New Hampshire HB 36: relative to fees of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs.

Bill Text

HB 36 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2Feb2023... 0026h

2023 SESSION

 23-0204

 04/07

HOUSE BILL 36

AN ACT relative to fees of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs.

SPONSORS: Rep. Fellows, Graf. 8; Rep. Trottier, Belk. 8; Rep. Schuett, Merr. 12; Rep. Rhodes, Ches. 17; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

 This bill amends the process for increasing fees for sheriffs and deputy sheriffs.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

2Feb2023... 0026h 23-0204

 04/07

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to fees of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs.

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

 1 Sheriffs and Constables; Fees of Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs. Amend RSA 104:31, XIII to read as follows:

 XIII. The fees of sheriffs and deputy sheriffs specified in paragraphs I through IV and paragraphs VII through IX-b may be increased once annually by a vote of the county convention [and the total]. The percentage of the increase shall not exceed the annual percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index of all items for All Urban Consumers, Northeast Region as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Department of Labor [using the amount published for the month of June in the year prior to the start of the fiscal year on a percentage basis] for the calendar year preceding the vote. 

 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.