Revision: April 20, 2018, 9:44 a.m.
SB 396-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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:
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.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
18-2709
Amended 1/22/18
SB 396-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2018-0076s)
AN ACT relative to gold star number plates.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as amended, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2022.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Safety