HB486 (2007) Detail

Requiring that the effect of turnpike tolls on towns be proportional and reasonable.


HB 486-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2007 SESSION

07-0317

06/03

HOUSE BILL 486-FN

AN ACT requiring that the effect of turnpike tolls on towns be proportional and reasonable.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hinkle, Hills 19; Rep. L'Heureux, Hills 19; Rep. O'Neil, Hills 19; Rep. Mooney, Hills 19; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that the effect of tolls on towns be proportional and reasonable.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0317

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT requiring that the effect of turnpike tolls on towns be proportional and reasonable.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Toll Criteria. Amend RSA 237:11, IV to read as follows:

IV. [Insofar as practicable,] The tolls on the central New Hampshire turnpike, the eastern New Hampshire turnpike, and the New Hampshire turnpike system shall be comparable. The effect of tolls on towns shall be proportional and reasonable.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect one year after its passage.

LBAO

07-0317

01/25/07

HB 486-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT requiring that the effect of turnpike tolls on towns be proportional and reasonable.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Transportation states this bill will have an indeterminable fiscal impact on state turnpike fund revenue and expenditures. There is no fiscal impact on county and local revenue or expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

The Department of Transportation states this bill requires that the effect of tolls on towns be proportional and reasonable. The Department states turnpike revenue is deposited into the turnpike fund per bond covenants. The fiscal impact of this bill is indeterminable because it is not known what changes will be made in toll rates so the effect of tolls on towns is proportional and reasonable.