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CHAPTER #

ISSUE

BILL DESCRIPTION

HB 298

260

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Consolidates statutes relating to alcohol and drugs and the operation of vehicles, Off Highway Recreational Vehicles (OHRV) s, and boats into a single chapter in the motor vehicles title. Effective: Jan. 1, 2007.

HB 599

95

Motor vehicle insurance - event data recorders

Requires disclosure to consumers of the presence of event data recording devices in new motor vehicles; limits the use of data recorded by event data recording devices and requires the disconnection of the devices upon request by the consumer. Effective: Varies.

HB 678

277

Tax issues

Decreases the insurance premium tax from 2 percent to one percent for certain insurers; changes insurance premium tax payments from quarterly to annual; requires development and implementation of an insurer retention plan. Effective: Aug. 14, 2006.

HB 1201

142

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic safety

Clarifies the applicability of certain child passenger restraint requirements. Effective: Jan. 1, 2007.

HB 1243

259

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Reduces certain fines for motor vehicle violations, including driving under the influence. Effective: Varies.

HB 1260

143

Motor vehicle insurance - teen drivers

Requires the department of safety to inform first-time driver's license applicants of the controlled drug laws. Effective: July 21, 2006.

HB 1330

176

Catastrophe related legislation

Clarifies the authority of municipalities to enroll in the National Flood Insurance Program; enables the adoption of flood insurance rate map amendments by resolution of the local governing body; ratifies previously adopted municipal floodplain ordinances. Effective: May 25, 2006.

HB 1448

204

Motor vehicle insurance - traffic offenses

Modifies the applicability of certain provisions of the statute requiring drivers' license revocations or denials for drugs or alcohol involvement. Effective: July 1, 2006.

HB 1581

286

Motor vehicle insurance - teen drivers

Requires that drivers' licenses issued to persons under the age of 21 be of a different design than other licenses. Effective: Jan. 1, 2008.

HB 1738

107

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Prohibits the use of surveillance devices on New Hampshire highways unless authorized by statute or court order. Effective: July 1, 2006.

SB 72

9

Producer licensure - adjusters

Revises the law regarding the licensure of public adjusters at the request of the insurance department; relates to assisting insured in first party claims; provides for duties and restrictions. Effective: May 2, 2006.

SB 265

122

Workers' compensation - miscellaneous

Requires nonresident employees and employers to be subject to New Hampshire workers' compensation laws. Effective: July 14, 2006.

SB 334

204

Identity theft -- security freeze

Permits consumers to establish a credit freeze on their consumer reports and requires consumer reporting agencies to provide notice of this right; permits victims of identity theft to request copies of their consumer reports; establishes a procedure to notify consumer reporting agencies when a person is deceased; establishes a minimum penalty for negligent or willful violations of the consumer credit reporting law. Effective: Jan. 1, 2007.

SB 221

211

Motor vehicle insurance - enforcement issues

Authorizes the Department of Safety to require identification and proof of residence from a driver's license applicant; specifies certain documents that may satisfy such identification and proof of residence requirements; establishes a violation for failure to pay a highway toll. Effective: June 1, 2006.