Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight
CHAPTER 222
SB 341 – FINAL VERSION
26Apr2006… 1872h
2006 SESSION
03/01
SENATE BILL 341
AN ACT relative to the applicability of OBD II testing requirements.
SPONSORS: Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Burling, Dist 5; Rep. Packard, Rock 3
COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation
This bill requires the commissioner of safety to implement an OBD II repair waiver program by February 1, 2007. This bill also modifies the applicability of the OBD II inspection failure 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26Apr2006… 1872h
06-2712
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to the applicability of OBD II testing requirements.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
222:1 New Paragraph; Department of Safety; Duties of Commissioner; Repair Waiver Program. Amend RSA 21-P:4 by inserting after paragraph XII the following new paragraph:
XIII. Establish a program to waive the repair requirements of the OBD II testing program. Waivers shall be granted based on indigency or other urgent financial need. The waiver program required by this paragraph shall be consistent with the recommendations of the OBD II testing advisory committee established in RSA 266:59-b, VII and shall be implemented no later than February 1, 2007.
222:2 OBD II Testing; Applicability. Amend 2005, 296:4 to read as follows:
296:4 OBD II Testing; Applicability. Notwithstanding RSA 266:59-b, any EPA OBD II testing required by department of safety rules prior to [May] December 1, 2006 shall be advisory only. No inspection station shall deny an inspection sticker to any model year 2002 or newer vehicle because of OBD II failure prior to [May] December 1, 2006. No inspection station shall deny an inspection sticker to any model year 1996 through 2001 vehicle because of OBD II failure, except that a sticker may be denied to such vehicle after July 1, 2007 if the department has implemented a repair waiver program.
222:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 1, 2006
Effective: June 1, 2006