HB 1273 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2000 SESSION
05/10
HOUSE BILL 1273
AN ACT relative to restricting usage of cellular phones while driving.
SPONSORS: Rep. Milligan, Hills 18; Rep. Langer, Merr 11; Rep. McGuirk, Ches 1; Rep. Beaulieu, Rock 11; Rep. Letourneau, Rock 13; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9
This bill prohibits the use of cellular phones while actively driving a motor vehicle, except by certain emergency personnel in an official capacity.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
9march00.....3433h
00-2031
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to restricting usage of cellular phones while driving.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Rules of the Road; Prohibited Uses of Cellular Phones While Operating a Motor Vehicle; Emergency Exception. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 105 the following new section:
265:105-a Prohibited Uses of Cellular Phones While Operating a Motor Vehicle.
I. No person shall use any type of cellular telephone while actively driving a motor vehicle on a public way. This limitation shall not prevent persons from using programmable telephones built in to motor vehicles, if they are of the variety that do not require hand-held operation. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation.
II. This section shall not apply to the use of cellular phones by fire, police, ambulance, and other emergency responders when essential to the discharge of their official duties in an emergency or other extraordinary situation.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2001.