Bill Text: NH SB37 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended

New Hampshire Senate Bill 37 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relative to the registration of motor vehicles.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-07-16 - Signed by the Governor on 07/12/2019; Chapter 223; Effective 01/01/2020 [SB37 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-SB37-Amended.html

SB 37 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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2019 SESSION

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11/08

SENATE BILL 37

AN ACT relative to the registration of motor vehicles.

SPONSORS: Sen. French, Dist 7; Rep. Forsythe, Merr. 8; Rep. Hill, Merr. 3; Rep. Plumer, Belk. 6

COMMITTEE: Transportation

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the requirements for nonresidents registration of motor vehicles in the state.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

AN ACT relative to the registration of motor vehicles.

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

1 Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles; Reciprocity for Nonresidents. Amend RSA 261:46 to read as follows:

261:46 Nonresident Registration. Notwithstanding RSA 261:45, [a nonresident who garages a vehicle exclusively in this state may register such vehicle in this state as a nonresident. No exemption from the payment of a permit fee shall be granted by reason of nonresidence except by the director, who shall in all cases require proof satisfactory to him or her of residence elsewhere, and of the liability of a nonresident owner, otherwise entitled to such exemption, to pay a property tax on the vehicle for the current year in the state of his or her residence.] the department shall register motor vehicles owned by individuals who are not residents of New Hampshire upon presentation of an affidavit by the applicant, on a form developed by the department, swearing that the vehicle is principally garaged or is regularly kept overnight in New Hampshire and that the applicant is the owner of at least one other vehicle which is registered and insured in the state of the applicant's residence.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.