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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 9:19 (2026)

Exceeding Appropriations

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    9:19 Exceeding Appropriations. – 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 any way bind the state in excess of the amount voted by the legislature.

Source. 1903, 71:1. PL 15:35. RL 22:30.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases, 1989–2011 · leading case: Chase Home for Child. v. New Hampshire Div. for Child., Youth & Families, 34 A.3d 1195 (N.H. 2011).
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Chase Home for Child. v. New Hampshire Div. for Child., Youth & Families, 34 A.3d 1195 (N.H. 2011). · cites it 14× “First, it argued that it cannot be bound to its contracts to the extent that they exceed appropriations because RSA 9:19 prohibits state officials from “expending any money .”
New Hampshire Health Care Ass'n v. Governor, 161 N.H. 378 (N.H. 2011). · cites it 2× “See RSA 9:19 (2003) (prohibiting state agencies from spending money “in excess of the amount voted by the legislature”); see also N.”
Petition of Chase Home for Child., 926 A.2d 287 (N.H. 2007). “private providers in order for it to comply with RSA 9:19.” *536 We need not consider whether the hearing panel misconstrued the Strandell decision, because just as the hearing panels have no authority to order DHHS to make retroactive payments, the panels also lack the…”
New Hampshire Health Care Ass'n v. Governor, 13 A.3d 145 (N.H. 2011). · cites it 2× “31(p) (budget neutrality provision). As a result of the BNF, the amount of DHHS nursing home appropriations that lapse to the general fund at the end of the fiscal year may increase.”
In re Strandell, 562 A.2d 173 (N.H. 1989). “56; RSA 9:19. As we have stated: ‘“[T]he Legislature has a practical check upon the .”
Petition of New Hampshire Div. for Child., Youth & Families, 926 A.2d 273 (N.H. 2007). “The requirement that an agency not spend funds beyond those appropriated by the legislature is codified in RSA 9:19 (2003). Thus, the Trailer Bill did not set a new, lower limit on expenditures.”
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