The New Hampshire State Budget

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how a change in state spending and income has alarmed tax-payers and businessmen alike. The paper relates that the Iraq war and public services sector seem to have dominated New Hampshire's budget for the past few years. The paper notes that state government programs have decreased, which include highways and state employees, while federal funds are decreasing or have essentially become non-existent. The paper includes the category totals for the 2006 - 2007 biennial state operating budget.

From the Paper:

"During the General Court's annual sessions and throughout the year, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant (LBA) Budget Division provides technical staff assistance in the areas of finance, accounting, and budgeting to members of the Legislature and its committees. It also assists in preparing the operating and capital budgets. The LBA staff provides aid and information to special study committees and commissions. It also reviews all programs or activities of state government which are required by statute to determine discretionary and non-discretionary State spending (State p 2)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Hall, D.E.. (Sep 2002). Six Programs Fueled State Spending Increases, 1993-2003. New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies. Concord, NH. Retrieved on February 7, 2007 from http://www.nhpolicy.org/nhbudget/19932003v1.pdf
• Norton, S.A. (Dec 2006). Fiscal Feast and Famine. New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies. Concord, NH. Retrieved on February 7, 2007 from http://www.nhpolicy.org/budget_trends2007.pdf.
• Operating Budget for the State of New Hampshire (2004-2005). (2005). About the LBA-Budget Division. State of New Hampshire Office of Legislative Budget Assistant. Concord, NH. Retrieved February 7, 2007 from http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/LBA/Indexbudget.html.
• President George W. Bush (07 Feb 2005). President Bush's Budget and New Hampshire: FY Budget. The White House. Retrieved February 8, 2007, from http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/budget/2006/states/nh.html#.
• Rogers, J. (24 Jul 2003). State budget deal seems likely. NHPR. Retrieved February 8, 2007 from http://www.nhpr.org/node/4997.

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