New Hampshire HB 1479: repealing the motor vehicle registration permit fee.

Bill Text

HB 1479-FN - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION

 26-2844

 06/09

HOUSE BILL 1479-FN

AN ACT repealing the motor vehicle registration permit fee.

SPONSORS: Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 7

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

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ANALYSIS

 This bill repeals the authority for municipalities to impose and collect motor vehicle registration permit fees.

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 Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 26-2844

 06/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT repealing the motor vehicle registration permit fee.

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

 1 Town Reclamation Trust Funds. Amend RSA 149-M:18 to read as follows: 

 149-M:18 Town Reclamation Trust Funds. A town which collects an additional fee under RSA 261:153, V shall create a town reclamation trust fund to receive the town share of such fee, to be used to pay the fees for the collection and disposal of the town's motor vehicle waste and to pay for the recycling and reclamation of other types of solid waste. For the purposes of this section, "motor vehicle waste" means used residential motor oil, residential motor vehicle batteries, and tires from residential motorized vehicles. ["Residential", for the purposes of this paragraph, means any motor vehicle registered in a municipality which collects the fee assessed under RSA 261:153, V.]

 2 Maker's List Price. Amend RSA 259:51 to read as follows: 

 259:51 Maker's List Price. "Maker's list price," as used in RSA [261:153 and] 261:154, in the case of motor vehicles of foreign manufacture, shall mean the advertised port of entry retail list price, less the manufacturer's motor vehicle excise tax imposed by the United States if said motor vehicle excise tax is included in the advertised port of entry retail list price, at New York, New York, regardless of the actual port through which said motor vehicle entered the United States.

 3 Collection of Fees. Amend RSA 261:74-n, II to read as follows: 

 II. When a dealer agent processes motor vehicle registrations, permits for registration, transfers of registration, and title applications the applicable town or city or clerk shall receive the following fees through the dealer agent and the EVR integrator: [the registration permit fee under RSA 261:153, I,] the town clerk fee under RSA 261:152, the town clerk and dealer title application fees under RSA 261:4, IV, the municipal agent fee under RSA 261:74-d, and, when applicable, [the waste reclamation fee under RSA 261:153, V, the municipal transportation improvement fee under RSA 261:153, VI,] the collection of permit fees in unorganized places under RSA 261:160, and the public parking facilities fee under RSA 261:154. The town or city may use the fees received under this paragraph to offset the expenses of examination and auditing of the EVR program, if required. Towns, cities, and the state shall inform the EVR integrator annually as to the details of the fees listed in this paragraph and provide timely notice to the EVR integrator of any changes to fees.

 4 Fees to be Collected. Amend RSA 261:141, VI to read as follows: 

 VI. If a vehicle has been previously registered with the division, pursuant to RSA 261:141, III [and RSA 261:153], said vehicle registration shall not be renewed for less than a 12 month fee, provided that the renewal registration is effected within 12 months of the expiration of the registrant's last valid registration. If a vehicle has been previously registered, and the owner of said vehicle fails to renew the vehicle registration in the month said renewal was legally required to be made when said renewal is obtained within 12 months of the last valid registration, the 12 months renewal fees charged hereunder shall be computed at the applicable mill rate which applied in the month when the vehicle should have been legally registered. If the registration is renewed beyond the 12 months immediately succeeding the last valid registration, the 12 months fee charged shall be computed at the mill rate applicable on the date when any successive registration period would have begun, and the minimum fee in such cases shall be for 12 months, except in those cases where the registrant can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director that the vehicle has not been operated since the expiration of the last valid registration, in which case the registrant may register at the applicable mill rate on the date of registration.

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

 261:154 Addit