HB1329: relative to creating special number plates for fire departments.

CHAPTER 239

HB 1329-FN - FINAL VERSION

13Jun2024... 2322EBA

2024 SESSION

24-2366

11/08

HOUSE BILL 1329-FN

AN ACT relative to creating special number plates for fire departments.

SPONSORS: Rep. Proulx, Hills. 15

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill creates special license plates for fire departments.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13Jun2024... 2322EBA 24-2366

11/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to creating special number plates for fire departments.

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

239:1 Firefighter Special License Plates. Amend RSA 261:91 to read as follows:

261:91 Special Number Plates. Upon payment of the motor vehicle registration fee, if any, the director shall issue and shall designate a special plate, to be affixed to the vehicle of the county sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, members or retired members of the national guard of any state, active duty members of the armed forces, justices of the supreme and superior courts, and vehicles of state police and motor vehicle divisions and municipal fire and police departments. The special plates shall have the state motto, "Live Free or Die," written on them and shall be issued with no number plate fee being charged to the state other than for those plates furnished to the state police and motor vehicle divisions. Special number plates issued to members or retired members of the national guard of any state, active duty members of the armed forces, and justices of the supreme and superior courts may be attached only to vehicles registered in the name of the person issued the plates. Special plates for active duty members of the armed forces shall be distinct from special number plates for veterans.

239:2 Firefighter Special Number Plates. Amend RSA 261:91 to read as follows:

261:91 Special Number Plates. Upon payment of the motor vehicle registration fee, if any, the director shall issue and shall designate a special plate, to be affixed to the vehicle of the county sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, members or retired members of the national guard of any state, active-duty members of the armed forces, justices of the supreme and superior courts, and vehicles of state police and motor vehicle divisions and municipal fire and police departments. The special plates shall have the state motto, "Live Free or Die," written on them and shall be issued with no number plate fee being charged to the state other than for those plates furnished to the state police and motor vehicle divisions. Special number plates issued to members or retired members of the national guard of any state, active-duty members of the armed forces, and justices of the supreme and superior courts may be attached only to vehicles registered in the name of the person issued the plates, except as provided in this section. Special plates for active-duty members of the armed forces shall be distinct from special number plates for veterans. Surviving spouses of retired members of the national guard of any state may use the special number plates indefinitely after the death of the retired member until the date that the surviving spouse remarries. Upon surrendering special number plates for a deceased active-duty member of the armed forces, surviving spouses of the active-duty members are eligible to be issued special number plates for veterans under RSA 261:87-b, as long as the deceased active duty member qualifies as a veteran as defined in RSA 21:50, and the surviving spouse may use the special number plates for veterans indefinitely after the death of the active duty member until the date that the surviving spouse remarries.

239:3 Contingency. If HB 1354 of the 2024 regular legislative session becomes law, section 1 of this act shall not take effect and section 2 of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage. If HB 1354 of the 2024 regular legislative session does not become law, section 1 of this bill shall take effect 60 days after its passage and section 2 of this act shall not take effect.

239:4 Effective Date.

I. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 3 of this act.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: July 19, 2024

Effective Date:

I. Sections 1 and 2 effective as provided in section 3

II. Remainder effective July 19, 2024