HB 1620-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
 
19Feb2020... 0192h
2020 SESSION
20-2665
11/03
 
HOUSE BILL 1620-FN
 
AN ACT relative to electric vehicle parking spaces.
 
SPONSORS: Rep. Cleaver, Hills. 35; Rep. J. Schmidt, Hills. 28; Rep. Telerski, Hills. 35; Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Vail, Hills. 30; Rep. Amanda Bouldin, Hills. 12
 
COMMITTEE: Transportation
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                   
 
ANALYSIS
 
This bill establishes a fine for parking a motor vehicle other than a plug-in-hybrid vehicle or battery electric vehicle in a parking space that has a public electric vehicle charging station.
 
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19Feb2020... 0192h
20-2665
11/03
 
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
 
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
 
AN ACT relative to electric vehicle parking spaces.
 
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
 
1  New Paragraph; Electric Vehicle Charging Stations; Prohibitions and Restrictions.  Amend RSA 236:134 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV.  Any person who violates the parking restrictions in paragraph I shall be guilty of a violation and fined a minimum of $100 of which 20 percent is payable to the town or city where the violation occurred.
2  New Subparagraph; Stopping, Standing, or Parking Prohibited in Specified Places.  Amend RSA 265:69 by inserting after subparagraph I(m) the following new subparagraph:
(n)  In any space equipped with an electric vehicle charging station on a public way, unless such person is operating a plug-in-hybrid electric vehicle as defined in RSA 236:132, V or battery electric vehicle as defined in RSA 236:132, I.  Any person who violates the provisions of this subparagraph shall be fined a minimum of $100 of which 20 percent is payable to the town or city where the violation occurred.
3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 30 days after its passage.
 
20-2665
Amended 2/24/20
 
HB 1620-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2020-0192h)
 
AN ACT relative to electric vehicle parking spaces.
 
FISCAL IMPACT:          [ X ] State                          [      ] County                            [ X ] Local                          [      ] None
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  | Estimated Increase / (Decrease) | |||
STATE: | FY 2020 | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 |
   Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
   Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
   Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: |   [ X ] General                      [      ] Education                      [ X ] Highway                    [ X ] Other - Restricted - Cost of Collections* | |||
*Pursuant to Part II, article 6-a of the New Hampshire constitution, any costs associated with the collection and administration of Highway Funds by the Department of Safety shall be deducted by the Department before such funds are credited to the Highway Fund as unrestricted revenue. | ||||
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LOCAL: |   |   |   |   |
   Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase | Indeterminable Increase |
   Expenditures | $0 | $0 | $0 |