SB 371-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
SENATE BILL 371-FN
AN ACT relative to staffing of state police vehicles patrolling highways at night.
SPONSORS: Sen. Trombly, Dist 7
This bill requires that 2 police officers staff each state police vehicle patrolling toll roads, turnpikes, and interstate highways between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
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00-2263
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to staffing of state police vehicles patrolling highways at night.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Minimum Staffing of State Police Vehicles Patrolling Highways at Night. Amend RSA 106-B by inserting after section 18-a the following new section:
106-B:18-b Staffing of Police Vehicles Patrolling Highways at Night. A minimum of 2 police employees shall staff each state police vehicle patrolling turnpikes, toll roads, and interstate highways between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m..
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
00-2263
11/22/99
SB 371-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to staffing of state police vehicles patrolling highways at night.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety determined this bill will increase state highway and turnpike expenditures by $1,298,732 in FY 2000, $1,401,895 in FY 2001, $1,503,263 in FY 2002, by $2,043,742 in FY 2003 and by $1,586,527 in FY 2004. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures or state, county and local revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department stated the Division of State Police has approximately twenty vehicles patrolling turnpikes, toll roads, and interstate highway between the hours of 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The Department has assumed an additional trooper for each of those vehicles, and includes an additional vehicle for use by the new trooper between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.
2/1/00-
6/30/00 FY 2001 FY 2002 FY 2003 FY 2004
Salaries $ 243,360 $ 627,340 $ 699,720 $ 728,620 $ 759,080
Overtime &
Holiday 130,500 314,000 319,000 321,000 323,200
Witness Fee 22,500 54,000 54,000 54,000 54,000
Benefits 122,872 308,555 332,543 342,122 352,247
Vehicles 500,000 - - 500,000 -
Uniforms, Cleaning
& Medical Exp. 149,500 18,000 18,000 18,000 18,000
Vehicle Expense 30,000 70,000 70,000 70,000 70,000
Training &
Materials 100,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
Total $1,298,732 $1,401,895 $1,503,263 $2,043,742 $1,586,527