CHAPTER 168
SB 477 – FINAL VERSION
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05/05/10 1851eba
2010 SESSION
03/09
SENATE BILL 477
AN ACT relative to driver education school applicants.
SPONSORS: Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Rep. Packard, Rock 3; Rep. R. Williams, Merr 11; Rep. Nedeau, Belk 3
COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation
This bill authorizes the department of safety to deny a driver education school application for failing to submit fingerprints. This bill also requires applicants to notify the director of the division of motor vehicles of certain arrests and convictions.
This bill was requested by the department of safety.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/17/10 0665s
05/05/10 1851eba
10-2692
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to driver education school applicants.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
168:1 Motor Vehicle Drivers’ School; Notification of Offenses. Amend RSA 263:46-a to read as follows:
263:46-a Notification of Offenses.
I. Every applicant for or holder of a driver education certificate or school license shall notify the director within 5 business days by certified mail, return receipt requested, of being arrested, indicted, or summonsed to court in this or any other state or foreign jurisdiction as a defendant for an offense under RSA 265:79, RSA 265:79-a, RSA 265:79-b, RSA [265:80, RSA 265:82, or RSA 265:82-a] 265-A:2, RSA 265-A:3, or RSA 265-A:43, or any offense under RSA 630, RSA 631, or RSA 632-A. If employed or under contract to a school or school district, the licensee, [or] certificate holder, or applicant shall provide a copy of the notification made to the director to the principal or equivalent chief administrator of the school in like manner and time frame.
II. Every applicant for or holder of a driver education certificate or school license shall notify the director within 5 business days by certified mail, return receipt requested, of being convicted of any offense other than a parking violation under Title XXI or RSA 630, RSA 631, or RSA 632-A or an equivalent offense in another jurisdiction, or if his or her license or privilege to drive a motor vehicle has been suspended or revoked in this or any other jurisdiction. If employed or under contract to a school or school district, the applicant, licensee, or certificate holder shall provide a copy of the notification made to the director to the principal or equivalent chief administrator of the school [in like manner and time frame] within 5 business days by certified mail, return receipt requested.
168:2 New Paragraph; Motor Vehicle Drivers’ School; Grounds for Denial of License. Amend RSA 263:50 by inserting after paragraph VI the following new paragraph:
VI-a. Such applicant, upon original application, has failed to submit a complete set of fingerprints taken by a qualified law enforcement agency;
168:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 17, 2010
Effective Date: June 17, 2010