CHAPTER 56
HB 630-FN-LOCAL - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 630-FN-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to the Skyhaven airport transfer plan.
SPONSORS: Rep. Leber, Merr 1; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. McCarty, Hills 38; Rep. Calawa, Hills 17; Sen. F. King, Dist 1; Sen. Gordon, Dist 2
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill extends the reporting date for the Skyhaven transfer plan from November 1, 1998 to November 1, 2002. The bill requires that a transfer be completed by July 1, 2003.
This bill also allows the state treasurer to reallocate existing debts in the Skyhaven hangar sinking fund account. The bill requires certain revenues from Skyhaven airport to be deposited in the Skyhaven airport maintenance and operations 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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99-0254
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to the Skyhaven airport transfer plan.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
56:1 Skyhaven Transfer Plan. Amend 1998, 317:1 to read as follows:
317:1 Skyhaven Airport Transfer Plan.
I. The long range capital planning and utilization committee and the Skyhaven airport operation commission shall develop a plan to transfer the Skyhaven airport to a local public entity. The transfer shall be completed by July 1, 2003. The transfer shall be to an entity that is eligible for federal funding under the Airport Improvement Program and other federal programs, and that will maintain the airport in a satisfactory manner in accordance with federal and state statutes and regulations.
II. The transfer shall include land and buildings, as well as any existing contract obligations and benefits. All income currently collected by the state from the property, such as hangar rentals and contract fees, shall accrue to the new owner, who will be responsible for maintaining and operating the airport; provided, however, that the state shall retain any aircraft hangars to which an outstanding bond obligation may be attributed, and the income from those hangars shall continue to be deposited to the Skyhaven hangar sinking fund account until such time as the bonds are paid, at which time the hangars shall be transferred to the new owner. Until such time as the bonds are paid, the state treasurer shall have the authority to reallocate the debts in the Skyhaven hangar sinking fund account.
III. Skyhaven airport shall be eligible for state grants to match federal grants for the capital improvement program in the same manner as other major airports in the state.
56:2 Extension of Date for Submission of Plan. Amend 1998, 317:3 to read as follows:
317:3 Submission of Plan. The long range capital planning and utilization committee and the Skyhaven airport operation commission shall submit the Skyhaven airport transfer plan to the governor and council, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate by November 1, [1998] 2002.
56:3 Skyhaven Airport Maintenance and Operations Fund; Airport to be Self-funding. Amend RSA 422:49 to read as follows:
422:49 Skyhaven Airport Maintenance and Operations Fund.
I. There is hereby established the Skyhaven airport maintenance and operations fund, which shall be nonlapsing and continually appropriated to the division of aeronautics for the maintenance and operation of Skyhaven airport.
II. Rental revenues from Hangars 2, 3 and 4 at Skyhaven airport which are not required to be deposited in the Skyhaven hangar sinking fund account for bond repayment shall be deposited in this fund. All other revenues from Skyhaven airport rentals, leases, fees, and the sale of goods and services at Skyhaven airport shall be deposited in this fund.
56:4 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 6:12, I(sss), relative to the Skyhaven airport maintenance and operations fund.
II. RSA 422:49, relative to the Skyhaven airport maintenance and operations fund.
56:5 Effective Date.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
II. Sections 1 and 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
III. The remainder of this act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
(Approved: April 17, 2000)
(Effective Date: I. Section 2 takes effect April 17, 2000.
II. Sections 1 and 3 take effect July 1, 2001.
III. Remainder of act takes effect July 1, 2003)
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99-0254
Amended 1/25/00
HB 630 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the Skyhaven airport transfer plan.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Departments of Transportation and Treasury indicate that this bill, as amended by the House, will have an indeterminate fiscal impact on state general fund and restricted revenue and on expenditures in FY 2002 and each year thereafter. The fiscal impact is indeterminable on state, county and local revenue and expenditures after FY 2004.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics states that Skyhaven Airport related revenue and expenditures previously treated as general fund items, beginning in FY 2002, will be deposited/paid from the restricted maintenance and operation fund identified in this bill.
The Department of Treasury further states that this bill provides the Treasurer with the authority to reallocate the debts in the Skyhaven Hangar Sinking Fund Account. The Treasurer determined that the sinking fund could prepay $134,700 of existing debt on July 1, 2002, which would reduce Skyhaven Airport debt service by approximately $23,000 per year.
This bill transfers Skyhaven Airport in FY 2004, to an entity that is eligible for federal funding under the Airport Improvement Program and will maintain the airport in a satisfactory manner in accordance with federal and state statutes and regulations. It is unknown what the state, county or local fiscal impact of this transfer would be.