SB 288-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
02/16/06 0848s
2006 SESSION
03/04
SENATE BILL 288-FN
AN ACT relative to street rods.
COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation
This bill modifies the definition of street rod and changes the equipment requirements for street rods.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/16/06 0848s
06-2465
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to street rods.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Motor Vehicles; Words and Phrases Defined; Street Rod. RSA 259:106-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
259:106-a Street Rod.
I. “Street rod” shall mean a motor vehicle that:
(a) Is at least 25 years old, or that was manufactured to resemble a vehicle 25 or more years old; and
(b) Has been altered from the manufacturer’s original design, or has a body constructed from non-original materials.
II. The model year that is listed on the certificate of title of a street rod vehicle shall be the model year that the body of such vehicle resembles.
2 Equipment Required of Street Rods. RSA 266:113 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
266:113 Equipment Required of Street Rods.
I. Unless the presence of the equipment was specifically required by a statute of this state as a condition of sale in the year listed as the year of manufacture on the certificate of title, the presence of any specific equipment is not required for the operation of a vehicle registered as a street rod.
II. A street rod may use blue dot tail lights for stop lamps, rear turning indicator lamps, rear hazard lamps, and rear reflectors. “Blue dot tail light” means a red lamp installed in the rear of a motor vehicle containing a blue or purple insert that is not more than one inch in diameter.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.
LBAO
06-2465
Amended 2/28/06
SB 288 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to street rods.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill, as amended by the Senate (Amendment #2006-0848s), will have an indeterminable fiscal impact on state revenue and expenditures and local revenue in FY 2007 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county revenue and expenditures or local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department indicated this bill changes the definition of a street rod from a vehicle with a body and frame manufactured prior to 1949 to a vehicle at least 25 years old or one manufactured to resemble a vehicle at least 25 years old. The Division of Motor Vehicles is not able to estimate how many additional vehicles may qualify as street rods or the resulting impact on the highway fund. The Department stated any change in highway fund revenue will impact Local Highway Aid by 12% of the amount of change.