Revision: Jan. 1, 2008, midnight
CHAPTER 138
HB 1129 – FINAL VERSION
07May2008… 1696eba
2008 SESSION
09/03
HOUSE BILL 1129
AN ACT relative to special number plates for municipal police department vehicles.
SPONSORS: Rep. Tholl, Coos 2; Rep. Nedeau, Belk 3; Rep. D. Eaton, Ches 2; Rep. W. Knowles, Straf 6; Rep. Welch, Rock 8
This bill requires the director of the division of motor vehicles to designate a special number plate for municipal police department vehicles.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
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07May2008… 1696eba
08-2010
09/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to special number plates for municipal police department vehicles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
138:1 Special Number Plates for Municipal Police Department Vehicles. Amend RSA 261:91 to read as follows:
261:91 Special Number Plates. Upon payment of the motor vehicle registration fee, if any, the director may issue and shall designate a special plate, to be affixed to the vehicle of the county sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, members of the national guard, justices of the supreme and superior courts, and vehicles of state police and motor vehicle divisions and municipal police departments. The special plates shall have the state motto, “Live Free or Die,” written on them and shall be issued with no number plate fee being charged to the state other than for those plates furnished to the state police and motor vehicle divisions. Special number plates issued to members of the national guard and justices of the supreme and superior courts may be attached only to vehicles registered in the name of the person issued the plates.
138:2 Special Number Plates. Amend RSA 261:91 to read as follows:
261:91 Special Number Plates. Upon payment of the motor vehicle registration fee, if any, the director shall issue and shall designate a special plate, to be affixed to the vehicle of the county sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, members of the national guard, active duty members of the armed forces, justices of the supreme and superior courts, and vehicles of state police and motor vehicle divisions and municipal police departments. The special plates shall have the state motto, “Live Free or Die,” written on them and shall be issued with no number plate fee being charged to the state other than for those plates furnished to the state police and motor vehicle divisions. Special number plates issued to members of the national guard, active duty members of the armed forces, and justices of the supreme and superior courts may be attached only to vehicles registered in the name of the person issued the plates. Special plates for active duty members of the armed forces shall be distinct from special number plates for veterans.
138:3 Contingency. If SB 303 of the 2008 legislative session becomes law, section 2 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage and section 1 of this act shall not take effect. If SB 303 of the 2008 legislative session does not become law, section 2 of this act shall not take effect and section 1 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
138:4 Effective Date.
I. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 3 of this act.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 6, 2008
Effective Date: I. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect as provided in section 3.
II. Remainder shall take effect June 6, 2008.