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2024 SESSION
24-3066.0
11/08
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT establishing noise barrier programs and making an appropriation therefor.
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes 2 noise barrier programs and the noise barrier construction fund, and makes appropriation to the 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3066.0
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT establishing noise barrier programs and making an appropriation therefor.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Noise Barrier Programs. Amend RSA 228 by inserting after section 15 the following new subdivision:
Noise Barrier Programs
228:15-a Programs Established.
I. The commissioner shall establish 2 programs, as follows, for the construction of noise barriers on existing highways where no improvements are programmed, and where long-term highway noise issues are not associated with recent highway projects:
(a) A program using available federal highway money for 80 percent of the cost of the barrier.
(b) A state matching grant program using general fund money for 80 percent of the cost of the barrier.
II. In order to be eligible to participate in either program, any municipality requesting a noise barrier shall be required to fund 20 percent of the cost of the barrier.
III. Municipalities shall be eligible for the state matching grant program without meeting a cost per receptor threshold.
IV. The department shall commence construction of such barriers within 90 days of receipt of confirmation from a municipality that its 20 percent share is committed to the cost of the project, federal or state matching funds are available, and all other program requirements have been satisfied on a first-come-first-served basis.
228:15-b Fund Established.
I. There is hereby established a fund to be known as the noise barrier construction fund. The fund shall consist of moneys collected under paragraph II. The fund shall be managed by the state treasurer, shall be nonlapsing, and shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of this subdivision.
II. The program established under RSA 228:15-a shall be funded from funds from the meals and room tax imposed under RSA 78-A, as generated by the revenue from the welcome and information centers on I-93 in Hooksett. Such money shall be deposited on a monthly basis to the fund established in paragraph I to fund the 80 percent state matching grant under RSA 228:15-b.
2 Department of Transportation; Appropriation; Noise Barrier Construction Fund. The sum of $1 is hereby appropriated to the department of transportation for the noise barrier construction fund established in RSA 228:115-b. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
3 New Subparagraph; State Treasurer; Application of Receipts. Amend RSA 6:12, I(b) by inserting after subparagraph (394) the following new subparagraph:
(395) Moneys deposited in the noise barrier construction fund, established under RSA 228:15-b.