Bill Text - SB56 (2019)

(New Title) establishing a committee to study motor vehicle registrations and drivers' licenses of active duty military personnel.


Revision: Jan. 17, 2019, 3:06 p.m.

SB 56  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0934

11/08

 

SENATE BILL 56

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study motor vehicle registrations of active duty military personnel.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Rep. Graham, Hills. 7; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Morrison, Rock. 9; Rep. Massimilla, Graf. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes a committee to study motor vehicle registrations of active duty military personnel.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0934

11/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT establishing a committee to study motor vehicle registrations of active duty military personnel.

 

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

 

1  Committee Established.  There is established a committee to study motor vehicle registrations of active duty military members.

2  Membership and Compensation.

I.  The members of the committee shall be as follows:

(a)  One members of the senate, appointed by the president of the senate.

(b)  Two members of the house of representatives, including one member from the transportation committee and one member from the state-federal relations and veterans affairs committee, appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.

II.  Members of the committee shall receive mileage at the legislative rate when attending to the duties of the committee.

3  Duties.  The committee shall study and make recommendations for legislation to allow active members of the United States armed forces to be exempt from the requirement to pay a registration fee for principal motor vehicles..

4  Chairperson; Quorum.  The members of the study committee shall elect a chairperson from among the members.  The first meeting of the committee shall be called by the first-named senate member.  The first meeting of the committee shall be held within 45 days of the effective date of this section.  Four members of the committee shall constitute a quorum.

5  Report.  The committee shall report its findings and any recommendations for proposed legislation to the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the senate clerk, the house clerk, the governor, and the state library on or before November 1, 2019.

6  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.