Bill Text - HB516 (2009)

Abolishing fees for nondriver's picture identification cards.


Revision: Jan. 22, 2009, midnight

HB 516-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

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03/09

HOUSE BILL 516-FN

AN ACT abolishing fees for nondriver’s picture identification cards.

SPONSORS: Rep. G. Katsakiores, Rock 5

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

ANALYSIS

This bill abolishes fees for nondriver’s picture identification cards.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0813

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT abolishing fees for nondriver’s picture identification cards.

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

1 Repeal. The following are repealed:

I. RSA 260:21, V, relative to fee for nondriver's picture identification card.

II. RSA 260:22, relative to disposition of fees.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.

LBAO

09-0813

01/16/09

HB 516-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT abolishing fees for nondriver’s picture identification cards.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      The Department of Safety states this bill will decrease state highway fund revenue by $400,000 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter and decrease state highway fund expenditures and local revenue by $48,000 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. This bill will have no fiscal impact on county revenue or state, county, and local expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

    The Department of Safety states this bill abolishes fees for non-driver’s picture identification cards. The Department states 40,000 non-driver’s identification cards are issued annually at a fee of $10, totaling $400,000 per year which is deposited in the highway fund (of which 12% is distributed to municipalities per RSA 235:23). The Department states this bill will decrease state highway fund revenue by $400,000 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter and decrease state highway fund expenditures and local revenue by $48,000 in FY 2010 and each year thereafter.