HB2004: (New Title) relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan and making certain adjustments to turnpike funds.

CHAPTER 262

HB 2004-FN-LOCAL – FINAL VERSION

11Mar2004… 0499h

25May2004… 1676CofC

25May2004… 1704eba

2004 SESSION

04-2353

06/01

HOUSE BILL 2004-FN-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan and making certain adjustments to turnpike funds.

SPONSORS: Rep. E. Smith, Ches 26

COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill:

I. Updates the 10-year transportation improvement plan to maintain highways and bridges in the state.

II. Establishes a committee to study the adequacy of funding for the state’s 10-year transportation plan.

III. Grants authority to the commissioner of transportation to make improvements to the turnpike system required by the 10-year transportation plan.

IV. Changes appropriations for certain projects in the turnpike system.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11Mar2004… 0499h

25May2004… 1676CofC

25May2004… 1704eba

04-2353

06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

AN ACT relative to the state 10-year transportation improvement plan and making certain adjustments to turnpike funds.

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

262:1 State 10-Year Transportation Improvement Plan. Amend RSA 240:1 to read as follows:

240:1 Legislative Intent.

I. The [program] plan is predicated on the report submitted by the governor to the legislature dated [December, 2001] January 20, 2004 and on the “State of New Hampshire Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan 2005-2014 Submitted to the Governor, Pursuant to RSA 228:99 and RSA 240 of the Laws of New Hampshire, by the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Intermodal Transportation (GACIT)” which was adopted by GACIT on December 3, 2003 and is intended to serve as the guideline for transportation projects in the state for the next decade.

II. The general court understands that the revenue projected for the plan period 2005-2014 is inadequate to fund all the projects in the plan. Without additional projects, it is estimated that with revenue increases at $5 million per year, the plan will take approximately 14 years to complete, excluding consideration of inflation on the cost of the projects. In passing this plan, it is the general court’s intent to review the plan every 2 years, pursuant to RSA 228:99 and RSA 240, but not to add projects, except for emergencies, until the funding is adequate to bring the plan within a projected 10-year completion framework.

262:2 Plan. Amend RSA 240:3 to read as follows:

240:3 [Program] Plan. The legislature hereby adopts the [program as submitted by the governor] plan known as the “State of New Hampshire Ten Year Transportation Improvement Plan 2005-2014 Submitted by the House Public Works and Highways Committee as Part of the Legislative Process Pursuant to RSA 228:99 and RSA 240 of the Laws of New Hampshire” and encourages expeditious implementation of the projects shown therein.

262:3 State Transportation Plan Funding Study Committee.

I. There is established a committee to study the adequacy of funding for the state’s 10-year transportation plan to include review and recommendations pertaining to the highway fund and the turnpike fund.

II.(a) The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(1) Seven members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house, as follows:

(A) Three members of the public works and highways committee.

(B) Two members of the finance committee.

(C) One member of the ways and means committee.

(D) One other member.

(2) Four members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

(b) Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

III. The committee shall study the adequacy of funding for the state’s 10-year transportation plan to include review and recommendations pertaining to the highway fund and the turnpike fund.

IV. The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members. The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named house member. The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section. Six members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

V. The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate president, the house clerk, the senate clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before December 1, 2004.

262:4 New Paragraph; Authority Granted; 10-Year Transportation Improvement Plan Projects. Amend RSA 237:2 by inserting after paragraph VIII the following new paragraph:

IX. Make such other and further improvements to the New Hampshire turnpike system as may be required by RSA 240.

262:5 New Hampshire Turnpike System; Funds Provided. Amend RSA 237:7, I to read as follows:

I. The following sums are appropriated for the purpose of carrying out the projects authorized by RSA 237:2:

Projects Amounts

(a) Improvements to the Blue Star memorial highway. $ [43,800,000]

RSA 237:2, I, IX. 55,800,000

(b) Improvements and 2 lane extension of Spaulding 43,200,000

turnpike. RSA 237:2, II.

(c) Improvements to central New Hampshire turnpike[,] . 28,500,000

RSA 237:2, III.

(d) Construction of Dover-Somersworth interchange 2,800,000

number 9 of Spaulding turnpike, including the access

roads into and away from the Weeks traffic circle in the

city of Dover. RSA 237:2, II.

(e) Construction and improvements to the central 126,600,000

New Hampshire turnpike. RSA 237:2, IV.

(f) Improvements to central New Hampshire turnpike. 24,100,000

RSA 237:2, V.

(g) [Repealed.]

(h) Improvements to central New Hampshire turnpike. [280,200,000]

RSA 237:2, VII, IX. 485,200,000

(i) Improvements to the Spaulding turnpike Gosling Road 17,800,000

interchange; RSA 237:2, VI.

(j) Study of exit 10 on Spaulding turnpike[,] . 1,100,000

RSA 237:2 II-a.

(k) Toll collection equipment. RSA 237:2, VIII, IX. [15,000,000]

39,000,000

(l) Construction of exit 10 on the Spaulding turnpike. [3,000,000]

RSA 237:2, II-b, IX. 37,000,000

(m) Construction of a second barrel from exits 12 to 16 on [77,200,000]

the Spaulding Turnpike with related interchange 138,200,000

improvements from exits 11 to 16. RSA 237:2, II-d, IX.

(n) Construction of improvements to the Spaulding 14,250,000

Turnpike/US 4/N.H. 16 north of Gosling Road

intersection in Newington to just south of most

southerly plaza in Dover, including access roads on

and off the highway. RSA 237:2, II-e.

262:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: Enacted in accordance with Article 44, Part II, N.H. Constitution, without signature of Governor, June 17, 2004)

(Effective Date: August 16, 2004)