Revision: June 23, 2017, 9:17 a.m.
HB 319 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
8Mar2017... 0622h
04/20/2017 1318s
22Jun2017... 2311CofC
2017 SESSION
17-0483
03/10
HOUSE BILL 319
SPONSORS: Rep. Packard, Rock. 5
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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I. Limits the 20-day registration plates used for the same vehicle to 3 plates within a 12-month period.
II. Authorizes the director of the division of motor vehicles to suspend or revoke the driver's license of a person whose driver's license or right to operate has been suspended or revoked in another jurisdiction.
III. Authorizes the issuance of a salvage certificate of title for a vehicle under specified conditions after a total loss payment has been made.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
8Mar2017... 0622h
04/20/2017 1318s
22Jun2017... 2311-CofC 17-0483
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Twenty-Day Registration. Amend RSA 261:57, I to read as follows:
I. Any resident of this state who intends to purchase a vehicle in another state or from another person or who is unable to register a vehicle because of limited hours of operation of the town clerk in the town where the person resides may apply to the division or its substation or authorized agent nearest his or her residence for a registration to drive said vehicle on the ways of the state in an unregistered condition. Said resident shall appear in person at the division or substation to obtain such registration and shall sign under penalty of perjury a statement that the vehicle meets all New Hampshire inspection requirements, and in the case of a person seeking an extension of his or her registration, that he or she was unable to register the vehicle because of the limited hours of the town clerk, before said registration may be issued. Said registration shall be valid for 20 days from the time it is issued. Application blanks and permits in the form prescribed by the director shall be designed, printed, and supplied to the substations by the division. The fee for the issuance of a registration shall be $10. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on the ways of the state under a registration issued pursuant to this section unless said person has in his or her possession a valid bill of sale for the vehicle he or she is driving, or in the case of a person whose registration is extended, a copy of the form indicating he or she was unable to register because of the limited hours of the town clerk. No person shall make application for a 20-day registration on the same vehicle more than once within a 12-month period. Only 3 20-day registrations shall be issued on the same vehicle within a 12-month period.
2 New Section; Suspension or Revocation in Another Jurisdiction. Amend RSA 263 by inserting after section 56-f the following new section:
263:56-g Suspension or Revocation in Another Jurisdiction. Upon receipt of official notice, in any form which the director deems appropriate, including electronic transmissions, that a driver licensed by the state of New Hampshire, or any applicant for a driver's license in the state of New Hampshire, has had a driver's license or right to operate suspended or revoked in another state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a province or territory of Canada, the director shall not issue a license to the person and, if a license has already been issued, the director shall notify the driver in writing by first class mail that the driver's license may be suspended or revoked on the date which is 30 days from the date of notification unless the driver requests an administrative hearing before the suspension or revocation takes effect. A request for a hearing shall be in writing. A request for a hearing received by the division more than 30 days from the date the notice was issued shall be denied as untimely. If the other state, territory, possession, district, commonwealth, or province has reinstated or subsequently reinstates the license or right to operate of the person, he or she may apply to the director for reinstatement of the license in the state of New Hampshire.
3 New Paragraphs; Salvage Certificate of Title. Amend RSA 261:22 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraphs:
II-a. With respect to a vehicle, other than an exempt vehicle as provided in RSA 261:3, which the vehicle owner has not chosen to retain, if an insurance firm or representative thereof is unable to obtain the documents prescribed by RSA 261:22, II(a) or (b) after 30 days from the total loss payment and makes the determination, at any time thereafter, that the insurance firm or representative thereof is unlikely to obtain the documents prescribed by RSA 261:22, II(a) or (b), the insurance firm or representative thereof may apply to the department for a salvage certificate of title in the name of the insurance firm without surrendering the certificate of title or other ownership documentation for the motor vehicle. The application shall be accompanied by evidence that the insurance firm has made a total loss payment for the vehicle, made to any lienholder on file with the department and, if applicable, to the vehicle owner, in accordance with the amounts and priorities of their respective interests, as well as a copy of a written request for the certificate of title sent to the vehicle owner and any lienholder on file with the department by the insurance firm or representative thereof, proof that the request was delivered by a nationally-recognized courier service or by certified mail to the last known address of the vehicle owner and any lienholder on file with the department, and the required fee of $10. The department shall process the application as provided in RSA 261:22, III, except that the department shall not require submission of the certificate of title or other ownership document for the motor vehicle. A salvage certificate of title issued pursuant to this paragraph shall be issued free and clear of all liens.
II-b. An applicant under RSA 261:22, II-a shall indemnify and hold harmless the department from any liability arising from an error or misrepresentation made by such applicant in a submission to the department pursuant to RSA 261:22, II-a.
I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
II. Section 3 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2017.
III. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.