CHAPTER 115

HB 459-FN - FINAL VERSION

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5/1/01 1019s

2001 SESSION

01-0355

03/09

HOUSE BILL 459-FN

AN ACT relative to inspection requirements for antique vehicles.

SPONSORS: Rep. Artz, Hills 34; Rep. Rozek, Coos 7

COMMITTEE: Transportation

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill changes the inspection requirement for certain antique vehicles 40 years old and over from annual to biennial.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

29mar01...0388h

5/1/01 1019s

01-0355

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

AN ACT relative to inspection requirements for antique vehicles.

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

115:1 Motor Vehicles; Equipment of Vehicles; Inspections; Inspection Authorized; Biennial Inspections for Certain Antique Vehicles. Amend RSA 266:1, III to read as follows:

III. If the owner of the vehicle is a company or corporation or other than a natural person, the annual inspection shall be made during the month designated by the director as the registration month for such legal entity, and motorcycles [and antique cars] shall be inspected once a year. Vehicles registered as antique motor vehicles and antique motorcycles and which are 40 years old and over shall be inspected biennially. Antique motor vehicles shall be inspected [annually] in the month of April. Motorcycles shall be inspected [annually] by July 1.

115:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.

(Approved: June 26, 2001)

(Effective Date: January 1, 2002)