A bill hearing opened a busy week of State House action on the inspections controversy, the New Hampshire Union Leader reported. House Republicans pushed a measure they branded the “Live Free and Drive” response to a federal judge’s decision. The plan drew no public opposition at its hearing, the outlet noted.
The hearing kicked off a stretch of activity across the State House as Republicans crafted their answer to the inspections ruling. As the New Hampshire Union Leader reported, the plan was designed to comply with the judge’s decision while minimizing the impact on motorists, drawing heavy public support in online testimony.
As the New Hampshire Union Leader reported, House Republican lawmakers rallied behind the response bill as the centerpiece of the week’s agenda.
House Republican lawmakers lobbied Tuesday to pass the “Live Free and Drive” response to the federal judge’s decision
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The public hearing drew no opposition, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader, as supporters made their case for the plan.
No one spoke against Osborne’s plan during a public hearing Tuesday.
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The report outlined the mechanics of what the bill would do, from issuing a new request for proposals to ending the existing contract.
The bill directs the Department of Safety to issue a request for proposals to award a new contract for someone to administer the inspection program and seeks to terminate the contract with Gordon-Dar
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As the New Hampshire Union Leader reported, the measure would allow inspections to continue but reduce the violation of driving an uninspected vehicle to a $1 fine, while barring law enforcement from pulling over a motorist solely for a missing inspection sticker and blocking insurers from raising rates over an uninspected vehicle. The outlet noted that more than 1,300 people signed up online in support of the idea, and that the bill was one piece of a week that also included an emergency Executive Council meeting and a separate Senate response to the lawsuit.
The full story at the New Hampshire Union Leader details the hearing, the provisions of Osborne’s plan, and how it fits into the broader fight over the future of vehicle inspections in New Hampshire.
For House Republicans, the hearing was a chance to rally support behind their preferred response to the court ruling. The plan, as the New Hampshire Union Leader reported, drew an outpouring of online testimony in its favor and set the stage for a busy week of competing efforts to address the inspections question.
The hearing was one of several developments that week as different factions advanced their own answers to the court ruling, according to the New Hampshire Union Leader. Supporters of the plan argued it would keep the state in compliance while sparing drivers the practical burdens of the program, and the heavy volume of online testimony reflected the intensity of public interest in the issue.
The reporting spelled out how the plan would change the penalty for driving an uninspected vehicle.
The measure would permit inspections to continue, but it would reduce the violation of driving an uninspected vehicle to a $1 fine.
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Read the full story at the New Hampshire Union Leader.
