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Senate Transportation committee refers several bills to interim study, including conservation license plate for cyanobacteria mitigation fund
Summary
At a Senate Transportation Committee meeting, members voted by voice to refer multiple bills to interim study or consent, including House Bill 105 to create a conservation license plate directing fees to a cyanobacteria mitigation fund, driver-license and toll-credit measures, and a driver education bill.
The New Hampshire Senate Transportation Committee on an unspecified date moved several bills to interim study or consent after brief discussion and voice votes, including House Bill 105, which would create a conservation license plate with fees directed to a cyanobacteria mitigation loan and grant fund.
The committee chair (unnamed) opened the hearing by introducing House Bill 105. A senator who did not give a full name described the cyanobacteria issue as “an important issue in New Hampshire” but said the license plate proposal faces high up-front costs. “This license plate initiative, the cost, you know, the cost at this point in, you know, not having the guaranteed numbers, what it costs the state to get this done, it really is prohibitive,” the senator said.
Chair (unnamed) said budget constraints were central to the committee’s decision: “we at the end of the day, we don't have the money.” After discussion, a…
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