Bill Text - HB211 (2017)

(New Title) relative to temporary OHRV registrations for nonresidents, and OHRV and snowmobile trail connectors.

Revision: May 18, 2017, 12:26 p.m.

HB 211-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

04/20/2017   1303s

2017 SESSION

17-0187

10/01

 

HOUSE BILL 211-FN

 

AN ACT relative to temporary OHRV registrations for nonresidents, and OHRV and snowmobile trail connectors.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11; Rep. Sykes, Graf. 13; Rep. Laware, Sull. 8; Rep. T. Walsh, Merr. 24

 

COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill provides for the continuation of 10-day, nonresident OHRV registrations.  The bill also adds a requirement for certain trail connector use on state rights of way.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/20/2017   1303s 17-0187

10/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to temporary OHRV registrations for nonresidents, and OHRV and snowmobile trail connectors.

 

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

 

1  Repeal; Prospective Repeals of Temporary OHRV Registrations.  2014, 286:4 through 286:6 and 286:7, I, are repealed.

2  Trail Connectors; State Rights-of-Way.  Amend RSA 236:56, II(d) to read as follows:

(d)  Trail Connectors.  

(1) All OHRVs and snowmobiles may be operated within specified trail connectors and pursuant to the provisions of RSA 215-A:9 or RSA 215-C:9. The commissioner of the department of transportation may limit the operation of specified types of OHRVs and snowmobiles when the commissioner feels this is necessary in matters of safety and maintenance of trail corridors or at the suggestion of the chief supervisor of the bureau of trails. Trail connectors, as defined in RSA 215-A:1, in Coos county and in Grafton county shall be exempt from the provisions of RSA 215-A:42 and RSA 215-A:43.

(2)  Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph (1), the requirement in RSA 215-A:43, I(a) shall apply to trail connectors for the use of state highway rights-of-way, outside of the travel lane.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBAO

17-0187

Amended 4/21/17

 

HB 211-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2017-1303s)

 

AN ACT (New Title) relative to temporary OHRV registrations for nonresidents, and OHRV and snowmobile trail connectors.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2018

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

   Expenditures

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Funding Source:

  [    ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [ X ] Other

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill repeals the repeal in Chapter 286, Laws of 2014, of the 10-day temporary nonresident OHRV registrations.  During FY 2017 1,742 10-day nonresident OHRV registrations were sold by the Fish and Game Department (F&G).  Individuals seeking to purchase the aforementioned registration will pay a fee of $40; $24 of which is transferred to the Department of Resources and Economic Development (DRED) and $16 is provided to F&G.  F&G incurs a cost of approximately $3 in materials (i.e., decals and forms) for each registration sold.  The following table includes the Departments' revenue and expenditure estimates:

 

FY 2018*

FY 2019

FY 2020

FY 2021

Estimated Number of 10-Day Nonresident OHRV Registrations to be Sold

348

1,742**

1,742**

1,742**

DRED

Revenue
($24 of every registration fee***)

$8,352

$41,808

$41,808

$41,808

Expenditures

 $0

 $0

 $0

  $0

 

F&G

Revenue
($16 of every registration fee)

$5,568

$27,872

$27,872

$27,872

Expenditures

$1,024

$5,126

$5,126

$5,126

 

Total

Revenue

$13,920

$69,680

$69,680

$69,680

Expenditures

$1,024

$5,126

$5,126

$5,126

Notes: 
* Revenue and expenditures are lower in FY 2018 because this bill only impacts revenue after January 1, 2018, due to the existing repeal date of Chapter 286, Laws of 2014.  A majority of registrations are sold annually between July and October.
** This analysis assumes the total number of OHRV registrations sold in the future will be the same as the number sold in FY 2017.   F&G anticipates the number of 10-day nonresident OHRV registrations issued may increase in the future because the nonmember nonresident annual and 14 month ATV and trail bike registration fees will be increasing effective May 2018.    

*** Revenue transferred to DRED is restricted revenue.  Of the total amount transferred from each registration, $10 is appropriated to the Bureau of Trails for purposes that include publications, trail maintenance and acquisition, land purchases, and OHRV facilities; and $14 is appropriated for the grant-in-aid program.

****Revenue transferred to F&G is restricted revenue.  Of the total amount transferred from each registration, $10 is for purposes that include enforcement of RSA 215-A & C, establishing snowmobile and OHRV training programs, and law enforcement; $1 is deposited into the Search and Rescue fund; and $5 is deposited into the Fish and Game fund.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Resources and Economic Development and the Fish and Game Department