CHAPTER 15
SB 178 -FN-A - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
SENATE BILL 178-FN-A
AN ACT relative to appropriations to the port authority for dredging projects.
SPONSORS: Sen. Cohen, Dist 24; Rep. Cox, Rock 24
This bill makes certain money appropriated to the New Hampshire port authority available for dredging projects including associated mitigation, a hydrodynamic study of Hampton and Seabrook, and renovation of any commercial fish piers that may be transferred to the port authority.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
4/1/99 0538s
5jan00.....2191h
99-0956
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to appropriations to the port authority for dredging projects.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
15:1 1991 Appropriation; Port Authority; Dredging Projects Added. Amend 1991, 351:5, as amended by 1992, 260:20 and 1994, 204:1 to read as follows:
351:5 Appropriation; Port Authority. The expansion of the Port of Portsmouth funded in this section shall include an 11-acre expansion of the north yard of the port, [and] the construction of a 750-foot pier, dredging projects including associated mitigation to maintain channels and harbor, a hydrodynamic study of Hampton and Seabrook, and renovation of any commercial fish piers that may be transferred to the port authority. The sums hereinafter detailed are hereby appropriated for the project specified:
A. Port of Portsmouth Expansion $18,300,000
Total state appropriation section 5 $18,300,000
(The funds appropriated in subparagraph A for the Port of Portsmouth expansion shall not be expended, encumbered, or obligated in any way unless an action plan, which shall include construction documents, prepared by the New Hampshire Port Authority shall be approved by the capital budget overview committee, the fiscal committee, and the governor and council. $1,500,000 of the total amount appropriated herein is hereby released for the purpose of final design and bid documents. $1,800,000 of the total amount appropriated is designated for wetland mitigation. $400,000 of the total amount appropriated is designated for the Hampton-Seabrook hydrodynamic study. The remaining [$15,000,000] $14,600,000 is designated for construction, renovation and dredging projects including associated mitigation. This appropriation shall be nonlapsing until the project is completed. The New Hampshire Port Authority shall not encumber, obligate, or expend any funds from this appropriation for renovation or dredging projects without the prior approval of the capital budget overview committee. The total amount that may be expended for renovation and dredging projects including associated mitigation shall not exceed a total of $1,000,000.)
15:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: February 18, 2000)
(Effective Date: February 18, 2000)
LBAO
99-0956.0
Amended 1/12/00
SB 178 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to appropriations to the port authority for dredging projects.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The N.H. Port Authority stated this bill, as amended by the House, will have no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Authority states this bill expands the purpose for which a 1991 Port of Portsmouth Expansion Project authorization may be expended. Of the total non-lapsing $18,300,000 authorization, approximately $13,960,000 is still available. The language in this bill designates $400,000 for the Hampton-Seabrook hydrodynamic study, and allows up to $1,000,000 to be expended for renovation and dredging projects including mitigation. Expenditures for renovation and dredging projects will require prior approval of the Capital Budget Overview Committee.