HB1492 (2010) Detail

Requiring police officers receiving notice of a motor vehicle accident to respond to the scene of the accident.


HB 1492 – AS INTRODUCED

2010 SESSION

10-2466

03/10

HOUSE BILL 1492

AN ACT requiring police officers receiving notice of a motor vehicle accident to respond to the scene of the accident.

SPONSORS: Rep. Emerson, Ches 7

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill requires police officers receiving notice of a motor vehicle accident to respond to the scene of the accident.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

10-2466

03/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten

AN ACT requiring police officers receiving notice of a motor vehicle accident to respond to the scene of the accident.

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

1 New Section; Law Enforcement Response to Notice of Accident. Amend RSA 264 by inserting after section 25-a the following new section:

264:25-b Law Enforcement Response to Notice of Accident. Any police officer who receives notice of a motor vehicle accident within his or her jurisdiction shall respond to the scene of the accident.

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