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Originally Posted by jrc

Boat fee

http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/...a/72-a-mrg.htm

Boat Registration


[Paragraph I effective until July 1, 2015; see also paragraph I set out below.]


I. The registration fees for commercial, private, and pleasure vessels, including rentals and airboats shall be as follows:
(a) Up to and including 16 feet $24
(b) 16.1 feet to 21 feet $34
(c) 21.1 feet to 30 feet $52
(d) 30.1 feet to 45 feet $72
(e) 45.1 feet and over $92

[Paragraph I effective July 1, 2015; see also paragraph I set out above.]


I. The registration fees for commercial, private, and pleasure vessels, including rentals and airboats shall be as follows:
(a) Up to and including 16 feet $12
(b) 16.1 feet to 21 feet $17
(c) 21.1 feet to 30 feet $26
(d) 30.1 feet to 45 feet $36
(e) 45.1 feet and over $46


II. In addition to the fees required by paragraph I there shall be the following registration fees:
(a) $7.50 for each registration specified in paragraph I. The fees collected under this subparagraph shall be paid into the lake restoration and preservation fund established under RSA 487:25.
(b) $1 for each registration required by this section. The fees collected under this subparagraph shall be paid into the fish and game search and rescue fund established under RSA 206:42.
(c) $5 for each registration processed by an authorized agent of the department who is not an employee of the department. The fees collected under this subparagraph shall be collected and retained by the authorized agent as compensation for processing the registration.
(d) $5 for each registration specified in paragraph I. The surcharge collected under this subparagraph shall be paid into the statewide public boat access fund established under RSA 233-A:13.
(e) $2 for each registration for tidal or coastal waters. The surcharge collected under this subparagraph shall be paid into the harbor dredging and pier maintenance fund established under RSA 12-G:46.
III. A vessel manufacturer or dealer, or a person engaged in vessel repair maintenance, shall pay $5 to the department for an initial registration certificate, and $3 for each additional registration certificate.

Interesting article in Laconia Daily Sun Dted May 30
MP has a 1.6 million reserve fund. Then why increase the registration fees?
Then they add $20.50 in other fees. Like the extra bag charge by airlines. It is becoming common practice to quote a price and then double the amount by adding small amounts for each little added item that used to be included in the basic price..
No increase in fees has been needed since 1989 because U.S. Coastguard has been funding 1.4 mil. of 3.0 million budget.
Steady increase in boat registrations had allowed MP to fund general operations and create a reserve fund.
So, O.K. the money is used to support boat operations. No, The legislature just drained $700,000 of boaters money to support general spending in Concord.
They also stole $500,000 from the public boat access fund. Guess there is already enough access to our lakes.
Big spenders of our money are not only in Washington, we have our homegrown bunch.