HB 574-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 574-FN
This bill eliminates the requirement that retail vehicle dealer registration applicants have a business location capable of storing and displaying motor vehicles indoors, in one building, in an area of at least 1,200 contiguous square feet. The bill makes this requirement a condition for issuing temporary 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0625
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to retail vehicle dealer registrations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Application for Retail Vehicle Dealer Registration. Amend RSA 261:103, I to read as follows:
I. Any retail vehicle dealer as defined in RSA 259:89-a who engages in the motor vehicle business, and who maintains in operating condition and in operation an established place of business which meets the signage requirements of paragraph II, may make application to the department upon blanks furnished by it for that purpose, for a general distinguishing number for vehicles owned by such dealer, provided that[:
(a)] the business location is where the retail vehicle dealer does a major portion of business during normal business hours[; and
(b) Such business location is capable of storing and displaying motor vehicles indoors, in one building, in an area of at least 1,200 contiguous square feet].
2 New Paragraph; Temporary Plates, Courtesy Delivery. Amend RSA 261:109 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a retail vehicle dealer unless the business location where the dealer does a major portion of business during normal business hours is capable of storing and displaying motor vehicles indoors, in one building, in an area of at least 1,200 contiguous square feet.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
03-0625
1/24/03
HB 574-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to retail vehicle dealer registrations.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety has determined this bill will increase state revenue and expenditures and local revenue by an indeterminable amount in FY 2003 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local expenditures or county revenues.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department stated this bill will eliminate the requirement that retail vehicle dealer registration applicants have a business location capable of storing and displaying motor vehicles indoors, in one building, in an area of at least 1,200 contiguous feet, but makes it a condition for issuing temporary plates. Although it appears that the number of retail vehicle dealers may increase, and thus increase fees to the highway fund, the Department does not know how many dealers may now apply that currently do not qualify. Additionally, since this will affect highway fund revenue, then local highway aid will increase at 12% of the change in highway fund revenue. The Department cannot estimate the fiscal impact of this bill on state and local governments.