Bill Text: NH HB370 | 2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relative to after market window tinting on motor vehicles for drivers with medical conditions.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2024-06-20 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/14/2024; Chapter 48; eff. 9/12/2024 House Journal 16 [HB370 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB370-Amended.html
HB 370-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
3Jan2024... 2395h
2023 SESSION
23-0575
02/08
HOUSE BILL 370-FN
AN ACT relative to after market window tinting on motor vehicles for drivers with medical conditions.
SPONSORS: Rep. Yokela, Rock. 32; Rep. Bouldin, Hills. 25; Rep. A. Lekas, Hills. 38; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 7
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes persons with medical conditions to apply for a special permit to waive the prohibition on automobile after market window tinting on the left and right side of the driver.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
3Jan2024... 2395h 23-0575
02/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to after market window tinting on motor vehicles for drivers with medical conditions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Tinted Glass. Amend RSA 266:58-a, III-a to read as follows:
III-a. Persons who require for medical reasons after market tinting on the windshield or on the windows to the left and right of the driver may apply for a special permit pursuant to RSA 266:61-a, IX.
2 Equipment Waiver for Disabled. Amend RSA 266:61-a to read as follows:
IX. The commissioner may waive the requirements of RSA 266:58-a and issue a special permit to a person who for bona fide medical reasons requires after market tinting on the windshield or on the windows to the left and right of the driver and who applies for such permit. Such waiver shall be granted in accordance with this section and shall only authorize the use of after market tinted windows with a light transmittance of not less than [70] 35 percent. In reviewing the application for a permit under this paragraph, the commissioner may seek the advice and recommendation of a medical review board designated by him or her for such purpose.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 90 days after its passage.
23-0575
12/22/22
HB 370-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to after market window tinting on motor vehicles for drivers with medical conditions.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2023 through 2026.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Safety
