Bill Text: NH HB124 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to aircraft registration fees.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: (Passed) 2018-06-18 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/12/2018; Chapter 237; I. Sections 1-5 eff. 1/1/2019; II. Rem. eff. 7/1/2018 [HB124 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB124-Amended.html
HB 124-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2017 SESSION
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03/01
HOUSE BILL 124-FN
AN ACT relative to certain aircraft registration fees and airways tolls.
SPONSORS: Rep. LeBrun, Hills. 32; Rep. R. Ober, Hills. 37; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Seidel, Hills. 28; Rep. J. Schmidt, Hills. 28; Rep. Jack, Hills. 36; Rep. Ferreira, Hills. 28; Sen. Avard, Dist 12
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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This bill requires quarterly reporting by airport owners, modifies registration and operating fees for aircraft, changes the rate of airways tolls, and adjusts the distribution of operating fee revenue.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Feb2018... 2470h 17-0042
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to certain aircraft registration fees and airways tolls.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Reporting by Airport. Amend RSA 422 by inserting after section 20 the following new section:
422:20-a Reporting by Airport. The owner of each airport open for public use shall submit to the department quarterly a list of all aircraft, including the federal registration number for each aircraft, that are based at that airport.
2 Repeal. RSA 422:31, I-II, relative to aircraft registration fees, are repealed.
3 Aircraft Operating Fee. RSA 422:31, III is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
III. An aircraft operating fee for each aircraft for which a state registration certificate is required. The amount of the fee shall be based on the maximum certificated gross weight of the aircraft, as follows:
0-3000 lbs. $100
3001-8000 lbs. $250
8001-12,500 lbs. $2,500
more than 12,500 lbs. $3,500
4 New Section; Reporting by Commissioner. Amend RSA 422 by inserting after section 31 the following new section:
422:31-a Reporting by Commissioner. On or before September 15 of each year, the commissioner shall certify in a report to the governor and the chairpersons of the house and senate standing committees on ways and means the following information: for the fiscal year just ended, the numbers of aircraft registered in each of the weight classes listed in RSA 422:31, III; operating fee revenues received by weight class; the numbers of aircraft by weight class that were based during the fiscal year at each of the airports open for public use; and a summary report showing the total numbers of such registered aircraft by weight class by year beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2017.
5 Airways Toll. Amend RSA 422:34, I-II to read as follows:
I. There is hereby imposed an airways toll of [$.04] $.08 per gallon upon the sale of each gallon of motor fuel or fuel, as defined by RSA 259:58, sold to and used in the propulsion of aircraft. The airways toll shall be subject to the exemptions provided for government sales by RSA 260:32.
II. There is hereby imposed an airways toll of [$.02] $.049 per gallon on the sale of each gallon of aviation jet fuel sold and used in the propulsion of aircraft. All aircraft, however, that are certified to operate under part 121 of the rules and regulations of the Federal Aviation Administration shall pay an airways toll of [$.005] $.027 per gallon on aviation jet fuel sold and used in the propulsion of aircraft.
6 Operating Fee Revenues. Amend RSA 422:36, II to read as follows:
II. Disbursements of revenue from the aircraft operating fee shall be made by the department after collection of such fees provided that [1/4] $250,000 of aircraft operating fee revenues originating at a publicly or privately owned airport shall be available each fiscal year for public use and shall, upon application, be paid over to the aeronautical fund established for that airport and shall be used for aeronautical purposes.
7 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2018.
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Revised 1/17/17
HB 124-FN- FISCAL NOTE
As Introduced
AN ACT repealing certain aircraft registration fees.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2018 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | FY 2021 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease |
Expenditures | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Aeronautical | |||
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Revenue | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease | Indeterminable Decrease |
Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
METHODOLOGY:
This bill repeals all aircraft registration fees collected by the Department of Transportation. Of the total fee revenue, 75% is credited to the general fund and the other 25% is credited to the state aeronautical fund under RSA 422:35. State aeronautical fund revenue is collected and distributed to local public-use airports, some of which are municipally owned, to be used for maintenance, operations, and capital improvements. While the Department is unable to provide estimates of potential future registrations, it has provided the following figures from FY 2016:
Aircraft Registration Fees | FY 2016 |
State General Fund Revenue (75%) | $956,000 |
State Aeronautical Fund (25%) | $291,000 |
Total | $1,247,000 |
In FY 2016, 98% of the Aircraft Operating Fee funds were distributed to municipalities for a total of $285,180 ($291,000 x 98%).
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Transportation
