HB259 (2009) Detail

Relative to motor vehicle inspections.


HB 259-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-0575

06/03

HOUSE BILL 259-FN

AN ACT relative to motor vehicle inspections.

SPONSORS: Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 15

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill changes the annual motor vehicle inspection requirement to a biennial requirement. This bill also raises the fee for inspection stickers from $2.50 to $5.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0575

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to motor vehicle inspections.

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

1 Vehicle Inspection; Frequency. Amend RSA 266:1, II to read as follows:

II. Any vehicle registered under this title, except an OHRV, snowmobile, moped, or other exempt vehicle, shall be inspected once [a] every second year, during the month in which the birth date of the owner is observed, if the owner is a natural person. [An inspection sticker shall be valid for the same duration as the vehicle’s registration, which shall not exceed 16 months. If the month in which the anniversary of the owner’s birth occurs will be one of the next 4 months, an inspection sticker may be issued, with an expiration date of the birth month in the following year, of the first person named on the title application.] Nothing in this paragraph shall require any person who has registered and had inspected a vehicle with temporary plates to have the vehicle reinspected upon receipt of permanent motor vehicle plates. An inspection sticker shall not expire when a vehicle is transferred to a licensed dealer.

2 Motor Vehicle Inspections; Dates. Amend RSA 266:1, III to read as follows:

III. If the owner of the vehicle is a company or corporation or other than a natural person, the [annual] biennial inspection shall be made during the month designated by the director as the registration month for such legal entity. [Vehicles registered as antique motor vehicles and antique motorcycles and which are 40 years old and over shall be inspected biennially.] Antique motor vehicles shall be inspected in the month of April. Without regard to the owner’s birth date or registration month, motorcycles and recreational vehicles shall be inspected [annually] by July 1 of every second year.

3 Motor Vehicle Inspections; Fees. Amend RSA 266:2 to read as follows:

266:2 Fees. The fee for inspection stickers shall be [$2.50] $5 for each sticker furnished an approved inspection station. All unused stickers returned by the approved inspection station to the division shall be refundable at the rate of [$2.50 each, except that unused stickers purchased from the division for a fee of $2.50 shall be refundable at the rate of $2.50] $5 each.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.

LBAO

09-0575

12/18/08

HB 259-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to motor vehicle inspections.

FISCAL IMPACT:

      The Department of Safety states this bill may reduce state highway fund expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. This bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local revenue, or county and local expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

    The Department of Safety states this bill would change the annual motor vehicle inspection requirement to a biennial requirement, and raise the fee for inspection stickers from $2.50 to $5.00. The Division of Motor Vehicles states that it may issue 72,425 fewer motorcycle inspection stickers per biennium at $0.0686 each, and may issue 1,005,000 fewer motor vehicle inspection stickers per biennium at $0.0465 each. As a result, the Division estimates this bill may decrease state highway fund expenditures as follows -

 

Motorcycle Inspection Stickers

Motor Vehicle Inspection Stickers

Total

Estimated Reduction In Stickers Per Biennium

          72,425

          1,005,000

 

Cost Per Sticker

            $ 0.0686

            $ 0.0465

 

Estimated Biennial Reduction In State Expenditures

            $ 4,968

            $ 46,733

    $ 51,701

Estimated Annual Reduction In State Expenditures

            $ 2,484

            $ 23,366

    $ 25,850

    The Division states this bill will also raise the fee for inspection stickers from $2.50 annually, to $5.00 per biennium. The Division states this change will have no overall impact on state revenue, but the timing of the receipt of revenue may shift between years.