CHAPTER 21-I DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
General Provisions
Section 21-I:1
21-I:1 Establishment; General Functions. –
I. There is hereby established the department of administrative services, an agency of the state, under the executive direction of a commissioner of administrative services. The commissioner of administrative services shall serve as the chief fiscal planning and control officer of the state of New Hampshire.
II. The department of administrative services, through its officials, shall be responsible for managing and coordinating the following administrative and financial functions, upon which the effective and efficient management of all state programs and operations relies:
(a) Budgeting.
(b) Automated accounting and financial and human resources management systems.
(c) Business process auditing.
(d) Accounting.
(e) Financial reporting.
(f) Data processing.
(g) Graphic services.
(h) Plant and property management.
(i) Procurement.
(j) Risk management.
(k) General support services.
(l) Personnel administration, including but not limited to administration of any positions within the executive branch.
(m) Developing and maintaining state owned and supported land and buildings, including public works design and construction relating to projects as defined in RSA 21-I:78 through 21-I:86.
(n) Providing central management and administration of space rented by, or the processes relating to the rental of space by, state agencies, except as otherwise provided by law.
(o) Serving as the employer for the purpose of ensuring compliance with the requirements of RSA 281-A.
Source. 1983, 416:40. 1986, 12:5. 2005, 291:5. 2008, 177:6, eff. June 11, 2008. 2014, 327:1, eff. Aug. 2, 2014. 2017, 193:3, eff. Aug. 29, 2017. 2020, 37:95, eff. July 29, 2020.