HB 1433-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2220

10/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1433-FN

 

AN ACT relative to the donation of archival records to the state.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Goley, Hills. 21; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill permits the secretary of state to accept historical records and objects and donations for their maintenance.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2220

10/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to the donation of archival records to the state.

 

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

 

1  New Paragraphs; Duties of the Director.  Amend RSA 5:30 by inserting after paragraph XIV the following new paragraphs:

XV. Receive and collect gifts of records or objects of historical value and donations for the maintenance of these items on behalf of the state and the department of state, division of archives and records management. The director shall provide a report to the governor and council of all items and donations received under this authority annually in the month of August.

XVI. There is established in the office of the division of archives and records management a fund to be known as the historical records preservation account. The fund shall consist of such moneys as may be donated for the maintenance of historical records and or objects. Revenue collected under this paragraph shall be restricted revenue to the division of archives and records management and shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the division.

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

 

LBA

24-2220

12/3/23

 

HB 1433-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to the donation of archival records to the state.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

Estimated State Impact - Increase / (Decrease)

 

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

Revenue

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Revenue Fund(s)

Historical Records Preservation Fund

Expenditures

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Funding Source(s)

Historical Records Preservation Account

Appropriations

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Indeterminable

Funding Source(s)

Historical Records Preservation Account

Does this bill provide sufficient funding to cover estimated expenditures? [X] N/A

Does this bill authorize new positions to implement this bill? [X] N/A

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill creates a nonlapsing, continually appropriated fund within the Department of State, Office of the Division of Archives and Records Management allowing funds to be donated for the maintenance of historical records and or objects.  To the extent any funds are donated this new account will see an increase in appropriated funds.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of State