Bill Text - HB1485 (2026)

Relative to eligibility and fees for late refund requests of road tolls.


Revision: April 22, 2026, 11:20 a.m.

CHAPTER 37

HB 1485-FN - FINAL VERSION

 

 

2026 SESSION

26-2687

06/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1485-FN

 

AN ACT relative to eligibility and fees for late refund requests of road tolls.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Cormen, Graf. 15

 

COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill clarifies that agencies of political subdivisions within the state may receive a waiver of filing deadlines for just cause without being subject to the associated fee, and limits such waivers to once every 3 years per requester.

 

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

26-2687

06/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

 

AN ACT relative to eligibility and fees for late refund requests of road tolls.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

37:1  Refunds.  Amend RSA 260:47, III(a)(1)(B) to read as follows:  

(B) These filing deadlines may be waived by the commissioner for just cause [for agencies of political subdivisions within the state]. When a waiver is granted, a fee shall be assessed amounting to 5 percent of the amount of the refund or $50, whichever is greater.  No fee shall be assessed to an agency of a political subdivision within the state.  The waiver shall not be granted to any [such agency] particular requester more often than once in 3 years.

37:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 30 days after passage.  

 

Approved: April 22, 2026

Effective Date: May 22, 2026