Bill Text: NH SB237 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishing a reporting requirement for gubernatorial inauguration contributions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-05 - Rereferred to Committee, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote, Senate Journal 7 [SB237 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2015-SB237-Introduced.html
SB 237-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
15-1002
05/09
SENATE BILL 237-FN
AN ACT establishing a reporting requirement for gubernatorial inauguration contributions.
SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill requires the governor-elect to appoint an inaugural treasurer and report expenditures and contributions related to the inauguration.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-1002
05/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT establishing a reporting requirement for gubernatorial inauguration contributions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Reports by Governor-Elect. Amend RSA 664 by inserting after section 13 the following new subdivision:
664:13-a Inaugural Treasurer; Reporting Requirement.
I. Not later than 10 days after receiving any contribution or making any expenditure for a gubernatorial inauguration, the governor-elect shall appoint an inaugural treasurer. The name and address of such treasurer shall be reported to the secretary of state by the governor-elect not later than 10 days after the appointment.
II. No person shall make any expenditure or make or receive any contribution or receipt, in kind or otherwise, for a gubernatorial inauguration except by or through the inaugural treasurer.
III. The inaugural treasurer shall keep detailed accounts of all contributions and other receipts received, in kind or otherwise, and all expenditures made for a gubernatorial inauguration. Accounts of the treasurer may be inspected under conditions determined by the secretary of state and shall be held in original form for 6 years from the inauguration for which they are filed, after which time they may be destroyed. Every person who receives a contribution or other receipt, in kind or otherwise, for an inaugural treasurer more than 5 days before the ending date of any period for which a report is required under this section, on demand of the treasurer, or in any event on or before the ending date of the reporting period, shall remit the same and render to the treasurer an account thereof, including the name and address of the person, if known, making the contribution or other receipt and the date received. No contribution or other receipt received by the inaugural treasurer shall be commingled with personal funds of the governor-elect or inaugural treasurer.
IV. The inaugural treasurer shall file an itemized statement of receipts and expenditures with the secretary of state in like manner and detail as prescribed in RSA 664:6 on March 10 and July 10 following the inauguration. The report filed on March 10 shall be for the period ending on February 28 and the report filed on July 10 shall be for the period beginning on March 1 and ending on June 30. The July 10 report shall be a termination report which shall include full information as to the disposition of residual funds. If a report is sent by certified mail on or before the day it is due, the mailing shall constitute receipt by the secretary of state.
V. In addition to other reports required by this section, the inaugural treasurer shall report the amount and nature of debts and obligations owed for the gubernatorial inauguration, at times prescribed by the secretary of state, continuing until such debts and obligations are fully paid or discharged.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
15-1002
02/10/15
SB 237-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT establishing a reporting requirement for gubernatorial inauguration contributions.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the Senate Clerk's Office.
