HB 174-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
03/10
HOUSE BILL 174-FN
This bill authorizes the director of motor vehicles to design and issue special decals for placement on the license plates of vehicles owned by deaf or hard-of-hearing persons who desire to identify themselves as deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers.
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01-0132
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to license plates for deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Motor Vehicles; Certificates of Title and Registration; Number Plates; Special Decal for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Drivers. Amend RSA 261 by inserting after section 87-b the following new section:
261:87-c Special Decal for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Drivers.
I. In this section, "deaf or hard-of-hearing person" means any person whose hearing is so severely impaired that he or she is unable to hear and understand normal conversational speech through the unaided ear alone, and who must depend primarily on supportive devices or visual communication such as writing, lip reading, sign language, and gestures.
II. The director shall design and issue, with the approval of the commissioner, special decals for placement on the license plates of vehicles owned by deaf or hard-of-hearing persons who desire to identify themselves as deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers.
III. An applicant for special decals shall furnish the director with satisfactory proof, as the director may require, that the applicant meets the requirements of this section. Proof shall only be required upon initial application. Satisfactory proof that a person is deaf or hard of hearing, at a minimum, shall consist of certification by a licensed physician that the applicant meets the definition set forth in paragraph I.
IV. Any person who finds or has reason to believe that such special decals are being improperly used may report any such violation to the department. Any police officer of a city or town who finds that such special decals are being improperly used shall report such violation to the department.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
01-0132
1/5/01
HB 174-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to license plates for deaf and hard-of-hearing drivers.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.