CHAPTER 124
SB 339-FN - FINAL VERSION
3/9/00 3562s
2000 SESSION
04/09
SENATE BILL 339-FN
AN ACT relative to conducting a feasibility study of various alternatives to enhance safety at the traffic circle in the city of Portsmouth.
SPONSORS: Sen. Cohen, Dist 24; Sen. McCarley, Dist 6; Rep. Calawa, Hills 17; Rep. Shultis, Rock 33; Rep. M. Fuller Clark, Rock 36; Rep. Blanchard, Rock 33; Rep. Vaughn, Rock 35
This bill requires that the commissioner of the department of transportation, using existing budgetary allocations and resources, conduct a feasibility study of various alternatives to enhance safety at the traffic circle in the city of Portsmouth.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
3/9/00 3562s
00-2762
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to conducting a feasibility study of various alternatives to enhance safety at the traffic circle in the city of Portsmouth.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
124:1 Feasibility Study; Report. The commissioner of the department of transportation shall conduct a feasibility study of various alternatives designed to enhance safety at the traffic circle in the city of Portsmouth. In conducting the study, the commissioner shall use existing budgetary allocations and resources within the department of transportation. The commissioner shall submit a report of all findings, and any recommendations for proposed legislation, to the senate president, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairpersons of the house and senate transportation committees, on or before November 1, 2000.
124:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
(Approved: May 8, 2000)
(Effective Date: May 8, 2000)
LBAO
00-2762
Amended 3/20/00
SB 339 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to conducting a feasibility study of various alternatives to enhance safety at the traffic circle in the city of Portsmouth.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Transportation indicates this bill, as amended by the Senate, will have no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department states that a consultant will be hired for an amount expected to total $150,000. The expenditure for the study, using existing budgeted funds, will impact other highway programs already approved. The Department states that some ten-year plan and betterment projects may be delayed or reprioritized as a result.