CHAPTER 162
03/07/2019 0593s
2019 SESSION
19-1041
10/03
SENATE BILL 186
AN ACT permitting a qualified veteran to obtain an additional set of special number plates.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. R. Ober, Hills. 37
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows a veteran who qualifies for special number plates to be issued an additional set upon payment of the regular fees.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/07/2019 0593s 19-1041
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT permitting a qualified veteran to obtain an additional set of special number plates.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
162:1 Special Number Plates for Certain Veterans; Additional Set. 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 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.
162:2 Disabled Veterans; Plate Fees. 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.
162:3 Blind Veterans; Plate Fees. Amend RSA 261:159 to rad 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.
162:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 09, 2019
Effective Date: September 07, 2019
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 12, 2019 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 7, 2019 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| March 7, 2019 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| April 23, 2019 | House | Hearing |
| April 30, 2019 | House | Exec Session |
| May 14, 2019 | House | Exec Session |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| May 23, 2019 | House | Floor Vote |
July 9, 2019: Signed by the Governor on 07/09/2019; Chapter 0162; Effective 09/07/2019
June 6, 2019: Enrolled (In recess 06/06/2019); SJ 20
June 6, 2019: Enrolled 06/06/2019 HJ 18 P. 47
May 23, 2019: Ought to Pass: MA VV 05/23/2019 HJ 16 P. 19
: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 19-0; CC)
May 23, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 05/23/2019 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 25 P. 7
May 14, 2019: ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 05/14/2019 10:00 am LOB 203
April 30, 2019: ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 04/30/2019 01:30 pm LOB 203
April 23, 2019: Public Hearing: 04/23/2019 10:30 am LOB 203
March 20, 2019: Introduced 03/20/2019 and referred to Transportation HJ 11 P. 70
March 7, 2019: Ought to Pass with Amendment 2019-0593s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
March 7, 2019: Committee Amendment # 2019-0593s, AA, VV; 03/07/2019; SJ 7
March 7, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0593s, 03/07/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12
March 7, 2019: Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment # 2019-0593s, 03/07/2019; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12
Feb. 12, 2019: Hearing: 02/12/2019, Room 103, LOB, 01:45 pm; SC 9
Jan. 3, 2019: Introduced 01/03/2019 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 4