CHAPTER 128
SB 396-FN - FINAL VERSION
01/18/2018 0076s
2018 SESSION
18-2709
03/08
SENATE BILL 396-FN
AN ACT relative to gold star number plates.
SPONSORS: Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Daniels, Dist 11; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Chirichiello, Rock. 6; Rep. Lascelles, Hills. 20; Rep. Soucy, Merr. 16
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill authorizes the issuance of gold star number plates to a stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces.
This bill was requested by the committee to study gold star number plates established in 2017, 29.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/18/2018 0076s 18-2709
03/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to gold star number plates.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
128:1 Gold Star Number Plates; Eligibility. Amend RSA 261:87-c to read as follows:
261:87-c Gold Star Number Plates.
I. The department shall furnish one set of special number plates, designed by the director with the approval of the commissioner, for one motor vehicle owned by a mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces. These gold star number plates shall be issued upon payment of the regular registration fees. There shall be no number plate fees for gold star number plates.
II. For purposes of this section, a motor vehicle is owned by a mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces if the mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces is the motor vehicle's owner under RSA 259:72, I, or if the legal ownership of the motor vehicle is held by a trust established by the mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces and the mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces has use of the motor vehicle or the motor vehicle is used for the transportation of the mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces. The director shall establish the documentation required for a motor vehicle held in trust to be eligible for plates under this section. The director shall not issue more than one set of plates under this section to any trust. A trustee of the trust or the administrator of the estate may be fined up to $500 for failing to return within 60 days of the death of the mother or stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces any plates issued under this section for a motor vehicle held in trust.
III. A stepmother of a person killed while on duty in the United States armed forces shall only be eligible for gold star number plates if her marriage license is dated prior to the member's fifteenth birthday and the stepmother provides a copy of the marriage license to the director. The stepmother shall also be required to provide a DD Form 1300 to the director. A stepmother shall not receive plates under this section if another stepmother of the person killed while on duty holds gold star number plates furnished under this section.
128:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 30, 2018
Effective Date: July 29, 2018
Date | Body | Type |
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Jan. 9, 2018 | Senate | Hearing |
Jan. 18, 2018 | Senate | Floor Vote |
April 3, 2018 | House | Hearing |
April 10, 2018 | House | Exec Session |
House | Floor Vote | |
April 19, 2018 | House | Floor Vote |
May 30, 2018: Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0128; Effective 07/29/2018
April 26, 2018: Enrolled (In recess 04/26/2018); SJ 15
April 26, 2018: Enrolled 04/26/2018
April 19, 2018: Ought to Pass: MA VV 04/19/2018 HJ 13 P. 13
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 15-0; CC)
April 19, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 04/19/2018 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 15 P. 10
April 10, 2018: Executive Session: 04/10/2018 LOB 203
April 3, 2018: Public Hearing: 04/03/2018 11:00 AM LOB 203
March 7, 2018: Introduced 03/07/2018 and referred to Transportation HJ 7 P. 51
Jan. 18, 2018: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2018-0076s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
Jan. 18, 2018: Committee Amendment # 2018-0076s, AA, VV; 01/18/2018; SJ 2
Jan. 18, 2018: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2018-0076s, 01/18/2018; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 3
Jan. 9, 2018: Hearing: 01/09/2018, Room 103, LOB, 02:00 pm; SC 48
Jan. 3, 2018: To Be Introduced 01/03/2018 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 1