Bridge #112/110 over Smith River

7:00 p.m. Public Hearing

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Grafton Fire Station US Route $ Grafton, NH - Grafton 12803 Sargent Hill Rd over Smith River

7:00 p.m. Combined Public/Officials

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

9:00 a.m. Regular Business

9:30 a.m. Audit: State of the New Hampshire State Treasury Audit Report For the Year Ended June 30, 1999

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Londonderry town office Nashua Rd Londonderry, NH - Salem-Manchester 10418C I-93 Widening

6:00 p.m. Advisory Task Force Meeting

WORKERS' COMPENSATION ADVISORY BOARD (RSA 281- A:62) Room 306, LOB

9:00-10:00 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

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NHDOT, 1 Hazen Dr. Room 103, Concord, NH - Plaistow 100005 Kinston Rd Bridge over B&M RR

11:00 a.m. Commission Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NHDOT, 1 Hazen Dr. Room 103, Concord, NH - Plaistow - Atkinson 12359 NH Route 121 Bridge over B&M RR and Little River

12:00 p.m. Commission Meeting

UPDATING NH LAWS RELATED TO FENCES STUDY (HB 1154, Chapter 62, Laws of 1998) Room 301, LOB

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Immediately following Governor & Council Meeting (12:30 + / -) Location to be determined - Governor's Advisory Comm. On Intermodal Transportation

Review and act on Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) and Trans. Enhancement (TE) Projects

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

9:00-11:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

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

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

WELLNESS PREVENTION COUNCIL (RSA 126-M:3) Room 205, LOB

3:00-4:00p.m. Regular Meeting

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

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

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

10:00 a.m. Regular Meeting with area agencies

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Center of NH Manchester, NH - Second Annual Bike/Ped Conference

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

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

9:00-11:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

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

1:00 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

UPDATING NH LAWS RELATED TO FENCES STUDY (HB 1154, Chapter 62, Laws of 1998) Room 301, LOB

1:00 p.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

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. 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

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. 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

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.

"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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Members of the Senate are invited to meet representatives of the New Hampshire Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs on Thursday, April 20, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in the Executive Council Chambers. Aaron Lopez, the 1998 New Hampshire Youth of the Year, and representatives from clubs in Concord, East Derry, Manchester, Milford, Nashua and Salem will be on hand. Coffee ands doughnuts will be available.

Senators Debora Pignatelli

Senators James Squires

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Senator Beverly Hollingworth

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