CHAPTER 252
HB 1646 – FINAL VERSION
19Mar2008… 1017h
04Jun2008… 2113cofc
2008 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 1646
AN ACT relative to the 10-year transportation improvement plan.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bouchard, Merr 11; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
This bill updates the 10-year transportation improvement plan to maintain highways and bridges in the state.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19Mar2008… 1017h
04Jun2008… 2113cofc
08-2909
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to the 10-year transportation improvement plan.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
252:1 State 10-Year Transportation Improvement Plan. Amend RSA 240:1 to read as follows:
240:1 Legislative Intent.
I. The plan is predicated on the report submitted by the governor to the legislature dated [February 16, 2006] January 15, 2008 and on the “State of New Hampshire Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan [2007-2016] 2009-2018 Submitted to the Governor, Pursuant to RSA 228:99 and RSA 240 of the Laws of New Hampshire, by the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Intermodal Transportation (GACIT)” which was adopted by GACIT on [December 7, 2005] November 28, 2007 and is intended to serve as the guideline for transportation projects in the state for the next decade.
II. The general court understands that [the revenue projected for the plan period 2007-2016 2009-2018 is inadequate to fund all the projects in the plan. Without additional projects, it is estimated that with revenue increases at $5 million per year, the plan will take approximately 14 years to complete, excluding consideration of inflation on the cost of the projects] this plan closely adheres to the estimated funding available for transportation projects for 2009-2018, returning New Hampshire to a realistic 10-year plan. The general court further understands that while the plan is reasonably financially constrained, the last 4 years of the plan are less certain in terms of scope, future funding, inflation, and priority. In passing this plan, it is the general court’s intent to review the plan every 2 years, pursuant to RSA 228:99 and RSA 240, [but] and not to add projects before the review, except for emergencies[, until the funding is adequate to bring the plan within a projected 10-year completion framework].
252:2 Plan. Amend RSA 240:3 to read as follows:
240:3 Plan. The legislature hereby adopts the plan known as the “State of New Hampshire Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan [2007-2016] 2009-2018 Submitted by the House Public Works and Highways Committee as Part of the Legislative Process Pursuant to RSA 228:99 and RSA 240 of the Laws of New Hampshire” and encourages expeditious implementation of the projects shown therein.
252:3 State 10-Year Transportation Improvement Plan; Bedford Project; Reimbursement.
I. In the year in which the project is funded in the state 10-year transportation improvement plan, the town of Bedford shall receive 80 percent reimbursement of its cost of construction or improvements, or both, of route N.H. 101 from federal funds, provided the following conditions have been met:
(a) The town of Bedford shall demonstrate through an engineering study that the improvements benefit the safety and capacity of N.H. 101.
(b) The engineering design, environmental evaluation, purchase of right-of-way, and construction of any improvements is done in accordance with state and federal requirements that apply to federal aid projects.
II. Reimbursement under paragraph I is contingent on the availability of federal funding specific to the federal program which the project named Bedford, project number 13953, falls within.
III. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a guarantee of reimbursement by state or federal funds. This section allows for reimbursement for such construction or improvements, or both, based on the costs when such work is done.
252:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 25, 2008
Effective Date: August 24, 2008