HB 1454 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2176

01/08

HOUSE BILL 1454

AN ACT relative to increases in fees using rulemaking authority.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hatch, Coos 6; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf 19

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits state agencies from increasing fees by more than 20 percent by using rulemaking authority.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2176

01/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to increases in fees using rulemaking authority.

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

1 New Subparagraph; Rulemaking; Increase Over Certain Percentage Prohibited by Rule. Amend RSA 541-A:22, III by inserting after subparagraph (h) the following new subparagraph:

(i) Increase any fee by more than 20 percent.

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