Revision: April 9, 2025, 3:20 p.m.
Rep. Wilhelm, Hills. 21
April 9, 2025
2025-1567h
08/09
Floor Amendment to HB 2-FN-A-LOCAL
Amend the bill by deleting section 2 relative to the species impact environmental review fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 4, relative to the administrative fee for threatened and endangered species mitigation.
Amend the bill by deleting section 6 relative to the environmental review screening fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 7 relative to the natural heritage bureau fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 10 relative to the shoreline structure project application fee, the minimum impact or publicly funded restoration projects application fee, and the voluntary dock registration fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 12, relative to the terrain alteration application fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 17 relative to the solid waste disposal facility application and filing fees.
Amend the bill by replacing section with the following:
19 Education Trust Fund Appropriations Reductions; Education Freedom Accounts.
The education trust fund appropriations to the department of education, in account 06-56-56-560040-3446, class line 102, for education freedom accounts, shall be reduced by $6,544,091 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and by $25,544,091 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027. The department shall report to the fiscal committees of the general court on such reductions.
Amend the bill by deleting section 138 relative to the elevator and accessibility lift inspection certificate fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 168 regarding subdivision and waste disposal system review fees.
Amend the bill by deleting section 204 relative to the pesticide application permit fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 205 relative to the pesticide applicator exam and re-exam fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 206 relative to the pesticide dealer license and exam fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 207 relative to the pesticide registration fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 208 relative to the fertilizer brand and grade registration fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 209 relative to the soil and plant additive product registration fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 210 relative to the horticultural growing media registration and inspection fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 211 relative to the commercial feed product registration fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 212 relative to farm product permit fees.
Amend the bill by deleting section 213 relative to the fertilizer inspection fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 215 relative to weights and measures device license fees.
Amend the bill by deleting section 216 relative to registered service agency annual registration fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 217 relative to the annual dam registration fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 218 relative to the dam filing and application fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 219 relative to the automotive oil fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 220 relative to the hazardous waste generator self-certification fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 221 relative to the hazardous waste cleanup fund generator fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 222 relative to the solid waste disposal surcharge.
Amend the bill by deleting section 223 relative to the hazardous waste coordinator certification fee.
Amend the bill by deleting section 228 relative to the boat fee decal.
Amend the bill by deleting section 348 relative to copies of motor vehicle records.
Amend the bill by replacing sections 349 - 355 with the following:
349 Motor Vehicles; Administration of Motor Vehicle Laws; Identification Cards. Amend RSA 260:21, V(a) to read as follows:
V.(a) The fee for such card shall be [$10] $15 and is not refundable, except that no fee shall be charged to any person who, for reason of health or age, turns in his or her driver's license before the expiration date of such license. For purposes of this section, reasons of age shall be deemed to apply only to those persons over age 65. A person who requires a photo identification card only for voter identification purposes may obtain a voucher in the form provided for in subparagraph (b) from his or her town or city clerk or the secretary of state exempting the voter from the identification card fee. Upon presentation of the voucher to the division, the actual costs of issuing the card shall be paid by the secretary of state from the election fund established under RSA 5:6-d. An identification card paid for by the secretary of state shall be valid for voter identification purposes only, and the card, which shall be known as a voter identification card, shall be marked "for voter identification only."
350 Motor Vehicles; Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles; Fees. Amend RSA 261:20, I(a)-(i) to read as follows:
(a) For filing an application for a first certificate of title, with or without a lienholder named, [$25] $30;
(b) For a certificate of title after a transfer, with or without a lienholder named, [$25] $30;
(c) For a duplicate certificate of title, [$25] $30;
(d) For an ordinary certificate of title issued upon surrender of a distinctive certificate, [$20] $30;
(e) For filing a notice of security interest, $20;
(f) For a certificate of search of the records of the division, for each name or identification number searched against, $20;
(g) For filing an assignment of security interest, $2;
(h) For issuing a distinctive New Hampshire number in place of a vehicle identification number, [$30] $35;
(i) For issuing a salvage vehicle decal pursuant to RSA 261:22, IV, [$50] $55.
351 Motor Vehicles; Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles; Twenty-Day Registration. Amend RSA 261:57, I to read as follows:
I. Any resident of this state who intends to purchase a vehicle in another state or from another person or who is unable to register a vehicle because of limited hours of operation of the town clerk in the town where the person resides may apply to the division or its substation or authorized agent nearest his or her residence for a registration to drive said vehicle on the ways of the state in an unregistered condition. Said resident shall appear in person at the division or substation to obtain such registration and shall sign under penalty of perjury a statement that the vehicle meets all New Hampshire inspection requirements, and in the case of a person seeking an extension of his or her registration, that he or she was unable to register the vehicle because of the limited hours of the town clerk, before said registration may be issued. Said registration shall be valid for 20 days from the time it is issued. Application blanks and permits in the form prescribed by the director shall be designed, printed, and supplied to the substations by the division. The fee for the issuance of a registration shall be [$10] $15. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle on the ways of the state under a registration issued pursuant to this section unless said person has in his or her possession a valid bill of sale for the vehicle he or she is driving, or in the case of a person whose registration is extended, a copy of the form indicating he or she was unable to register because of the limited hours of the town clerk. No person shall make application for a 20-day registration on the same vehicle more than once within a 12-month period. Only 3 20-day registrations shall be issued on the same vehicle within a 12-month period.
352 Motor Vehicles; Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles; Fees to be Collected. Amend RSA 261:141, III to read as follows:
III. Prorated fees:
(a) For agricultural vehicles-[$3.60] $6.
(b) For each agricultural tractor-$[1.80] $6.
(c) For air compressors-[$6] $8.50.
(d) For cement mixers-[$6] $8.50.
(e) For saw rigs or log splitters-[$6] $8.50.
(If the equipment cited in RSA 261:141, III(c)-(e), is towed exclusively within the limits of a single city or town, the state registration fee shall not be collected.)
(f) For antique motorcycles-[$2.40] $6.
(g) For all motor vehicles other than those in RSA 261:141, I:
0-3000 lbs. [$31.20 ($2.60 per month)] $36.60 ($3.05 per month)
3001-5000 lbs. [$43.20 ($3.60 per month)] $45.60 ($3.80 per month)
5001-8000 lbs. [$55.20 ($4.60 per month)] $60.60 ($5.05 per month)
8001-73,280 lbs. [$ .96] $1.20 per hundred lbs. gross weight.
(h) Truck-tractors to be used in conjunction with a semi-trailer, gross weight shall include the weight of such tractors, the weight of the heaviest semi-trailer to be used therewith, and the weight of the maximum load to be carried thereby: up to 73,280 pounds [$.96] $1.20 per 100 pounds gross weight, over 73,280 pounds-[$1.44] $1.92 shall be charged for each 100 pounds gross weight or portion thereof in excess of 73,280 pounds.
(i) Each additional semi-trailer used in conjunction with such truck-tractor-[$24.00] $42.
(j) For semi-trailers or automobile utility trailers (the weight of the trailer shall include the maximum load to be carried thereby):
0-1000 lbs. [$ 3.00] $8.50
1001-1500 lbs. [6.00] $11
1501-3000 lbs. [12.00] $15.50
3001-5000 lbs. [24.00] $30
5001-8000 lbs. [36.00] $44
8001-up [.60] $0.78 per hundred lbs. gross weight.
(k) For each semi-trailer not registered in connection with a truck-tractor, the gross weight shall include the weight of such trailer and the weight of the maximum load to be carried thereby. The registration fee shall be [$.60] $0.78 per hundred lbs. gross weight and such trailer shall not be registered for less than 10,000 lbs.
(l) For equipment mounted on trucks of which the equipment is an integral part of the unit and the truck is not capable of carrying freight or merchandise, the registration fee shall be 1/3 of the regular fee charged as determined by the corresponding weight chart specified in subparagraph (i).
(m) For each farm truck or combination of motor type tractor and semi-trailer used only for transportation of agricultural products produced on and meant to be used in connection with the operation of a farm or farms owned, operated, or occupied by the registrant, for the first 16,000 pounds-[$24] $36, for any additional weight above 16,000 pounds-[$.74] $1.09 per hundred weight.
(n) For each additional or extra semi-trailer used in connection with a motor type tractor registered for farm purposes-[$24] $30. (In the event that a farm truck registered under the [$24] $30 fee as provided in this subparagraph and thereafter registered for general use during the same registration year, such fee shall be applied toward the fee for such general registration.)
(o) For each motorcycle-[$15] $22.50.
(p) For each moped-[$3] $10.50.
(q) For each motor vehicle used exclusively as a school bus or owned by a religious organization or a non-profit organization used exclusively as a bus for the transportation of its members in connection with functions of the organization for which no fee is charged-$24. (These provisions shall not apply to municipally owned vehicles nor to vehicles of public utilities or common carriers.)
(r) For antique motor vehicles other than antique motorcycles-[$6] $11.
(s) For each road oiler or bituminous distributor-$72.
(t) For plates issued to motor vehicle repairer-$24 for the first set of plates, [$9] $13.50 for each additional set of plates.
(u)(1) For each vehicle, owned by or under control of a manufacturer, wholesaler, or dealer-[$200] $300 for the first plate.
(2) For every additional plate-[$12] $18.
(v) For motor vehicles owned by or under control of automotive recycling dealer licensee-[$30] $45 up to first 7,000 lbs., over 7,000 lbs.-[$.74] $1.09 per 100 lbs. gross weight.
(w)(1) For motorcycles owned or under the control of a manufacturer or dealer in motorcycles-[$12] $18 for the first plate.
(2) For every additional plate-[$3] $4.50.
(x)(1) For mopeds owned or under the control of a manufacturer or dealer in mopeds-[$12] $18 for the first plate.
(2) For every additional plate-[$3] $4.50.
(y) For each transporter-[$36] $54. Additional sets of number plates at [$18] $27 per set.
(z) For each utility dealer registration-[$36] $54. Additional number plates at [$9] $13.50 per plate.
(aa) For ski area vehicles-$6.
(bb) For construction equipment as defined by RSA 259:42-the exclusive fee charged by the state shall be [$25] $32.50.
(cc) For each vanity number plate set-$40.
(dd) For agricultural/industrial utility vehicles the registration fee shall be 1/3 of the registration fee determined by the corresponding weight chart specified in subparagraph (g).
353 Motor Vehicles; Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles; Fees to be Collected. Amend RSA 261:141, VII(f) to read as follows:
(f) For the replacement of lost or illegible validation sticker-[$1] $3.
354 Motor Vehicles; Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles; Fees to be Collected. Amend RSA 261:141, IX to read as follows:
IX. For every certified copy of and duplicate of a certificate of registration-[$15] $17.50.
355 Motor Vehicles; Drivers' Licenses; Driver's License Fees. Amend RSA 263:42, II-IV-a to read as follows:
II. For every certified copy of a registration, license, or driving record, [$15] $17.50, except that the commissioner shall waive the fee for local, state, and federal law enforcement and criminal justice agencies requesting such information for investigative purposes and may, for good cause, waive the fee in cases involving other government agencies or the public defender if the commissioner determines that such a waiver is in the public interest.
III. No fee shall be charged for a driver's license issued to a disabled veteran who because of being an amputee or a paraplegic has received a motor vehicle from the United States government. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply to a veteran who, because of a disability incurred in, or aggravated by such service, and upon satisfactory proof that the veteran is evaluated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled from such service-connected disability.
IV. A duplicate copy of a photographic license or a new license with a different classification because of a commercial driver license disqualification may be issued for a fee of [$10] $15. For the purpose of this chapter, the term "duplicate copy" shall mean an additional license containing an indicator that the license is a duplicate. A new photograph need not be taken.
IV-a. For a new driver's license because of a change of address, [$3] $6.50.
Amend the bill by deleting sections 356 through 358 relative to vanity plates.
2025-1567h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
DELETE:
2. Requires the department of environmental services to adopt rules and review procedures such that actions of state agencies do not jeopardize the existence or habitats of species protected under the endangered species conservation act.
4. Requires that rules established by the executive director of the fish and game department establish an administrative fee that the executive director may collect from payments made to the threatened and endangered species compensatory mitigation fund.
5. Requires the department of environmental services to adopt rules regarding when mitigation payments to the threatened and endangered species compensatory mitigation fund are required.
14. Raising the fees associated with shoreline terrain alteration applications and raising fees annually to coincide with inflation.
15. Establishes fees for applications for terrain alteration and requires the department of environmental services to adopt rules to establish a permit by notification for certain projects with plans encompassing an area less than 150,000 square feet.
59. Implements a fee for unit owners to obtain a certificate of successful inspection of an elevator or accessibility lift.
81. Increases dam registration fees and sewage disposal fees.
91. Increases fees for assorted pesticide product applications, registrations, licenses, and permits.
92. Increases fees for assorted agricultural-services product applications, registrations, licenses, and permits.
94. Changes the weights and measures device license fees and requires certain registered service agencies to pay a $250 registration fee.
96. Increases the import fee for automotive oil.
97. Raises fees for the hazardous waste generator self-certification program.
98. Increases fees for certain hazardous waste generators.
99. Creates a solid waste disposal surcharge at landfills, incinerators, and waste-to-energy facilities and creates civil penalties for violations of solid waste management fund statutes.
100. Increases the fee for the application for initial or renewal of a hazardous waste coordinators certification.
102. Increases the boat decal fee.