HB 1-A - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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7Apr2021... 1045h
2021 SESSION
21-1083
05/04
HOUSE BILL 1-A
SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock. 13; Rep. L. Ober, Hills. 37; Rep. Edwards, Rock. 4; Rep. Umberger, Carr. 2
COMMITTEE: Finance
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7Apr2021... 1045h 21-1083
05/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT making appropriations for the expenses of certain departments of the state for fiscal years ending June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2023.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1.08 Budget Footnotes; General. For any state department, as defined in RSA 9:1, the following general budget footnotes that contain class codes shall apply to all specified class codes in section 1.01 through 1.07 unless specifically exempted.
A. Not Used.
B. Not Used.
C. Revenue in excess of the estimate may be expended with prior approval of the fiscal committee and the approval of the governor and council.
D. The funds in this appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose.
E. The appropriation budgeted in class 040-indirect costs are for general overhead state charges and such sums shall be transferred by the agency to the general fund of the state consistent with federal requirements.
F. This appropriation shall not lapse until June 30, 2023.
G. The funds in this appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and shall not lapse until June 30, 2023.
H. Not used.
I. In the event that estimated revenue in revenue class 001-transfers for other agencies, 002-transfers from department of transportation, 003-revolving funds, 004-agency income, 005-private local funds, 006-agency income, 007-agency income, 008-agency income, 009-agency income is less than budgeted, the total appropriation shall be reduced by the amount of the shortfall in either actual or projected budgeted revenue. The agency head shall notify the bureau of accounting services forthwith, in writing, as to precisely which line item appropriation and in what specific amounts reductions are to be made in order to fully compensate for the total revenue deficits. For the biennium ending June 30, 2023, account number 02-46-46-4620-5731 within the department of corrections shall be exempt from these provisions. The provisions of this footnote do not apply to federal funds covered by RSA 124:14.
J. This appropriation, to be administered by the commissioner, is for the necessary equipment needs of the department and shall be expended at the commissioner's discretion.
2 General Fund and Total Appropriation Limits. The amounts included in section 1 for the New Hampshire college and university system accounts, under estimated source of funds from general funds, shall be the total appropriation from general funds for such accounting units that may be expended for the purpose of section 1 of this act. Any funds received by said systems from other than general funds are hereby appropriated for the use of the systems and may be expended by said systems whether or not this will result in an appropriation and expenditure by the system in excess of the total appropriation therefor.
3 Assignment of Office Space. If, during the biennium ending June 30, 2023, because of program reductions, consolidations, or any other reason, office space becomes available in the health and human services complex, the Hayes building, or any other state building, except office space under the control of the legislature pursuant to RSA 14:14-b, the commissioner of administrative services shall, with the prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court, and with the approval of the governor and council, require that any agency renting private space be required to occupy such available space in said building or buildings forthwith. Such funds as have been allocated or committed by any agency affected by this section for outside rental shall be transferred by the director of the division of accounting services to the bureau of general services, activity number 01-14-14-141510 for maintenance of applicable state buildings.
4 Lottery Commission; Authority Granted. For the biennium ending June 30, 2023, in order to provide sufficient funding to the lottery commission to carryout lottery games that will provide funds for the distribution in accordance with RSA 284:21-j, the commission shall apply to the fiscal committee of the general court for approval of any new games, the expansion of any existing lottery games, or for the purchase of any tickets for new or continuing games. Additionally, no expenditures for consultants shall be made without prior approval by the fiscal committee. If approved, the commission may then apply to the governor and council to transfer funds from the sweepstakes revenue special account. The total of such transfers shall not exceed $6,000,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2023.
5 Department of Corrections; Appropriation. The appropriation in class 018-overtime and class 024-maintenance, other than building and grounds, shall not lapse until June 30, 2023. The appropriations in classes 047 and 048 for the maintenance of buildings and grounds shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and shall not lapse in the first year of the operating budget, except that appropriations for maintenance of buildings and grounds may be transferred as follows: (1) appropriations in class 047-own forces maintenance-buildings and grounds may be transferred to class 048-contractual maintenance-buildings and grounds appropriations; (2) appropriations in class 048-contractual maintenance-buildings and grounds may be transferred to class 047-own forces maintenance-buildings and grounds appropriations.
6 Liquor Commission; Proceeds From Sale of Land. All proceeds from the sale of any land owned by the liquor commission for the purpose of constructing, operating, and maintaining a turnpike service plaza for motorists at the existing northbound and southbound state liquor and wine outlets in the town of Hampton on Interstate route 95 shall be deposited into the liquor commission fund pursuant to RSA 176:16 and shall be used exclusively to retire existing debt.
I. The following positions are hereby abolished effective at the close of business on June 30, 2021:
Department of Health and Human Services
05-095-095-950010-5676 12702
Department of Energy
02-052-052-520010-1888 14339, 10015
II. The following position is hereby abolished effective at the close of business on June 30, 2022:
Department of Energy
02-52-052-521010-1891 9U505
III. The following positions are hereby abolished effective at the close of business on June 30, 2023:
Department of Energy
02-52-052-521010-1891 9U141, 9U573
IV. The following positions are hereby abolished effective at the close of business on December 31, 2021:
Liquor Commission
02-077-077-770512-7878 14227, 14239, 14246, 14248, 14267, 14275, 14296, 14297, 14299,
14308, 14318, 14320, 14321, 14327, 14329, 17085, 18573, 18940,
43302, and 44227
8 Department of Health and Human Services; Division of Child Support Services; Payments to the Administrative Office of the Courts. The appropriation in account 05-95-42-427010-7934, class 085, includes funds for payment to the administrative office of the courts in accordance with the cooperative agreement between the division of child support services and the administrative office of the courts. The division of child support services and the administrative office of the courts shall, prior to payment of such funds, enter into a cooperative agreement specifying in detail the services to be performed by the administrative office of the courts and the estimated costs of such services. Any change or modification in the services to be performed shall likewise be agreed to in writing and specify the change and the adjustment to the costs. Funds appropriated for these purposes shall be paid only after demonstration by the administrative office of the courts that it consistently transmits court orders to the division of child support services in accordance with the cooperative agreement.
9 Department of Information Technology; Authority Granted. The sum of $306,722 for fiscal year 2022 and the sum of $398,739 for fiscal year 2023 under account 01-03-03-0300-7703, class 049 shall be allocated by the department of information technology to state agencies of the executive branch, judicial branch, and legislative branch proportionally based on their authorized position count. In the event the allocation results in increased state general fund expenditures, the department of information technology, in consultation with the department of administrative services, shall reduce class 27 transfers to fully offset any such increase.
10 Department of Information Technology; Appropriation.
I. The sum of $601,454 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and the sum of $626,734 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, are hereby appropriated to the department of information technology to fund shared service positions. The source of funds for the appropriations shall be as follows:
FY 2022 FY 2023
Federal Funds $136,022 $142,355
Other $110,060 $113,299
General Fund $233,238 $241,989
Liquor Commission $29,426 $29,885
Highway Fund $78,858 $86,342
Turnpike Fund $4,065 $2,855
Sweepstakes Fund-Lottery $4,313 $4,293
Fish and Game Fund $5,473 $5,716
TOTAL $601,454 $626,734
II. The department of information technology, in consultation with the department of administrative services, shall increase the appropriations to the class 027 expenditure class lines of each state department or agency by their respective portion of these department of information technology shared costs. The governor is hereby authorized to draw a warrant for said sum of general fund expenditures out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
11 Department of Health and Human Services; Staffing; Budget Reduction. In addition to any other required reductions, the department of health and human services is hereby directed to reduce personnel-related class lines by $22,600,000 in general funds for the biennium ending June 30, 2023, equating to approximately 226 full-time positions over the 2 years. At no time during the biennium shall the department exceed 3000 full-time authorized positions. The department shall provide to the department of administrative services the accounting units and class lines to be reduced, and shall report on said reductions to the fiscal committee of the general court by September 30, 2021 for reductions made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and by September 30, 2022 for reductions made in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.
12 Department of Health and Human Services; Budget Reduction. In addition to any other required reductions, the department of health and human services is hereby directed to reduce state general fund appropriations by $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022 and by $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023. No reductions shall be made to appropriations in the following areas: developmental services, including acquired brain disorder services and children’s in-home support services; the children’s health insurance program; or county programs, including the state share of funding for nursing facilities and other long-term care services.
13 Estimates of Unrestricted Revenue.
GENERAL FUND FY 2022 FY 2023
BUSINESS PROFITS TAX $466,900,000 $479,200,000
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE TAX 46,100,000 47,300,000
SUBTOTAL BUSINESS TAXES $513,000,000 $526,500,000
MEALS AND ROOMS TAX 330,800,000 349,200,000
TOBACCO TAX 137,100,000 134,700,000
TRANSFER FROM LIQUOR 138,000,000 138,000,000
INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS TAX 136,500,000 138,000,000
INSURANCE 128,000,000 134,000,000
COMMUNICATIONS TAX 38,800,000 38,800,000
REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX 121,900,000 114,600,000
COURT FINES & FEES 12,600,000 12,700,000
SECURITIES REVENUE 42,000,000 42,500,000
BEER TAX 13,200,000 13,200,000
OTHER REVENUES 68,100,000 70,100,000
MEDICAID RECOVERIES 2,700,000 2,500,000
TOTAL GENERAL FUND $1,682,700,000 $1,714,800,000
EDUCATION FUND FY 2022 FY 2023
BUSINESS PROFITS TAX $109,500,000 $112,400,000
BUSINESS ENTERPRISE TAX 225,200,000 231,100,000
SUBTOTAL BUSINESS TAXES $334,700,000 $343,500,000
MEALS AND ROOMS TAX 10,200,000 10,800,000
TOBACCO TAX 107,700,000 105,800,000
REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX 60,100,000 56,400,000
TRANSFER FROM LOTTERY 125,000,000 127,500,000
TOBACCO SETTLEMENT 38,200,000 36,300,000
UTILITY PROPERTY TAX 42,300,000 42,300,000
STATEWIDE PROPERTY TAX 363,100,000 363,100,000
TOTAL EDUCATION FUND $1,081,300,000 $1,085,700,000
HIGHWAY FUND FY 2022 FY 2023
GASOLINE ROAD TOLL $120,300,000 $121,500,000
MOTOR VEHICLE FEES 128,500,000 129,500,000
MISCELLANEOUS 200,000 200,000
TOTAL HIGHWAY FUND $249,000,000 $251,200,000
FISH AND GAME FUND FY 2022 FY 2023
FISH AND GAME LICENSES $9,800,000 $9,800,000
FINES AND MISCELLANEOUS 3,500,000 3,500,000
TOTAL FISH AND GAME FUND $13,300,000 $13,300,000