SB 240-FN-A - AS INTRODUCED
2025 SESSION
25-0370
09/08
SENATE BILL240-FN-A
AN ACTmaking an appropriation to the department of environmental services for eligible water projects.
SPONSORS:Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Gannon, Dist 23; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Innis, Dist 7; Sen. Rochefort, Dist 1; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Reardon, Dist 15; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Long, Dist 20; Rep. Buco, Carr. 1; Rep. D. Paige, Carr. 1
COMMITTEE:Finance
-----------------------------------------------------------------
ANALYSIS
This bill makes an appropriation to the department of environmental services for the purpose of making payments to communities for projects for new awards and for making payments for projects that have previously been awarded state aid grant funding for eligible and completed wastewater infrastructure projects.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
25-0370
09/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five
AN ACTmaking an appropriation to the department of environmental services for eligible water projects.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
?1 Department of Environmental Services; Appropriation. There is hereby appropriated to the department of environmental services the sum of $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and the sum of $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, which shall be non-lapsing, for the purpose of making payments to communities for projects for new awards and for making payments for projects that have previously been awarded state aid grant funding for eligible and completed wastewater infrastructure projects in the maintenance budget per RSA 486 as approved by the governor and executive council. Any remaining funds not used for making payments on existing grants may be used to award new grants.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
LBA
25-0370
12/18/24
SB 240-FN-A- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACTmaking an appropriation to the department of environmental services for eligible water projects.
FISCAL IMPACT: This bill does not 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 Indeterminable Increase Indeterminable Increase Indeterminable Increase
Funding Source(s) General Fund
Appropriations* $0 $15,000,000 $15,000,000 $0
Funding Source(s) General Fund
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
Estimated Political Subdivision Impact
FY 2025 FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028
County Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
County Expenditures $0 $0 $0 $0
Local Revenue $0 Indeterminable Increase Indeterminable Increase Indeterminable Increase
Local Expenditures $0 Indeterminable Increase Indeterminable Increase Indeterminable Increase
Estimated State Impact
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
Revenue Fund(s)
None
Expenditures*
$0
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Funding Source(s)
General Fund
Appropriations*
$0
$15,000,000
$15,000,000
$0
Funding Source(s)
General Fund
*Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill
Estimated Political Subdivision Impact
FY 2025
FY 2026
FY 2027
FY 2028
County Revenue
$0
$0
$0
$0
County Expenditures
$0
$0
$0
$0
Local Revenue
$0
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Local Expenditures
$0
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
Indeterminable Increase
METHODOLOGY:
This bill makes nonlapsing appropriations of $15,000,000 in FY 2026 and $15,000,000 in FY 2027 to the Department of Environmental Services for eligible wastewater projects under the state aid grant program. The actual payback periods, annual payments, and interest rates will vary with each application. While the bill appropriates the nonlapsing funds in the coming biennium, the state aid grant payments for the projects will be over twenty years or more.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Environmental Services