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Committee deadlocks on vehicle-inspection repeal; consumer-protection amendment fails 3–3
Summary
Senators adopted an amendment restoring some inspection language but deadlocked 3–3 on a senator-authored consumer-protection amendment to define 'unsafe' vehicles; the underlying bill failed in committee by tie and will go to the floor without recommendation.
House Bill 649 — the measure tied to repeal of New Hampshire’s annual vehicle safety inspections that was included in the budget earlier this year — prompted the hearing’s longest debate. Senator Maguire introduced amendment 3066s to restore language briefly chaptered into law earlier and to ensure certain classes of vehicles (school buses and placarded hazardous-material vehicles under 49 CFR Part 172, subpart F) remain subject to inspection authority. The committee adopted that amendment.
Department of Safety assistant commissioner Eddie Edwards and Troop G commander Thomas Collin told the committee that with the inspection repeal taking effect there is a need for objective…
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