Bill Text - SB187 (2017)

Clarifying the application of the road toll.


Revision: Jan. 25, 2017, 9:05 a.m.

SB 187  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0984

06/09

 

SENATE BILL 187

 

AN ACT clarifying the application of the road toll.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Sykes, Graf. 13

 

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill modifies the description of vehicles using special fuel on which the supplier has prepaid the road toll fees.

 

This bill also repeals the provision entitling diplomats to a refund of the road toll.

 

This bill is a request of the department of transportation.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0984

06/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT clarifying the application of the road toll.

 

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

 

1  Adminisration of Motor Vehicle Laws; Road Toll on Users of Special Fuel.  Amend RSA 260:52, I to read as follows:

I.  All users of special fuel who travel exclusively (intrastate) on the ways of the state of New Hampshire shall use only special fuel on which the supplier has prepaid the New Hampshire road toll fees.  Vehicles powered by special fuels having a gross registered weight in excess of 26,000 pounds or having 3 or more axles regardless of weight, or when the weight of such vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeds 26,000 pounds, that travel on the ways of New Hampshire that also travel in any other state, province, or other IFTA jurisdiction shall meet the licensing and reporting requirements of th e International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA).

2  Repeal.  RSA 260:47,V, relative to refunds to diplomatic personnel eligible for an exemption from motor fuel tax, is repealed.

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