HB 602-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2003 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 602-FN
This bill requires a special permit for vehicles with plow attachments, and requires that such vehicles be operated only by persons with plow operator endorsements on their licenses.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03-0944
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to vehicles with plow attachments.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; Registration Fees; Fees to be Collected. Amend RSA 261:141, VII by inserting after subparagraph (e) the following new subparagraph:
(f) For plow attachment permit- $10.
2 New Section; Conditions and Requirements for a License; Plow Operator Endorsement. Amend RSA 263 by inserting after section 29-a the following new section:
263:29-b Plow Operator Endorsement. No person may operate a vehicle with a plow attachment unless the person has a plow operator endorsement on his or her license. To qualify for a plow operator endorsement, the applicant shall pass a driving examination conducted on a vehicle with a plow attachment.
3 Driver's License Fees; Plow Operator Endorsement. Amend RSA 263:42, I to read as follows:
I. For each original driver's license and examination or driver's license renewal, other than for a commercial vehicle or motorcycle- $50; for each youth operator's license and examination- $10; for each original commercial driver license and examination or commercial driver license renewal- $60; for each commercial driver license reexamination in a one-year period- $20; for each commercial vehicle endorsement, renewal of an endorsement or removal of a restriction- $10; for each special motorcycle original license and examination or special motorcycle license renewal- $50; for each original motorcycle endorsement- $25; for each motorcycle endorsement renewal- no charge; for each plow operator endorsement- $10. For each original driver's license issued, $5 shall be credited to the driver training fund established by RSA 263:52. Except as provided in RSA 263:14, every license shall expire on the licensee's birthdate in the fifth year following the issuance of such license. No fee collected under this paragraph shall be refunded once an examination has been taken or a license issued, except as provided in RSA 263:43.
4 New Section; Equipment of Vehicles; Plow Attachments. Amend RSA 266 by inserting after section 74-a the following new section:
266:74-b Plow Attachments. It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle to be driven on the ways of this state equipped with a plow attachment. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a vehicle for which a plow attachment permit has been obtained and which is driven by a person with a plow operator endorsement on his or her license. A person may obtain a plow attachment permit by submitting to the division an application form prescribed by the director, proof of insurance coverage for the applicable vehicle, and the required fee.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.
LBAO
03-0944
1/24/03
HB 602-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to vehicles with plow attachments.
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 2004 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 require a special permit for vehicles with plow attachments and will require those vehicles to be operated only by persons with plow operator endorsements on their driver licenses. Currently, the Department does not keep statistics on how many vehicles have plow attachments, nor does the Department know how many persons currently operate vehicles with plow attachments. The Department cannot estimate how much highway fund revenue may be collected from the special permits on plow operator endorsement. 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.