Bill Text - HB502 (2011)

Relative to low-digit number plates.


Revision: Jan. 31, 2011, midnight

HB 502-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0776

06/03

HOUSE BILL 502-FN

AN ACT relative to low-digit number plates.

SPONSORS: Rep. Soltani, Merr 8

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a procedure and fees for the issuance of low-digit license plates.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0776

06/03

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to low-digit number plates.

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

1 New Subdivision; Low Digit License Plates. Amend RSA 261 by inserting after section 97-f the following new subdivision:

Low Digit-License Plates

261:97-g Definition. In this subdivision, “low-digit license plate” means any license plate having a number from 0 to 9,999 with no letters or other characters.

261:97-h Fee Schedule. The commissioner shall establish fees for low-digit license plates within the following ranges:

I. For one-digit numbers, $250 to $500.

II. For 2-digit numbers, $100 to $400.

III. For 3-digit numbers, $50 to $300.

IV. For 4-digit numbers, no less than the fee for vanity number plates under RSA 261:89, and no more than $250.

261:97-i Distribution of Plates. The commissioner shall order a one-time recall of all outstanding low-digit license plates. Such plates shall be reissued and distributed by lottery. If the demand for low-digit plates is greater than the number of plates available, the commissioner shall establish a waiting list for the assignment of plates as they become available. Any person may place his or her name on such list for an annual fee of $5.

261:97-j Rulemaking. The commissioner shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A relative to:

I. The fees for low-digit number plates under RSA 261:97-h.

II. The recall procedure for outstanding low-digit plates under RSA 261:97-i

III. Establishing a lottery system and waiting list for low-digit plates under RSA 261:97-i.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

LBAO

11-0776

01/19/11

HB 502-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to low-digit number plates.

FISCAL IMPACT:

    Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.