Revision: Jan. 28, 2011, midnight
SB 78-FN-A-LOCAL – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
03/10
SENATE BILL 78-FN-A-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to motor vehicle registration fees.
SPONSORS: Sen. Sanborn, Dist 7; Sen. Bragdon, Dist 11; Sen. Forsythe, Dist 4; Sen. White, Dist 9; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. Groen, Dist 6; Sen. De Blois, Dist 18; Rep. T. Keane, Merr 13; Rep. Cohn, Merr 6; Rep. Kreis, Merr 6; Rep. Jennifer Coffey, Merr 6; Rep. Bettencourt, Rock 4
This bill eliminates the motor vehicle registration fee increases enacted in 2009, effective upon passage of the bill.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0931
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to motor vehicle registration fees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Department of Safety Motor Vehicle Registration Fees. RSA 261:141, III(g)-(o) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(g) For all motor vehicles other than those in RSA 261:141, I:
0-3000 lbs. $31.20 ($2.60 per month)
3001-5000 lbs. $43.20 ($3.60 per month)
5001-8000 lbs. $55.20 ($4.60 per month)
8001-73,280 lbs. $ .96 per hundred lbs. gross weight.
(h) Truck-tractors to be used in conjunction with a semi-trailer, gross weight shall include the weight of such tractors, the weight of the heaviest semi-trailer to be used therewith, and the weight of the maximum load to be carried thereby: up to 73,280 pounds $.96 per 100 pounds gross weight, over 73,280 pounds--$1.44 shall be charged for each 100 pounds gross weight or portion thereof in excess of 73,280 pounds.
(i) Each additional semi-trailer used in conjunction with such truck-tractor--$24.00.
(j) For semi-trailers or automobile utility trailers (the weight of the trailer shall include the maximum load to be carried thereby):
0-1000 lbs. $ 3.00
1001-1500 lbs. 6.00
1501-3000 lbs. 12.00
3001-5000 lbs. 24.00
5001-8000 lbs. 36.00
8001-up .60 per hundred lbs. gross weight.
(k) For each semi-trailer not registered in connection with a truck-tractor, the gross weight shall include the weight of such trailer and the weight of the maximum load to be carried thereby. The registration fee shall be $.60 per hundred lbs. gross weight and such trailer shall not be registered for less than 10,000 lbs.
(l) For equipment mounted on trucks of which the equipment is an integral part of the unit and the truck is not capable of carrying freight or merchandise, the registration fee shall be 1/3 of the regular fee charged as determined by the corresponding weight chart specified in subparagraph (i).
(m) For each farm truck or combination of motor type tractor and semi-trailer used only for transportation of agricultural products produced on and meant to be used in connection with the operation of a farm or farms owned, operated, or occupied by the registrant, for the first 16,000 pounds--$24, for any additional weight above 16,000 pounds--$.74 per hundred weight.
(n) For each additional or extra semi-trailer used in connection with a motor type tractor registered for farm purposes--$24. (In the event that a farm truck registered under the $24 fee as provided in this subparagraph and thereafter registered for general use during the same registration year, such fee shall be applied toward the fee for such general registration.)
(o) For each motorcycle--$15.
2 Fee for Transfer of Motor Vehicle Registration. RSA 261:141, VII(b) is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
(b) For the transfer of the registration of any motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer or tractor for that of another motor vehicle, trailer, semi-trailer or tractor previously registered pursuant to this chapter--$10.
3 Repeal. 2009, 144:247-248, relative to motor vehicle registration fees, is repealed.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
LBAO
11-0931
01/27/11
SB 78-FN-A-LOCAL - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to motor vehicle registration fees.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill will decrease state highway fund revenue by $6,595,926 in FY 2011, and decrease state highway fund expenditures and local revenue by $791,511 in FY 2012. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures or county revenues.
METHODOLOGY:
This bill eliminates the motor vehicle registration fee increases enacted in 2009, effective upon passage of the bill. The Department of Safety notes the fee increases enacted in 2009 are currently set to expire on June 30, 2011 and states the proposed legislation will reduce FY 2011 state highway fund revenue by the amounts associated with the fee increases from the date of passage through June 30, 2011. For the purposes of estimating the fiscal impact of the proposed legislation, the Department assumes the proposed legislation would be passed on May 1, 2011. Based on a FY 2010 monthly revenue average of $3,297,963 attributable to the motor vehicle registration fee, the Department estimates state highway fund revenue would decrease by $6,595,926 ($3,297,963 x 2) in FY 2011. In accordance with RSA 235:23, this would result in a subsequent reduction in state highway fund expenditures and local revenue of $791,511 (12% of $6,595,926) in FY 2012.