Bill Text: NH SB186 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Permitting a qualified veteran to obtain an additional set of special number plates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-11 - Signed by the Governor on 07/09/2019; Chapter 0162; Effective 09/07/2019 [SB186 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-SB186-Enrolled.html
SB 186 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
03/07/2019 0593s
2019 SESSION
19-1041
10/03
SENATE BILL 186
AN ACT permitting a qualified veteran to obtain an additional set of special number plates.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. R. Ober, Hills. 37
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows a veteran who qualifies for special number plates to be issued an additional set upon payment of the regular fees.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/07/2019 0593s 19-1041
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT permitting a qualified veteran to obtain an additional set of special number plates.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Special Number Plates for Certain Veterans; Additional Set. Amend RSA 261:86, II to read as follows:
II. The initial set of plates furnished pursuant to subparagraphs I(a)-I(e) shall be issued without charge. An additional set of plates shall be issued to a person who qualifies for the special plates upon payment of the state and municipal permit fees for issuance of number plates. Notwithstanding RSA 265:73 or any other law, any person who is issued a plate pursuant to subparagraphs I(c)-I(e) shall not be entitled to free parking privileges for disabled veterans. A person who qualifies for special plates pursuant to subparagraph I(a), I(c), I(d), or I(e) may be issued an additional plate for a motorcycle.
2 Disabled Veterans; Plate Fees. Amend RSA 261:157 to read as follows:
261:157 Exemption of Amputee and Other Disabled Veterans. For the initial set of plates, no fee shall be charged for a permit to register a motor vehicle owned by a veteran of any war or armed conflict, as defined in RSA 72:28, V, who because of being an amputee or paraplegic or having suffered loss or use of a limb from a service-connected cause, as certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, has received said vehicle from the United States government or cash settlement in lieu thereof; or 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 totally and permanently disabled from such service-connected disability.
3 Blind Veterans; Plate Fees. Amend RSA 261:159 to rad as follows:
261:159 Exemption for Blind Veterans. For the initial set of plates, no fee shall be charged for a permit to register a vehicle owned by a veteran who has been determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs to be suffering from total blindness as a result of a service-connected disability.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
19-1041
Amended 3/19/19
SB 186- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2019-0593s)
AN ACT permitting a qualified veteran to obtain an additional set of special number plates.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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| Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $28,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Funding Source: | [ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - *Restricted Cost of Collections | |||
*Pursuant to Part II, article 6-a of the New Hampshire constitution, any costs associated with the collection and administration of Highway Funds by the Department of Safety shall be deducted by the Department before such funds are credited to the Highway Fund as unrestricted revenue.
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METHODOLOGY:
This bill would allow veterans, including those who qualify for Purple Heart, Pearl Harbor, Former Prisoner of War, and Disabled Veteran to receive one set of special number plates free of charge for each vehicle where they are listed as the first or second owner on the certificate of title or certificate of registration. The Department of Safety estimates this bill will result in $28,000 in programming expenses in FY 2020 to modify the MAAP and VISION system to allow the system to issue more than on set of veteran plates to one person.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Safety
