SB210 (2014) Detail

Relative to registration of vehicles by motor vehicle manufacturers.


SB 210 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

2014 SESSION

14-2612

03/08

SENATE BILL 210

AN ACT relative to registration of vehicles by motor vehicle manufacturers.

SPONSORS: Sen. Rausch, Dist 19

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill adds vehicles in possession of the manufacturer during the manufacturing process to the manufacturer registration. This bill also specifies that vehicles using a manufacturer plate on a public way must have all required equipment.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

14-2612

03/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to registration of vehicles by motor vehicle manufacturers.

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

1 Manufacturer Registrations. Amend RSA 261:111-a to read as follows:

261:111-a Manufacturer Registrations.

I. Any manufacturer as defined in RSA 259:52, who constructs or assembles vehicles in this state, may make application to the department upon blanks furnished by it for that purpose, for a general distinguishing number for vehicles owned by such manufacturer.

II. The department may, if it is satisfied of the facts stated in such application, grant the same and issue to the applicant a certificate of registration containing such information as the director may determine. All vehicles owned by such manufacturer or in lawful possession of the manufacturer while in the manufacturing process shall[, while so owned,] be regarded as registered under such distinguishing number.

III. A manufacturer may have up to 12 number plates assigned to it pursuant to a registration under this section. Any vehicle displaying one of the number plates assigned and traveling on the public ways of the state shall be equipped with all equipment required under RSA 266 for that type of vehicle.

IV. All applications shall be accompanied by the payment of a license fee of $125.

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