HB 192 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0596

03/09

HOUSE BILL 192

AN ACT relative to street rods.

SPONSORS: Rep. Tasker, Rock 2; Rep. Danais, Rock 2; Rep. Tucker, Rock 23; Rep. H. Richardson, Coos 4; Rep. Duarte, Rock 2

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the age requirement for the body and frame of a vehicle registered as a street rod.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0596

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to street rods.

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

1 Words and Phrases Defined; Street Rod. Amend RSA 259:106-a to read as follows:

259:106-a Street Rod. “Street rod” shall mean a vehicle, the body and frame of which were manufactured [prior to the year 1949] 50 or more years prior to the registration year and which has been modified for safe road use, or a replica thereof which has also been modified for safe road use. For purposes of this section, the word “modified” means, but is not limited to, a substantial and material alteration or replacement of the engine, drive-train, suspension, or brake system or alteration of the body which may be chopped, channelled, sectioned, filled, or otherwise changed dimensionally from the original manufactured body. Any such modification may be made only if said modification equals, improves, or enhances the safety aspects of the original equipment so modified. For purposes of this section, the word “replica” means a body or frame manufactured [after the year 1949] within 50 years of the registration year and which resembles that of the original vehicle and which retains the basic style and dimensions as originally manufactured and whose major components such as grill shell, hood, or doors are readily interchangeable with the original [pre-1949] component.

2 Equipment Required of Street Rods. Amend RSA 266:113, I to read as follows:

I. A vehicle registered as a street rod shall be equipped as prescribed by RSA 266 and state of New Hampshire official inspection station rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A, as they may be applicable to vehicles whose model year is [prior to the year 1949] 50 or more years prior to the registration year.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.