New Hampshire Revised Statutes 260:61 – Credit Provided; Liability Insurance
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I. Annually, on or before June 30, the comptroller shall transfer, from road tolls collected, an amount equal to the number of licensed OHRVs and snowmobiles for the previous year times the average number of gallons consumed per year per OHRV and snowmobile times the gasoline road toll imposed under N.H. Rev. Stat. § 260:32, less any amount refunded for OHRV and snowmobile use for the previous year, to the fish and game department and the bureau of trails as follows. The road toll administrator shall report to the comptroller if there is a balance of unrefunded road tolls collected. The administrator shall certify the amount to the comptroller who shall credit
1/2 of such balance to the bureau of trails for use as provided in paragraph I-a, and
1/2 of such balance to the fish and game department as unrestricted revenue to the fish and game fund. For the purposes of this section, “the average number of gallons consumed per year per OHRV or snowmobile” is 100.
I-a. The bureau shall use 66
2/3 percent of the amount credited for grants under its grant-in-aid program, and 33
1/3 percent for general operating expenses and expenses incurred in administering and supervising the grant-in-aid program. Any balances in the funds hereby transferred shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year but shall remain in the OHRV and snowmobile fund.
II. The bureau’s grant-in-aid program shall bear the expenses of the following:
(a) A liability insurance policy for the benefit of landowners who allow riders of off highway recreational vehicles, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-A:1, VI, and snowmobiles, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-C:1, to use their property, and
(b) A liability insurance policy for the benefit of landowners who lease their land to the state of New Hampshire for use by riders of off highway recreational vehicles, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-A:1, VI, and snowmobiles, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-C:1.
1/2 of such balance to the bureau of trails for use as provided in paragraph I-a, and
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 260:61
- Department: shall mean the department of safety of the state of New Hampshire. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:19
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- Gasoline: shall mean all products commonly or commercially known or sold as gasoline, including casinghead and absorption of natural gasoline, regardless of their classification or uses, and any liquid prepared, advertised, offered for sale, or sold for use as or commonly and commercially used as a fuel in internal combustion engines, which when subjected to distillation in accordance with the standard method of test for distillation of gasoline, naphtha, kerosene, and similar petroleum products (ASTM Designation D-86) show not less than 10 percent distilled (recovered) below 347 degrees Fahrenheit (175 degrees Centigrade) and not less than 95 percent distilled (recovered) below 464 degrees Fahrenheit (240 degrees Centigrade); provided that the term gasoline shall not include commercial solvents or naphthas which distill by ASTM method D-86 not more than 9 percent at 176 degrees Fahrenheit and which have a distillation range of 150 degrees Fahrenheit or less, or liquified gases which would not exist as liquid at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit and a pressure of 14. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:37-b
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- OHRV: shall mean an off highway recreational vehicle. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:70
- road: shall include all bridges thereon. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:26
- Snowmobile: shall mean any vehicle propelled by mechanical power that is designed to travel over ice or snow supported in part by skis, tracks, or cleats. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:102
- State: shall mean :
I. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 259:106
1/2 of such balance to the fish and game department as unrestricted revenue to the fish and game fund. For the purposes of this section, “the average number of gallons consumed per year per OHRV or snowmobile” is 100.
I-a. The bureau shall use 66
2/3 percent of the amount credited for grants under its grant-in-aid program, and 33
1/3 percent for general operating expenses and expenses incurred in administering and supervising the grant-in-aid program. Any balances in the funds hereby transferred shall not lapse at the end of the fiscal year but shall remain in the OHRV and snowmobile fund.
II. The bureau’s grant-in-aid program shall bear the expenses of the following:
(a) A liability insurance policy for the benefit of landowners who allow riders of off highway recreational vehicles, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-A:1, VI, and snowmobiles, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-C:1, to use their property, and
(b) A liability insurance policy for the benefit of landowners who lease their land to the state of New Hampshire for use by riders of off highway recreational vehicles, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-A:1, VI, and snowmobiles, as defined in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-C:1.