SB233 (2006) Detail

Relative to motorcycle rider education.


CHAPTER 174

SB 233 – FINAL VERSION

01/18/06 0384s

05/11/06 2081eba

2006 SESSION

06-2023

03/04

SENATE BILL 233

AN ACT relative to motorcycle rider education.

SPONSORS: Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Rep. Packard, Rock 3

COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that standards for the motorcycle rider education program be based on the recommendations of the motorcycle rider education program advisory committee.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01/18/06 0384s

05/11/06 2081eba

06-2023

03/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six

AN ACT relative to motorcycle rider education.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

174:1 Motorcycle Rider Education Program; Standards. Amend RSA 263:34-b, I to read as follows:

I. The director shall establish standards for and shall administer the motorcycle rider education program. The [program] standards shall be based on the recommendations of the advisory committee established in RSA 263:34-f and shall include, but [is] not be limited to, standards for a nationally accepted and state-approved rider training course[, which is at least the equivalent to the Motorcycle Safety Foundation Course and instructor training]. The director may expand the program to include public awareness, alcohol and drug effects, driver improvement for motorcyclists, licensing improvement, program promotion, or other motorcycle safety programs.

174:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 24, 2006

Effective: July 23, 2006