CHAPTER 286
HB 1581 – FINAL VERSION
15Feb2006… 0744h
05/04/06 1914s
24May2006… 2295eba
2006 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1581
AN ACT relative to drivers’ licenses issued to persons under the age of 21.
SPONSORS: Rep. Butynski, Ches 4; Rep. Gilbert, Rock 12; Rep. Owen, Merr 4; Rep. J. Tilton, Merr 6; Rep. G. Katsakiores, Rock 5
This bill requires that drivers’ licenses issued to persons under the age of 21 be of a different design than other licenses.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Feb2006… 0744h
05/04/06 1914s
24May2006… 2295eba
06-2983
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to drivers’ licenses issued to persons under the age of 21.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
286:1 Form of License. Amend RSA 263:40 to read as follows:
263:40 Form of License. The commissioner shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every applicant a driver's license subject to such conditions as the commissioner may deem expedient and in such form as the commissioner may prescribe. Licenses issued to persons under the age of 21 shall be designed so that their horizontal and vertical axes are opposite the horizontal and vertical axes of licenses issued to other persons, and said licenses shall prominently display the date on which the licensee shall attain the age of 21 years. Consistent with RSA 263:14, the youth operator license shall expire on the 21st anniversary of the applicant’s date of birth, at which time the applicant shall be issued a traditional license. The license shall bear thereon a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee and an instant full-face color photograph, image, or likeness of the licensee. There shall also be provided a space wherein the licensee may enter his or her blood type if [he] the licensee so desires.
286:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.
Approved: June 15, 2006
Effective: January 1, 2008