HB 1244-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
03/10
HOUSE BILL 1244-FN
AN ACT relative to eligibility to receive moneys from the driver training fund.
SPONSORS: Rep. DeJoie, Merr 11
This bill makes private drivers’ schools eligible to receive moneys from the driver training fund.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2297
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to eligibility to receive moneys from the driver training fund.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Driver Training Fund; Eligible Courses of Instruction and Training. Amend RSA 263:52, I to read as follows:
I. The proceeds from original license fees as provided in RSA 263:42 and $5 from every special fee for vanity number plates collected in accordance with RSA 261:89, plus such additional portion of the $25 special fee for vanity number plates or the renewal of the use of such plates as is needed to fully fund the driver training program for each fiscal year as determined by the general court pursuant to paragraph II, after costs of such plates or designation of effective periods thereof and issuance of same have been appropriated and deducted, shall be expended solely for courses of instruction and training in safe motor vehicle driving conducted in or under the supervision of secondary schools or conducted in private drivers’ schools licensed under RSA 263:44. After all costs of administration of the program each year of the biennium have been reserved, the balance which is appropriated to the driver training program shall be paid to the state treasurer by June 30 of each year. Such balance shall be kept in a separate fund which shall be paid out on or before September 15 of each year to participating schools prorated on a per-pupil basis for those who have completed the driver education program. Subject to final approval by the governor and council, the commissioner of safety jointly with the commissioner of education shall adopt pursuant to RSA 541-A and publish rules governing the courses of instruction and training and determining eligibility of secondary schools and private drivers’ schools licensed under RSA 263:44 to receive moneys from the fund established by this section.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
LBAO
06-2297
11/10/05
HB 1244-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to eligibility to receive moneys from the driver training fund.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety has determined this bill will increase state restricted expenditures and reduce state general fund revenue by approximately $825,000 in FY 2007 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Safety (DOS) stated this bill intends to make private driving schools eligible to receive moneys from the Driver Training Fund. Under current law, only secondary schools are eligible. The DOS reimburses secondary schools $150 for each student who completes the driver training program. Based on the average difference between the total students who completed the course and the students who completed the course through secondary school for the last three years of approximately 5,500, the DOS estimates that the Driving Training Fund expenditures will increase by $825,000. The DOS also believes that other costs associated with processing and monitoring the additional expenditures would most likely increase, but it cannot estimate the amount of the increase. However, the DOS believes that these costs could be substantial, and might include additional salaries and benefits, postage and bank fees. These added costs would decrease revenue to the general fund by the same amount because at the end of each fiscal year the unspent appropriations lapse to the general fund