Bill Text: NH HB1150 | 2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to motor vehicle dealer and inspection station licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-22 - Signed by the Governor on 7/21/2014; Chapter 0234; Section 1 & 2 Effective Date 1/1/2016; Remainder Effective 1/1/2015. [HB1150 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2014-HB1150-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 234
HB 1150-FN – FINAL VERSION
12Feb2014… 0249h
2014 SESSION
03/04
HOUSE BILL 1150-FN
AN ACT relative to motor vehicle dealer and inspection station licenses.
SPONSORS: Rep. Rhodes, Hills 30
This bill changes the term of motor vehicle dealer and inspection station licenses from one year to 2 years.
This bill was requested by the department of safety.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12Feb2014… 0249h
14-2390
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to motor vehicle dealer and inspection station licenses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
234:1 Dealer License; Fee. Amend RSA 261:103-a, II to read as follows:
II. All applications shall be accompanied by the payment of a license fee of [$125] $250. If any application is denied or the license applied for is not issued, 75 percent of the license fee shall be refunded to the applicant. There shall be no proration of fees for issuance of license for a partial term, however, applications submitted during the second year of the license cycle shall be accompanied by a fee of only $125.
234:2 Dealer License; Expiration. Amend RSA 261:103-a, IV to read as follows:
IV. All licenses issued pursuant to the provisions of this section shall expire [annually] biennially in even-numbered years in the month designated by the director.
234:3 Inspection Stations. Amend RSA 266:1, V to read as follows:
V. The director may authorize properly qualified persons to make inspections without expense to the state at stations designated by [him] the director, and may at any time revoke such authorization or designation; provided, however, that inspections conducted at such stations at the request and under the direction of a police officer or a [highway enforcement officer] state trooper or authorized employee of the department of safety shall be paid for as follows:
(a) In the event violations of this section are uncovered, by the owner of the vehicle.
(b) In the event no such violations are uncovered, by the agency represented by the police officer or [highway enforcement officer] state trooper or authorized employee of the department of safety.
The [annual] biennial fee to be paid by the inspection station upon authorization to make inspections shall be [$25] $50 and shall not be refundable nor prorated, however, applications submitted during the second year of the license cycle shall be subject to a fee of only $25.
234:4 Effective Date.
I. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2016.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
Approved: July 21, 2014
Effective Date: I. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect January 1, 2016
II. Remainder shall take effect January 1, 2015
