Bill Text: NH HB650 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Making an appropriation to start a bus service between Claremont and Lebanon.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-11-18 - Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2013-0294h for Jan 8 (Vote 13-5; Regular Calendar) [HB650 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2013-HB650-Introduced.html

HB 650-FN-A – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0591

06/10

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0591.1

06/10

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 Appropriation. The sum of $250,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014 is hereby appropriated to the department of transportation for instituting bus service between Claremont and Lebanon to be expended as follows: $250,000 to the community alliance transportation services in Newport. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sums out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The department of transportation shall actively solicit matching federal and private funds to finance all or part of the proposed start-up costs. If sufficient matching federal funds are not received by June 30, 2017, the appropriation shall lapse and any private funds accepted for the project plus interest accrued on such funds shall be returned to the donating entities.

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

LBAO

13-0591

Revised 02/07/13

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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