CHAPTER 47

SB 363 – FINAL VERSION

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SENATE BILL 363

AN ACT establishing a commission to study the regulation and licensing of youth camps, including youth skills camps.

SPONSORS: Sen. Houde, Dist 5

COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a commission to study the regulation and licensing of youth camps, including youth skills camps.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT establishing a commission to study the regulation and licensing of youth camps, including youth skills camps.

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

47:1 New Section; Youth Camp Regulation Study Commission. Amend RSA 198 by inserting after section 15-w the following new section:

198:15-x Youth Camp Regulation Study Commission.

I. There is established a commission to study the regulation and licensing of youth camps, including youth skills camps.

II. The members of the commission shall be as follows:

(a) One member of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

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

(c) The commissioner of the department of health and human services, or designee.

(d) The commissioner of the department of environmental services, or designee.

(e) The commissioner of the department of safety, or designee.

(f) A representative of the New Hampshire Camp Directors Association, appointed by that organization.

III. Members of the commission shall serve without compensation, except that legislative members of the commission shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the commission.

IV. The commission shall:

(a) Make recommendations on the regulation of youth camps, including whether current exemptions for youth skill camps should be maintained.

(b) Review and make recommendations for improving the current regulations governing camps.

(c) Review and make recommendations on the appropriate agency to regulate camps.

(d) Review and make recommendations on the current funding structure for regulating camps.

V. The commission shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before December 1, 2012.

47:2 Repeal. RSA 198:15-x, relative to the commission to study the regulation and licensing of youth camps, is repealed.

47:3 Effective Date.

I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect December 2, 2012.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: May 14, 2012

Effective Date: I. Section 2 shall take effect December 2, 2012

II. Remainder shall take effect May 14, 2012