CHAPTER 56
SB 379 – FINAL VERSION
02/19/04 0427s
2004 SESSION
03/09
SENATE BILL 379
AN ACT relative to safety inspection and certification of certain equipment of vehicles.
SPONSORS: Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. D’Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Rep. Packard, Rock 75; Rep. E. Smith, Ches 26; Rep. Letourneau, Rock 77; Rep. Ferland, Sull 23; Rep. C. Bouchard, Merr 39
This bill eliminates the requirement that an inspection of the power unit of a vehicle certified to exceed the gross vehicle weight limits be obtained annually.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/19/04 0427s
04-3089
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four
AN ACT relative to safety inspection and certification of certain equipment of vehicles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
56:1 Excess Gross Vehicle Weight Certification; Power Unit Inspection. Amend RSA 266:18-d, III to read as follows:
III. Vehicles so certified include the power unit, which shall be inspected [and certified] by the department of safety [annually] as meeting standard safety conditions required for the safe operation of the vehicle. The inspection shall be conducted upon the first application for certification and a reinspection shall be required at any time when the configuration of the vehicle relative to power unit, axles, springs, or other safety items that could affect the vehicle’s ability to qualify for an excess weight certification is altered. Such inspection shall designate the maximum safe gross weight for the vehicles as determined by the components and the summation of the manufacturer’s axle design limits for each axle of the vehicle.
56:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 3, 2004)
(Effective Date: July 2, 2004)