Bill Text: NH HB267 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to the international registration plan.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-24 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2019; Chapter 98; Eff: 06/21/2019 [HB267 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB267-Enrolled.html
HB 267 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2019 SESSION
19-0450
06/05
HOUSE BILL 267
AN ACT relative to the international registration plan.
SPONSORS: Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11; Rep. Sykes, Graf. 13; Rep. Soucy, Merr. 16
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill repeals the international registration plan and incorporates it by reference. This bill also exempts the rules for enforcing the provisions of the international registration plan from the provisions of RSA 541-A.
This bill is a request of 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0450
06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to the international registration plan.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Motor Vehicles; Statutory Lien Powers. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 260:63, I and RSA 260:63, I(a) to read as follows:
I. Where any road toll or other fees or charges imposed under this subdivision or any fees or charges imposed under the fuel tax agreement authorized by RSA 260:65-b or any fees or charges imposed under the international registration plan authorized in RSA [260:75] 260:73 are not paid and are due as prescribed by this subdivision or by RSA 260:65-b or authorized in RSA [260:75] 260:73, the amount including interest, together with the costs that may accrue in addition thereto, shall become a lien in favor of the state of New Hampshire upon all property and rights to property, whether real or personal, including vehicles belonging to any person upon whom said tolls, fees, or charges are imposed, as follows:
(a) The lien shall arise at the time the tolls, fees, or charges are due pursuant to this subdivision or RSA 260:65-b or RSA [260:75] 260:73 and shall continue until the liability for the sum, together with interest and costs, is satisfied or becomes unenforceable.
2 Motor Vehicle Laws; International Registration Plan Authorized. Amend RSA 260:73 to read as follows:
260:73 International Registration Plan Authorized. The commissioner is hereby authorized to execute all documents and perform all other acts necessary to enter into and carry out the provisions of a multi-jurisdictional commercial vehicle registration proration agreement, to be known as the international registration plan (IRP). The commissioner may adopt[, pursuant to RSA 541-A,] such rules as are necessary to enforce the provisions of the agreement, which shall [have] be exempt from the provisions of RSA 541-A and shall have the effect of law, and which shall provide for each of the member states to collect registration fees and perform audits on behalf of the other member states.
3 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 260:74, relative to motor vehicle law transitional provisions.
II. RSA 260:75, relative to the international registration plan.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
