Bill Text - HB117 (2005)

Requiring automobile insurance to register a vehicle.


Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight

HB 117 – AS INTRODUCED

2005 SESSION

05-0207

03/09

HOUSE BILL 117

AN ACT requiring automobile insurance to register a vehicle.

SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock 8

COMMITTEE: Commerce

ANALYSIS

This bill requires proof of motor vehicle liability insurance in order to register a motor vehicle.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05-0207

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five

AN ACT requiring automobile insurance to register a vehicle.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 Application for Registration; Proof of Insurance Required. Amend RSA 261:52 to read as follows:

261:52 Application for Registration.

I. Application for the registration of vehicles may be made by the owner thereof by mail or otherwise to the department, upon blanks prepared by the director. In addition to such other particulars as the director may require, the application shall contain the applicant’s birth date, unless the vehicle is registered in the name of a person other than a natural person, in which case the date assigned by the director shall be used as the date of birth. All applications shall contain the words: “This application is signed and any additional information is offered under penalty of unsworn falsification pursuant to RSA 641:3.” The proper fee shall be deposited before the application is granted.

II. The applicant shall submit with the application proof of motor vehicle liability insurance indicating that such insurance is valid for the duration of the registration period or longer. No registration shall be issued, renewed, or transferred without adequate proof of insurance.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2006.