Revision: Jan. 6, 2020, 3:39 p.m.
SB 611 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2797
11/08
SENATE BILL 611
AN ACT relative to state vehicle inspection stations.
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Birdsell, Dist 19; Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11; Rep. Williams, Hills. 4; Rep. Hunt, Ches. 11
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows the director of motor vehicles to authorize certain mobile service garages as inspection stations.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2797
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to state vehicle inspection stations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Motor Vehicles; Inspection Authorized. Amend RSA 266:1, VI-VII to read as follows:
VI. Except as provided in paragraph XII, each inspection station shall conspicuously post on its premises a notice, in a form and size approved by the director, indicating that the station is an authorized inspection station.
VII. Except as provided in paragraph XII, each inspection station shall conspicuously post on the outside of the building a sign showing the inspection fee charged and the additional fee charged for OBD II testing under RSA 266:59-b. No inspection station shall include of the cost of OBD II testing or reporting in the inspection fee charged for a vehicle not subject to the OBD II requirements under RSA 266:59-b.
2 New Paragraph; Equipment of Vehicles; Inspection Authorized. Amend RSA 266:1 by inserting after paragraph XI the following new paragraph:
XII. The director may authorize as an inspection station a mobile service garage that is contracted with employers, provided:
(a) Inspections may only be performed while the mobile service garage is on an employer's premises.
(b) While the mobile service garage is on an employer's premises, inspections are performed solely on vehicles registered to employees of the contracted employer or registered to the employer.
(c) Each inspection station authorized pursuant to this section shall conspicuously post, in a form and size approved by the director, on its vehicle or trailer indicating that it is an authorized inspection station.
(d) Each inspection station authorized pursuant to this paragraph shall conspicuously post on the outside of its vehicle or trailer a sign showing the inspection fee charged and the additional fee charged for OBD II testing under RSA 266:59-b. No inspection station authorized pursuant to this paragraph shall include the cost of OBD II testing or reporting in the inspection fee charged for a vehicle not subject to the OBD II requirements under RSA 266:59-b.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.