Bill Text: NH HB1406 | 2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to red list bridges.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-27 - Signed by the Governor on 6/16/2014; Chapter 0126; Effective 8/15/2014 [HB1406 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1406-Amended.html
HB 1406-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2014 SESSION
06/03
HOUSE BILL 1406-FN
AN ACT relative to red list bridges.
SPONSORS: Rep. Campbell, Hills 33; Rep. Graham, Hills 7; Rep. G. Chandler, Carr 1
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
This bill requires the commissioner of transportation to maintain a list of bridges that are structurally deficient or functionally obsolete.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 Fourteen
AN ACT relative to red list bridges.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subdivision; Red List Bridges. Amend RSA 234 by inserting after section 25 the following new subdivision:
234:25-a Red List Bridges.
I. The commissioner of transportation shall establish and maintain a list of bridges that are found, after inspection by the department, to be structurally deficient, which shall be known as red list bridges.
II. Separate red lists shall be established and maintained for state-owned bridges and for bridges owned by municipalities.
III. Both red lists under paragraph II shall specify whether a bridge is structurally deficient. The department of transportation shall number and prioritize all state-owned red list bridges relative to the need for repair or replacement.
IV. Any red list bridge that is closed as a result of a department of transportation recommendation shall remain on the red list along with the date of closure and the reason it was closed. Red list bridges shall be removed from the red list when the department certifies that the bridge has been satisfactorily repaired or replaced, or the department permanently closes any state-owned red list bridge, or when the governing body of the municipality permanently closes any municipally-owned red list bridge.
234:25-b Inspection of Red List Bridges; Report.
I. The department of transportation shall inspect every state-owned bridge on the red list biannually and every municipal bridge annually.
II. The department of transportation shall annually provide a complete list of state-owned and municipally-owned red list bridges to the governor, the executive council, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, and the house and senate standing committees with jurisdiction over highways and bridges. Additionally the department shall annually notify the governing bodies of municipalities of any red list bridges owned by such municipality and any state-owned red list bridge within such municipality. These reports and notifications shall be provided on or before February 1 of each year.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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HB 1406-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to red list bridges.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Transportation states this bill, as introduced, will increase state highway fund expenditures by $134,000 in FY 2015, and by $8,000 in FY 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter. There will be no impact on state revenue, or county and local revenues or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Transportation states this bill modifies the definition of red list bridges to include functionally obsolete as well as structurally deficient bridges, and requires said bridges to be physically identified with a sign. The Department estimates there are currently 145 red list bridges, and an 190 additional functionally obsolete bridges would be added to the red list bridge definition for a total of 335. The Department states the cost to manufacture and install a sign is $200 and assumes each bridge will need two signs for an estimated total highway fund cost of $134,000 in FY 2015 (335 bridges X $200/sign X 2 signs). Additionally, the Department estimates there would be approximately 20 bridges added to this list each year requiring signage, therefore estimating an increase in highway fund costs of $8,000 per fiscal year beginning in FY 2016 (20 bridges X $200/sign X 2 signs).
