HB 1304 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1304
AN ACT establishing a statutory committee to review and approve any motor vehicle license plate design.
This bill establishes a statutory committee to review and approve proposed designs for license plates.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2386
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT establishing a statutory committee to review and approve any motor vehicle license plate design.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; License Plate Design Review Committee. Amend RSA 261 by inserting after section 75 the following new section:
261:75-a License Plate Design Review Committee. There is established a committee to review and approve proposed designs for license plates which the department has authority to design and issue.
I. The members of the committee shall be as follows:
(a) Three members of the house of representatives, appointed by the speaker of the house.
(b) Three members of the senate, appointed by the senate president.
(c) Three members to be appointed by the governor.
II. Each person appointed by the governor shall serve a 3-year term and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The legislative members shall serve terms which are coterminous to their terms in the general court.
III. The director of motor vehicles shall submit to the committee all proposed designs for the new license plates provided by the petitioners. At least 3 alternate designs must be provided for review. The committee shall then authorize the design approved by a majority vote.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.