Revision: Dec. 1, 2021, 4:04 p.m.
HB 1474 - AS INTRODUCED
2022 SESSION
22-2645
12/05
HOUSE BILL 1474
AN ACT relative to annual vehicle inspections.
SPONSORS: Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11; Rep. Sheehan, Hills. 23; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Bordes, Belk. 3; Rep. Harley, Rock. 20; Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24; Rep. Stapleton, Sull. 5
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires most vehicles be inspected every year, irrespective of the vehicle owner's birth month.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22-2645
12/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to annual vehicle inspections.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Inspections Authorized. Amend RSA 266:1, II - III to read as follows:
II. Any vehicle registered under this title, except an OHRV, snowmobile, moped, roadable aircraft, or other exempt vehicle, shall be inspected once a year[, during the month in which the birth date of the owner is observed,] if the owner is a natural person. An inspection sticker shall be valid for [the same duration as the vehicle's registration, which shall not exceed 16 months] one year from the month of inspection. [If the month in which the anniversary of the owner's birth occurs will be one of the next 4 months, an inspection sticker may be issued, with an expiration date of the birth month in the following year, of the first person named on the title application. Nothing in this paragraph shall require any person who has registered and had inspected a vehicle with temporary plates to have the vehicle reinspected upon receipt of permanent motor vehicle plates. An inspection sticker shall not expire when a vehicle is transferred to a licensed dealer].
II-a. Notwithstanding RSA 266:1, II, if the month in which the [anniversary of the owner's birth occurs] inspection sticker expires will be one of the next 4 months, and the vehicle owner provides written verification of absence from New Hampshire during the entire [anniversary] month, an inspection sticker may be issued, with an expiration date of the [birth] same month in the following year[, of the first person named on the title application].
III. If the owner of the vehicle is a company or corporation or other than a natural person, the annual inspection shall be made during the month designated by the director as the registration month for such legal entity. Vehicles registered as antique motor vehicles and antique motorcycles and which are 40 years old and over shall be inspected biennially. Antique motor vehicles and custom vehicles shall be inspected in the month of April. Without regard to the [owner's birth date or ] registration month, motorcycles, autocycles, and recreational vehicles shall be inspected annually by July 1.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.