HB 588 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
02Feb2006… 0610h
2005 SESSION
03/04
HOUSE BILL 588
AN ACT relative to suspension of drivers’ licenses after a motor vehicle accident.
SPONSORS: Rep. DiFruscia, Rock 4; Rep. Weyler, Rock 8; Rep. Holden, Hills 7; Rep. Phinizy, Sull 5; Rep. Bishop, Rock 2; Sen. Green, Dist 6
This bill requires an adjudication or administrative finding of fault prior to the suspension of a driver’s license after a motor vehicle accident resulting in death, personal injury, or damage to property.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02Feb2006… 0610h
05-0898
03/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to suspension of drivers’ licenses after a motor vehicle accident.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Suspension of License After Report of Accident. Amend RSA 264:3, I to read as follows:
I. After receipt of the report required by RSA 264:25 and either notice that there has been an adjudication by a court that the driver was at fault or a finding by the director as a result of a hearing with notice to all persons involved in the accident that the driver was at fault, the director shall suspend the license and registration certificate and require the surrender of the registration plates, if any, of the driver, and shall suspend the registration certificates and require the surrender of the plates of the owner of the vehicle, trailer, or semi-trailer involved in the accident reported and shall suspend his or her license, if any, or driving privilege until such driver or owner or both shall have furnished sufficient security to satisfy any judgment or judgments for damages resulting from such accident as may be recovered against such owner or driver by or on behalf of the aggrieved person or his or her legal representative, and until such owner or driver or both shall give and thereafter maintain proof of financial responsibility in the future. Notice of such suspension and of the requirement of such surrender shall be sent by the director to such driver and owner not less than 10 days prior to the effective date of such suspension.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.