SB 388 – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
03/09
SENATE BILL 388
COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation
This bill requires that commercial driver license applicants demonstrate English language skills.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2684
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to commercial driver license qualifications.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Commercial Driver License Qualification Standards; English Language Skills. Amend RSA 263:87 by inserting after paragraph II the following new paragraph:
III. The department shall require all applicants for commercial driver licenses to demonstrate English language skills sufficient to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.