CHAPTER 73
HB 218-FN - FINAL VERSION
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2001 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 218-FN
I. Deletes the maximum amount for road toll bonds required of licensed distributors of motor fuel.
II. Permits the commissioner of safety to waive interest assessed for road toll violations.
III. Requires the commissioner of safety to establish the interest rate assessed on road toll violations.
IV. Requires special fuel users to retain records necessary for purposes of administering the road toll laws.
V. Repeals road toll provisions relating to heating oil suppliers.
VI. Increases registration fees for motor vehicles.
VII. Makes an appropriation to pay for the hiring of motor vehicle inspectors.
This bill is a request of the department of safety.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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01-0223
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the motor vehicle road toll law and motor vehicle registration fees.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
73:1 Administration of Motor Vehicle Laws; Road Tolls; Bond Required of Licensed Distributor; Amount; Maximum Deleted. Amend RSA 260:37, I(a)(1) to read as follows:
(1) In an amount equal to approximately twice the monthly road toll liability of the distributor, [not in excess of $1,000,000] but not less than $10,000, on a form to be approved by the commissioner;
73:2 Administration of Motor Vehicle Laws; Road Tolls; Penalty for Failure to Report or Pay Tolls Promptly; Waiver; Interest. Amend RSA 260:40, III to read as follows:
III. The commissioner is authorized to waive any penalty and interest assessed under this section when it is proved to the commissioner's satisfaction that the failure to file the monthly report or pay the road tolls on time was not willful.
73:3 Administration of Motor Vehicle Laws; Road Tolls; Interest; Establishment by Commissioner. Amend RSA 260:40-a to read as follows:
260:40-a Interest. For the purpose of this subdivision, interest shall be the rate established by the [International Fuel Tax Agreement (IFTA)] commissioner.
73:4 Administration of Motor Vehicle Laws; Road Tolls; Motor Fuel and Petroleum Products Transporter; Waiver; Interest. Amend RSA 260:42, VII to read as follows:
VII. The commissioner is authorized to waive any penalty and interest when it is proved to the commissioner's satisfaction that the failure to file a monthly report on time was not willful.
73:5 Administration of Motor Vehicle Laws; Road Tolls; Retention of Records by Distributors and Transporters; Special Fuel Users Added. Amend RSA 260:43 to read as follows:
260:43 Retention of Records by Distributors, Special Fuel Users, and Transporters. Each distributor, special fuel user, and transporter shall maintain and keep for a period of 4 years such records of motor fuel and petroleum products sold and distributed or otherwise disposed of within this state, together with invoices, bills of lading, and other pertinent records and papers as may be necessary for the reasonable administration of this subdivision.
73:6 Motor Vehicles; Certificates of Title and Registration of Vehicles; Registration Fees; Fees to be Collected; Prorated Fees for Motor Vehicles. Amend RSA 261:141, III(g) to read as follows:
(g) For all motor vehicles other than those in RSA 261:141, I:
0-3000 lbs. [$19.20 ($1.60] $25.20 ($2.10 per month)
3001-5000 lbs. [$31.20 ($2.60] $37.20 ($3.10 per month)
5001-8000 lbs. [$43.20 ($3.60] $49.20 ($4.10 per month)
8001-73,280 lbs. $ .84 per hundred lbs. gross weight.
73:7 Appropriation; Motor Vehicle Inspectors. The sums of $900,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002 and $630,526 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2003, are hereby appropriated to the department of safety for the purpose of hiring10 motor vehicle inspectors for the enforcement duties established in RSA 266:1-a. Said appropriations shall be a charge against the highway fund.
73:8 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 259:40-a, relative to defining "heating oil supplier."
II. RSA 260:32, VI, relative to the heating oil suppliers exemption.
III. RSA 260:36-b, relative to licensed heating oil suppliers.
IV. RSA 260:36-c, relative to penalties for heating oil violations.
73:9 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
(Approved: June 19, 2001)
(Effective Date: July 1, 2001)