Revision: March 27, 2017, 8:05 a.m.
SB 38-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/23/2017 0897s
2017 SESSION
17-0130
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SENATE BILL 38-FN
SPONSORS: Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17; Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Giuda, Dist 2; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15
COMMITTEE: Finance
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This bill makes an appropriation to the department of transportation for local highway aid and municipal 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Purpose Statement. The general court recognizes that there is a need to provide targeted funding for local infrastructure projects. Therefore, it is the intent of this act to designate certain surplus funds in the 2016-2017 biennial budget for the provision of grants to fund local infrastructure projects in accordance with the purposes and provisions of this act.
2 Department of Transportation; Appropriation.
I. There is hereby appropriated to the department of transportation the sum of $36,800,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017, which shall be nonlapsing and expended pursuant to paragraph II. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
II. The sum appropriated in paragraph I shall be allocated as follows:
(a) $30,000,000 shall be expended for additional “Apportionment A” distributions under RSA 235:23, I.
(b) $6,800,000 shall be expended for state bridge aid for municipal bridges under RSA 234.
III. No funds appropriated in paragraph I shall be used for supplanting locally budgeted and approved funds for road or bridge maintenance or construction.
IV. All recipients of such funds shall report to the department of transportation the projects funded or partially funded through such appropriations. The commissioner of the department of transportation shall compile and submit an interim list of all such projects to the governor, the president of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives by July 1, 2018. The commissioner shall compile and submit a final list of all such projects by July 1, 2019.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
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SB 38-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2018 through 2021.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Treasury Department