CHAPTER 186

SB 326 – FINAL VERSION

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SENATE BILL 326

AN ACT relative to certain extensions for temporary plates.

SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes the director of the division of motor vehicles to extend the validity period of temporary plates for persons with disabilities requiring modifications to the vehicle.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01/21/10 0154s

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10-2820

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to certain extensions for temporary plates.

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

186:1 Temporary Permits and Plates Pending Registration. Amend RSA 261:56 to read as follows:

261:56 Temporary Permit and Plates Pending Registration.

I. In compliance with the rules of the department, a dealer may issue temporary plates furnished by the department for use of any vehicle, including mopeds, sold by [them] it. Any such vehicle may be driven displaying temporary plates until the customary registration certificate and plates have been received by the owner but, [in no case shall it] except as provided in paragraph II, the vehicle shall not be driven under temporary plates for a period in excess of 20 days from the date of issuance by the dealer.

II. If the owner has a disability and requires additional time to equip the vehicle to accommodate his or her disability, the owner shall submit a request on a form provided by the department setting forth the type of modification that is being made to the vehicle, the business or other person making the modification, and the estimated completion time for the modification, and the director shall issue a new set of temporary plates reflecting a reasonable extension of the expiration date to enable the modifications to be completed.

186:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 21, 2010

Effective Date: August 20, 2010