SB 107 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
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SENATE BILL 107
AN ACT relative to financial assistance for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
SPONSORS: Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13;
Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen.
Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. McBeath, Rock. 26; Rep. Griffith, Hills.
18; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 6; Rep. DiLorenzo, Rock. 17; Rep. Wilhelm, Hills. 42
COMMITTEE: Commerce
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that new businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will be eligible for
federal relief funds.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to financial assistance for businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 COVID-19 Federal Funds; Assistance for Newly Formed Businesses. To the extent permitted
2 by federal law, federal relief funds received by the state of New Hampshire to assist businesses
3 affected by the COVID-19 pandemic shall be made available to businesses that were not eligible for
4 grants from the Main Street Relief Fund because the businesses were established after May 26,
5 2019. Eligibility criteria for the financial assistance shall not include business filings from 2019 or
6 similar requirements that would disqualify businesses that began operation on or after May 26,
7 2019.
8 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.