CHAPTER 74
SB 357-FN – FINAL VERSION
02/02/06 0597s
2006 SESSION
03/10
SENATE BILL 357-FN
AN ACT relative to eligibility for motorcycle licenses.
SPONSORS: Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Rep. Packard, Rock 3
COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation
This bill:
I. Limits the number of times that an applicant may take the motorcycle driver examination.
II. Requires applicants for motorcycle endorsements to furnish proof of their fitness to drive.
III. Requires applicants for motorcycle learner’s permits to pass a written test.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/02/06 0597s
06-2303
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to eligibility for motorcycle licenses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
74:1 Special Motorcycle Licenses; Waiver of Driving Examination. Amend RSA 263:31 to read as follows:
263:31 Special Motorcycle Licenses; Waiver of Driving Examination. The department shall cause to be issued a special license for persons without a driver’s license or an endorsement on the driver’s license for persons who have a driver’s license, for all applicants who successfully complete the requirements for a motorcycle license. Applicants for such license or endorsement shall furnish proof of their fitness to drive a motorcycle as the director shall in his or her discretion determine. Such proof shall include the applicant’s passing a driver examination conducted on a motorcycle. The director may waive the requirement for such a driving examination upon receipt of adequate evidence of experience in driving a motorcycle by an applicant under such rules as [he] the director may deem necessary, or proof that the applicant has successfully completed a state-approved motorcycle rider education course. No person may take the motorcycle driver examination more than twice; any person who fails to pass the examination twice shall be required to successfully complete the motorcycle rider education program under RSA 263:34-b. No person shall drive a motorcycle on a way of this state, unless such person is duly licensed to drive a motorcycle by a special motorcycle license or endorsement issued under this section, or holds a permit under RSA 263:32. No person shall knowingly authorize or allow the driving of a motorcycle owned by him or her or in his or her charge on a way of this state by any person who does not hold a special motorcycle license or endorsement or motorcycle learner’s permit.
74:2 Motorcycle Learner’s Permit; Eligibility. Amend RSA 263:32, I to read as follows:
I. Upon application, the department shall issue a motorcycle learner’s permit to a person 18 years of age or older or a person who is 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age who has successfully completed an approved driver education course. Applicants for such permit shall furnish proof of their fitness to drive a motorcycle as the director in his or her discretion shall determine[; however,]. Such proof of fitness shall include either passage of a written basic motorcycle knowledge test approved by the commissioner and the motorcycle rider education program advisory committee or successful completion of the motorcycle rider education program under RSA 263:34-b, but shall not include a driver examination.
74:3 Effective Date.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2007.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 1, 2006
Effective: I. Section 2 shall take effect January 1, 2007.
II. Remainder shall take effect June 30, 2006.