HB1203: relative to nonresident registration of motor vehicles.

HB 1203 – AS INTRODUCED

2010 SESSION

10-2382

03/09

HOUSE BILL 1203

AN ACT relative to nonresident registration of motor vehicles.

SPONSORS: Rep. Major, Rock 8

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill limits nonresident registration of motor vehicles to vehicles garaged exclusively in this state.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2382

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to nonresident registration of motor vehicles.

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

1 Nonresident Registration. Amend RSA 261:46 to read as follows:

261:46 Nonresident Registration. Notwithstanding RSA 261:45, a nonresident who garages a vehicle [primarily] exclusively in this state may register such vehicle in this state as a nonresident. [A vehicle is garaged primarily in this state if it is garaged in this state for at least 350 days of the registration year.] No exemption from the payment of a permit fee shall be granted by reason of nonresidence except by the director, who shall in all cases require proof satisfactory to him or her of residence elsewhere, and of the liability of a nonresident owner, otherwise entitled to such exemption, to pay a property tax on the vehicle for the current year in the state of his or her residence.

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