NH HB 0380 Commission on the status of men - New Hampshire is on a Roll!!

HB 0380

HB 380 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0451

05/09

HOUSE BILL 380

AN ACT exempting the commission on the status of men from repeal on June 30, 2011 and adding a duty to the commission.

SPONSORS: Rep. W. Smith, Rock 18; Rep. Nevins, Rock 15; Rep. Sapareto, Rock 5; Rep. L. Perkins, Rock 14; Rep. Oligny, Rock 8

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill exempts the commission on the status of men from repeal on June 30, 2011 and directs the commission to examine the social and economic consequences of the absence of fathers from the home.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0451

05/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT exempting the commission on the status of men from repeal on June 30, 2011 and adding a duty to the commission.

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

1 Commission on the Status of Men; Reinstatement. Pursuant to 2009, 144:87, I(a), the commission on the status of men, established in RSA 19-I, is hereby reinstated.

2 New Paragraph; Duties of the Commission on the Status of Men. Amend RSA 19-I:4 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

IV. Identifying the economic and social costs of the absence of fathers from the home and the steps the state can take to reduce those costs. The commission shall make an interim report of its findings and recommendations regarding this issue to the governor and council, the commissioner of administration services, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representative on or before October 1, 2011.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.