CHAPTER 380
SB 516-FN-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION
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2008 SESSION
03/01
SENATE BILL 516-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to aid for county bridges.
SPONSORS: Sen. Kenney, Dist 3; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 5; Rep. J. Thomas, Belk 5
COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation
This bill makes county-owned bridges eligible for bridge aid.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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08-2841
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to aid for county bridges.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
380:1 Bridge Aid; Application. Amend RSA 234:5 to read as follows:
234:5 Application. The selectmen of a town, the mayor of a city, or the county commissioners for an unincorporated place may annually apply to the commissioner of transportation in the manner prescribed by the commissioner for bridge aid on a class II, IV, or V highway or a county-owned road. The county commissioners may annually apply to the commissioner of transportation in the manner prescribed by the commissioner for bridge aid for a county-owned bridge.
380:2 Bridge Aid; How Cost Borne. Amend RSA 234:10 to read as follows:
234:10 Bridge Aid; How Cost Borne. When public convenience and necessity require the construction or reconstruction of any bridge on a class II, IV, or V highway or a county-owned road the cost shall be borne 1/5 by the municipality and 4/5 by the state. When public convenience and necessity require the reconstruction of any county-owned bridge, the cost shall be borne 1/5 by the county and 4/5 by the state.
380:3 Bridge Aid; Application. RSA 234:5 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
234:5 Application; Compliance with Certain Standards.
I. The selectmen of a town, the mayor of a city, or the county commissioners for an unincorporated place may annually apply to the commissioner of transportation in the manner prescribed by the commissioner for bridge aid on a class II, IV, or V highway or a county-owned road. The county commissioners may annually apply to the commissioner of transportation in the manner prescribed by the commissioner for bridge aid for a county-owned bridge.
II. The commissioner of transportation shall require that the highway design be in compliance with standards set forth in department of transportation manuals relating to bridge and highway construction and may adopt such manuals by reference.
380:4 Contingency. If HB 1207 of the 2008 legislative session becomes law, section 1 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2008 and section 3 of this act shall take effect at 12:01 a.m. on the effective date of HB 1207. If HB 1207 does not become law, section 1 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2008 and section 3 of this act shall not take effect.
380:5 Effective Date.
I. Sections 1 and 3 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 4 of this act.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect July 1, 2008.
Approved: July 11, 2008
Effective Date: I. Sections 1 and 3 shall take effect as provided in section 4.
II. Remainder shall take effect July 1, 2008.