Bill Text - HB559 (2015)

Relative to vehicle registration by entities doing business in New Hampshire.


Revision: Dec. 16, 2015, midnight

CHAPTER 111

HB 559-FN – FINAL VERSION

2015 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 559-FN

AN ACT relative to vehicle registration by entities doing business in New Hampshire.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hinch, Hills 21

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill requires nonresident business entities to register certain vehicles in New Hampshire.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to vehicle registration by entities doing business in New Hampshire.

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

111:1 Obligation to Register Vehicle. Amend RSA 261:45 to read as follows:

261:45 [Resident of State] Obligation to Register Vehicle.

I. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 261:44, when a nonresident has established a bona fide residency in this state, said resident shall have a maximum of 60 days from the date of his or her residency [was established] in which to register his or her vehicle or vehicles in New?Hampshire.

II. When a nonresident business entity has established a place of business in this state and principally garages or regularly keeps overnight in this state a vehicle or vehicles owned by or leased to the business entity for conducting intrastate commerce in New Hampshire, the business entity shall be considered domiciled in New Hampshire and shall have a maximum of 60 days from the date of establishing such domicile in which to register the vehicle or vehicles with division or with an apportioned registration through the international registration plan. The director may adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to procedures for such registration.

111:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.

Approved: June 8, 2015

Effective Date: January 1, 2016