Bill Text: NH HB124 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Repealing certain aircraft registration fees.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-10-27 - Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2017-2470h (NT) for 01/03/2018 (Vote 22-1; Consent Calendar) [HB124 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2017-HB124-Introduced.html

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HB 124-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0042

03/01

 

HOUSE BILL 124-FN

 

AN ACT repealing certain aircraft registration fees.

 

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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ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals certain aircraft registration fees and service fees collected by the department of transportation.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0042

03/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT repealing certain aircraft registration fees.

 

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

 

1  Repeal.  The following are repealed:

I.  RSA 422:31, I-VI, relative to aircraft registration and service fees.

II.  RSA 422:33, relative to registration transfer credits.

III.  RSA 450:4, relative to lien for nonpayment of aircraft registration fees.

IV.  RSA 454-C:1, I(c), relative to aircraft registration fee liens.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.

 

LBAO

17-0042

11/15/16

 

HB 124-FN- FISCAL NOTE

As Introduced

 

AN ACT repealing certain aircraft registration fees.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [ X ] Local              [    ] None

	Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
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
LOCAL:
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:

	FY 2016
State General Fund Revenue	$956,000
State Aeronautical Fund Expenditures	$291,000
Local Revenue	$285,180

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Transportation