HB 248  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0504

08/10

 

HOUSE BILL 248

 

AN ACT relative to revenue from commemorative bottles of liquor.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Hunt, Ches. 14; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce and Consumer Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill removes the requirement that revenue from commemorative bottles of liquor be used for certain projects.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0504

08/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to revenue from commemorative bottles of liquor.

 

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

 

1  Historical Fund; Revenue from Commemorative Bottles of Liquor.  Amend RSA 177:8 to read as follows:

177:8 Historical Fund.

I. The commission is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contracts for the manufacture and purchase of commemorative bottles of historic significance, and pamphlets describing their historical significance. The commission shall add a special markup including the cost of the pamphlets to the cost of the bottles, above its customary markups for retail sales.

II. All revenue from these special markups shall be reported separately by the commission and, after the cost of the pamphlets is subtracted, shall be credited to the legislative appropriation and kept as a special nonlapsing fund to be known as the historical fund. The historical fund shall be within the oversight of the joint legislative historical committee established in RSA 17-I:1. No part of the fund shall be transferred or expended for any purpose except by the joint legislative historical committee in carrying out its responsibilities under RSA 17-I. [The joint legislative historical committee shall use the revenue from the special markups exclusively for the preservation of the state house hall of flags and the battle flags displayed in the hall of flags.

III. Notwithstanding provisions of paragraph II, revenue from commemorative bottles sold under this section between July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2019 shall be credited to the New Hampshire state house bicentennial education and commemoration fund in RSA 17-R:3.]

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.