HB 610-FN-A – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
03/05
HOUSE BILL 610-FN-A
AN ACT requiring the criminal justice and public safety committee to review motor vehicle fines and extending the effective date for certain motor vehicle fine reductions.
SPONSORS: Rep. Almy, Graf 11; Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. L. Hammond, Graf 11
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill requires the house criminal justice and public safety committee to review motor vehicle fines and extends the effective date for certain motor vehicle fine reductions.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0663
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT requiring the criminal justice and public safety committee to review motor vehicle fines and extending the effective date for certain motor vehicle fine reductions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Motor Vehicle Fines; Review. The house criminal justice and public safety committee shall review fines for motor vehicle violations, as they have been amended by 2005, 177 and 2006, 259. The committee shall consider the appropriateness of the fine amounts and the advisability of reducing the fine amounts upon passage of the state operating budget. The committee shall report its findings to the speaker of the house of representatives and to the chairman of the house ways and means committee by November 1, 2007.
2 Motor Vehicle Fine Reductions; Effective Date. Amend 2006, 259:33-34 to read as follows:
259:33 Contingency. If HB 298 of the 2006 legislative session becomes law, sections 20, 21, and 22 of this act shall not take effect and sections 30, 31, and 32 of this act shall take effect one day after the passage of the state operating budget for the biennium ending June 30, [2009] 2011. If HBÂ 298 does not become law, sections 30, 31, and 32 of this act shall not take effect and sections 20, 21, and 22 of this act shall take effect one day after the passage of the state [operation] operating budget for the biennium ending June 30, 2009.
259:34 Effective Date.
I. Sections 20, 21, 22, 30, 31, and 32 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 33 of this act.
II. Section 33 of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
III. The remainder of this act shall take effect one day after the passage of the state operating budget for the biennium ending June 30, [2009] 2011.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
LBAO
07-0663
01/29/07
HB 610-FN-A - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT requiring the criminal justice and public safety committee to review motor vehicle fines and extending the effective date for certain motor vehicle fine reductions.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill may increase state general fund revenue by an indeterminable amount in FY 2008 and FY 2009, and increase state highway fund expenditures in by in indeterminable amount in FY 2010. This bill will have no fiscal impact on county and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Safety states this bill requires the criminal justice and public safety committee to review motor vehicle fines and extends the effective date of certain motor vehicle fine reductions. The Department states that section 1 of this bill will have no fiscal impact. The Department states section two of the bill extends the reduction of certain fines to begin in FY 2010 rather than FY 2008. This extension will reduce fines at a later date, thus increasing general fund revenue by an indeterminable amount in FY 2008 and FY 2009. The Department further states that state highway fund expenditures will increase in FY 2010 for costs related to changing, reprinting and distributing revised summons.