CHAPTER 38

HB 1585-FN – FINAL VERSION

2012 SESSION

12-2408

03/01

HOUSE BILL 1585-FN

AN ACT relative to inspections of trucks and buses.

SPONSORS: Rep. D. McGuire, Merr 8; Rep. Warden, Hills 7

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill eliminates the requirement that trucks exceeding 18,000 pounds gross vehicle weight be inspected semiannually. These vehicles would then be subject to annual inspections.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12-2408

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve

AN ACT relative to inspections of trucks and buses.

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

38:1 Inspection of Trucks and Buses. Amend RSA 266:1, IX to read as follows:

IX. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section to the contrary, [all trucks exceeding 18,000 pounds gross vehicle weight and] all school buses exceeding 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight[, including buses owned or used by a religious organization or a nonprofit organization used exclusively as buses for the transportation of its members in connection with functions of the organization,] shall be inspected semiannually. The month for the first inspection shall be the month in which the birth date of the owner is observed, if the owner is a natural person; if the owner is other than a natural person, the first inspection shall be conducted during the month designated by the director as the registration month for such legal entity. In either case, the second inspection shall be 6 months later.

38:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.

Approved: May 2, 2012

Effective Date: January 1, 2013