CHAPTER 89
SB 156 - FINAL VERSION
2001 SESSION
10/09
SENATE BILL 156
AN ACT relative to the suspension of drivers licenses of persons under 20 years of age.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gordon, Dist 2; Sen. Pignatelli, Dist 13; Rep. Packard, Rock 29
This bill clarifies what constitutes misconduct, misuse, or abuse of driving privileges by a person under 20 for purposes of suspension or revocation of the person's drivers license.
This bill is a request of the study committee established in 2000, 306.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-1060
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the suspension of drivers licenses of persons under 20 years of age.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
89:1 Drivers' Licenses; Persons Under 20 Years of Age. Amend RSA 263:14, III(d) to read as follows:
(d) The director, after hearing, may suspend or revoke an original license or any license held by a person under 20 years of age for good cause upon receipt of proper evidence or information of misconduct, misuse, or abuse of such driving privileges. Circumstances constituting misuse, abuse, or misconduct of driving privileges shall include driving behavior which poses an immediate hazard to the operator or to the safety or property of others on or near the roadway, or, when considered with other driving offenses, which demonstrates a repeated disregard for public safety.
89:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: June 19, 2001)
(Effective Date: August 18, 2001)