HB 1329-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

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

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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:

 

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.

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

 

LBA

24-2366

10/31/23

 

HB 1329-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

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

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

Estimated State Impact - Increase / (Decrease)

 

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Revenue Fund(s)

None

Expenditures

$0

$28,000

$0

$0

Funding Source(s)

Restricted – Highway Fund Cost of Collections – Per the state constitution, costs associated with the collection/administration of highway fund revenue by the Department of Safety is deducted prior to funds being credited as unrestricted highway fund revenue.

Appropriations

$0

$0

$0

$0

Funding Source(s)

None

Does this bill provide sufficient funding to cover estimated expenditures? [X] No

Does this bill authorize new positions to implement this bill? [X] N/A

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires the Department of Safety Division of Motor Vehicles to create special license plates for fire departments. The Department states adding plate types to both the MAAP and VISION systems require programming, testing, and training of staff. Additional plate types in the inventory system known as VISION will require approximately 40 hours of programming work at $200 per hour, for a total of $8,000 (40 hours X $200). Hosting additional plate types in the MAAP system will require a system/software modification and the level of effort required will be 160 hours of programming, testing, and training at $125 per hour, for a total of $20,000 (160 hours X $125). Therefore, the one-time cost to implement this bill is estimated to be $28,000, assumed to be incurred in FY 2025.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Safety