HB 335-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
03/10
HOUSE BILL 335-FN
This bill requires that the uniform fine schedule included with the summons for violating motor vehicle laws include the number of demerit points assigned for convictions of each violation.
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01-0726
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the uniform fine schedule for motor vehicle violations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Waiver in Lieu of Court Appearance; Uniform Fine Schedule; Demerit Points. Amend RSA 262:44, I to read as follows:
I. Such defendant shall receive, in addition to [his] a summons, a uniform fine schedule entitled "Notice of Fine, Division of Motor Vehicles" which shall contain the normal fines and demerit points assigned for violations of the provisions of title XXI on vehicles for which a plea may be entered by mail. The defendant shall be given a notice of fine indicating the amount of the fine plus penalty assessment at the time the summons is issued; except if, for cause, the summoning authority wishes the defendant to appear personally. Defendants summoned to appear personally shall do so on the arraignment date specified in the summons, unless otherwise ordered by the court. Defendants who are issued a summons and notice of fine and who wish to plead guilty or nolo contendere shall enter their plea on the summons and return it with payment of the fine plus penalty assessment to the director of motor vehicles within 30 days of the date of the summons. The director of motor vehicles shall remit the penalty assessments collected to the police standards and training council for deposit in the police standards and training council training fund and to the state treasurer to be credited and continually appropriated to the victims' assistance fund in the percentages and manner prescribed in RSA 188-F:31. Fines shall be paid over to the commissioner of administrative services, or to such department or agency of the state as the law provides, within 14 days of their receipt.
2 Application. The change to the uniform fine schedule, as required by section 1 of this act, shall be implemented by the department of safety at its next revision or replacement of the uniform fine schedule or by December 31, 2003, whichever is earlier.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
01-0726
1/23/01
HB 335-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to the uniform fine schedule for motor vehicle violations.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to complete a fiscal note for this bill as it is awaiting information from an agency.