HB 1241 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2158
\t03/09
HOUSE BILL\t1241
AN ACT\testablishing the alternative motto "scenic" for motor vehicle plates.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Suzanne Smith, Graf. 8; Rep. Parkhurst, Ches. 13; Rep. Ford, Graf. 3; Rep. Cooney, Graf. 8; Rep. C. Chase, Ches. 8
COMMITTEE:\tTransportation
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill allows persons to select either “live free or die” or “scenic” as the motto to be placed on their motor vehicle number plates.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2158
\t03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\testablishing the alternative motto "scenic" for motor vehicle plates.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Number Plates; Motto. Amend RSA 261:75, II to read as follows:
\t\tII. Every vehicle driven in or on any way in this state, if required to be registered hereunder, shall have displayed conspicuously thereon a number plate or plates to be furnished by the department, together with any current validation sticker issued by the department and which has a changeable designation of their effective period. The director may make special rules relative to the number of plates, the location of said plate or plates on the vehicle, and the material and design thereof, provided, however, that number plates for passenger vehicles shall have [the] a state motto selected by the registrant, which shall be either “Live Free or Die” or “Scenic,” written thereon. The plate shall be kept clean.
\t2 Special Number Plates; Motto. Amend RSA 261:91 to read as follows:
\t261:91 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, and vehicles of state police and motor vehicle divisions and municipal police departments. The special plates shall have [the] a state motto selected by the registrant, which shall be either “Scenic” or "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.
\t3 Conservation Number Plates; Motto. Amend RSA 261:97-a, I to read as follows:
\t\tI. The director is hereby authorized to issue special conservation number plates, in lieu of other number plates. The design of these special plates shall be determined as provided in RSA 261:97-d. The plates shall [retain the “live free or die” logo] have a state motto selected by the registrant, which shall be either “Live Free or Die” or “Scenic,” written on them. Such plates shall be issued only upon application and upon payment of a $30 fee that shall be in addition to the regular motor vehicle registration fee and any other number plate fees otherwise required.
\t4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.