Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight
SB 56 – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/31/05 0901s
2005 SESSION
06/01
SENATE BILL 56
AN ACT relative to penalties for eluding pursuit by a law enforcement officer.
SPONSORS: Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. Flanders, Dist 7; Sen. Martel, Dist 18; Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Sen. Estabrook, Dist 21; Rep. Hunt, Ches 7; Rep. King, Coos 1; Rep. Stone, Rock 1
This bill makes the penalty for willfully attempting to evade pursuit by a law enforcement officer by increasing speed to 25 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit and committing 2 or more additional traffic violations a class B felony.
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03/31/05 0901s
05-0521
06/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to penalties for eluding pursuit by a law enforcement officer.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Disobeying an Officer; Eluding Pursuit. Amend RSA 265:4, I(c) to read as follows:
(c) Purposely neglect to stop when signaled to stop by any law enforcement officer who is in uniform or who displays his badge conspicuously on the outside of his outer coat or garment, or who signals such person to stop by means of any authorized audible or visual emergency warning signals[;], or otherwise willfully attempt to elude pursuit by a law enforcement officer [by increasing] without an increase in speed, extinguishing headlamps while still in motion, or abandoning a vehicle while being pursued, provided that a person shall not be deemed to be attempting to elude pursuit if such person is signaled to stop at night by a law enforcement officer and elects to proceed to the nearest well-lighted public place;
2 Disobeying an Officer; Penalties. Amend RSA 265:4, III(b) to read as follows:
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subparagraph I(c)[,] and is involved in a motor vehicle accident which causes serious bodily injury as defined in RSA 625:11, VI while being pursued, or who willfully attempts to elude pursuit by a law enforcement officer by increasing speed to 25 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit and committing 2 or more additional traffic violations, shall be guilty of a class B felony.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2006.