CHAPTER 159
HB 104-FN – FINAL VERSION
03/29/07 0451s
2007 SESSION
09/03
HOUSE BILL 104-FN
AN ACT relative to renewal of drivers’ licenses by certain national guard members.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bishop, Rock 2; Rep. B. Shaw, Hills 16; Rep. Coughlin, Hills 4; Rep. Kjellman, Merr 5; Sen. Burling, Dist 5; Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Kenney, Dist 3; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14
COMMITTEE: State-Federal Relations and Veterans Affairs
This bill allows certain members of the national guard who are called to military service or mobilized for a period of 60 days or more to renew a New Hampshire driver’s license without cost by application to the division of motor vehicles.
This bill was requested by the committee to study state benefit programs for national guard members established by 2006, 66 (SB 344).
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/29/07 0451s
07-0164
09/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to renewal of drivers’ licenses by certain national guard members.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
159:1 New Paragraph; National Guard Members; Driver’s License Renewal. Amend RSA 263:11 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. Any member of the national guard who is called to military service or mobilized for a period of 60 days or more, and who was a resident of this state and was a holder of a valid New Hampshire license to drive motor vehicles in this state, is entitled to renewal of such license without cost or penalty by application to the division. Said application must be accompanied by a letter giving a projected date of expiration of said service, signed by a commissioned officer. Such a person while driving a motor vehicle shall carry upon his or her person the license issued.
159:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 18, 2007
Effective: August 17, 2007