Revision: April 8, 2019, 5:28 p.m.
HB 472-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
14Mar2019... 0696h
2019 SESSION
19-0812
11/05
HOUSE BILL 472-FN
AN ACT relative to special number plates for certain veterans.
SPONSORS: Rep. DeSimone, Rock. 14; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Belanger, Hills. 27; Rep. L. Ober, Hills. 37; Rep. Major, Rock. 14; Rep. Harb, Rock. 14; Sen. Carson, Dist 14
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows for the issuance of special number plates for each car owned by a veteran.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14Mar2019... 0696h 19-0812
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to special number plates for certain veterans.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Motor Vehicles; Number Plates; Special Number Plates for Certain Veterans. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 261:86, I to read as follows:
I. The department shall furnish [one set of] special number plates, designed by the director with the approval of the commissioner, for [one] each motor vehicle owned by a veteran, who may be listed as the first or second owner on the certificate of title or certificate of registration, who:
2 Motor Vehicles; Number Plates; Special Number Plates for Certain Veterans. Amend RSA 261:86, II to read as follows:
II. The initial set of plates furnished pursuant to subparagraphs I(a)-I(e) shall be issued without charge. An additional set of plates shall be issued to a person who qualifies for the special plates upon payment of the state and municipal permit fees for the issuance of number plates. Notwithstanding RSA 265:73 or any other law, any person who is issued a plate pursuant to subparagraphs I(c)-I(e) shall not be entitled to free parking privileges for disabled veterans. A person who qualifies for special plates pursuant to subparagraph I(a), I(c), I(d), or I(e) may be issued an additional plate for a motorcycle.
3 Motor Vehicles; Number Plates; Special Number Plates for Veterans. Amend RSA 261:87-b, II to read as follows:
II. For purposes of this section, a motor vehicle is owned by a veteran if the veteran 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 veteran and the veteran has use of the motor vehicle or the motor vehicle is used for the transportation of the veteran. 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 veteran any plates issued under this section for a motor vehicle held in trust.
4 Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles; Municipal Permits for Registration; Exemption of Amputee and Other Disabled Veterans. Amend RSA 261:157 to read as follows:
261:157 Exemption of Amputee and Other Disabled Veterans. For the initial set of plates, no fee shall be charged for a permit to register a motor vehicle owned by a veteran of any war or armed conflict, as defined in RSA 72:28, V, who because of being an amputee or paraplegic or having suffered loss or use of a limb from a service-connected cause, as certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, has received said vehicle from the United States government or cash settlement in lieu thereof; or because of a disability incurred in, or aggravated by such service, and upon satisfactory proof that the veteran is evaluated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be totally and permanently disabled from such service-connected disability.
5 Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles; Municipal Permits for Registration; Exemption for Blind Veterans. Amend RSA 261:159 to read as follows:
261:159 Exemption for Blind Veterans. For the initial set of plates, no fee shall be charged for a permit to register a vehicle owned by a veteran who has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be suffering from total blindness as a result of a service-connected disability.
6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
19-0812
Amended 4/5/19
HB 472-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2019-0696h)
AN ACT relative to special number plates for certain veterans.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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| Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $28,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Funding Source: | [ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - *Restricted Cost of Collections | |||
*Pursuant to Part II, article 6-a of the New Hampshire constitution, any costs associated with the collection and administration of Highway Funds by the Department of Safety shall be deducted by the Department before such funds are credited to the Highway Fund as unrestricted revenue. | ||||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill allows all veterans, including those who qualify for Purple Heart, Pearl Harbor, Former Prisoner of War, and Disabled Veteran status to receive special number plates for multiple cars owned by a veteran, instead of a single car. Under current law and this bill, veterans who qualify for Purple Heart, Pearl Harbor, Former Prisoner of War, and Disabled Veteran plates are allowed for one set of plates free of charge. Therefore, this bill will have no impact on revenue.
The Department of Safety estimates this bill will require $28,000 in programming expenses in FY 2020 for the Department's MAAP and VISION Systems to allow for more than one set of veteran plates to one person.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Safety