Revision: Jan. 9, 2023, 1:44 p.m.
2023 SESSION
23-0360.0
02/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to vehicle registrations and reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreements.
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes the authority of the commissioner of the department of transportation to suspend the motor vehicle registration of owners in violation of reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreements.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0360.0
02/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT relative to vehicle registrations and reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreements.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 License Suspension and Revocation; Suspension for Evasion of Electronic Toll Collection System. Amend RSA 263:56-f to read as follows:
I. Upon receiving a report from the commissioner of the department of transportation or designee[, or another state having a reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreement,] that the owner of a vehicle, as defined in RSA 236:31, has violated the terms of RSA 236:31, [or a reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreement in accordance with RSA 237:16-c,] the director shall notify the owner in writing by first class mail that the owner's motor vehicle registration privileges for the vehicle driven in violation of RSA 236:31 are suspended as of the date which is 30 days from the date of notification unless the toll and any administrative fees assessed by the department of transportation are paid. Furthermore, the registered owner of the vehicle driven in violation of RSA 236:31 is prohibited from transferring a plate to said vehicle or obtaining a new plate for said vehicle or any other vehicle until such tolls and fees are paid. The registered owner is further prohibited from transferring ownership of said vehicle driven in violation of RSA 236:31[, or a reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreement in accordance with RSA 237:16-c,] to a family member or an individual with the same address listed in department of motor vehicle records, until such tolls and fees are paid. The director shall also notify the owner that he or she may request an administrative hearing before the suspension or prohibitions take effect. The hearing shall be limited in scope and shall not constitute an appeal of the fees or fines related to the unpaid tolls, which can only be determined by the department of transportation. A request for a hearing shall be in writing. A request for a hearing received by the division more than 30 days from the date the notice is issued shall be denied as untimely.
2 Regional Electronic Toll Collection; Additional Uses of E-Z Pass System. Amend RSA 237:16-g, I to read as follows:
I. The financial obligation has been incurred for a purpose approved by the department pursuant to RSA 237:16-d[, or the Interagency Group pursuant to procedures adopted in accordance with RSA 237:16-c].
3 Repeal. RSA 237:16-c, V, relative to regional electronic toll collection; E-Z Pass operations interagency agreement, is repealed.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.