HB 1328-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2006 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1328-FN
AN ACT relative to motor vehicle inspections.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 15; Rep. Infantine, Hills 13; Rep. Mirski, Graf 10
This bill changes the annual motor vehicle inspection requirement to a biennial requirement.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06-2285
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to motor vehicle inspections.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Vehicle Inspection; Frequency. Amend RSA 266:1, II to read as follows:
II. Any vehicle registered under this title, except an OHRV, snow traveling vehicle, moped, or other exempt vehicle, shall be inspected once [a] every second year, during the month in which the birth date of the owner is observed, if the owner is a natural person. [An inspection sticker shall be valid for the same duration as the vehicle’s registration, which shall not exceed 16 months. If the month in which the anniversary of the owner’s birth occurs will be one of the next 4 months, an inspection sticker may be issued, with an expiration date of the birth month in the following year, of the first person named on the title application.] Nothing in this paragraph shall require any person who has registered and had inspected a vehicle with temporary plates to have the vehicle reinspected upon receipt of permanent motor vehicle plates. An inspection sticker shall not expire when a vehicle is transferred to a licensed dealer.
2 Motor Vehicle Inspections; Dates. Amend RSA 266:1, III to read as follows:
III. If the owner of the vehicle is a company or corporation or other than a natural person, the [annual] biennial inspection shall be made during the month designated by the director as the registration month for such legal entity. [Vehicles registered as antique motor vehicles and antique motorcycles and which are 40 years old and over shall be inspected biennially.] Antique motor vehicles shall be inspected in the month of April. Without regard to the owner’s birth date or registration month, motorcycles and recreational vehicles shall be inspected [annually] by July 1 of every second year.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.
LBAO
06-2285
10/28/05
HB 1328-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to motor vehicle inspections.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill will decrease state highway fund revenue by $3,250,000 in FY 2008 and in each even-numbered year thereafter. State highway fund expenditures and local revenue will decrease by $390,000 in FY 2009 and in each odd-numbered year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county revenue and expenditures or local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department indicated it collects $2.50 for each inspection sticker sold to the inspection stations for motorcycles and motor vehicles. The Department stated there are approximately 1,300,000 inspections each year, which generates $3,250,000 in revenue to the highway fund. Twelve percent of this amount, or $390,000, is paid to local governments through the Local Highway Aid Fund in the following year. The Department assumed that changing the motor vehicle inspection requirement from annual to biennial would result in 1,300,000 fewer inspections in every other year and would reduce inspection sticker revenue and payments to the Local Highway Aid Fund.