CHAPTER 58
HB 1418-FN – FINAL VERSION
22Feb2006… 0512h
2006 SESSION
03/04
HOUSE BILL 1418-FN
AN ACT relative to road toll refunds.
SPONSORS: Rep. D. L. Christensen, Hills 19; Rep. Drisko, Hills 5; Rep. Hinkle, Hills 19; Rep. Brueggemann, Merr 12; Rep. B. Richardson, Ches 5; Sen. Johnson, Dist 2
This bill authorizes the payment of road toll refunds to the navigation safety fund or the lake restoration and preservation fund if requested by the applicant. This bill also changes the deadline for road toll refund applications for fuel used for off highway recreational vehicles, snowmobiles, and boats.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22Feb2006… 0512h
06-2158
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to road toll refunds.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
58:1 Road Tolls; Refunds; Deadline. Amend RSA 260:47, III(a) to read as follows:
(a)(1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), all applications for refunds shall be made subject to prosecution for unsworn falsification pursuant to RSA 641:3 and shall be filed with the department no later than the deadline for filing with the federal government for refund of the federal excise taxes on fuel. This filing deadline may be waived by the commissioner for just cause for agencies of political subdivisions within the state. The waiver shall not be granted to any such agency more often than once in 3 years.
(2) All applications for refunds for fuel used for off highway recreational vehicles, snowmobiles, and boats shall be made subject to prosecution for unsworn falsification pursuant to RSA 641:3 and shall be filed with the department annually no later than April 15 of the year following the calendar year the motor fuel was purchased by the user.
58:2 New Subparagraph; Road Tolls; Refunds; Payment. Amend RSA 260:47, III by inserting after subparagraph (d) the following new subparagraph:
(e) The application form shall permit the applicant to authorize payment of all or a portion of the refund to the navigation safety fund established under RSA 270-E:6-a or to the lake restoration and preservation fund, established in RSA 487:25, to be allocated to the control and prevention of exotic aquatic species.
58:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
Approved: April 24, 2006
Effective: July 1, 2006