Revision: Jan. 9, 2012, midnight
HB 1696-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 1696-FN
AN ACT limiting the offense of speeding to cases resulting in property damage or personal injury to another and excluding speeding offenses from the habitual offender statute.
SPONSORS: Rep. Lambert, Hills 27; Rep. Manuse, Rock 5
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill establishes that the offense of speeding shall be charged only in cases resulting in property damage or personal injury to another. The bill also excludes speeding offenses from the habitual offender statute.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT limiting the offense of speeding to cases resulting in property damage or personal injury to another and excluding speeding offenses from the habitual offender statute.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Basic Rule and Maximum Limits. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 265:60, II to read as follows:
II. Where no hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with RSA 265:60, I, the speed of any vehicle not in excess of the limit specified in this section or established as hereinafter authorized shall be prima facie lawful, but any speed in excess of the limit specified in this section or established as hereinafter authorized resulting in property damage or personal injury to another shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful:
2 Repeal. RSA 259:39, II(b), relative to speeding offenses in the habitual offender statute.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
12-2107
01/03/12
HB 1696-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT limiting the offense of speeding to cases resulting in property damage or personal injury to another and excluding speeding offenses from the habitual offender statute.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Due to time constraints, the Office of Legislative Budget Assistant is unable to provide a fiscal note for this bill at this time. When completed, the fiscal note will be forwarded to the House Clerk's Office.