SB587: relative to the collection of fees for public parking facilities.

SB 587-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED

2018 SESSION

18-2792

03/01

SENATE BILL 587-LOCAL

AN ACT relative to the collection of fees for public parking facilities.

SPONSORS: Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr. 11

COMMITTEE: Ways and Means

ANALYSIS

This bill lowers the population requirement from 50,000 to 40,000 for a city or town to collect an additional motor vehicle registration permit fee for the construction, operation, and maintenance of parking facilities.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2792

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT relative to the collection of fees for public parking facilities.

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

1 Additional Fees for Registration Permits. Amend RSA 261:154 to read as follows:

261:154 Additional Fees for Registration Permits. The governing bodies of towns and cities of a population greater than [50,000] 40,000 as determined by the last federal census may, subject to the provisions of RSA 261:155, direct the city treasurer or the town clerk to collect in addition to the fees imposed in RSA 261:153, fees for such permits as follows: a sum not to exceed 5 mills on each dollar of the maker's list price for a current model year vehicle, a sum not to exceed 4 mills on each dollar of the maker's list price for the first preceding model year vehicle, a sum not to exceed 3 mills on each dollar of the maker's list price for the second preceding model year vehicle, a sum not to exceed 2 mills on each dollar of the maker's list price for the third preceding model year vehicle, and a sum not to exceed one mill on each dollar of the maker's list price for the fourth preceding model year vehicle and any model year prior thereto. In no event, however, shall the fee be less than one dollar. The director shall make the final determination of any vehicle model year in any case in which a dispute arises. All fees collected under this section shall be used for the construction, operation, and maintenance of public parking facilities as provided in RSA [231:114-129] 231:114 through 231:129.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.