extending the time period for the remission of certain OHRV and snowmobile fees.

HB 1074 - AS INTRODUCED

2026 SESSION
26-2412
08/05

HOUSE BILL
1074

AN ACT
extending the time period for the remission of certain OHRV and snowmobile fees.

SPONSORS: Rep. Oppel, Graf. 9

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

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ANALYSIS

This bill extends the time period for the remission of certain OHRV and snowmobile fees.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2412
08/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six

AN ACT
extending the time period for the remission of certain OHRV and snowmobile fees.

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

1 Agent's Accounting; OHRV License Fees. Amend RSA 214-A:4 to read as follows:
214-A:4 Agent's Accounting.
I. Except where a different agent fee, or no fee, is required by law or department rule, the agent shall collect from the licensee a fee of $1 for each license type issued on a license form and shall account to the executive director for the full face value of the licenses sold. He or she shall pay to the executive director no later than the [
fourteenth
]
last business day
of each month the full face value of all licenses sold up to the first of the same month and shall report the names and addresses of all persons to whom licenses have been sold and such other information as may be requested on blanks to be furnished by the executive director. All licenses sold at the department headquarters or any subagency thereof shall charge the same fee as outlined in this paragraph, and shall be credited to the fish and game fund.
II. The agent shall collect from the applicant a fee of $5 for each OHRV and snowmobile registration issued and shall account to the executive director for the full face value of the registration decals. He or she shall pay to the executive director no later than the [
fourteenth
]
last business day
of each month the full face value of all registrations sold up to the first of the same month and shall report the names and addresses of all persons to whom registration decals have been sold and such other information as may be requested on blanks to be furnished by the executive director. All registrations sold at the department headquarters or any subagency thereof shall charge the same fee as outlined in this paragraph, and shall be credited to the fish and game fund.
III. [
When the fourteenth of any month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the accounting and payment due date will be advanced to the first succeeding day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday.

IV.
] If the accounting and payment required by paragraphs [
I-III
]
I and II
of this section are mailed, they will be considered to have been reported or paid on time if they are properly addressed and postmarked by a United States Post Office no later than the [
fourteenth
]
last business day
of the month in which they are due.
[
V.
]
IV.
If the accounting and payment required by paragraphs [
I-III
]
I and II
of this section are delinquent, the agent shall be assessed and pay a penalty equal to 10 percent of the amount due or $10, whichever is greater. Penalties collected hereunder shall be credited to the fish and game fund.
[
VI.
]
V.
If the accounting and payment remains delinquent 30 days after the due date required by paragraphs [
I-III
]
I and II
of this section, the agency status shall be terminated.
[
VII.
]
VI.
If the penalty required by paragraph [
V
]
IV
of this section remains delinquent 30 days after notification of such delinquency, the agency shall be terminated and all penalties shall be deferred.
[
VIII.
]
VII.
The executive director shall have the authority to waive the requirements of paragraphs [
V, VI, and VII
]
IV, V, and VI
when in his or her judgment there is just cause to do so.
[
IX.
]
VIII.
The executive director shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, concerning the administration of this section for all agents regulated by this chapter.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.