Bill Text: NH HB1620 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to electric vehicle parking spaces.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-02 - Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate (Vote 20-0; Consent Calendar) House Calendar 23 P. 5 [HB1620 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2020-HB1620-Introduced.html
HB 1620-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2665
11/03
HOUSE BILL 1620-FN
AN ACT relative to electric vehicle parking spaces.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cleaver, Hills. 35; Rep. J. Schmidt, Hills. 28; Rep. Telerski, Hills. 35; Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Vail, Hills. 30; Rep. Amanda Bouldin, Hills. 12
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a fine for parking a motor vehicle other than a plug-in-hybrid vehicle or battery electric vehicle in a parking space that has a public electric vehicle charging station.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2665
11/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to electric vehicle parking spaces.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; Prohibitions and Restrictions. Amend RSA 236:134 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. Any person who violates the parking restrictions in paragraph I shall be guilty of a violation and fined a minimum of $250 of which 20 percent is payable to the town or city where the violation occurred.
2 New Subparagraph; Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places. Amend RSA 265:69 by inserting after subparagraph I(m) the following new subparagraph:
(n) In any space equipped with a public electric vehicle charging station, unless such person is operating a plug-in-hybrid electric vehicle as defined in RSA 236:132, V or battery electric vehicle as defined in RSA 236:132, I. Any person who violates the provisions of this subparagraph shall be fined a minimum of $250 of which 20 percent is payable to the town or city where the violation occurred.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.
20-2665
12/5/19
HB 1620-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to electric vehicle parking spaces.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ X ] General [ ] Education [ X ] Highway [ X ] Other - Restricted - Cost of Collections* | |||
*Pursuant to Part II, article 6-a of the New Hampshire constitution, any costs associated with the collection and administration of Highway Funds by the Department of Safety shall be deducted by the Department before such funds are credited to the Highway Fund as unrestricted revenue. | ||||
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Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
METHODOLOGY:
This bill establishes a violation level offense and a minimum of $250 fine (of which 20% shall be payable to municipality where violation occurred) for improperly parking in spaces designated for electric vehicles. There is no method to determine how many charges, if any, would be brought as a result of bill to determine the fiscal impact on state and local revenues.
The Judicial Branch estimates average cost of violation level cases to be $52 in FY 2021 and $54 in FY 2022. It should be noted that average case cost estimates for FY 2021 and FY 2022 are based on data that is more than ten years old and does not reflect changes to the courts over that same period of time or the impact these changes may have on processing the various case types. Additionally, the Department of Safety expects it would incur minimal (under $10,000) in costs in FY 2021 relative to system and uniform fine schedule changes needed to implement this bill.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Judicial Branch, Department of Safety, and New Hampshire Municipal Association
