CHAPTER 27
HB 1437-FN - FINAL VERSION
2022 SESSION
22-2384
11/05
HOUSE BILL 1437-FN
AN ACT relative to registration plates for antique farm tractors.
SPONSORS: Rep. S. Pearson, Rock. 6; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Pratt, Rock. 3
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides for the registration of antique farm tractors by the division of motor vehicles.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2384
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to registration plates for antique farm tractors.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
27:1 Motor Vehicles; Definitions; Antique Motor Vehicle, Farm Tractor, or Motorcycle. Amend RSA 259:4 to read as follows:
259:4 Antique Motor Vehicle, Farm Tractor, or Motorcycle. "Antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, or motorcycle" shall mean any motor vehicle, including a truck regardless of its weight, over 25 years old which is maintained for use in exhibitions, club activities, parades, and other functions of public interest, but not for use in commerce. For the purposes of this section, "maintained for use" shall mean a motor vehicle or motorcycle in its original condition or restored to original or better condition and not intended for daily use.
27:2 Motor Vehicles; Antique Motor Vehicle, Farm Tractor, Motorcycle, or Trailer Plates. Amend RSA 261:89-a, I to read as follows:
I. The director may permit the owner of an antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, or motorcycle, as defined in RSA 259:4, or trailer, as defined in paragraph II of this section, to use a registration plate which was issued in the same year that the antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer was manufactured, provided the motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer is registered as an antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer under this chapter, and the number of the antique plate is recorded with the director. Registration plates issued in the same year that the antique motor vehicle was manufactured may be affixed to both the front and rear of the antique motor vehicle, to either the front or rear of the antique motorcycle, and to the rear of the farm tractor or antique trailer for any such vehicle with a year of manufacture of 1975 or earlier if the registration plate matching the registration certificate is carried within the antique motor vehicle, so long as the number on the antique plate is not in use on another motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer. Any antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer bearing a registration plate with the year of manufacture shall also carry, within it, a valid antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, motorcycle, or trailer registration certificate and a permit issued under this section.
27:3 Motor Vehicles; Fees for Registration Permits; Antique Farm Tractors. Amend RSA 261:153, VI(b) to read as follows:
(b) The maximum fee charged under this paragraph shall be $5. The municipality shall establish the required fee, up to the maximum amount allowable, based on anticipated funding needs for transportation improvements. The additional fee shall be collected from all vehicles, both passenger and commercial, with the exception of all terrain vehicles as defined in RSA 215-A:1, I-b and antique motor vehicles, farm tractors, or motorcycles, as defined in RSA 259:4.
27:4 Rules of the Road; Child Passenger Restraints. Amend RSA 265:107-a, II to read as follows:
II. A person shall not be guilty of a violation of this section if the motor vehicle the person is driving is regularly used to transport passengers for hire, is a school bus weighing more than 10,000 pounds or is a school bus weighing less than 10,000 pounds that was manufactured without safety belts, or there is an individualized education program statement contraindicating the use of restraints, is a vehicle manufactured before 1968, is a motorcycle as defined in RSA 259:63, is an antique motor [car] vehicle, farm tractor, or motorcycle as defined in RSA 259:4, or is being operated in a parade authorized by law or ordinance, provided that the parade vehicle is traveling at a speed of no more than 10 miles per hour.
27:5 Equipment of Vehicles; Lights, Signals, Flashers, Reflectors, and Flags; Antique Exception. Amend RSA 266:33 to read as follows:
266:33 Antique Vehicles Exemption. Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 266:44, the tail lamps on antique [motorcars] motor vehicles, farm tractors, or motorcycles as defined in RSA 259:4 shall be deemed adequate if they display a red light visible for a distance of 100 feet to the rear of such vehicle, and the tail lamp or lamps on such vehicles may be located at a height of more than 72 inches from the ground, provided they were so located at the time of original manufacture of the vehicle.
27:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: April 18, 2022
Effective Date: June 17, 2022
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 25, 2022 | House | Hearing |
| March 15, 2022 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 24, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| Jan. 25, 2022 | House | Exec Session |
| March 15, 2022 | Senate | Hearing |
| March 24, 2022 | Senate | Floor Vote |
April 20, 2022: Signed by Governor Sununu 04/18/2022; Chapter 27; EFF.06/17/2022
April 8, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 03/31/2022
April 8, 2022: Enrolled (in recess of) 03/31/2022
April 7, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/31/2022); SJ 8
March 24, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
April 7, 2022: Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 03/31/2022); SJ 8
March 17, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/24/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12
March 24, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 03/24/2022; SJ 6
March 10, 2022: Hearing: 03/15/2022, Room 101, LOB, 02:10 pm; SC 11
March 17, 2022: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 03/24/2022; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 12
March 1, 2022: Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5
March 10, 2022: Hearing: 03/15/2022, Room 101, LOB, 02:10 pm; SC 11
March 1, 2022: Introduced 02/24/2022 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 5
Feb. 16, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
April 20, 2022: Executive Session: 01/25/2022 02:00 pm LOB 201-203
Feb. 16, 2022: Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/16/2022 HJ 3
Jan. 19, 2022: Public Hearing: 01/25/2022 02:00 pm LOB 201-203
Dec. 1, 2021: Introduced 01/05/2022 and referred to Transportation