SB336: relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war.

CHAPTER 122

SB 336-FN – FINAL VERSION

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2008 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 336-FN

AN ACT relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war.

SPONSORS: Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Burling, Dist 5; Sen. Cilley, Dist 6; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. DeVries, Dist 18; Sen. Downing, Dist 22; Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Sen. Foster, Dist 13; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 24; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Gatsas, Dist 16; Sen. Gottesman, Dist 12; Sen. Hassan, Dist 23; Sen. Kelly, Dist 10; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Odell, Dist 8; Sen. Reynolds, Dist 2; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9; Sen. Sgambati, Dist 4

COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation

ANALYSIS

This bill permits persons who formerly served in military operations in Afghanistan or Iraq and were captured and incarcerated during such operations to qualify for special number plates for former prisoners of war.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

05/08/08 1556eba

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09/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT relative to special number plates for veterans who are former prisoners of war.

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

122:1 Veterans Plates for Prisoners of War. Amend RSA 261:86, I(c) to read as follows:

(c) Is a former prisoner of war and was captured and incarcerated while serving in a qualifying war or armed conflict as defined in RSA 72:28, V or while serving in military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan, and who was honorably discharged, provided that such person has furnished the director with satisfactory proof of these circumstances. The plates shall be transferable upon death to the surviving spouse of the prisoner of war. The surviving spouse shall be entitled to the plate as long as he or she lives, unless he or she remarries. For purposes of this subparagraph, “prisoner of war” shall include a person who was captured and incarcerated while serving in military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan whether or not he or she was formerly designated as a “prisoner of war” by the United States Department of Defense.

122:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 3, 2008

Effective Date: August 2, 2008