HB1323 (2010) Detail

Relative to applications for new licenses under the driver license compact.


HB 1323 – AS INTRODUCED

2010 SESSION

10-2174

03/05

HOUSE BILL 1323

AN ACT relative to applications for new licenses under the driver license compact.

SPONSORS: Rep. Hinkle, Hills 19

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill allows certain persons to apply for new drivers’ licenses one year after an out-of-state suspension.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2174

03/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT relative to applications for new licenses under the driver license compact.

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

1 New Section; Application Under Driver License Compact. Amend RSA 263 by inserting after section 5-e the following new section:

263:5-f Application Under Driver License Compact. If an applicant for a driver’s license has held a driver’s license issued by another state, and that license was suspended, the applicant may, after one year from the date of the suspension, apply for a New Hampshire driver’s license under Article V(b) of RSA 263:77. Upon such application, the director shall make a determination as to the issuance of a license consistent with the driver license compact. Such determination shall take into consideration the need for a license in connection with the person’s occupation or employment, or the need for the person or a member of the person’s immediate family to access medical treatment. The director may issue an original license or a probationary license under RSA 265-A:35.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.