HB 181-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0163
06/08
HOUSE BILL181-FN-A
AN ACTrelative to making the state responsible for maintaining Opticom systems for fire and emergency on state roads and making an appropriation therefor.
SPONSORS:Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15
COMMITTEE:Public Works and Highways
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ANALYSIS
This bill expands the department of transportation's responsibility to include the maintenance of traffic signal preemption technology and makes an appropriation therefor.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0163
06/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACTrelative to making the state responsible for maintaining Opticom systems for fire and emergency on state roads and making an appropriation therefor.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Division of Operations and Traffic Signal Preemption Technology Maintenance. Amend RSA 21-L:10, II to read as follows:
II. Maintenance of department equipment and traffic signal preemption technology systems used for emergency vehicles, including the Opticom traffic control system.
2 Appropriation; Department of Transportation.
I. The sum of $1 is hereby appropriated to the department of transportation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, which shall be nonlapsing and expended for the purposes of funding maintenance of the traffic signal preemption technology systems used for emergency vehicles. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
II. The department of transportation shall include in its biennial budget request under RSA 9:4 funding for any administrative costs related to the maintenance of the traffic signal preemption technology systems used for emergency vehicles.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
LBA
25-0163
12/9/24
HB 181-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACTrelative to making the state responsible for maintaining Opticom systems for fire and emergency on state roads and making an appropriation therefor.
FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not provide funding, nor does it authorize new positions.
Estimated State Impact
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
Revenue Fund(s) None
Expenditures* $0 $419,000 $313,000 $257,000
Funding Source(s) Highway Fund
Appropriations* $0 $0 $1 $0
Funding Source(s) General Fund
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
Estimated State Impact
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
Revenue Fund(s)
None
Expenditures*
$0
$419,000
$313,000
$257,000
Funding Source(s)
Highway Fund
Appropriations*
$0
$0
$1
$0
Funding Source(s)
General Fund
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
METHODOLOGY:
This bill states that the Department of Transportation shall become responsible for the maintenance of traffic signal preemptions systems for emergency vehicles effective July 1, 2025. The Department has provided the following assumptions for the proposed maintenance program and estimated costs:
The following is a summary of this bill's estimated costs:
Description FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
Initial restoration of systems $60,000 $60,000 $0
Annual repair/replacement equipment costs $100,000 $100,000 $100,000
Additional staff (2 technicians, salary & benefits) $144,000 $152,000 $156,000
Additional vehicle ($110,000 in FY 2026), equipment and other crew costs $115,000 $1,000 $1,000
Totals $419,000 $313,000 $257,000
Description
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
Initial restoration of systems
$60,000
$60,000
$0
Annual repair/replacement equipment costs
$100,000
$100,000
$100,000
Additional staff (2 technicians, salary & benefits)
$144,000
$152,000
$156,000
Additional vehicle ($110,000 in FY 2026), equipment and other crew costs
$115,000
$1,000
$1,000
Totals
$419,000
$313,000
$257,000
It should be noted this bill provides only $1 in funding and no authorization for new positions. The requirement in this bill for the Department to include funding for administrative costs related to the maintenance of the traffic signal preemption technology systems used for emergency vehicles would not apply until the FY 2028 – FY 2029 biennium, since the agency budget requests for the FY 2026 – FY 2027 biennium were published October 1, 2024.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Transportation