CHAPTER 127
SB 22 – FINAL VERSION
02/14/13 0110s
2013 SESSION
08/10
SENATE BILL 22
AN ACT exempting small trailers from inspection requirements; allowing qualified dealers to inspect trailers; and deleting a reference to highway enforcement officers.
SPONSORS: Sen. Rausch, Dist 19; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Rep. Graham, Hills 7; Rep. Campbell, Hills 33
This bill:
I. Deletes a reference to highway enforcement officers.
II. Exempts small trailers from inspection requirements.
III. Allows qualified dealers to inspect trailers.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/14/13 0110s
13-0375
08/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT exempting small trailers from inspection requirements; allowing qualified dealers to inspect trailers; and deleting a reference to highway enforcement officers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
127:1 Highway Patrol and Enforcement Officers. Amend RSA 266:1-a to read as follows:
266:1-a [Highway Patrol and Enforcement Officers] State Police Duties Relative to Vehicle Inspection.
I. The director of the division of state police, with the approval of the commissioner of safety shall [establish a force of highway patrol and enforcement officers] assign a suitable complement of state troopers to assist the director of motor vehicles in enforcing the motor vehicle inspection laws and rules. A [highway patrol and enforcement officer appointed by the commissioner] state trooper assigned pursuant to this section shall have the powers of a peace officer, certified under RSA 188-F:26, and shall have as [his or her] a primary function statewide enforcement duties related to the inspection process, including inspection station auditing, investigation of alleged inspection station malfeasance, rejected vehicle follow-up, and sticker monitoring. A [highway patrol and enforcement officer appointed] state trooper assigned under this section shall have the authority to enter any motor vehicle inspection station authorized under RSA 266:1, during the station’s business hours, to fulfill his or her duties, and shall be assigned other enforcement duties as determined by the commissioner.
II. The commissioner shall furnish suitable equipment to a [highway patrol and enforcement officer] state trooper, as the commissioner deems necessary, to [distinguish the officer as an individual acting in an official capacity. A highway patrol and enforcement officer appointed by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be directly responsible to the director and shall be a classified employee] carry out his or her duties under this section.
127:2 New Section; Inspection of Trailers; Exemptions. Amend RSA 266 by inserting after section 1-a the following new section:
266:1-b Inspection of Trailers, Exemptions.
I. Notwithstanding any law or rule to the contrary, trailers of 10,000 pounds or less gross vehicle weight rating not used in interstate commerce shall be exempt from periodic vehicle inspection requirements, but shall be subject as other vehicles are to periodic roadside inspection by law enforcement officers to determine that they have the proper required and fully functional safety equipment.
II. The director may authorize properly qualified dealers holding utility dealer registrations to inspect trailers of more than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight, to determine whether they are fit to be driven, and to issue inspection stickers, under rules adopted for this purpose pursuant to RSA 541-A. This section shall not apply to full trailers as defined in RSA?259:37-a or semi-trailers as defined in RSA 259:98, and shall not prohibit other official inspection stations from inspecting trailers.
127:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 25, 2013
Effective Date: August 24, 2013