John J. Barthelmes Commissioner of Safety

Richard C. Bailey Jr.Director of Motor Vehicles

NH CITY & TOWN CLERK REGIONAL MEETING

2014

DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES BUREAU OF REGISTRATION

AGENT HELP DESK

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Topics of Discussion

• Low Speed Utility Update• Golf Carts• Plate releases• Document piles• Fuel codes• Projects- VPN, Printer• Law Changes

LOW SPEED UTILITY VEHICLES

We love these right?

Laws Relevant Today

• RSA 259-108-II• RSA 266:116• RSA 265:160

Low Speed Check List

Low Speed Check List Continued

• Tool to use to determine if a vehicle qualifies

• Signature of registrant

• Puts the onus on the customer

• Clerk user number and initials

• Placed in your document pile for filming

Are there any no’s on the checklist?

• They don’t qualify. There are no exceptions.

SB 231-POTENTIAL Change

• Creation of RSA 259:2-a Agricultural/Industrial Utility Vehicle (6 wheels, 6 occupants, 10 mile radius from the farm, and 2 miles from light industrial complex)

• Creation of RSA 259:49-a: New definition for light industrial use

• Deletion of RSA 259:108 II• Change in registration fee (approx $10)• Amendment to RSA 265:160 to 40 mph

Golf Cart

Golf Cart.. Can you register??

• Must pass a full NH State Safety Inspection

*If passes a NH State Safety Inspection, receives any passenger plate type.

Items to be Inspected- SAF-C 3203.01

(a) The items to be inspected on a vehicle, which are described in detail in subsequent parts, shall include the following primary areas: • (1) Registration, plates, registration certificate and vehicle identification number; • (2) Steering, front end and suspension; • (3) Brakes, including parking brake; • (4) Odometer and speedometer; • (5) Electrical system, horn and defroster; • (6) Lights and reflectors, including headlight aim; • (7) Glass, glazing and mirrors; • (8) Wipers; • (9) Exhaust system; • (10) On-board diagnostics system; • (11) Body, chassis and bumper height; • (12) Fuel system; and • (13) Tires and wheels. 

Golf Cart-Con’t

• Most grouped into neighborhood electric category• If it does not meet the requirements of RSA 259:66-

b, 266:114, and 265:158, they cannot be registered. • NEV’s will need full safety inspection to get a

passenger plate. If Electric, no OBD Test is required. • Our recommendation, is buy a car instead. • Seriously though, we advise customer to see if it will

pass inspection first.

Document Pile

Document Pile

• Batch card• Registration by size and in order processed• Full sheets folded together like a book• Secure document pile with 2 paper clips,2 rubber

bands or 2 butterfly clips• CTA (title applications) in separate pile together

like book.• Send in work daily-unless part of the plate release

project

Plate Release

Releasing Plates• All plate release requests require the registration

record to be viewed in MAAP by the clerk to ensure it meets one of the following requirements:

• One owner gives written permission to another owner to use the plate and forfeits the rights to any remaining credits if the registration is valid.

• Registration with requested plate has been expired more than a year and a day and the owner would like to re-register the vehicle with the previous plate.

• Registration with requested plate is expired and the owner would like to register a new vehicle with the plate.

Plates you are unable to release

APRO SUBSTATIONS AS ASSIGNED AND CONCORD DMVPASS(1-9999) CONCORD DMVCOMM(1-999) CONCORD DMVSCOMM- SUBSTATIONS AND CONCORD DMVPERM- SUBSTATIONS AND CONCORD DMVDVETE SUBSTATIONS AND CONCORD DMVHCAP SUBSTATIONS AND CONCORD DMVHMOTO SUBSTATIONS AND CONCORD DMVSEMIT SUBSTATIONS AND CONCORD DMV

Plate release inventory location• Available in Inventory- Non Vanity- puts plate in your location- no Plate

fee charged

• Available in Inventory- Vanity-puts plate in your location, no Plate fee charged

• In stock- puts plate in your location, charges plate fee

• Available for Reorder- puts plate in general location, charges plate fee

• Lost/Stolen/Damaged- allows the reorder of plate, charges plate fee

Would you plate release ?

• Jane Doe has plate 12345 which expires on May 1, 2015, she has bought a new vehicle in her name and would like to use this plate. What would you do?

• Jon Doe has plate JONDOE which expired on April 1, 2014, he has bought a new vehicle and would like to use this plate. What would you do?

• Chris Doe has plate 1234 and has bought a new vehicle in his wife's name, his registration expires in May of 2015 and would like this plate on the new vehicle. What would you do?

When in doubt?

• Don’t do it! Call us first!

Fuel Codes

Fuel codes

• C=Ethanol• D=Diesel• E=Electric• G=Gas• H=Hybrid electric vehicle• M=Methanol• N=Natural Gas• O=Other• T=Trailers only• P=Propane

Important to use the correct fuel code as other agencies use this data

Projects

• VPN

• Printer project phase II- 3rd party software

VPN

What is VPN?

VPN stands for Virtual Private Network.

In simple terms it means that the town equipment and internet connection are used to

access MAAP instead of using the existing T-1 lines from the state.

Why do it?

• Faster transaction processing• Allows multiple workstations to connect to

MAAP• Ease of relocating equipment• No reliance on Carrier services (Fairpoint)• Business continuity (failover) is an option

2 Choices to connect

• Browser towns have a choice of connecting by either a SSL-VPN (Secure Socket Layer) or a P2P-VPN (Point 2 Point)

• 3rd party software towns have one option- the P2P-VPN connection

**This project does require your town’s IT vendor to participate as there are many technical details**

VPN Process

• Town requests to learn more about the VPN process• MA desk sends the “Making the Right Choice”

document• Town chooses which option would work best for them• MA desk sends the VPN pre-install survey specific to

the connection method chosen• Town returns the survey which is turned over to IT• IT determines if there are other needs to be met OR a

conversion date is established• We all work together to complete the migration

successfully!

Printer project phase II- 3rd party software

Why switch???

• As part of being a pilot town for the Validator elimination project using third party software, the way you print the forms which go to the impact printers will be changing, as will the forms, so that they work with the Lexmark T640 which all are printing from MAAP .

Forms that will print to the Lexmark

• DSMV 255 Revenue Memo• RDMV 343a Municipal Permit (aka town only)• RDMV 111 Application for a Copy of an

Application and Replacement plates/Decals• TDMV 23 Application for Certificate of Title• Check Validation

Potential Law Changes

Potential Law Changes• HB 292-relative to registration fees to private, commercial

or pleasure vessels-moving forward adding $2 fee to Lakefund Fee

• HB1149-relative to motor vehicle registrations-moving forward- ability to utilize electronic reg in lieu of duplicate reg

• HB1359-relative to Silver Star and Bronze Star Plates-study committee

• SB374-establishing a committee to establish residency-killed• HB1598-relative to friends of animals plate-killed

Law Change RSA 261:156 Collection of Insufficient Fund checks

• RDMV306-Administrative Complaint form

• May be fax to 603-271-1555

• Suspension of all registration privileges

Questions?????