HB 1241 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 1241
AN ACT relative to visual examinations for the issuance of drivers’ licenses.
SPONSORS: Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10; Sen. Lasky, Dist 13
This bill requires a visual examination as part of the driver’s license examination or reexamination.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2516
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to visual examinations for the issuance of drivers’ licenses.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Issuance of Licenses; Examination. Amend RSA 263:6 to read as follows:
263:6 Examination. Before a license is granted to any person, the applicant, if not previously licensed to drive a motor vehicle in this state, shall pass such examination as to the person’s qualifications as the director may prescribe. Such examination [may] shall include an examination for visual acuity as prescribed by the director. All license examinations shall be conducted by department of safety personnel. No license shall be issued until the director is satisfied that the applicant is a proper person to receive it. No physical defect of an applicant shall prohibit the applicant from receiving a license unless it can be shown by common experience that such defect results in an incapacity to safely drive a motor vehicle, except as provided in RSA 263:13.
2 Issuance of Licenses; Reexamination. Amend RSA 263:7 to read as follows:
263:7 Reexamination. The director may require with cause any person holding a license to drive motor vehicles or applying for reissue of such license to pass such examination as to the person’s qualifications as the director shall prescribe. Such reexamination [may] shall include an examination for visual acuity as prescribed by the director. All license examinations shall be conducted by department of safety personnel. No license shall be reissued to such person or continued in effect until the director is satisfied as to such person’s fitness to drive a motor vehicle. Every person upon reaching his or her seventy-fifth birthday shall demonstrate his or her physical and mental qualifications to hold a license by examination, as prescribed by the director.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.