February 15, 2002

April 26, 2002

No. 27

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

Legislative

SENATE CALENDAR

VETO MESSAGES, COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE MEETINGS

THE SENATE WILL MEET IN SESSION ON THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2002 AT 10:15 A.M.

VETO MESSAGE

March 29, 2002

To the Honorable Members of the General Court:

By the authority vested in me as Governor of New Hampshire, pursuant to Part II, Article 44 of the Constitution of New Hampshire, I have this day vetoed Senate Bill 1, an act apportioning state senate districts.

Since January, I repeatedly have said I would veto legislation reapportioning state senate districts if the legislation violates the New Hampshire Constitution’s requirement that senate districts be "as nearly equal as may be in population;" splits apart strong historic, economic and social communities of interest; and is designed to give one party unfair political advantage over another. I have repeatedly urged the majority party in the senate to work with the members of the minority party to craft bipartisan redistricting legislation.

Unfortunately, the members of the majority party in the senate have chosen to send me legislation containing a redistricting scheme that violates Part II, Article 26 of the New Hampshire Constitution; violates the principle of one person, one vote; splits apart strong communities of interest; and favors one party over another.

S.B. 1 unnecessarily breaks apart strong historic, economic and social communities of interest. The City of Rochester, for example, is torn away from the City of Somersworth, with which it shares a common border and similar social and economic characteristics. The cities of Rochester and Somersworth have been in the same senate district for 210 years. Under S.B. 1 Rochester instead would be thrust into a senate district with the Lakes Region community of Wolfeboro.

S.B. 1 slices Portsmouth away from New Castle and Rye. It splits apart Dover and Durham.

Part II, Article 26 requires that senate districts be "as nearly equal as may be in population, each consisting of contiguous towns, city wards and unincorporated places, without dividing any town, city ward or unincorporated place." There is no question that S.B. 1 demonstrably violates the constitutional requirement that districts be "as nearly equal as may be in population." The record shows that alternative senate redistricting plans more equal in population were presented by the minority party, and rejected by the majority party.

Moreover, S.B. 1 creates at least one senate district that stretches the meaning of the word "contiguous" as used in Part II, Article 26. As created under S.B. 1, senate district 5 is a classic case of partisan gerrymandering at its worst. This district would consist of two distinct geographical areas, the only physical connection being that the northernmost corner of the Town of Wilmot touches the southernmost corner of the Town of Grafton. There is no legitimate justification for the creation of this figure-eight district.

Crafted behind closed doors by the members of one party, the redistricting scheme contained in S.B. 1 was made public only one hour before it was passed by the senate in a strictly partisan vote.

It is clear from the senate record that that there is a wide gap between what the citizens of this state have said they wanted in senate districts and the redistricting scheme contained in S.B. 1.

For example, the Mayor of Rochester, in a January 17, 2002 letter addressed to the Senate Redistricting Committee, pleaded with the senate to "continue to group Rochester with similar Seacoast cities, like Somersworth or Dover" and not put "Rochester in the same district as Wolfeboro way up in the Lakes Region."

A letter from the three Rye selectmen to the Senate Internal Affairs Committee implored the senate not to split Rye apart from Portsmouth, pointing out that Rye students attend Portsmouth High School and that "[o]ne has to drive through Portsmouth to get to Rye….We never heard of a district which basically has one community jumping over another almost entirely contiguous community. Yes, we guess you can walk in a small stretch of marshland to get from New Castle to Rye, but that is truly a stretch." Similar pleas were made in letters submitted by the Mayor of Portsmouth and the chairman of the New Castle selectmen.

A University of New Hampshire history professor and long-time resident of Dover testified about the historical, economic and cultural ties between Dover and Durham at the January 10, 2002 Senate Internal Affairs Committee hearing on redistricting. "If you go back three hundred years, you find that people in Durham and Dover worked with each other and worshipped with each other," he testified.

Why were these pleas from citizens, including local community leaders, to keep together strong communities of interest ignored by the majority party in the senate? Solely to give their party unfair political advantage over the other. S.B. 1 would make at least 16 out of the 24 state senate districts safely Republican. The majority party has disregarded the State Constitution, 200 years of history and tradition, and the views of citizens to guarantee its control over the senate chamber.

Because S.B. 1 is both unconstitutional and fundamentally unfair, I am compelled to veto this legislation.

I urge the senate to take up my veto quickly and then get down to the business of the people. It is not yet too late for the Senate Republicans to work with the Senate Democrats to craft redistricting legislation that is fair to both parties, minimizes the deviation in the size of districts, and keeps together strong communities of interest.

I know the state senate can do better by the people of this state than it has to date. Now is the time to do so. The June candidate-filing period is fast approaching.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeanne Shaheen

Governor

February 7, 2002

To the Honorable Members of the General Court:

By the authority vested in me as Governor of New Hampshire, pursuant to Part II, Article 44 of the Constitution of New Hampshire, I have this day vetoed Senate Bill 141, an Act relative to proof of qualifications for voter registration.

The right to vote is a fundamental right. Restrictions should be placed on that right if, and only if, there is a compelling need. S.B. 141, which is identical to legislation I vetoed last year, does not meet that test.

While the proponents of S.B. 141 say the purpose of this legislation is to protect our elections from fraud, there is no evidence that voter fraud is a problem in New Hampshire. That is, in large part, because our laws already provide protection from voter fraud. Our statutory requirement that the checklists be purged on a regular basis prevents "graveyard" voting. Our laws permit any voter to challenge the identity and eligibility of any other voter, with any so challenged voter required to sign an affidavit under penalty of perjury before being permitted to vote. Moreover, anyone registering to vote on election day is required to sign a form swearing, under penalty of perjury, that he or she is a qualified voter.

In order to be eligible to vote in New Hampshire, one must be a citizen of the United States, be 18 years of age or older, and be domiciled where he or she intends to vote. Under current New Hampshire law, supervisors of the checklist and town or city clerks may ask an applicant to provide proof of citizenship, age and domicile. If Senate Bill 141 became law, voting registration officials would be required to demand this proof.

S.B. 141 would have the effect of discouraging eligible voters from exercising their right to vote. Not all voters carry proof of their age with them, and in our country, few citizens carry proof of their citizenship. No discretion is given to supervisors of the checklist and town and city clerks under S.B. 141. No matter how well the supervisor of the checklist or town or city clerk knows the voter, he or she must still demand proof of age and citizenship. This would potentially cause lengthy delays for all voters.

While New Hampshire's voter turnout percentage compares well with the rest of the country, it is troubling that one-third of our registered voters did not exercise their franchise in the 2000 general election, an election to choose the President of the United States. Rather than erecting new barriers to voting, lawmakers should instead investigate

why so many of our fellow citizens do not vote and develop public policy to encourage every eligible citizen to exercise this precious and fundamental right.

For all of the above reasons, I am today vetoing Senate Bill 141.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeanne Shaheen Governor

LAID ON THE TABLE

SB 29, relative to amending warrant articles by political subdivisions that have adopted the official ballot referendum form of meeting.

SB 87, relative to permissible campaign contributions by business organizations and labor unions.

SB 105, relative to instream flow plan requirements.

SB 146, relative to personal watercraft.

SB 173-FN-A, creating a business profits tax credit for certain donations made for science and technology equipment and facilities to the university system of New Hampshire or any of its component institutions.

SB 325, establishing a committee to study the use of state vehicles.

SB 335, relative to prohibited political contributions.

SB 382, relative to display of flags on condominium units.

SB 401-FN-A, relative to long-term care funding and making an appropriation therefor.

SB 407-FN, requiring restroom facilities in certain state buildings.

SB 421-FN-A, authorizing the Berlin campus of the New Hampshire regional community-technical college system to upgrade and modernize its equipment and programs and authorizing manufacturing technology training in the town of Littleton, and making an appropriation therefor.

SB 428, changing the name of the joint committee on legislative facilities and codifying the powers and duties of the committee.

HB 157, (New Title) clarifying the immunity from liability of persons providing emergency care.

HB 193, establishing a committee to study state payments for court-ordered placements of special education pupils.

HB 325-FN, relative to certain acts of sexual assault.

HB 466, relative to the selection of replacement justices for supreme court justices who are disqualified to hear cases.

HB 586, excluding stepchildren from the definition of "child" in the context of support orders.

HB 679, establishing a commission to examine models of out-of-school care for children in kindergarten through grade 12.

HB 686, relative to the scope of discovery in abuse and neglect cases.

HB 722, (New Title) relative to town, village district, and school district elections.

HB 748-FN-A-L, (2nd New Title) revising the definition of an adequate education and revising the weighted pupil formula used to calculate the cost of an adequate education.

HB 1221, relative to coordinating certain town and school district meetings.

COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

HB 134, permitting challenges to judges.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 11:00 AM, LOB Room 208

Senate: Sheila Roberge, Debora Pignatelli, Edward (Ned) Gordon

House: (C)Christopher Reid, Janet Wall, Loren Jean, Phyllis Woods

HB 180-FN, relative to criminal neglect of elderly, disabled, or impaired adults.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 1:00 PM, LOB Room 204

Senate: Sheila Roberge, Edward (Ned) Gordon, Mark Fernald

House: (C)Maxwell Sargent, Phyllis Katsakiores, William Knowles, Patricia O'Keefe

HB 213-FN, (New Title) establishing a study committee on education property tax hardship relief.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 2:00 PM, LOB Room 202

Senate: Theodore Gatsas, John Barnes, Lou D'Allesandro

House: (C)Frank Sapareto, Susan Almy, Kenneth Weyler, Betsey Patten

HB 439-FN-A, (New Title) establishing a position of septage coordinator and making an appropriation therefor.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 10:00 AM, LOB Room 301

Senate: Russell Prescott, Burton Cohen, Carl Johnson

House: (C)Robert Brundige, Mary Cooney, Robert Holbrook, Joseph Stone

HB 447, (New Title) establishing a task force on family law.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 12:00 PM, LOB Room 206

Senate: Sheila Roberge, Edward (Ned) Gordon, Mark Fernald

House: (C)Edward Moran, Henry Mock, Joseph Stone, John Pratt

HB 465, (New Title) relative to membership of attorneys in the New Hampshire Bar Association and lobbying by the Bar Association.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 10:00 AM, LOB Room 208

Senate: Edward (Ned) Gordon, Mark Fernald, Russell Prescott

House: (C)Christopher Reid, Loren Jean, John Pratt, Brien Ward

HB 559-FN, relative to the procedures for assignment of income from child or spousal support orders.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 10:00 AM, LOB Room 206

Senate: Sheila Roberge, Edward (Ned) Gordon, Mark Fernald

House: (C)L Randy Lyman, Christine Furman, David Bickford, Mary Gile

HB 589, relative to eligibility for unemployment benefits for part-time workers.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 10:30 am, LOB Room 308

Senate: Beverly Hollingworth, Gary Francoeur, Harold Burns

House: (C)Robert Clegg, Corey Corbin, Russell Bridle, Jeffrey Goley

HB 617, (New Title) relative to additional exceptions to junk yard regulation.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 2:00 PM, LOB Room 301

Senate: Sheila Roberge, George Disnard, John Barnes

House: (C)James Twombly, Dudley Dumaine, Mary Cooney, William Johnson

HB 673, (New Title) relative to a net asset qualification for the elderly property tax exemption for married persons.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 9:30 AM, LOB Room 301

Senate: John Barnes, Lou D'Allesandro, Theodore Gatsas

House: (C)Robert Brundige, Chandler Fairbanks, Marilyn Fraser, Mary Griffin

HB 712-FN, relative to the coordination of state, regional, and local planning efforts.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 1:00 PM, LOB Room 301

Senate: Daniel O'Neil, Sheila Roberge, Gary Francoeur

House: (C)Robert Brundige, Priscilla Lockwood, James Twombly, Nancy Johnson

HB 757, (2nd New Title) establishing an early literacy and reading improvement program and making an appropriation therefor.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 3:00 PM, SH Room 105-A

Senate: George Disnard, Boyce, Jane O'Hearn

House: (C)Warren Henderson, Brien Ward, Neal Kurk, Iris Estabrook

HB 1106, repealing the water pollution control revolving loan fund advisory committee, the local government advisory committee, the New Hampshire industrial heritage commission, and the environmental research advisory committee.

MEETING: 4/30/2002, 10:00 AM, LOB Room 307

Senate: Burton Cohen, Arthur Klemm, Russell Prescott

House: (C)Maurice Goulet, Michael Whalley, Lynn Horton, Sharon Nordgren

HB 1134, relative to lighting requirements for motor vehicles and trailers.

No Scheduled Meeting

Senate: Beverly Hollingworth, Robert Flanders, Theodore Gatsas

House: (C)Sherman Packard, Robert Letourneau, Robert Wheeler, Peter Cote

HB 1172, relative to the adoption of rules for certain wetland permits.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 11:00 AM, LOB Room 305

Senate: Burton Cohen, Gary Francoeur, Theodore Gatsas

House: (C)Bob Odell, Judith Spang, John Gallus, D L Chris Christensen

HB 1194, relative to medical records.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 9:00 AM, LOB Room 307

Senate: Beverly Hollingworth, Gary Francoeur, Harold Burns

House: (C)Peter Batula, John Hunt, Neal Kurk, Daniel Burnham

HB 1196, (New Title) enabling municipalities to adopt a property tax exemption for deaf or severely hearing impaired persons.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 9:30 AM, LOB Room 301

Senate: Sheila Roberge, John Barnes, Daniel O'Neil

House: (C)Robert Brundige, Chandler Fairbanks, Marilyn Fraser, Mary Griffin

HB 1210, (New Title) relative to training to be a licensed esthetician, and relative to experience required for shop licensure of barbers, cosmetologists, or estheticians.

MEETING: 4/25/2002, 3:30 PM, SH Room 100

Senate: Sheila Roberge, Gary Francoeur, Lou D'Allesandro

House: (C)Andrew Peterson, Joan Schulze, Maurice Goulet, Carl Robertson

HB 1235, relative to operation of motorized vessels and safe boater education.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 3:30 PM, LOB Room 303

Senate: George Disnard, Gary Francoeur, Theodore Gatsas

House: (C)H Charles Royce, John Gallus, Vivian Clark, Judith Spang

HB 1270-FN, making technical corrections due to the repeal of the legacies and succession tax.

MEETING: 4/30/2002, 10:15 AM, LOB Room 202

Senate: Lou D'Allesandro, Arthur Klemm, Robert Boyce

House: (C)David Hess, Jeffrey Gilbert, Norman Major, Susan Almy

HB 1273-FN, relative to planning and procedures for state owned or leased trails for all-terrain vehicles and relative to registration fees for certain off highway recreational vehicles.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 2:45 PM, LOB Room 303

Senate: George Disnard, Robert Flanders, Theodore Gatsas

House: (C)H Charles Royce, Bob Odell, Norman Major, Robert McGuire

HB 1277, increasing the optional veterans' property tax credit.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 9:30 AM, LOB Room 301

Senate: Gary Francoeur, Theodore Gatsas, Daniel O'Neil

House: (C)Robert Brundige, Chandler Fairbanks, Marilyn Fraser, Mary Griffin

HB 1298, (New Title) relative to signage for the sponsor-a-highway program and naming that portion of the New Hampshire hospital campus which has been converted to offices for state agencies and others, the Hugh Gallen State Office Complex.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 11:00 AM, LOB Room 201

Senate: Arthur Klemm, Robert Flanders, Daniel O'Neil

House: (C)Charles Morse, John Graham, Leon Calawa, Candace Bouchard

HB 1311, (New Title) relative to certain mental health records and establishing a committee to study the protection of certain medical information.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 2:00 PM, LOB Room 208

Senate: Sheila Roberge, Mark Fernald, Russell Prescott

House: (C)Henry Mock, Terri Dudley, Janet Wall, Loren Jean

HB 1344-L, (New Title) establishing a village plan alternative subdivision in zoning and land use planning laws.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 1:00 PM, LOB Room 301

Senate: Sheila Roberge, Gary Francoeur, Daniel O'Neil

House: (C)Robert Brundige, James Twombly, Nancy Johnson, Priscilla Lockwood

HB 1365-FN, (New Title) requiring that the county departments of correction be charged 110 percent of the Medicare rate for inmates who need medical services within the community.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 1:00 PM, LOB Room 204

Senate: Arthur Klemm, Beverly Hollingworth, John Barnes

House: (C)Rogers Johnson, Keith Herman, Neal Kurk, William Knowles

HB 1396, authorizing the state veterinarian to provide wildlife disease prevention and treatment.

No Scheduled Meeting

Senate: George Disnard, Edward (Ned) Gordon, Theodore Gatsas

House: (C)David Babson, Donald Carlson, Betsy McKinney, Harold Melcher

HB 1406, (New Title) permitting the nomination of a guardian for the children of activated members of the armed services or for incapacitated persons for whom the activated member is the guardian, and creating a committee to study the New Hampshire national guard education assistance act.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 12:00 PM, SH Room 103

Senate: Debora Pignatelli, John Barnes, Russell Prescott

House: (C)Stephen Avery, Pamela Coughlin, Edwin Smith, Richard Heon

HB 1410-L, (New Title) ratifying the 2001 Amherst annual town meeting, and the 2001 Pembroke town meeting.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 11:00 AM, LOB Room 301

Senate: Sheila Roberge, Robert Flanders, Daniel O'Neil

House: (C)Betsey Patten, Priscilla Lockwood, Gabriel Daneault, Robert Clegg

HB 1413, relative to disclosure of information by hospitals.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 10:15 AM, LOB Room 302

Senate: Gary Francoeur, Katherine Wheeler, Thomas Eaton

House: (C)John Hunt, Peter Batula, Leo Fraser, Kathleen Taylor

HB 1420, relative to exceptions to the prohibition on persons practicing as attorneys when not admitted to practice by the supreme court.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 2:30 PM, LOB Room 208

Senate: Sheila Roberge, Edward (Ned) Gordon, Mark Fernald

House: (C)Alf Jacobson, Peter Franklin, Loren Jean, Phyllis Woods

HB 1426-FN, relative to the availability of information on the registration of certain sexual offenders. MEETING: 4/29/2002, 10:00 AM, LOB Room 204

Senate: Sheila Roberge, Debora Pignatelli, Russell Prescott

House: (C)William Knowles, Stanley Stevens, Neal Kurk, Stephen Nedeau

HB 1429, relative to the scope of the consumer protection act.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 11:15 AM, LOB Room 302

Senate: Lou D'Allesandro, Robert Flanders, Russell Prescott

House: (C)John Hunt, Robert Batchelder, Leo Fraser, Merton Dyer

HB 1433, (New Title) prohibiting intoxication and constructive possession of alcohol by minors. MEETING: 4/29/2002, 9:00 AM, LOB Room 204

Senate: Debora Pignatelli, Edward (Ned) Gordon, Russell Prescott

House: (C)John Tholl, Stanley Stevens, William Knowles, Stephen Nedeau

HB 1436-FN, relative to requiring treatment for persons convicted of DWI offenses.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 9:00 AM, LOB Room 204

Senate: Debora Pignatelli, John Barnes, Edward (Ned) Gordon

House: (C)John Tholl, Stanley Stevens, William Knowles, Susan Almy

HB 1478-FN-A, relative to public health emergency preparation and response.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 11:30 AM, LOB Room 205

Senate: Sheila Roberge, Edward (Ned) Gordon, Mark Fernald

House: (C)Peter Batula, Sandra Harris, Keith Herman, James MacKay

HB 1483, (New Title) relative to municipal budget committees.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 1:30 PM, SH Room 105-A

Senate: George Disnard, Robert Boyce, Jane O'Hearn

House: (C)Warren Henderson, J D Colcord, Clair Snyder, Brien Ward

HB 2000, (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement program, relative to proposed toll booths in the city of Nashua, and relative to the Troy Village bypass.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 2:00 PM, LOB Room 201

Senate: Daniel O'Neil, Arthur Klemm, Thomas Eaton

House: (C)Edwin Smith, Charles Morse, Leon Calawa, John Cloutier

HCR 28, urging increased federal funding for quality breast cancer research.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 9:00 AM, LOB Room 306

Senate: Jane O'Hearn, Sheila Roberge, Katherine Wheeler

House: (C)Stephen Avery, Pamela Coughlin, Paul LaFlamme, Richard Heon

SB 34, relative to the process for nonrenewal of teacher contracts.

MEETING: 4/26/2002, 2:00 PM, SH Room 105-A

Senate: (C)Jane O'Hearn, George Disnard, Carl Johnson

House: Brien Ward, Clair Snyder, Warren Henderson, Russell Cox

SB 161-FN-A, relative to treatment for individuals with disabilities and making an appropriation therefor.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 10:00 AM, LOB Room 102

Senate: (C)Katherine Wheeler, Jane O'Hearn, Edward (Ned) Gordon

House: Fran Wendelboe, Peter Batula, Hilda Sokol, James MacKay

SB 300, (New Title) relative to the calculation of the 3/5 majority in certain votes under official ballot voting procedures.

No Scheduled Meeting

Senate: (C)Sheila Roberge, George Disnard, Robert Boyce

House: Betsey Patten, Priscilla Lockwood, William Johnson, Robert Brundige

SB 301, relative to an innovation initiative within the division of economic development.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 11:00 AM, LOB Room 102

Senate: (C)Clifton Below, Thomas Eaton, Theodore Gatsas

House: Terie Norelli, David Alukonis, John Thomas, Norman Major

SB 318, relative to transfers of funds from the sweepstakes fund for sweepstakes purposes. MEETING: 4/30/2002, 10:00 AM, SH Room 103

Senate: (C)Thomas Eaton, Lou D'Allesandro, Theodore Gatsas

House: Jeffrey Gilbert, David Hess, Susan Almy, Bette Lasky

SB 352, establishing a committee to study alternative regional public school programs for children who are at-risk.

No Scheduled Meeting

Senate: (C)Jane O'Hearn, Edward (Ned) Gordon, Caroline McCarley

House: Brien Ward, Debra Naro, Neal Kurk, Warren Henderson

SB 366, relative to biennial reports of the public utilities commission.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 2:00 PM, LOB Room 104

Senate: (C)Russell Prescott, Lou D'Allesandro, Theodore Gatsas

House: Norman Major, William Gabler, David Alukonis, Naida Kaen

SB 415, relative to the severing of joint tenancies in property by divorce.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 9:00 AM, LOB Room 102

Senate: (C)Edward (Ned) Gordon, Mark Fernald, Gary Francoeur

House: Cynthia Dokmo, Edward Moran, Patricia Dowling, Barbara Richardson

SB 430, (2nd New Title) allowing towns or cities to increase the property tax credit for service-connected total disability, and to adopt an optional date for filing exemptions.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 1:00 PM, LOB Room 301

Senate: (C)Theodore Gatsas, Lou D'Allesandro, John Barnes

House: Betsey Patten, William Johnson, Charles Sova, Robert Brundige

SB 442, (New Title) establishing a committee to study revising the statutes relative to the state militia and the state guard.

MEETING: 4/29/2002, 12:00 PM, SH Room 103

Senate: (C)John Barnes, Russell Prescott, Lou D'Allesandro

MEETINGS
MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2002

NH COLLEGE TUITION SAVINGS PLAN ADVISORY COMMISSION (RSA 195-H:2) Room 103, SH

9:00 a.m. Investment Committee

10:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

OIL FUND DISBURSEMENT (RSA 146-D:4) Room 305, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

PUBLIC HEALTH & ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP COMMISSION (HB 1390, Chapter 114, Laws of 2000) Room 205, LOB

10:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (RSA 126-A:13) Room 205, LOB

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE FISCAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL COURT ON TAX SIMULATION & FORECASTING MODELS Room 212, LOB

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2002

ASSESSING STANDARDS BOARD (RSA 21-J:14-a) Room 301, LOB

2:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2002

JOINT FACILITIES (RSA 17-E:2) Room 103, SH

8:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Walpole 12895 Repaving of Turnpike Rd & Rte. 12 & upgrades) Walpole Town Hall, 34 Elm Street, Walpole, NH

7:00 p.m. Combined Public Officials/Informational Meeting

MONDAY, MAY 6, 2002

OSTEOPOROSIS ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 126-I:3) Room 102, LOB

9:30 a.m. Subcommittee Meeting

NH BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURY ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 137-K:2) Room 205, LOB

2:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2002

LONG RANGE CAPITAL PLANNING AND UTILIZATION COMMITTEE Room 201, LOB

9:30 a.m. Regular Meeting

Skyhaven Airport Discussion with Skyhaven Airport Operations Committee and City of Rocherster Officials

FISCAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL COURT Room 210-211, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Business

9:30 a.m. Audit:

State of New Hampshire

Department of Transportaation

Bureau of Mechanical Services

Fuel Distribution Section

Financial and Compliance Audit Report

For the Year Ended June 30, 2001

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Belmont 12916, US 3/NH11) NHDOT, 1 Hazen Dr. Highway Design Conference room, Concord, NH

10:00 a.m. commission Meeting

THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2002

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Milford-Nashua, 10136 NH Rte 101A Corridor Study) NRPC Office, 115 Main Street Nashua, NH

6:00 p.m. NH Rte 101A Steering Committee Meeting

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Access Management Workshop) Randolph Town Hall, Randolph, NH

6:00 p.m. Public Workshop

NH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (Plaistow-Kinston, 10044-B, NH 125 Reconstruction) Plaistow Town Library, 85 Main Street, Plaistow, NH

6:30 p.m. Advisory Task Force

EQUALIZATION STANDARDS BOARD (RSA 21-J:14-c) Banquet Hall, Town of Milford, 1 Union Square, Milford, NH

7:00 p.m. Public Forum

FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2002

PRIVACY TASK FORCE (HB 702, Chapter 256, Laws of 2001) Room 210-211, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

MONDAY, MAY 13, 2002

CERTIFICATE OF NEED STATUTE TASK FORCE (RSA 151-C:16) Room 203, LOB

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

NH-CANADIAN TRADE COUNCIL (RSA 12-A:2-g) Room 306, LOB

10:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2002

EQUALIZATION STANDARDS BOARD (RSA 21-J:14-c) Auditorium, Lancaster Town Hall, 25 Main Street, Lancaster, NH

1:00 p.m. Public Forum

EQUALIZATION STANDARDS BOARD (RSA 21-J:14-c) Community Room Lower Floor, Pease Public Library, 1 Russell Street, Plymouth, NH

7:00 p.m. Public Forum

FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2002

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

COMMISSION ON EDUCATION OF DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING PERSONS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE (HB 1283, Chapter 43, Laws of 2000) Room 205, LOB

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

LONG-TERM RATE CARE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (RSA 151-E:6-a) Room 103, SH

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2002

TOBACCO USE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (RSA 126-K:19) Landergan Hall, Room 12, Department of Education, 101 Pleasant St. Concord, NH

2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Regular Meeting

THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2002

EQUALIZATION STANDARDS BOARD (RSA 21-J:14-c) Fire House, Town of Brentwood, 148 Crawley Falls Rd. Brentwood, NH

7:00 p.m. Public Forum

WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2002

CAPITAL BUDGET OVERVIEW COMMITTEE Room 201, LOB

9:30 a.m. Regular Business

Update on Department of Safety Construction Projects

MONDAY, JUNE 3, 2002

OSTEOPOROSIS ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 126-I:3) room 102, LOB

9:30 a.m. Regular Meeting

NH BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURY ADVISORY COUNCIL (RSA 137-K:2) Room 205, LOB

2:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

JOINT HEALTH COUNCIL (Pursuant RSA 326-B:12) NH Board of Nursing, Room 17, 78 regional DR. Bldg 2, Concord NH

6:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

MONDAY, JUNE 10 2002

BOARD OF MANUFACTURED HOUSING (RSA 205-A:25) Room 201, LOB

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 2002

JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE RULES Rooms 306-308, LOB

9:00 a.m. Regular Meeting

FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2002

LONG-TERM CARE RATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE (RSA 151-E:6-a) Room 103, SH

1:00 p.m. Regular Meeting

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FISCAL NOTES ARE AVAILABLE IN THE SENATE CLERK'S OFFICE:

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SENATE DEADLINES 2002 SESSION

JANUARY 2, 2002 CONVENING DAY

INTRODUCTION OF SENATE BILLS

(Calendar with all hearing published)

FEBRUARY 21, 2002 LAST DAY TO ACT ON SENATE BILLS

FEBRUARY 24, 2002 - MARCH 5, 2002 VACATION WEEK

APRIL 18, 2002 LAST DAY TO ACT ON ALL BILLS FROM OTHER BODY

APRIL 25, 2002 LAST DAY TO FORM COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCES

APRIL 30, 2002 - 12:00P.M. LAST DAY TO SIGN COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE REPORTS

MAY 2, 2002 LAST DAY TO ACT ON COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE REPORTS

MAY 22, 2002 VETO DAY

VISITORS CENTER SCHEDULE - APRIL

As a convenience to the members of the NH General Court, the Visitors’ Center offers the following schedule of schools and other groups visiting the State House in April 2002. These listings will replace individual notifications in an effort to reduce paper usage and to ensure all members will be notified in a timely manner. Our schedule is tightly booked for the remainder of the school year. Please contact the Visitors’ Center concerning school tour booking information. Thank you for your continued participation with your School Visitation Program.

Kenneth Leidner, Director

DATE	TIME	GROUP	CLASS/Size
April 29	9:30 & 11:00	Epsom Central School	4/60
April 29	10:00	Seminary Hill Elementary – West Lebanon	4/40
April 30	10:00 & 11:30	Thornton Ferry -Merrimack	4/50
April 30	11:00	Danbury Elementary	3 & 4/26