CHAPTER 30
HB 462 – FINAL VERSION
2005 SESSION
06/01
HOUSE BILL 462
This bill prohibits motor vehicle road toll refunds for idling time.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05-0498
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT prohibiting road toll refunds for idling time.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
30:1 Refunds; Exception for Idling Motor Vehicles. RSA 260:47, I(a) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(a) The fuel was used in any other way than generating power in an internal combustion engine while traveling on the ways, except that no refunds on motor fuel shall be paid on motor fuel used while idling a registered motor vehicle. For the purposes of this subparagraph, “idling time” shall mean when a motor vehicle is stationary with the engine operating at less than 1,200 revolutions per minute (rpm) without the power take-off unit engaged, and with the transmission in the neutral or park positions. “Power take-off unit” shall mean a supplementary mechanism enabling the engine power to be used to operate non-automotive apparatus.
30:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
(Approved: May 10, 2005)
(Effective Date: July 1, 2005)