HB532 (2015) Detail

Relative to commercial vessel insurance and eliminating the mooring appeals board.


HB 532 - AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0848

03/08

HOUSE BILL 532

AN ACT relative to commercial vessel insurance and eliminating the mooring appeals board.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hinch, Hills 21; Rep. Tholl, Coos 5

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes rulemaking relative to commercial vessel insurance. This bill also eliminates the mooring appeals board.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0848

03/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to commercial vessel insurance and eliminating the mooring appeals board.

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

1 New Subparagraph; Commercial Vessel Insurance Rules. Amend RSA?270:11,?I by inserting after subparagraph (d) the following new subparagraph:

(e) Insurance requirements for commercial vessels.

2 References Deleted. Amend RSA 270:66, I-II to read as follows:

I. The director or [his] the director’s agents shall remove or cause the removal of, or shall move or cause the moving of, any mooring, mooring component, or boat attached to it, or any combination thereof, which:

(a) Is in violation of RSA 270:63; or

(b) Is in violation of RSA 270:64; or

(c) Does not bear the decal required under RSA 270:62; or

(d) Constitutes a hazard to public safety because of the manner in which it is constructed or maintained; or

(e) Bears a permit which was obtained by falsification in the permit application process; or

(f) [Is ordered removed pursuant to RSA 270:69; or

(g)] Is in violation of RSA 270:61, IV or V.

II. The director or [his] the director’s agents shall remove or cause the removal of a mooring and any boat attached to it when the removal of the mooring, mooring component, or boat is authorized under paragraph I. [The person who owns or controls the mooring shall have the right to request a hearing before the appeals board as established in RSA 270:69.]

3 Repeal. RSA 270:69, relative to moorings appeals board, is repealed.

4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.