HB 729-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0724
02/06
HOUSE BILL729-FN-A
AN ACTmaking an appropriation to the department of education for an attorney to recodify education laws.
SPONSORS:Rep. Hill, Merr. 2; Rep. Verville, Rock. 2; Rep. Ladd, Graf. 5; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Lang, Dist 2
COMMITTEE:Education Funding
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires the department of education to hire an attorney solely to review the content and structure of education laws. The cost shall be paid from the education trust fund.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0724
02/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACTmaking an appropriation to the department of education for an attorney to recodify education laws.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Department of Education; Attorney to Recodify Education Laws.
I. The department shall seek to hire an attorney for the sole purpose to review the content and structure of the education laws to include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a) Review the content and structure of the education laws contained within Title XV, Chapters RSA 186 through 200-N;
(b) Identify statutes within Title XV which are duplicative;
(c) Identify statutes within Title XV which are contrary to other statutes within Title XV; and
(d) Identify areas within Title XV which can be consolidated.
II. The attorney shall report the findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the commissioner of the department of education.
III. The commissioner or designee, in consultation with the attorney general, shall have exclusive supervisory authority over the attorney.
IV. Such work as set forth above, shall be completed by September 30, 2025.
2 Department of Education; Appropriation. The sum of $100,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, is hereby appropriated to the department of education to review the content and structure of the education laws as set forth in Title XV, RSA 186 through 200-N, for the purpose of identifying laws which are duplicative or contradictory and areas which can be consolidated. Notwithstanding restrictions on the use of moneys in the education trust fund in RSA 198:39, said appropriation shall be a charge against the education trust fund and shall be nonlapsing.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
LBA
25-0724
1/11/25
HB 729-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACTmaking an appropriation to the department of education for an attorney to recodify education laws.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Estimated State Impact
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
Revenue Fund(s) None
Expenditures* $0 Indeterminable - See Methodology $0 $0
Funding Source(s) Education Trust Fund
Appropriations* $0 $100,000 $0 $0
Funding Source(s) Education Trust Fund
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
Estimated State Impact
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
Revenue Fund(s)
None
Expenditures*
$0
Indeterminable - See Methodology
$0
$0
Funding Source(s)
Education Trust Fund
Appropriations*
$0
$100,000
$0
$0
Funding Source(s)
Education Trust Fund
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a complete fiscal note for this bill, as introduced, as it is awaiting information from the Department of Education. The Department was originally contacted on 12/30/24 for a fiscal note worksheet. When completed, a revised fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.
METHODOLOGY:
This bill provides $100,000 from the education trust fund to the Department of Education to hire an attorney to review the content and structure of the education laws for the purpose of identifying laws which are duplicative or contradictory and areas which can be consolidated. It is unknown whether this appropriation will be sufficient for the Department to hire an attorney to complete the required work by the September 30, 2025, deadline set forth in the bill.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Education