Bill Text - HB117 (2011)

Allowing additional weight for vehicles using idle reduction technology in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions.


Revision: April 28, 2011, midnight

CHAPTER 9

HB 117 – FINAL VERSION

2011 SESSION

11-0516

03/04

HOUSE BILL 117

AN ACT allowing additional weight for vehicles using idle reduction technology in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rhodes, Hills 22; Rep. Hinch, Hills 19; Sen. Lambert, Dist 13

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill allows additional weight for vehicles using idle reduction technology in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions.

This bill was requested by the department of safety.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0516

03/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT allowing additional weight for vehicles using idle reduction technology in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions.

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

9:1 New Paragraph; Motor Vehicles; General Weight Provisions. Amend RSA 266:18-c by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:

VII. Any vehicle subject to this subdivision that utilizes an auxiliary power or idle reduction technology unit in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions because of engine idling, may be allowed up to an additional 400 pounds in gross, axle, tandem, or bridge formula weight limits. To be eligible for this exception the driver of the vehicle must be able to prove by written certification the weight of the auxiliary power unit and by demonstration or certification that the idle reduction technology is fully functional at all times. Certification of the weight of the auxiliary power unit must be available to law enforcement officers if the vehicle is found in violation of applicable weight laws. The additional weight allowed may not exceed 400 pounds or the weight certified, whichever is less.

9:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.

Approved: April 25, 2011

Effective Date: January 1, 2012