HB 1392 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1392
AN ACT relative to the criminal offense of initiating a vehicular pursuit.
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill requires that individuals whose conduct while operating a motor vehicle or OHRV prompts vehicular pursuit by a law enforcement official shall be guilty of a class B felony.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2283
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to the criminal offense of initiating a vehicular pursuit.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Penalties for Disobeying an Officer. Amend RSA 265:4, II to read as follows:
II. Any person who violates the provisions of paragraph I of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and may have his license or privilege to drive and any registrations issued in his name suspended except where the conduct of the individual has necessitated a vehicular pursuit as provided in paragraph III of this section. If any person other than the driver of the pursued vehicle sustains personal injury in a collision resulting from the driving of a vehicle which is evading pursuit by a law enforcement officer, the driver of such pursued vehicle shall be guilty of a class B felony.
2 New Paragraph; Disobeying an Officer; Vehicular Pursuit. Amend RSA 265:4 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Any person whose actions necessitate a pursuit of the vehicle to make a stop, or violates the provisions relative to pursuit in paragraph I(c) of this section, shall be guilty of a class B felony.
3 Penalties for Disobeying an Officer. Amend RSA 215-A:19, II to read as follows:
II. Any person who, while operating or in charge of an OHRV, shall refuse when requested by a police officer or person authorized to make criminal arrests to give his name and address or the name and address of the owner of such OHRV or who shall give a false name or address, or who shall refuse or neglect to stop when signaled to stop by any police officer or any person authorized to make criminal arrests who is in uniform or who displays his badge conspicuously on the outside of his outer coat or garment, or who refuses on demand of such officer or person to produce his license to operate such vehicle or his certificate of registration, or to permit such officer or person to take the license or certificate in hand for the purpose of examination, or who refuses on demand of such officer or person to sign his name in the presence of such officer, or who refuses to surrender to the executive director or his duly authorized representative any license, registration certificate or number decal upon demand after suspension or revocation of the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor except where the individual has by his or her actions, necessitated a vehicular pursuit as provided in paragraph II-a.
4 New Paragraph; Disobeying an Officer; Vehicular Pursuit. Amend RSA 215-A:19 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
II-a. Any person whose actions necessitate a pursuit of the OHRV to make a stop, or violates the provisions relative to pursuit in paragraph II of this section, shall be guilty of a class B felony.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.