HB 1245 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1245
AN ACT relative to notice of railroad construction projects.
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
This bill requires the department of transportation to provide written notice of railroad construction projects to appropriate county, municipal, and school district officials at least 30 days prior to construction.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2519
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to notice of railroad construction projects.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Transportation; Railroads; Rebuilding, Modernization, and Maintenance of Rail Properties; Advance Notice Required. Amend the section heading and the introductory paragraph of RSA 228:66 to read as follows:
228:66 Rebuilding, Modernization, and Maintenance of Rail Properties; Notice Required. The commissioner is authorized to contract for the rebuilding of any rail properties, either publicly or privately owned. The commissioner is further authorized to spend any sums appropriated for such purpose as well as any other available funds for the modernization and rebuilding of any rail properties. The commissioner is also authorized to do such maintenance on any rail properties as appears necessary in the public interest. The commissioner shall provide written notice of any rebuilding, modernization, or maintenance project to appropriate county, municipal, and school district officials at least 30 days prior to such construction. All state or federal funds appropriated for privately owned rail lines shall be expended only if the following procedures and conditions are fulfilled and incorporated into binding agreements executed by and among the state, the owner of the affected rail line, and the shippers or users who utilize said lines and who participate in the performance of the following:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.