HB 530 - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 530
This bill prohibits the sale of a new motor vehicle equipped with a device that automatically locks all of the vehicle's doors when the transmission is shifted.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0860
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT prohibiting the sale of motor vehicles equipped with certain automatic door locks.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Motor Vehicles; Equipment Prohibited; Automatic Door Locks. Amend RSA 266 by inserting after section 75 the following new section:
266:75-a Automatic Door Locks. No person may sell a new motor vehicle equipped with a device that automatically locks all of the vehicle's doors when the transmission is shifted. Any person who violates this section shall be fined a civil penalty of $500 per violation.
2 Applicability. The prohibition established in section 1 of this act shall not apply to the sale of any new motor vehicles that a dealer has in stock on the effective date of this act.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.