SB74: increasing certain motor vehicle registration fees and appropriating the funds for local government records management programs.

SB 74-FN-A-LOCAL - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

03/13/03 0360s

22Jan2004... 2490h

2003 SESSION

03-0564

08/10

SENATE BILL 74-FN-A-LOCAL

AN ACT increasing certain motor vehicle registration fees and appropriating the funds for local government records management programs.

SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Eaton, Dist 10; Rep. Clemons, Hills 62; Rep. Konys, Hills 65

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill increases certain motor vehicle registration fees and appropriates the funds for local government records management programs.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/13/03 0360s

22Jan2004... 2490h

03-0564

08/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT increasing certain motor vehicle registration fees and appropriating the funds for local government records management programs.

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

1 Motor Vehicles; Preparation of Documents. Amend RSA 261:152 to read as follows:

261:152 Preparation of Documents.

I. Permits shall be in the form prescribed by the director and shall be issued with such duplicates as [he] the director shall determine. The town clerk shall prepare forms for permits and applications for registration of vehicles as required by RSA 261:52. Said forms shall be prepared by typewriter or in an electronic format. Distribution of such documents shall be made as determined by the director. For preparation of the forms hereunder the town clerk shall receive a fee of $1 for each application. The fee shall be paid by the applicant for registration and shall be in addition to any other fees required hereunder. The term "town clerk'' as used in this section shall include the person in a city who has been designated by the city government to issue such documents.

II. This paragraph shall apply only to towns that have adopted a records management and records preservation fund under RSA 31:95-c, II (c). Permits shall be in the form prescribed by the director and shall be issued with such duplicates as the director shall determine. The town clerk shall prepare forms for permits and applications for registration of vehicles as required by RSA 261:52. Said forms shall be prepared by typewriter or in an electronic format. Distribution of such documents shall be made as determined by the director. For preparation of the forms hereunder the town clerk shall receive a fee of $2 for each application. Fifty cents of this amount shall be used to support records management and records preservation programs in local government adopted pursuant to RSA 31:95-c and RSA 31:95-d, and $.50 shall be deposited in the local government records management improvement fund established under RSA 5:48. The fee shall be paid by the applicant for registration and shall be in addition to any other fees required hereunder. The term "town clerk" as used in this section shall include the person in a city who has been designated by the city government to issue such documents.

2 New Subparagraph; Special Revenue Funds; Records Management and Records Preservation. Amend RSA 31:95-c, II by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraph:

(c) Provide records management and records preservation plan from funds received by town clerk under RSA 261:152, II, provided that an up-to-date records management plan has been approved by the local legislative body at an annual meeting.

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

LBAO

03-0564

Revised 2/28/03

SB 74 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT increasing certain motor vehicle registration fees and appropriating the funds for local government records management programs.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Department of Safety has determined this bill will increase local revenue by $1,450,000 in FY 2004 and $1,500,000 in FY 2005 and each year thereafter. The Municipal Association has determined this bill may increase local expenditures by an indeterminable amount in FY 2003 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state and county revenue or expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

The Department of Safety stated this bill intends to increase the town clerk fee for preparing forms for permits and applications for registration of vehicles from $1 to $2. This fee is paid by the person who is registering his or her vehicle. The Department estimates the number of motor vehicle registrations to be processed as 1,450,000 for FY 2004 and 1,500,000 for FY 2005 and futures years. Therefore, the increase in local revenue generated by the $1 increase in the local fee will generate $1,450,000 in FY 2004 and $1,500,000 in FY 2005 and each year thereafter.

The Municipal Association stated this bill increases the fee designated by statute to go to the town clerk for motor vehicle registrations from $1 to $2, and provides that $0.50 of the increase shall be used to support records management and records preservation programs in local government, and $0.50 of the increase shall be deposited in the local government records management improvement fund established in RSA 5:48. The Association assumes the "records preservation programs in local government" means in the municipality where funds are collected. The Association estimates additional expenditures may be necessary on the part of the clerk who must account for the deposit of $0.50 in each of these two new funds.