HB419 (2009) Detail

Relative to operating restrictions on youth operators.


HB 419-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-0802

03/09

HOUSE BILL 419-FN

AN ACT relative to operating restrictions on youth operators.

SPONSORS: Rep. Infantine, Hills 13

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill lowers the age at which the restriction on the hours during which a youth operator may operate a motor vehicle applies.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0802

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT relative to operating restrictions on youth operators.

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

1 Youth Operators’ Licenses; Applicability of Restrictions. Amend RSA 263:14, II(f) to read as follows:

(f) The restrictions set forth in RSA 263:14, II(b), (c), and (d) shall not apply to drivers who are over 18 years of age. The restriction on hours of operation set forth in RSA 263:14, II(b) shall not apply to drivers who are over 17 years of age.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.

LBAO

09-0802

Revised 01/20/09

HB 419 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT relative to operating restrictions on youth operators.

FISCAL IMPACT:

    The Department of Safety states this bill will have an indeterminable impact on state revenues in FY 2010 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local revenues or state, county, and local expenditures.

METHODOLOGY:

    The Department of Safety states this bill lowers the age at which the restriction on hours a youth may operate a motor vehicle applies from 18 to 17 years of age. The Department states any change in fines received by the courts will impact state general fund revenues, while fines sent to the Department will impact highway fund revenues. To the extent the violations lead to license suspensions, change in revenue from license restorations would impact revenues in the highway fund and the administrative license suspension fund. Any change in highway fund revenues will result in a 12% change in highway fund expenditures and local revenue.