Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - E-Z Pass on the way.

jonr · 03-10-2005, 05:17 PM

[QUOTE=BroadHopper]The house voted down any discounts.

That's not true. The house voted to eliminate the discount for tokens (which cost $750,000 a year to handle).

The fiscal note to the bill passed yesterday - http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legi...05/HB0604.html -
clearly assumes a 50% discount will apply to EZ-pass. But it is up to the governor and council not the legistlature to set toll discounts. See RSA 237:11 V - http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/...237/237-11.htm

Not that the second change made in HB 604 only allows the discount for "in-state accounts" and not "out-of-state accounts".

Of course the Senate needs to act before any of this is real.

As far as when this might apply, HB 604 has an effective date of Jan 1 2006.

03-10-2005, 05:17 PM	#30
jonr Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Discounts [QUOTE=BroadHopper]The house voted down any discounts. That's not true. The house voted to eliminate the discount for tokens (which cost $750,000 a year to handle). The fiscal note to the bill passed yesterday - http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legi...05/HB0604.html - clearly assumes a 50% discount will apply to EZ-pass. But it is up to the governor and council not the legistlature to set toll discounts. See RSA 237:11 V - http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/...237/237-11.htm Not that the second change made in HB 604 only allows the discount for "in-state accounts" and not "out-of-state accounts". Of course the Senate needs to act before any of this is real. As far as when this might apply, HB 604 has an effective date of Jan 1 2006.