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| State Of New Hampshire Motorcyclists' Education Fund Raid |
| $100,000 Taken from the Motorcycle Education Fund to Help Balance State Budget |
June 10, 2010: It has come to our attention that $100,000 has been taken from the
Motorcycle Education fund in order for the State to balance the budget. Keep in mind
that $5 of your motorcycle license fee goes towards this fund and $1 of your
registration fee for the purpose of funding the Motorcycle Rider Training program. The
training program is currently offered at a price that allows for attracting as many
people as possible. NHMRO has been a strong advocate of this training program as a
means to increase motorcycle safety for our motorcyclists.
Given the amount of motorcycle accidents and fatalities that have occurred already in
2010, we must not allow this to happen. The money raised through our license and
registration fees must go directly to purpose it was intended for and no other. We
can not stand idle and watch the most effective tool used for our safety be threaten
by lack of funding - funding that we already have and will continue to pay through the
fees already mentioned.
It is crucial for all of the motorcyclists in New Hampshire to pay close attention to the
list of candidates that will be running for office this next term. Contact them to see
where they stand on protecting your rights as motorcyclists. We are a very politically
savvy group of "bikers" here in New Hampshire - let's not let these things happen
again.
Motorcycle Education fund in order for the State to balance the budget. Keep in mind
that $5 of your motorcycle license fee goes towards this fund and $1 of your
registration fee for the purpose of funding the Motorcycle Rider Training program. The
training program is currently offered at a price that allows for attracting as many
people as possible. NHMRO has been a strong advocate of this training program as a
means to increase motorcycle safety for our motorcyclists.
Given the amount of motorcycle accidents and fatalities that have occurred already in
2010, we must not allow this to happen. The money raised through our license and
registration fees must go directly to purpose it was intended for and no other. We
can not stand idle and watch the most effective tool used for our safety be threaten
by lack of funding - funding that we already have and will continue to pay through the
fees already mentioned.
It is crucial for all of the motorcyclists in New Hampshire to pay close attention to the
list of candidates that will be running for office this next term. Contact them to see
where they stand on protecting your rights as motorcyclists. We are a very politically
savvy group of "bikers" here in New Hampshire - let's not let these things happen
again.
| Senator Bob LeTourneau Speaks Out! |
Click here to see Senator Bob
LeTourneau speak out on behalf of the
Motorcycle Education Fund. Courtesy
of NHCCM Videographer.
LeTourneau speak out on behalf of the
Motorcycle Education Fund. Courtesy
of NHCCM Videographer.
| Letter from Senator Bob LeTourneau The NH Legislature raids dedicated funds |
June 10, 2010 First the legislature tried to raid the Highway fund to build a train station,
The truckers sued and it went all the way to the NH supreme court and the truckers won.
Then the Legislature tried to take the Joint underwriters fund to balance the budget and the
doctors sued, and it also went all the way to the supreme court and the doctors won.
Now the legislature has decided to raid the highway fund and the statewide public boat
access funds and other special dedicated funds to balance the budget.
While many of the dedicated funds are not constitutionally protected the Highway fund is.
We will come back to this, but first let's look at the Boats access fund.
Last legislative session the boat registration was increased. The boaters objected. They
were told that the funds were needed to complete access ramps across the state. This
would provide more access for sport fishing and other activities for summer fun. This year
the legislature raided the fund for $500,000. We (legislators) were told the director of Fish
and Game understood the problem the state was facing and they could do without the
money. No one asked those who paid the money into the fund if they cared. They do!
They also raided the highway fund for an additional $350,000 , $ 250,000 from the
reflectorized plates inventory fund. This the second raid on this fund in so many years. We
may never get a new plate issuance at this rate. But remember, this is supposed to be
protected by the constitution.
Now our issue is one that has me fired up. We as motorcyclist's have entrusted the state
with our dollars for the purpose of providing motorcycle rider training. We trusted the state
because we believed that lawmakers would abide by their oath of office to uphold the
constitution, so help them God! Well they took $100,000 from this account, about 1/3 of the
total fund available.
Remember this is spring and we are just beginning our classes. The fund up over the winter
and spent during the summer training months. I am not sure if we will have enough money
to sustain the program for the whole summer. Will They come back and tell us they need to
raise the cost of motorcycle registration because there is not enough money in the fund? We
will see.
Now, the state has a 295 million dollar deficit . This is a tough hole to fill but, all three of
these funds come to less than 3/4 of a million dollars and the money they took from the rider
safety training fund was $100,000. That is about 3/10ths of one percent of the total needed
to balance the budget, small potatoes by those numbers. But in the case of the Rider Safety
Training fund, the lives effected could be huge, how many riders will not have the
opportunity to get proper training because of this short slightness?
I offered a 3 separate floor amendments to strike the taking of the dollars from the training,
boating and plate funds, each was defeated by a vote of 14 - 10 straight down party lines.
All of the republicans voted to save the funds and all of the democrats voted to take it, even
after I stressed that it was unlawful and unconstitutional... Remember this when you vote
this coming November...
Worse part of this, we did not know about this until the day before the vote certainly not
enough time to alert the riding community.
Now, let's go to the Highway fund. This fund is supposed to be protected by the constitution
so that greedy lawmakers cannot raid the fund to pay for their pet projects whatever they
may be. BTW, this law has been on the books since 1938.
cost of collection and administration accruing to the state from registration fees, operators' licenses,
gasoline road tolls or any other special charges or taxes with respect to the operation of motor vehicles
or the sale or consumption of motor vehicle fuels shall be appropriated and used exclusively for the
construction, reconstruction and maintenance of public highways within this state, including the
supervision of traffic thereon and payment of the interest and principal of obligations incurred for said
purposes; and no part of such revenues shall, by transfer of funds or otherwise, be diverted to any
other purpose whatsoever.
November 29, 1938
What part of may not be diverted to any other purpose whatsoever, do they not understand!
Senator Bob Letourneau
District 19
The truckers sued and it went all the way to the NH supreme court and the truckers won.
Then the Legislature tried to take the Joint underwriters fund to balance the budget and the
doctors sued, and it also went all the way to the supreme court and the doctors won.
Now the legislature has decided to raid the highway fund and the statewide public boat
access funds and other special dedicated funds to balance the budget.
While many of the dedicated funds are not constitutionally protected the Highway fund is.
We will come back to this, but first let's look at the Boats access fund.
Last legislative session the boat registration was increased. The boaters objected. They
were told that the funds were needed to complete access ramps across the state. This
would provide more access for sport fishing and other activities for summer fun. This year
the legislature raided the fund for $500,000. We (legislators) were told the director of Fish
and Game understood the problem the state was facing and they could do without the
money. No one asked those who paid the money into the fund if they cared. They do!
They also raided the highway fund for an additional $350,000 , $ 250,000 from the
reflectorized plates inventory fund. This the second raid on this fund in so many years. We
may never get a new plate issuance at this rate. But remember, this is supposed to be
protected by the constitution.
Now our issue is one that has me fired up. We as motorcyclist's have entrusted the state
with our dollars for the purpose of providing motorcycle rider training. We trusted the state
because we believed that lawmakers would abide by their oath of office to uphold the
constitution, so help them God! Well they took $100,000 from this account, about 1/3 of the
total fund available.
Remember this is spring and we are just beginning our classes. The fund up over the winter
and spent during the summer training months. I am not sure if we will have enough money
to sustain the program for the whole summer. Will They come back and tell us they need to
raise the cost of motorcycle registration because there is not enough money in the fund? We
will see.
Now, the state has a 295 million dollar deficit . This is a tough hole to fill but, all three of
these funds come to less than 3/4 of a million dollars and the money they took from the rider
safety training fund was $100,000. That is about 3/10ths of one percent of the total needed
to balance the budget, small potatoes by those numbers. But in the case of the Rider Safety
Training fund, the lives effected could be huge, how many riders will not have the
opportunity to get proper training because of this short slightness?
I offered a 3 separate floor amendments to strike the taking of the dollars from the training,
boating and plate funds, each was defeated by a vote of 14 - 10 straight down party lines.
All of the republicans voted to save the funds and all of the democrats voted to take it, even
after I stressed that it was unlawful and unconstitutional... Remember this when you vote
this coming November...
Worse part of this, we did not know about this until the day before the vote certainly not
enough time to alert the riding community.
Now, let's go to the Highway fund. This fund is supposed to be protected by the constitution
so that greedy lawmakers cannot raid the fund to pay for their pet projects whatever they
may be. BTW, this law has been on the books since 1938.
cost of collection and administration accruing to the state from registration fees, operators' licenses,
gasoline road tolls or any other special charges or taxes with respect to the operation of motor vehicles
or the sale or consumption of motor vehicle fuels shall be appropriated and used exclusively for the
construction, reconstruction and maintenance of public highways within this state, including the
supervision of traffic thereon and payment of the interest and principal of obligations incurred for said
purposes; and no part of such revenues shall, by transfer of funds or otherwise, be diverted to any
other purpose whatsoever.
November 29, 1938
What part of may not be diverted to any other purpose whatsoever, do they not understand!
Senator Bob Letourneau
District 19
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