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[AC2717]

Haven’t sent the registration into concord via mail in a long time
Am i just sending in the check with one of the registrations (owners copy) or all four they send you?

[Descant]

For those who register early (why?), do you get both stickers in the same return envelope? Isn't that proof you paid? Having such proof, why not just send the second sticker back, directly to the Governor? I'd guess this is some sort of administrative screw up, since we (I) certainly didn't hear anything last year about related legislation.

[John Mercier]

Probably even confusing to them...
It seems to have quite the history...

https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB1304/2024

[chachee52]

This was on WMUR last night. Not sure it will help but does go through why.

https://www.wmur.com/article/new-law...52025/63341149

[Descant]

Originally Posted by chachee52

This was on WMUR last night. Not sure it will help but does go through why.

https://www.wmur.com/article/new-law...52025/63341149

Thanks for the link, John . I remain disappointed in our legislature for just giving in to the USCG for their $$. Maine had the right approach--let the Coast Guard do the coast and keep inland waters for ourselves. To me, USCG has no business auditing anything in NH.

[John Mercier]

To be fair, we (the Legislature on our behalf) wanted the federal dollars.
Federal dollars always come with strings attached.

And it usually takes an audit before anyone notices that we are not in compliance.

We used to buy groomers and tractors using NRTP funds.
Then the first Trump Administration during an audit discovered that we were in violation of an existing requirement that those all be made with US source steel.

We could still buy tractors, but not groomers, so the whole system changed to support the groomers... looking at our winters, not exactly the smartest move.

Long run... this will probably be more of a hassle then it is worth.

[The Real BigGuy]

Originally Posted by Descant

Thanks for the link, John . I remain disappointed in our legislature for just giving in to the USCG for their $$. Maine had the right approach--let the Coast Guard do the coast and keep inland waters for ourselves. To me, USCG has no business auditing anything in NH.

Doesn’t Marine Patrol also patrol coastal “navigable” waters such as the Piscataqua River? Isn’t that why they bought the surplus CG surf boat a number of years ago? Not conforming to the new requirements (which I think are crazy) might require state to cede any authority in those areas to CG. However, this does seem to be an easy/lazy way to solve an accounting issue.


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[Descant]

Originally Posted by The Real BigGuy

Doesn’t Marine Patrol also patrol coastal “navigable” waters such as the Piscataqua River? Isn’t that why they bought the surplus CG surf boat a number of years ago? Not conforming to the new requirements (which I think are crazy) might require state to cede any authority in those areas to CG. However, this does seem to be an easy/lazy way to solve an accounting issue.

The impression I got from Dave Barret at the time was that the commissioners eyes glazed over when Homeland Security offered big bucks for NH to patrol our small section of the coast. That was the incentive to absorb MP into state police. Maine seems to have no problem telling where inland and coastal are differentiated. I think it makes sense for USCG to patrol the area around the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard. I expect they patrol the Kennebec River up to the Bath Iron Works where they build ships for the US Navy.

[TiltonBB]

Originally Posted by Descant

For those who register early (why?), do you get both stickers in the same return envelope? Isn't that proof you paid? Having such proof, why not just send the second sticker back, directly to the Governor? I'd guess this is some sort of administrative screw up, since we (I) certainly didn't hear anything last year about related legislation.

Why do some register early? Because many New Hampshire people also use their boats in other places with year round boating, like Florida. There are a lot of Winnipesaukee boats that go to Florida every year in the fall and back to NH in the spring. That is a good reason to have them registered on January 1.

[8gv]

I got my four stickers for my 14' Aluminum boat today at the Laconia City Hall.

This boat heads to Florida in February for a week of camping and fishing.

The rest of my fleet can wait for the usual US mail process to play out.