CHAPTER 97

SB 356-FN - FINAL VERSION

02/04/2016   0207s

2016 SESSION

16-2698

03/05

SENATE BILL 356-FN

AN ACT relative to agricultural plates for vehicles of commercial fishing operations.

SPONSORS: Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Rep. A. Christie, Rock. 37; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Borden, Rock. 24; Rep. Sherman, Rock. 24

COMMITTEE: Transportation

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ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes agricultural plates for qualifying vehicles of commercial fishing operations.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/04/2016   0207s 16-2698

03/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to agricultural plates for vehicles of commercial fishing operations.

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

97:1  Agricultural Plates; Commercial Fishing Operations.  Amend RSA 261:82, V to read as follows:

V.(a)  To be eligible for the issuance of an agricultural vehicle registration for agricultural and farming purposes, the applicant shall sign the following form which the treasurer of a city or such other official as the city government may designate or the town clerk shall provide.  This form shall be provided to the applicant upon request without further evidence from the applicant that the plate shall be used for purposes of this section.

I, the undersigned, fully understand the limitations concerning the use of trucks, tractor-trucks, tractors, or cargo vans registered under RSA 261:82, and hereby certify that my vehicle will be used only for agricultural and farming purposes and uses incidental thereto, within a 20 mile radius of the main entrance of the farm upon which the vehicle is to be driven.

Signed:

______________________________

Date: ___________________

Copies to:

Town or City Clerk

Applicant

(b)  To be eligible for the issuance of an agricultural vehicle registration in support of commercial fishing operations, the applicant shall sign the following form which the treasurer of a city or such other official as the city government may designate or the town clerk shall provide.  This form shall be provided to the applicant upon request without further evidence from the applicant that the plate shall be used for purposes of this section.

I, the undersigned, fully understand the limitations concerning the use of trucks, tractor-trucks, tractors, or cargo vans registered under RSA 261:82, and hereby certify that my vehicle will be used only in support of commercial fishing operations, within a 10 mile radius of the main entrance to the docking area of the commercial fishing boats it is supporting.

Signed:

___________________________

Date: _______________

Copies to:

Town or City Clerk

Applicant

VI.  A truck, truck-tractor, tractor, or cargo van shall qualify for agricultural registration rates and number plates and shall be driven with such registration if:

(a)  It is used exclusively in support of commercial fishing operations; and

(b)  It is driven within a 10 mile radius from the main entrance to the docking area of the commercial fishing boats it is supporting; and

(c)  It is used only for the transportation of commercial fishing products for delivery to storage or to market or to carriers for transportation to market or in support of maintenance or operations of the fishing boat and transportation of the crew.

97:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.

Approved: May 19, 2016

Effective Date: January 1, 2017