HB599 (2007) Detail

(New Title) relative to fees for meals and rentals licenses.


CHAPTER 147

HB 599-FN – FINAL VERSION

06Mar2007… 0281h

2007 SESSION

07-1001

09/10

HOUSE BILL 599-FN

AN ACT relative to fees for meals and rentals licenses.

SPONSORS: Rep. Major, Rock 8; Rep. Hamm, Merr 4

COMMITTEE: Commerce

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes an original license fee and a renewal fee for meals and rentals licenses.

This bill was requested by the department of revenue administration.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

06Mar2007… 0281h

07-1001

09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT relative to fees for meals and rentals licenses.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

147:1 Meals and Rentals Licenses; Fees. Amend RSA 78-A:4 to read as follows:

78-A:4 Meals and Rentals Licenses Required; Penalty.

I. Each operator shall register with the department the name and address of each place of business within the state where it operates a hotel, sells taxable meals, or rents motor vehicles. The operator shall complete a registration, upon receipt of which the department shall issue a meals and rentals license for each place in such form as it determines, attesting that the registration has been made. [The license remains valid until] Licenses shall expire on June 30 in each odd-numbered year, unless the business ceases operation, a change in ownership occurs, or the license is revoked or suspended by the department prior to expiration of the license. The license shall be conspicuously posted in a public area upon the premises to which it relates.

II. The fee for an original license or timely license renewal shall be $5. The fee shall be waived for an original license, if the license is issued less than 6 months prior to a required renewal date.

[II.] III. No person shall engage in serving taxable meals, renting rooms, or renting motor vehicles without first obtaining the license required by this section. The license is nonassignable and cannot be transferred. Any person who fails to register or obtain a license as provided in this section shall be subject to the penalty provisions of RSA 21-J:39.

147:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

Approved: June 18, 2007

Effective: July 1, 2007