HB 423-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2017 SESSION
17-0555
05/01
HOUSE BILL 423-FN
AN ACT relative to funding for fire standards instruction.
SPONSORS: Rep. Brewster, Merr. 21
COMMITTEE: Finance
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that the appropriation to the department of safety for fire standards instruction shall not exceed $1,500,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2019.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0555
05/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to funding for fire standards instruction.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Department of Safety; Fire Standards Instruction; Appropriation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the appropriation to the department of safety for fire standards instruction, accounting unit 02-23-237010-4652, shall not exceed $1,500,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2019.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
17-0555
1/9/17
HB 423-FN- FISCAL NOTE
as introduced
AN ACT relative to funding for fire standards instruction.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE:
FY 2018
FY 2019
FY 2020
FY 2021
Appropriation
$0
$0
$0
$0
Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
Expenditures
Indeterminable Decrease
Indeterminable Decrease
Indeterminable Decrease
Indeterminable Decrease
Funding Source:
[ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other
LOCAL:
Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
Expenditures
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
METHODOLOGY:
This bill limits the total appropriation for the Department of Safety’s fire standards instruction accounting unit (02-23-23-237010-4652) to $1,500,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2019 (FY 2018 and FY 2019). The Department’s agency budget request for the FY 2018-19 biennium totals $2,057,286, which would need to be reduced by $557,286 in total to comply with this bill. Expenditures of the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund would decrease by an indeterminable amount in each year.
The Department states this level of appropriation would decrease the potential number of student hours by 81,000 and the overall ability to provide services. Also, the Department states this bill may increase travel and tuition costs to municipalities to the extent emergency responder training would have to be sought elsewhere.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Safety