HB 1663-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
06/10
HOUSE BILL 1663-FN
AN ACT relative to the exchange of inoperable E-Z pass transponders.
SPONSORS: Rep. Graham, Hills 18; Rep. Sprague, Straf 2; Rep. McConkey, Carr 3; Rep. Seidel, Hills 20; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19
This bill requires the commissioner of the department of transportation to adopt rules for the exchange of inoperable transponders.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2324
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to the exchange of inoperable E-Z pass transponders.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Exchange of Inoperable Transponders; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 237 by inserting after section 16-g the following new section:
237:16-h Exchange of Inoperable Transponders; Rulemaking. The department shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A establishing procedures for the timely exchange of E-Z Pass transponders when such devices become inoperable due to no fault of the consumer. Such exchanges shall be at no cost to the consumer.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
10-2324
12/18/09
HB 1663-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the exchange of inoperable E-Z pass transponders.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Transportation states this bill will increase state restricted expenditures by $1,480,066 in FY 2012, by $7,231,950 in FY 2013 and $1,680,720 in FY 2014. This bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county and local revenue or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Transportation states this bill requires the Department to adopt rules for the exchange of inoperable transponders at no cost to the consumer. The Department calculated the increase in state turnpike expenditures at $1,480,066 in FY 2012, by $7,231,950 in FY 2013 and $1,680,720 in FY 2014, based on a seven year life expectancy of transponders before they must be replaced due to inoperability. The Department assumed an implementation date of July 1, 2010, the wholesale cost of transponders at $20.95 for interior and $33.04 for exterior, in accordance with the 2009/2010 Mark IV transponder contract. The Department further assumed that the E-Z Pass customer service center will administer the exchange program at a fee of $7.25 per transponder; which would consist of $3.25 for notice to the account holder, mailing the new transponder, return postage for the old transponder, and packaging, and $4.00 for disposal of the old transponder.