HB 1586-FN-A-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
09/01
HOUSE BILL 1586-FN-A-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to public highway safety grants and making an appropriation therefor.
SPONSORS: Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. Francoeur, Rock 22; Rep. Bradley, Carr 8
This bill establishes a public highway safety grant program for certain municipalities and makes an appropriation from the highway fund for payment of the grants.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2557
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to public highway safety grants and making an appropriation therefor.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Public Highway Safety Grants. Amend RSA 31-A by inserting after section 6 the following new subdivision:
31-A:7 Public Highway Safety Grants.
I. In order to prevent the degradation of highway maintenance resulting from a drain on the local tax base used for the education property tax imposed under RSA 76:3, there is hereby established the public highway safety grant program.
II. Beginning in fiscal year 2001, if a town, city, or place makes an excess education property tax payment under RSA 198:46, I to the department of revenue administration, the town, city, or place shall receive a special public highway safety grant on July 1 of each year based on the lesser of:
(a) $400,000;
(b) The local population multiplied by $300; or
(c) The amount of the excess property tax paid to the state.
III. The public highway safety grant shall be paid to the town, city, or place by the state treasurer and shall be a charge on the highway fund. The grant funds shall be used by the town, city, or place for the public highways as directed by part 2, article 6-a of the New Hampshire Constitution.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2000.
LBAO
00-2557
12/17/99
HB 1586-FN-A-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to public highway safety grants and making an appropriation therefor.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.