Section 263:52 Driver Training Fund.
I. The proceeds from original license fees as provided in RSA 263:42 and the vanity plate service fee collected in accordance with RSA 261:89, plus the fee for the renewal of the use of such plates, after costs of such plates or designation of effective periods thereof and issuance of same have been appropriated and deducted, shall be expended solely for courses of instruction and training in safe motor vehicle driving conducted in or under the supervision of secondary schools. After all costs of administration of the program each year of the biennium have been reserved, the balance which is appropriated to the driver training program shall be paid to the state treasurer by June 30 of each year. Such balance shall be kept in a separate fund which shall be paid out on or before September 15 of each year to participating schools prorated on a per-pupil basis for those who have completed the driver education program. Subject to final approval by the governor and council, the commissioner of safety jointly with the commissioner of education shall adopt pursuant to RSA 541-A and publish rules governing the courses of instruction and training and determining eligibility of secondary schools to receive moneys from the fund established by this section.
II. The $40 vanity plate service fee and the fee for renewal of vanity number plates shall automatically be credited to the driver training fund until all fees in such fund equal the amount of money estimated by the general court as available for expenditure for the driver training program from that fund for that fiscal year, which shall include $150 for each pupil who has completed the driver education program. Once the legislative estimates have been matched for the current fiscal year, the balance of all such fees shall be transferred to the general fund and shall be available as unrestricted revenue.
III. [Repealed.]
Source. RSA 262:1-a. 1957, 292:1. 1963, 142:1. 1969, 244:1. 1971, 415:1. 1974, 45:4. 1981, 146:1. 1982, 42:155. 1983, 469:105. 1993, 295:1. 1995, 308:5. 1997, 252:1, eff. Aug. 18, 1997. 2009, 144:198, 199, eff. July 1, 2009.