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SENATE BILL 41-FN

AN ACT relative to the installation of airbags.

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill establishes a criminal penalty for any person who knowingly sells, purchases, or installs an inoperative airbag or one that was not designed in accordance with federal safety regulations for the make, model, and year of the vehicle.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to the installation of airbags.

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

297:1 New Sections; Sale, Purchase, and Installation of Airbags. Amend RSA 358-D by inserting after section 11 the following new sections:

358-D:11-a Sale, Purchase, and Installation of Airbags; Criminal Penalty Established. Any person who knowingly sells, purchases, installs, or reinstalls any object which is not a properly operating airbag that was designed in accordance with federal safety regulations for the make, model, and year of the vehicle, as part of a vehicle inflatable restraint system, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

358-D:11-b Installation of Recycled Airbag. Nothing in RSA 358-D:11-a shall prohibit the installation or reinstallation of a recycled airbag that was designed in accordance with federal safety regulations for the make, model, and year of the vehicle, as part of a vehicle inflatable restraint system.

297:2 New Paragraph; Motor Vehicle Repair Facilities; Remedies Added. Amend RSA 358-D:12 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. The remedies provided in this section shall be in addition to any other right, remedy, or penalty provided by law, including RSA 358-D:11-a and RSA 358-D:11-b.

297:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: July 18, 2003)

(Effective Date: September 16, 2003)