Section 5:6-d Election Fund.
I. There is established in the office of the state treasurer a nonlapsing fund to be known as the election fund which shall be kept distinct and separate from all other funds. The election fund is established to meet the requirements of section 254(b) of the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252.
II. The treasurer shall deposit in the election fund all monies received by the state pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252. The treasurer shall also deposit in the election fund such other funds received under state or federal law, or donated to the state by private parties, for the purposes of conducting elections, voter and election official education, election law enforcement, and related information technology projects and improvements, and shall credit any interest or income earned on monies on deposit to the fund.
III. The secretary of state is authorized to accept, budget, and, subject to the limitations of this paragraph, expend monies in the election fund received from any party for the purposes of conducting elections, voter and election official education, the purchase or lease of voting equipment which complies with Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, election law enforcement, and improvements to related information technology.
IV. All monies in the election fund shall be continually appropriated to the department of state and shall not lapse.
V. The treasurer, upon approval of the secretary of state shall pay the expenses of planning, equipping, administering, staffing, maintaining, and improving the election services provided by the secretary of state and related services provided by the department of safety, the department of health and human services, and the department of justice out of any monies in the election fund, subject to the limitations established in paragraph III, notwithstanding any other provision of law.
VI. The secretary of state shall include appropriations from the election fund in the department budget submitted pursuant to RSA 9:4.
Source. 2003, 266:1, eff. July 15, 2003. 2009, 144:218, eff. July 1, 2009.