Bill Text: NH HB117 | 2011 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Allowing additional weight for vehicles using idle reduction technology in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-28 - House Signed by the Governor 04/25/2011; Effective 01/01/2012; Chapter 0009 [HB117 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2011-HB117-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 9
HB 117 – FINAL VERSION
2011 SESSION
03/04
HOUSE BILL 117
AN ACT allowing additional weight for vehicles using idle reduction technology in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions.
SPONSORS: Rep. Rhodes, Hills 22; Rep. Hinch, Hills 19; Sen. Lambert, Dist 13
This bill allows additional weight for vehicles using idle reduction technology in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions.
This bill was requested by the department of safety.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0516
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT allowing additional weight for vehicles using idle reduction technology in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
9:1 New Paragraph; Motor Vehicles; General Weight Provisions. Amend RSA 266:18-c by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VII. Any vehicle subject to this subdivision that utilizes an auxiliary power or idle reduction technology unit in order to promote reduction of fuel use and emissions because of engine idling, may be allowed up to an additional 400 pounds in gross, axle, tandem, or bridge formula weight limits. To be eligible for this exception the driver of the vehicle must be able to prove by written certification the weight of the auxiliary power unit and by demonstration or certification that the idle reduction technology is fully functional at all times. Certification of the weight of the auxiliary power unit must be available to law enforcement officers if the vehicle is found in violation of applicable weight laws. The additional weight allowed may not exceed 400 pounds or the weight certified, whichever is less.
9:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.
Approved: April 25, 2011
Effective Date: January 1, 2012
