Bill Text: NH SB401 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Making appropriations to the department of transportation for local highway aid and to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund, and permitting the department of transportation to operate dash cameras in fleet vehicles.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2022-06-27 - Enrolled (in recess of) 05/26/2022 House Journal 14 [SB401 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-SB401-Amended.html
SB 401-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
03/17/2022 1062s
03/31/2022 1269s
03/31/2022 1293s
4May2022... 1844h
4May2022... 1927h
2022 SESSION
22-2934
05/10
SENATE BILL 401-FN
SPONSORS: Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Hennessey, Dist 1; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Sherman, Dist 24; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Cavanaugh, Dist 16; Sen. Kahn, Dist 10; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Rep. Umberger, Carr. 2; Rep. Wallner, Merr. 10; Rep. Tucker, Coos 5
COMMITTEE: Health and Human Services
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill:
I. Makes appropriations to the department of transportation for state bridge aid and municipal bridge aid.
II. Makes an appropriation to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund.
III. Permits the department of transportation to operate dash cameras in fleet vehicles.
IV. Authorizes the department of transportation to proceed with the Dixville-Colebrook road project if certain criteria are met and make an appropriation to the department of transportation for this purpose.
V. Specifies the duration of unemployment benefits based on the state's average unemployment rate.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/17/2022 1062s
03/31/2022 1269s
03/31/2022 1293s
4May2022... 1844h
4May2022... 1927h 22-2934
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Department of Transportation; Municipal Bridges; Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated to the department of transportation the sum of $36,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, which shall be nonlapsing and expended for municipal bridges by municipalities with existing bridges. One half of the funds ($18,000,000) shall be distributed to municipalities with municipally-owned bridges based on each municipality’s total bridge deck area per department inventory, as of January 1, 2022. The other half of the funds ($18,000,000) shall be distributed to municipalities with municipally-owned bridges based on each municipality’s share of total state population based on the office of planning and development’s population estimate with each municipal population in proportion to the total population of the state as of July 1, 2021. The funds to be distributed under this section shall be in addition to all other state and federal aid specifically authorized by statute. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. No funds appropriated under this section shall be used to supplant locally budgeted and approved funds for bridge maintenance or construction. The funds appropriated in this section may be considered unanticipated money under RSA 31:95-b and may be accepted and expended pursuant to RSA 31:95-b, II through IV, whether or not a political subdivision has adopted the provisions of RSA 31:95-b.
2 Department of Transportation; "Apportionment A" Distributions; Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated to the department of transportation the sum of $30,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, which shall be nonlapsing and expended as additional “Apportionment A” distributions under RSA 235:23, I. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. No funds appropriated under this section shall be used to supplant locally budgeted and approved funds for road maintenance or construction. The funds appropriated in this section may be considered unanticipated money under RSA 31:95-b and may be accepted and expended pursuant to RSA 31:95-b, II through IV, whether or not a political subdivision has adopted the provisions of RSA 31:95-b.
3 Body-Worn and Dashboard Camera Fund; Appropriation. The sum of $1,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, is hereby appropriated to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund established in RSA 105-D:3. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The funds appropriated in this section may be considered unanticipated money though fiscal year 2023, under RSA 31:95-b, and may be accepted and expended pursuant to RSA 31:95-b, II through IV, whether or not a political subdivision has adopted the provisions of RSA 31:95-b.
4 New Subparagraph; Highway Surveillance Prohibited; Exception for Dash Cameras in Fleet Vehicles. Amend RSA 236:130, III by inserting after subparagraph (g) the following new subparagraph:
(h) Is undertaken for safety and security by the department of transportation to operate dash cameras in its fleet. Except as otherwise provided, no video recording shall be stored longer than 3 business days. Any video recordings requested by the department of transportation or another legal entity, and retrieved prior to expiration of the 3 business days, shall be copied and retained by the department of transportation's transportation management center. The stored recording may only be used by the requesting party for a lawful purpose, including as evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding.
5 Department of Transportation; Dixville-Colebrook Road Project. The department of transportation is authorized to proceed with the road project named Dixville-Colebrook, project number 40518, subject to the following contingencies:
I. The department of transportation shall not commence construction on project number 40518 until such time as all approvals necessary for the road project are received and financing is secured.
II. Financing must be sufficient for the redevelopment of the resort facility and property formerly known as "the balsams grand resort hotel" and for the commencement of commercial operations at the former resort facility.
III. Prior to construction of project number 40518, the towns and/or county shall execute an agreement with the department, agreeing to take ownership of the road with responsibility for continuing maintenance and repairs.
IV. Construction costs and other project costs associated with project number 40518 shall not exceed $4,100,000. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for the necessary sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for construction costs and other project expenses. The appropriation shall be non-lapsing. Project costs shall not be charged to the highway fund.
6 New Paragraph; Unemployment Compensation; Weekly Benefit Amount. Amend RSA 282-A:25 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV.(a) Notwithstanding RSA 4:45 and the maximum benefit amounts in paragraph I, for unemployment compensation claims submitted during a calendar year, the duration of benefits under this chapter shall be limited to 16 weeks, if the state’s average unemployment rate is at or below 3 percent, plus one additional week for each 0.5 percent increment in the state’s average unemployment rate above 3 percent, up to a maximum of 26 weeks if the state’s average unemployment rate exceeds 8 percent.
(b) In this paragraph, "state average unemployment rate” shall mean the average of the 3 months for the most recent fourth calendar year quarter of the seasonally adjusted total unemployment rates as determined and benchmarked by the department of labor.
I. Section 6 of this act shall take effect 120 days after its passage.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
22-2934
Amended 4/7/22
SB 401-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENTS #2022-1269s and #2022-1293s)
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
Appropriation | $67,000,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ X ] Highway [ X ] Other - Body-Worn and Dashboard Camera Fund | |||
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COUNTY: |
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Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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LOCAL: |
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Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
METHODOLOGY:
This bill makes three general fund appropriations in FY 2022:
- $36,000,000 to the Department of Transportation for the purpose of providing state aid for municipal bridges under RSA 234 (state aid bridge program). This appropriation is nonlapsing and assumed to be expended over a three year period beginning in FY 2024, depending on municipality readiness and matching fund availability.
- $30,000,000 to the Department of Transportation for the purpose of distributing additional "Apportionment A" (highway block grant) aid to municipalities. This appropriation is nonlapsing and assumed to be expended in FY 2023.
- $1,000,000 to the body-worn and dashboard camera fund administered by the Department of Safety, to provide grants to county and local law enforcement agencies. It is indeterminable how much may be distributed to counties versus local law enforcement agencies, or in which fiscal year(s) the distributions would occur.
This bill also allows for the Department of Transportation to operate dash cameras in its fleet. The Department expects in FY 2023 it would expend $2,500 to equip five service patrol vehicles with a camera. At this time, the Department has no strategy to outfit other vehicles in future years.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Transportation
