Title I, The State and Its Government

Should it be determined by the governor that a civil emergency exists, the governor may, with the advice and consent of the fiscal committee, authorize such expenditures, by any department or agency, as may be necessary to effectively deal with said civil emergency and may draw h…

I. Notwithstanding the definition of "budget" in RSA 9:1, for purposes of this section the term "budget" means the operating budget in effect for the appropriate fiscal biennium. II. There is hereby established within the general fund general ledger a revenue stabilization reserv…

I. The state treasurer shall report annually to the legislature, prior to the beginning of each session, on the state's outstanding bond obligations. The report shall describe in detail the bond issues which, in the state treasurer's judgment, could be redeemed prior to their sta…

The governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant with the advice and consent of the council, upon any money in the general fund of the treasury, including special and capital funds, for departments other than transportation or fish and game, for such sums to be set apart fro…

The governor is hereby authorized to draw his warrant, with the advice and consent of the council, upon any money in the general fund of the treasury for sums to be delivered into the custody of the responsible heads of departments and institutions for their use as petty cash rev…

I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every department as defined in RSA 9:1 is hereby authorized to transfer funds within and among all accounting units within said department, with the approval of the commissioner of the department of administrative services, provided …

I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the governor may, with the prior approval of the fiscal committee, order reductions in any or all expenditure classes within any or all departments, as defined in RSA 9:1, if he determines at any time during the fiscal year that: (a)…

I. In order to maximize the use of federal grant funds and to avoid lapsing such funds where changes in the state or federal accounting systems, changes in federal grant guidelines, or overestimation or underestimation of funds required in various class codes due to program needs…

The governor and council, with the prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court, may authorize the commissioner of administrative services to make such transfers of appropriation items and changes in allocation of funds available for operational purposes within any…

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 9:17, no transfer shall be made from any appropriation items for permanent personal services to any other use or purpose, provided however that this provision shall not supersede the provisions of RSA 99:4. II. The provisions of this secti…

Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 9:17, no transfers shall be made into the appropriation for the fish and game department for land acquisition.

Whereas the appropriations for employee benefits in state departments and institutions may upon occasion not be totally needed for each position due to vacancies and personnel turnover, the department of administrative services shall review accounts and transfer said amount, if n…

The supreme court may transfer funds for any specific purposes to funds for other purposes in the general appropriations for any accounting unit within the judicial branch, provided that any transfer of $100,000 or more shall require prior approval of the fiscal committee of the …

Other provisions of law notwithstanding, the chief justice of the supreme court shall pre-audit all claims of the judicial branch to be presented for the issuance of warrants and this certification shall be sufficient evidence for the director, division of accounting services, to…

I. Except for capital appropriations under paragraph I-a or as otherwise specially provided, all unexpended portions of special appropriations shall lapse when the object for which the appropriation was made has been accomplished and, in any event, at the end of 2 years from the …

No state official, commissioner, trustee, or other person having control of public funds appropriated by the general court shall use any part of such funds for any other purpose than that for which they were appropriated, or expend any money or make any contract or bargain, or in…

Not later than February 15 of the year of each biennial legislative session, the governor shall transmit to the legislature a document to be known as a budget setting forth the governor's financial program for each of the fiscal years of the ensuing biennium and having the charac…

Not later than February 15 of the first year of each biennial legislative session, the governor shall transmit to the legislature a document to be known as the trailer bill containing any changes to statutory law deemed necessary for the ensuing biennium. This document shall be s…

Any person who violates the provisions of RSA 9:19 individually or as a member of a board shall be personally liable for the amount of the excess expended, contracted, or bargained above the appropriation.

Any commissioner, trustee or agent who shall violate said provisions shall be removed by the governor, and his successor shall be appointed in conformity to the law providing for filling vacancies in such positions.

RSA 9:20 and 9:21 shall not apply to members of boards or commissions who do not aid in, sanction, or assent to a violation thereof by other members of such boards or commissions, and who, when such violations come to their knowledge, shall indicate their dissent by entry thereof…

No bill of a state officer or employee for services or expenses, except salaries provided by statute, shall be approved by the governor and council or paid by the state treasurer unless it is accompanied by a certificate under oath of said officer or employee that the service has…

If a state officer or employee dies prior to the filing of his account, the account may be paid by the state treasurer if the governor and council are satisfied that the service was performed and the expense incurred.

No change shall be made in the plan, location, or design of a project in the capital budget after the project has been approved and funds appropriated, unless the change is ratified by the capital project overview committee.

Any agency or department of the state may, with the approval of the governor and council and within the limits of its appropriation, secure casualty or liability insurance on any property owned by the state or in connection with any program or activity of the state; provided, how…

Funds which are appropriated to the department of administrative services for a gubernatorial transition shall not be used to finance the transition expenses for an incumbent governor-elect. No other funds, either public or private, shall be expended for this purpose. The governo…

The budget shall consist of 3 parts, the nature and contents of which shall be as follows: I. Part I shall consist of the governor's budget message, which shall set forth: (a) The governor's program for meeting all the expenditure needs of the government for each of the years of …

Prior to the adoption of the 6-year capital budget, the requests for appropriation of funds shall be as follows: I. All departments seeking funds for capital expenditures shall submit their requests to the commissioner of administrative services no later than the May 1 before the…

In the first year of each biennium the legislature shall review the 6-year capital budget and update the extended projects, and may approve new projects over the next 6 years. The general court intends that once a capital budget project has been approved it shall be funded throug…

I. On or before October 1 prior to each biennial legislative session, all departments of the state shall transmit to the commissioner of administrative services, on forms to be furnished by the commissioner, an efficiency expenditure request for each fiscal year of the following …

The supreme court, in consultation with the judicial branch administrative council appointed pursuant to supreme court rule 54, shall prepare the judicial branch budget for review and processing by the legislature according to the same time schedule for budgetary review and analy…

Each executive department, with the necessary assistance of the chief information officer, shall prepare an information technology plan and submit it to the information technology council. The portion of each plan which addresses the upcoming biennium shall define the capital and…

I. On or before October 1 prior to each biennial legislative session, all departments of the state, except the department of transportation, and the judicial branch requesting appropriations from the highway fund shall transmit to the commissioner of administrative services, on b…

For the university system of New Hampshire and community college system of New Hampshire, the state operating budget shall include only general fund appropriations. The chancellor of the university system and the chancellor of the community college system shall provide detailed b…

I. On or before October 1 next prior to each biennial legislative session, the commissioner of administrative services shall prepare an estimate of the total income of the state for each fiscal year of the ensuing biennium, in which the several items of income shall be listed and…

Upon the receipt of the efficiency expenditure requests called for by RSA 9:4 and the preparation of the estimates of income called for by RSA 9:5, and not later than November 1 next succeeding, the commissioner of administrative services shall cause to be prepared a tentative bu…

Upon the receipt by the governor of the tentative budget provided for by RSA 9:6, the governor shall make provision for public hearings thereon not later than the ensuing month of December, at which the governor may require the attendance of the heads and other officers of all de…

Following his inauguration, the governor shall proceed to the formulation of the budget provided for by RSA 9:2 and 3. In doing so he shall give such weight to the estimates of income as prepared by the commissioner of administrative services and to the estimates of expenditure r…

I. All budgets provided for by this subdivision shall be in accounting unit format consistent with the chart of accounts of the state integrated financial accounting system. For expository purposes, the budget may be presented as a summarized 3 class line document consisting of p…

The general court shall not adopt an operating budget for any fund, or any other legislation which provides for appropriations, which exceed the state's total estimated revenues from existing, increased, or new taxes, fees, operating income and other sources. If the estimated rev…

The governor shall transmit to the legislature supplemental estimates for such appropriations as in his judgment may be necessary on account of laws enacted after the transmission of the budget, or as he deems otherwise in the public interest. He shall accompany such estimates wi…

Pursuant to part II, article 6-a of the New Hampshire constitution, any costs associated with the collection and administration of highway funds by the department of safety shall be deducted by the department before such funds are credited to the highway fund. On or before Januar…

In each biennium, highway fund appropriations, including costs of collections of the department of safety, shall be subject to the following limitations: I. Department of transportation: Not less than 73 percent of anticipated total gross road toll and motor vehicle fees and fine…

All departments of the executive branch and the judicial branch that receive highway fund transfers for any purpose shall file a report with the commissioner of administrative services on or before January 1 of each year for the preceding fiscal year. The format of the report sha…

I. Each of the following state agencies shall provide 10-year cost projections for the identified service or program: (a) The department of administrative services: state retiree health insurance, and in conjunction with the department of revenue administration, state revenues. (…