HB 1285-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2012 SESSION

12-2407

05/09

HOUSE BILL 1285-FN

AN ACT repealing the state art fund.

SPONSORS: Rep. D. McGuire, Merr 8

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill repeals the state art fund.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2407

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT repealing the state art fund.

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

1 Council on the Arts; Reference to State Art Fund Removed. Amend RSA 19-A:5, VII to read as follows:

VII. To administer any federal funds received from the National Endowment of the Arts [and the art fund established under RSA 19-A:9].

2 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 6:12, I(b)(103), relative to the state art fund.

II. The subdivision heading preceding RSA 19-A:8 and RSA 19-A:8 through RSA 19-A:12, relative to the state art fund.

III. RSA 21-K:8, relative to rulemaking on requirements for selecting art to be funded by the state art fund.

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

LBAO

12-2407

10/24/11

HB 1285-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT repealing the state art fund.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Administrative Services states this bill would decrease state restricted revenues and expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter. There will be no impact on county and local revenues or expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

The Department of Administrative Services states the State Arts Fund purchases artwork for State facilities constructed with funds provided by the capital fund. The Department is unable to determine the potential reduction to the revenues and expenditures of the State Arts Fund as a result of this bill. However, for informational purposes, the Department states expenditures from the State Arts Fund for the past five fiscal years was as follows: