HB 1449 - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1449
AN ACT relative to the cost of any and all tests conducted pursuant to DWI convictions.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kennedy, Merr 7
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill requires persons convicted of driving while intoxicated to pay for any and all screening tests ordered administered by law enforcement officials.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2427
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to the cost of any and all tests conducted pursuant to DWI convictions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Charging Offenders with Costs Associated with Drug and Alcohol Testing. Amend RSA 265:85 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. Any person required to submit to drug or alcohol concentration testing and subsequently convicted for driving while intoxicated shall be assigned by the court the cost of any and all tests ordered administered by law enforcement officials. Cities and towns shall not under any circumstances be held liable for the cost of such testing.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.