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NH SB152
Bill
Status
1/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Denise Ricciardi
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AI Summary
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Authorizes the Department of Transportation commissioner to sell up to $10,000,000 per year in turnpike toll credits to fund noise barrier construction projects along highways
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Creates a new restricted "Noise Barrier Construction Fund" where toll credit sale proceeds would be deposited as nonlapsing, continually appropriated funds
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Requires sufficient turnpike toll credits exist to cover state matching funds for federal apportionments over a 5-year period before any sales can occur
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All toll credit sales and fund expenditures require approval from both the fiscal committee of the general court and the joint legislative capital project overview committee
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Effective date of July 1, 2025, though fiscal impact is indeterminable as no federal authority or marketplace currently exists for selling turnpike toll credits
Legislative Description
Authorizing the sale of toll credits to fund a newly established noise barrier construction fund for the design and construction of noise barrier projects.
Last Action
Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 01/07/2026; Senate Journal 1
1/7/2026