HB1356 (2014) Detail

Relative to fire department plates.


HB 1356 – AS INTRODUCED

2014 SESSION

14-2507

08/04

HOUSE BILL 1356

AN ACT relative to fire department plates.

SPONSORS: Rep. St. James, Rock 13; Sen. Prescott, Dist 23

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill allows municipal fire departments to receive special numbered 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2507

08/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to fire department plates.

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

1 Special Number Plates; Municipal Fire Departments Included. Amend RSA 261:91 to read as follows:

261:91 Special Number Plates. Upon payment of the motor vehicle registration fee, if any, the director shall issue and shall designate a special plate, to be affixed to the vehicle of the county sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, members or retired members of the national guard of any state, active duty members of the armed forces, justices of the supreme and superior courts, municipal fire departments, and vehicles of state police and motor vehicle divisions and municipal police departments. The special plates shall have the state motto, “Live Free or Die,” written on them and shall be issued with no number plate fee being charged to the state other than for those plates furnished to the state police and motor vehicle divisions. Special number plates issued to members or retired members of the national guard of any state, active duty members of the armed forces, and justices of the supreme and superior courts may be attached only to vehicles registered in the name of the person issued the plates. Special plates for active duty members of the armed forces shall be distinct from special number plates for veterans.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.