Revision: Jan. 26, 2009, midnight
SB 136-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2009 SESSION
03/09
SENATE BILL 136-FN
AN ACT relative to the motor vehicle registration fee supporting a municipal and transportation improvement fund.
SPONSORS: Sen. Merrill, Dist 21; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Houde, Dist 5; Rep. Schmidt, Straf 4; Rep. Schlachman, Rock 13
COMMITTEE: Public and Municipal Affairs
This bill increases the maximum amount that may be charged as an optional motor vehicle registration fee supporting a municipal and transportation improvement fund.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0864
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to the motor vehicle registration fee supporting a municipal and transportation improvement fund.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Fee Supporting a Municipal and Transportation Improvement Fund. Amend RSA 261:153, VI(b) to read as follows:
(b) The maximum fee charged under this paragraph shall be [$5] $25. The municipality shall establish the required fee, up to the maximum amount allowable, based on anticipated funding needs for transportation improvements. The additional fee shall be collected from all vehicles, both passenger and commercial, with the exception of all terrain vehicles as defined in RSA 215-A:1, I-b and antique motor vehicles or motorcycles, as defined in RSA 259:4.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
LBAO
09-0864
01/23/09
SB 136-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the motor vehicle registration fee supporting a municipal and transportation improvement fund.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill will increase state highway fund expenditures by less than $10,000 in FY 2010. The New Hampshire Municipal Association states this bill will increase local revenue by an indeterminable amount in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. This bill will have no fiscal impact on state and county revenues or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
This bill increases the maximum amount that may be charged as an optional motor vehicle registration fee supporting a municipal and transportation improvement fund. The New Hampshire Municipal Association states that the proposed legislation increases the maximum amount that can be charged to support a municipal and transportation improvement fund from $5 to $25 for each passenger or commercial vehicle. The Association states the proposed legislation will increase local revenue by an indeterminable amount in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. According to the Association, the increase to local revenues is indeterminable due to the uncertainty of how many towns would actually increase their fees and by how much.
The Department of Safety states this bill will increase state highway fund expenditures by the costs associated with performing the necessary upgrades to their MAAP system to accommodate the proposed legislation. The Department states these costs would be less than $10,000.
This bill does not contain an appropriation