HB1468 (2024) Detail

Directing the department of transportation to develop a Conway Branch rail line master plan.


CHAPTER 137

HB 1468-FN-A - FINAL VERSION

 

22Feb2024... 0530h

2024 SESSION

24-2794

11/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1468-FN-A

 

AN ACT directing the department of transportation to develop a Conway Branch rail line master plan.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Jonathan Smith, Carr. 5; Rep. McConkey, Carr. 8; Rep. Cordelli, Carr. 7; Rep. Avellani, Carr. 4

 

COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill directs the department of transportation to meet with other state and local entities to form a plan for the best use of the Conway Branch rail corridor.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22Feb2024... 0530h 24-2794

11/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT directing the department of transportation to develop a Conway Branch rail line master plan.

 

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

 

137:1  Conway Branch Planning Group.  The department of transportation, bureau of rail and transit, and the bureau of trails shall jointly meet, in consultation with the executive councilor from district 1, a member of the house public works highway committee, a member of the senate capital budget committee, a selectman or their appointed agents from the towns of Ossipee and Madison, and a representative from the New Hampshire Northcoast railroad, to formulate a plan for the best public use of a portion of the so-called "Conway Branch" between rail crossing in Center Ossipee/Moultonville Road to the rail crossing at Route 113 in Madison and to explore the feasibility of snowmobiling, walking, and biking on the existing rail corridor. The rail division shall explore the costs and income related to the removal of the rail and ties where necessary to provide a level and safe surface for recreational activity on the existing trackbed.  The group shall explore funding any trail improvements from private donations, grants and/or from the sale of the existing steel rails.  The 2 bureaus shall meet with this working group no less than 3 times before December 30, 2024, and issue their joint findings and recommendations to the public on or before January 2, 2025, with copies to the governor and executive council, the speaker of the house, the president of the senate, and the towns of Ossipee and Madison.

137:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.

 

Approved: July 03, 2024

Effective Date: July 01, 2024

 

 

Amendments

Date Amendment
Feb. 14, 2024 2024-0530h

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Date Body Type
Feb. 7, 2024 House Hearing
Feb. 7, 2024 House Exec Session
Feb. 7, 2024 House Floor Vote
March 19, 2024 House Exec Session
March 26, 2024 House Floor Vote
April 30, 2024 Senate Hearing
May 16, 2024 Senate Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB1468 Revision: 45463 Date: July 9, 2024, 1:20 p.m.
HB1468 Revision: 42141 Date: May 16, 2024, 1:48 p.m.
HB1468 Revision: 41024 Date: March 1, 2024, 8:36 a.m.
HB1468 Revision: 40870 Date: Feb. 14, 2024, 11:54 a.m.
HB1468 Revision: 40053 Date: Dec. 11, 2023, 8:37 a.m.
HB1468 Revision: 44934 Date: Oct. 19, 2023, 11:53 a.m.

Docket


July 22, 2024: Signed by Governor Sununu 07/03/2024; Chapter 137; eff. 07/01/2024


June 19, 2024: Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024


June 19, 2024: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18


May 9, 2024: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2024; SJ 12


May 8, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/16/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19


April 24, 2024: Hearing: 04/30/2024, Room 101, LOB, 01:30 pm; SC 17


April 16, 2024: Introduced 04/11/2024 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 10


April 11, 2024: Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/11/2024 HJ 11 P. 46


March 26, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass 03/26/2024 (Vote 23-2; RC) HC 14 P. 11


March 13, 2024: Executive Session: 03/19/2024 10:00 am LOB 210-211


Feb. 28, 2024: Division Work Session: 03/05/2024 02:40 pm LOB 209


Feb. 22, 2024: Referred to Finance 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 126


Feb. 22, 2024: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-0530h: MA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 126


Feb. 22, 2024: Amendment # 2024-0530h: AA VV 02/22/2024 HJ 6 P. 126


Feb. 14, 2024: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2024-0530h 02/07/2024 (Vote 19-0; RC)


Jan. 29, 2024: Executive Session: 02/07/2024 02:40 pm LOB 201


Jan. 29, 2024: Public Hearing: 02/07/2024 01:15 pm LOB 201


Dec. 11, 2023: Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Public Works and Highways HJ 1 P. 21