HB 522-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0758
11/04
HOUSE BILL 522-FN
AN ACT relative to motor vehicle inspections for new vehicles.
SPONSORS: Rep. Torosian, Rock. 14; Rep. Conley, Straf. 13; Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8; Rep.
Cordelli, Carr. 4; Rep. T. Lekas, Hills. 37; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill changes the annual motor vehicle inspection requirement for certain vehicles to a
biennial requirement.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
 HB 522-FN - AS INTRODUCED
21-0758
11/
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to motor vehicle inspections for new vehicles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 1 Equipment of Vehicles; Inspection Authorized. Amend RSA 266:1, II to read as follows:
2 II. Any new vehicle that is under warranty and owned by a natural person and
3 registered under this title, except an OHRV, snowmobile, moped, roadable aircraft, or other exempt
4 vehicle, shall be inspected once [a year] every two years, during the month in which the birth date
5 of the owner is observed[, if the owner is a natural person]. Any other vehicle that is registered
6 under this title, except an OHRV, snowmobile, moped, roadable aircraft, or other exempt
7 vehicle shall be inspected once a year, during the month in which the birth date of the
8 owner is observed. An inspection sticker shall be valid for the same duration as the vehicle's
9 registration[, which shall not exceed 16 months]. If the month in which the anniversary of the
10 owner's birth occurs will be one of the next 4 months, an inspection sticker may be issued, with an
11 expiration date of the birth month in the following year, of the first person named on the title
12 application. Nothing in this paragraph shall require any person who has registered and had
13 inspected a vehicle with temporary plates to have the vehicle reinspected upon receipt of permanent
14 motor vehicle plates. An inspection sticker shall not expire when a vehicle is transferred to a
15 licensed dealer.
16 2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
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21-0758
1/8/21
HB 522-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT relative to motor vehicle inspections for new vehicles.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
STATE: FY 2021 FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024
Appropriation $0 $0 $0 $0
Indeterminable Indeterminable Indeterminable
Revenue $0
Decrease Decrease Decrease
Indeterminable Indeterminable
Expenditures $0 Under $10,000
Decrease Decrease
[ ] General [ ] Education [ X ] Highway [ X ] Other -
Funding Source:
Restricted - Cost of Collections/Administration*
*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.
LOCAL:
Revenue $0 $0 $0 $0
Indeterminable Indeterminable
Expenditures $0 $0
Decrease Decrease
METHODOLOGY:
This bill requires new vehicles under warranty and owned by an individual to be inspected every
two years in place of the current regulation, which requires all vehicles to be inspected annually.
The Department of Safety is unclear as to the definition of a “new vehicle” for determining this
bill’s applicability, and therefore is unable to provide an estimate as to how many vehicles this
could apply to annually. This bill will reduce state highway fund revenue in FY 2022, and each
year thereafter, by an indeterminable amount. Also, pursuant to RSA 235:23 (“Apportionment
A”), 12 percent of road toll and motor vehicle fees collected are distributed to municipalities,
which means under this bill state expenditures and local revenue would decrease by an
indeterminable amount beginning FY 2023. The Department estimates one-time programming
costs for the changes required by this bill would be incurred in FY 2022 and be less than
$10,000.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Safety


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 266:1
latest version: 266:1