Bill Text: NH HB650 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to instituting a bus service between Claremont, New Hampshire and Lebanon, New Hampshire.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-29 - Signed by the Governor on 7/28/2014; Chapter 0265; Effective Date 7/1/2014. [HB650 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB650-Amended.html

HB 650-FN-A – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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HOUSE BILL 650-FN-A

AN ACT making an appropriation to start a bus service between Claremont and Lebanon.

SPONSORS: Rep. Cloutier, Sull 10; Rep. Gagnon, Sull 5; Rep. O'Hearne, Sull 3; Rep. Donovan, Sull 4; Rep. A. Schmidt, Sull 1; Rep. Sykes, Graf 13; Rep. A. White, Graf 13; Rep. Harding, Graf 13; Rep. Almy, Graf 13; Sen. Pierce, Dist 5

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill makes an appropriation to the department of transportation for the purpose of starting a bus service between Claremont and Lebanon.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT making an appropriation to start a bus service between Claremont and Lebanon.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Department of Transportation; Bus Service Between Claremont and Lebanon; Appropriation.

I. The sum of $1 is hereby appropriated to the department of transportation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 to be used to institute bus service between Claremont and Lebanon. Such funds shall be expended as a supplement to private and/or federal funding to the community alliance transportation services in Newport. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant out of any sums in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

II. Upon receipt of private funds raised, and of notification of the award of a federal matching grant, the department of transportation may request, with prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court, that the governor and council authorize additional funding up to the sum of $250,000 for the purposes of paragraph I. For funds requested and approved, the governor is authorized to draw a warrant from any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

III. The community alliance transportation services, with the support of the department of transportation, shall actively solicit federal funds and the community alliance transportation services shall actively solicit private matching funds to finance all or part of the proposed start-up costs. If sufficient federal funds are not received by June 30, 2017, any appropriation shall lapse and any private matching funds received for the project plus interest shall be returned to the donating entities..

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.

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HB 650 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT making an appropriation to start a bus service between Claremont and Lebanon.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Transportation states this bill, as introduced, will increase state general fund expenditures by $250,000 in FY 2014, and may increase state revenue by an indeterminable amount in FY 2014 and each year thereafter. There is no fiscal impact on county and local revenue or expenditures.

This bill appropriates $250,000 from the state general fund to the Department of Transportation in FY 2014, to be distributed to Community Alliance Transportation Services in Newport, NH, for the purposes of this act.

METHODOLOGY:

The Department of Transportation states this bill appropriates $250,000 of state general funds, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, to cover the cost of instituting bus service between Claremont and Lebanon. The bill states the Department shall distribute the funds to Community Alliance Transportation Services in Newport, NH. Accordingly, the Department states general fund expenditures will increase by $250,000 in FY 2014.

The bill requires the Department to solicit matching federal and private funds to finance all or part of the start-up costs. This may increase state revenue by an indeterminable amount.

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