HB 1350 — relative to antique motor vehicles.

HB 1350-FN - AS INTRODUCEDAMENDED SESSIONBY 26-3152THE 06/09 HOUSE BILL5Feb2026... 1350-FN AN ACT relative to antique motor vehicles.

0151h SESSION 26-3152 06/09 HOUSE BILL 1350-FN AN ACT relative to antique motor vehicles.

Transportation ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill:bill revises the definition of antique motor vehicle to provide that the vehicle is not maintained for primary transportation use.

I.

Broadens the definition of “antique” vehicles to include all motor vehicles, trucks of any weight, motorcycles farm tractors, and retired fire apparatus that are more than 25 years old regardless of how they are used or maintained.

II.

Removes any restriction on daily use, commercial use, or operational purposes.

III.

Removes any requirements that such vehicles be maintained only for exhibition, parade use, club activities, or be kept in original or restored condition.

IV.

Allows every type of vehicle, regardless of weight or purpose, to become eligible for "antique" status so long as it is more than 25 years old.

HB 1350-FN - AS INTRODUCEDAMENDED 26-3152BY 06/09THE STATEHOUSE OF5Feb2026... NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to antique motor vehicles.

0151h 26-3152 06/09 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to antique motor vehicles.

"Antique motor vehicle, farm tractor, retired fire apparatus, or motorcycle" shall mean any motor vehicle, including a truck regardless of its weight, over 25 years old[,old, and in the case of a retired fire apparatus, over 20 years old, which is maintained for use in exhibitions, club activities, parades, and other functions of public interest, but not for use in commerce.

For the purposes of this section, "maintained for use" shall mean a motor vehicle, retired fire apparatus, or motorcycle in[in its original condition or restored to original or better condition and not intended for daily useForuse] the purposes of this section, "antique" shall not imposemaintained anyfor restrictionprimary ontransportation useuse. or operation beyond those generally applicable to all motor vehicles under state law.

2 Repeal.Effective Date.

RSA 266:33, relative to antique vehicle exemptions, is repealed.

3 Effective Date.

LBA 26-3152 10/21/2502/12/2026 HB 1350-FN- FISCAL NOTE AS INTRODUCEDAMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2026-0151h) AN ACT relative to antique motor vehicles.

EstimatedThis Statebill Impactclarifies FYthe 2026phrase FY“maintained 2027for FYuse” 2028within FYthe 2029existing Revenuedefinitions $0 Decrease of upantique tomotor $2.7Mvehicle, tofarm $4.5Mtractor, Perretired Yearfire Revenueapparatus, Fund(s)and Highwaymotorcycle Fund Decrease of up to Expenditures*align $0with $0current $324Kadministrative tointerpretation $540Kand Perenforcement Yearpractices. Funding Source(s) Highway Fund Appropriations* $0 $0 $0 $0 Funding Source(s) None *Expenditure = Cost of bill *Appropriation = Authorized funding to cover cost of bill Estimated Political Subdivision Impact FY 2026 FY 2027 FY 2028 FY 2029 Decrease of up to Local Revenue $0 $0 $324K to $540K Per Year Local Expenditures $0 $0 $0 $0 METHODOLOGY:

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Of the 75,000 vehicles that would be newly qualified, about 35,670 currently hold a passenger-style registration.

Passenger vehicle registration fees range from $42 to $66 per year, depending on vehicle weight, and heavier vehicles are charged at a rate of $1.06 per hundred pounds of gross weight.

The current state registration fees for antique vehicles are significantly lower than standard registration fees ($6.00 per year for vehicles).

The Department states if all 75,000 vehicles opted for an antique registration, the potential decrease to state highway fund revenue would be between $2,700,000 and $4,500,000 per fiscal year (a $6 registration fee paid rather than a registration fee of $42 to $66).

Also, pursuant to RSA 235:23 (“Apportionment A”), 12 percent of highway fund road toll and motor vehicle fee revenue collected is distributed to municipalities in the year following collection, therefore, this bill would also reduce state expenditures and local revenue, beginning in FY 2028, of up to $324,000 to $540,000 per year.