HB 321-FN - AS INTRODUCED SESSION 25-0374 11/06 HOUSE BILL 321-FN AN ACT requiring the division of motor vehicles to extend a fine payment period for certain motor vehicle violations from 30 days to 90 days if the driver requests the extension.

SPONSORS:

34;34 Rep.

Rep.Rhodes, Ches.

Coker,17 Belk.February 10, 2025 2025-0347h 11/06 Amendment to HB 321-FN Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:

2;3 1 Payment Deadline Extended.

Rep.Amend RSA 262:44, I to read as follows:

Crawford,I. Carr.

3;Such defendant shall receive, in addition to the summons, a uniform fine schedule entitled "Notice of Fine, Division of Motor Vehicles" which shall contain the normal fines for violations of the provisions of title XXI on vehicles for which a plea may be entered by mail or online.

Rep.The defendant shall be given a notice of fine indicating the amount of the fine plus penalty assessment at the time the summons is issued;

C.except if, for cause, the summoning authority wishes the defendant to appear personally.

McGuire,Defendants Merr.summoned to appear personally shall do so on the arraignment date specified in the summons, unless otherwise ordered by the court.

27;Defendants who are issued a summons and notice of fine and who wish to plead guilty or nolo contendere shall either physically enter their plea on the summons and return it in-person or by mail with payment of the fine plus penalty assessment to the director of the division of motor vehicles or enter their plea and submit their payment online at the division of motor vehicles website within 90 days of the date of the summons if the driver has no outstanding motor vehicle violations and no outstanding unpaid fines, or within 30 days of the date of the summons if the driver has any outstanding motor vehicle violations or outstanding unpaid fines.

Rep.The director of the division of motor vehicles may accept payment of the fine by credit card in lieu of cash payment.

Petrigno,Any Hills.transaction costs assessed by the issuer of the credit card shall be paid out of the portion of the fine amount which is credited to the highway fund and not out of the penalty assessment charged by the district court.

43;The director of the division of motor vehicles shall remit the penalty assessments collected to the state treasurer to be credited and continually appropriated to the state general fund and to the victims' assistance fund and the judicial branch information technology fund in the percentages and manner prescribed in RSA 106-L:10.

Rep.Fines shall be paid over to the state treasurer, and shall be credited to the highway fund within 14 days of their receipt.

Rombeau, Hills.

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Rep.

Telerski, Hills.

11;

Sen.

Long, Dist 20 COMMITTEE:

Criminal Justice and Public Safety ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ANALYSIS This bill allows drivers who plead guilty or nolo contendere to a driving violation on a summons, in lieu of appearing in court, to request an extension of the payment period from 30 days to 90 days from the division of motor vehicles, and request a second extension for 90 days if they cannot make the payment in the first 90 days.

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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 321-FN - AS INTRODUCED 25-0374 11/06 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five AN ACT requiring the division of motor vehicles to extend a fine payment period for certain motor vehicle violations from 30 days to 90 days if the driver requests the extension.

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

1 New Paragraph;

Extension Request of 90 Days From 30 Days.

Amend RSA 262:44 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:

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2 Effective Date.

This act shall take effect January 1, 2026.

LBA 25-0374 12/27/24 HB 321-FN- FISCAL NOTE AS INTRODUCED AN ACT requiring the division of motor vehicles to extend a fine payment period for certain motor vehicle violations from 30 days to 90 days if the driver requests the extension.

FISCAL IMPACT: