CHAPTER 276
HB 194 – FINAL VERSION
06Mar2007… 0121h
06/07/07 2011s
2007 SESSION
03/10
HOUSE BILL 194
AN ACT relative to laboratories conducting alcohol concentration tests and relative to the alcohol ignition interlock program.
SPONSORS: Rep. Tholl, Coos 2; Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. W. Knowles, Straf 6
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill:
I. Requires that laboratories conducting alcohol concentration tests be accredited by any nationally recognized accrediting body.
II. Increases the minimum period of installation for ignition interlock devices.
III. Makes installation of an ignition interlock device mandatory for certain offenses.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06Mar2007… 0121h
06/07/07 2011s
07-0474
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to laboratories conducting alcohol concentration tests and relative to the alcohol ignition interlock program.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
276:1 Administration of Alcohol Concentration Tests; Rules; Laboratories. Amend RSA 265-A:5, V(e) to read as follows:
(e) [Procedures for certification of] A requirement that any laboratory that conducts tests pursuant to RSA 265-A:7 be accredited by any nationally recognized accrediting body; and
276:2 Alcohol Ignition Interlock Program; Mandatory Installation. Amend RSA 265-A:36, I-I-a to read as follows:
I. Any person whose license or permission to drive has been revoked or suspended for an aggravated DWI offense under RSA 265-A:18, I(b)[,] or I(c), or a subsequent DWI offense under RSA 265-A:18, IV [may] shall be required by the court after the period of revocation or suspension to install an ignition interlock device as defined in RSA 259:43-a in any vehicle registered to that person or used by that person on a regular basis, for not less than [6] 12 months nor more than 2 years. Installation and monitoring costs shall be paid by the offender. A certificate proving installation of the device shall be provided to the division of motor vehicles as a condition precedent to reinstatement of the individual’s license to drive, and the division may mark the person’s license and the person’s number plate by use of a striping sticker accordingly.
I-a. Any person who is convicted of driving while under suspension or revocation resulting from a DWI offense shall be required by the court to install an ignition interlock device in any vehicle registered to that person or used by that person on a regular basis, for the remaining period of suspension or revocation plus an additional period not less than [6] 12 months nor more than 2 years. The court may order such installation on a temporary basis prior to conviction as a condition of bail.
276:3 Effective Date.
I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2008.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 3, 2007
Effective: I. Section 1 shall take effect January 1, 2008.
II. Remainder shall take effect July 3, 2007.