CHAPTER 283
HB 417-FN-A - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
05/02
HOUSE BILL 417-FN-A
AN ACT authorizing the department of transportation to engage an architectural firm to design an office complex and develop bid specifications for the conversion of the Walker building at New Hampshire hospital; making a bonded appropriation for the cost of the Walker building project and providing a funding option for the state treasurer regarding funding the project; and extending the lapse date of the appropriation for the Plaistow district court design.
SPONSORS: Rep. Calawa, Hills 17; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36; Rep. Whittemore, Merr 13; Sen. Larsen, Dist 15
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
This bill:
I. Authorizes the department of transportation to engage an architectural firm to design an office complex and develop bid specifications for the conversion of the Walker building at New Hampshire hospital.
II. Makes a bonded appropriation for the cost of the Walker building project, and provides a funding option for the state treasurer regarding funding the project.
III. Extends the lapse date of the appropriation for the Plaistow district court design.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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99-0225
05/02
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT authorizing the department of transportation to engage an architectural firm to design an office complex and develop bid specifications for the conversion of the Walker building at New Hampshire hospital; making a bonded appropriation for the cost of the Walker building project and providing a funding option for the state treasurer regarding funding the project; and extending the lapse date of the appropriation for the Plaistow district court design.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
283:1 New Hampshire Hospital; Walker Building. To provide for the design, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the New Hampshire Hospital Walker building, the department of administrative services, in conjunction with the department of transportation, shall engage an architectural firm to design an energy efficient office complex and develop bid specifications for the conversion of the Walker building, including a parking plan.
283:2 Appropriation; Bonds Authorized.
I. The sum not to exceed $12,600,000 is hereby appropriated to the department of administrative services for the purpose of the design, rehabilitation, and reconstruction of the Walker building at New Hampshire hospital authorized in section 1 of this act.
II. To provide funds for the appropriation made in paragraph I, the state treasurer is hereby authorized to borrow upon the credit of the state not exceeding the sum of $12,600,000 and for said purpose may issue bonds and notes in the name of and on behalf of the state of New Hampshire in accordance with RSA 6-A. Payments of principal and interest on the bonds and notes shall be made from rents to be paid by non-general-fund agencies occupying the Walker building. The bonds shall be 20-year bonds.
283:3 Expenditures. The appropriations made for the program outlined in section 1 for this project shall be expended by the commissioner of administrative services, provided that all contracts and project plans and specifications therefore shall be awarded in accordance with the provisions of RSA 228. The department of administrative services shall have responsibility for the administration of the Walker building, including the determination of appropriate rents to be paid by an agency occupying the Walker building.
283:4 Plaistow District Court Design; Lapse Date Extended to 2001. Amend 1998, 226:4 to read as follows:
226:4 Lapse Date Extended; Plaistow District Court; Department of Administrative Services. The appropriation made to the department of administrative services, division of plant and property management, bureau of court facilities, for the Plaistow district court design in 1993, 359:1, II, B, 2 as extended by 1994, 171:1 and as extended by 1996, 257:5 shall not lapse until June 30, [2000] 2001.
283:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: June 21, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 21, 2000)
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99-0225
Amended 4/21/00
HB 417 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the rehabilitation of the Walker building at New Hampshire hospital and making an appropriation therefor.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Transportation indicates that this bill, as amended by the House, will increase state revenues and expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2002 and each year thereafter. There is no fiscal impact to county and local revenues or expenditures.
This bill increases non-general fund bonded indebtedness by $12,600,000.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department states that the contractor/developer will fund the full construction cost of the project through the completion date, estimated to be in FY 2002. At that time, repayment of the contractor by the State would begin from rents charged to occupying agencies that would have otherwise been paid to private landlords. Additional annual building maintenance costs will also be a component of the rent charged the occupying agencies. Without knowing the current rental rates in the operating budgets of the occupying agencies, the Department is unable to determine the fiscal impact resulting from this project.
The Treasury Department states that non-general funded agencies will support the entire project's debt service. The projected debt service costs, assuming bonding at the maximum $12,600,000 stated in this bill, are expected to begin in FY 2003 and total between $800,000 and $1,300,000 per year for the 20-year life of the bonds.