Bill Text - HB1428 (2016)

Making appropriations to the department of environmental services for the purpose of funding eligible and completed drinking water and wastewater projects under the state aid grant program.


Revision: Dec. 14, 2015, midnight

HB 1428-FN-A-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

16-2036

06/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1428-FN-A-LOCAL

 

AN ACT making appropriations to the department of environmental services for the purpose of funding eligible and completed drinking water and wastewater projects under the state aid grant program.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Buco, Carr. 2; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

 

COMMITTEE: Finance

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill makes appropriations to the department of environmental services for funding specific water and wastewater projects.  

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2036

06/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT making appropriations to the department of environmental services for the purpose of funding eligible and completed drinking water and wastewater projects under the state aid grant program.

 

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

 

1  Department of Environmental Services; Appropriation.  The sum of $825,933 is hereby appropriated to the department of environmental services for the biennium ending June 30, 2017 for the purpose of funding the eligible and completed drinking water and wastewater projects under the state aid grant program in section 2 of this act.  The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

2  Department of Environmental Services.  Tier 2 Delayed and Deferred Projects.  Funding Authorized.

FY 2016 FY 2017

Exeter 130-10 Langdon Ave PS Improvements- $19,696 $11,991

Rochester 122-11 WWTP Headworks Upgrade $31,531 $31,815

Portsmouth 106-13 Bartlett Area Sewer Improvements $84,842 $84,102

Portsmouth 106-14 Lincoln Area Sewer Separation - Contract 3A $105,338 $91,598

Hanover 197-04 Water Reclamation Facility Improvements $144,683 $139,368

Littleton D2004-0416 Bishop Street Sanitary Sewer Infrastructure $10,193 $10,193

Littleton D2004-0717 Bronson Street Sanitary Sewer Improvements $13,172 $13,173

Littleton 02008-0807 Grove Street &

                  S. Grove Street Sanitary Sewer Replacement $17,119 $17,119

Total Tier 2 Delayed and Deferred Projects. $426,574 $399,359

Total Appropriation for Biennium Ending June 30, 2017 $825,933

3  Department of Environmental Services; Appropriation.  The sum of $1,637,354 is hereby appropriated to the department of environmental services for the biennium ending June 30, 2017 for the purpose of funding the eligible and completed drinking water and wastewater projects under the state aid grant program in section 4 of this act.  The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

4  Projects with Warrant Article Before December 31, 2008 but Without SAG Application Before July 1, 2013.

FY 2016 FY 2017

Portsmouth D02011.0502 Lincoln Area Sewer Separation

                - Contract 3B $95,449 $95,450

Portsmouth D2011.1101 Cass Street Area Sewer Improvements $52,995 $52,995

Portsmouth 106-12 Rye Line Pump Station $21,907 $21,907

Nashua D2004-0906 Primary Clarifier Rehabilitation $14,983 $14,983

Durham D2010-0213 West End Sewer Improvements $4,712 $4,712

Berlin D02011-0705 Inflow and Infiltration Reduction,

                  Phase 1, Contract 2 $31,077 $31,077

Portsmouth D2013-D102 Lincoln Area Sewer Separation - Contract 83C $67,057 $67,057

Conway Village

Fire District 237-04 Sewerage Improvements Program Phase II $0 $247,655

Lebanon 092-04 & 092-06 WWTF & Energy Evaluation Improvements,

                          Phase II $0 $195,235

Berlin 111-05 & 111-06 Wastewater Treatment Facility

                           Phase 2 Upgrade $234,828 $234,828

Nashua D2012-0202 WWTF Grit System and Dewatering Upgrade $0 $85,206

Nashua D2012-060S Aeration and Secondary Clarifier Upgrade $0 $63,241

Total Projects with Warrant Article Before December 31, 2008

  But Without SAG Application Before July 1, 2013 $523,008 $1,114,346

Total Appropriation for the biennium ending June 30, 2017 $1,637,354

5  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

 

LBAO

16-2036

11/20/15

 

HB 1428-FN-A-LOCAL- FISCAL NOTE

 

AN ACT making appropriations to the department of environmental services for the purpose of funding eligible and completed drinking water and wastewater projects under the state aid grant program.

 

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Environmental Services states this bill, as introduced, will increase state general fund expenditures and local revenue by $2,463,287 in FY 2017, $1,509,422 in FY 2018, $1,501,864 in FY 2019 and $1,496,746 in FY 2020.  There will be no fiscal impact on state or county revenue or on county or local expenditures.

 

This bill appropriates $2,463,287 for the biennium ending June 30, 2017 to the Department of Environmental Services for the purpose of this bill.

 

METHODOLOGY:

The Department of Environmental Services states this bill makes appropriations to the Department for the purpose of funding eligible and completed drinking water and wastewater projects under the state aid grant program.  The Department assumes the bill will not pass until later in FY 2016 and the payments identified in the bill for FY 2016 will be paid in FY 2017 along with the FY 2017 payments.  The Department estimates the following annual expenditures assuming a 20-year payback period on the debt and the current State Revolving Loan interest rate of 3.168%.  The Department states the actual payback amounts and interest rates will vary with each application and state expenditures will continue to the end of the payback period.

 

 

FY 2016

FY 2017

FY 2018

FY 2018

FY 2020

Tier 2 delayed and deferred projects listed in section 2 of the bill.

$0

$825,933

$395,076

$387,516

$382,398

Projects listed in section 4 of the bill with a warrant article before 12/31/2008, but without a state aid grant application before 07/01/2013.

$0

$1,637,354

$1,114,346

$1,114,348

$1,114,348

Totals:

$0

$2,463,287

$1,509,422

$1,501,864

$1,496,746