Revision: Feb. 9, 2012, midnight
SB 282 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
03/09
SENATE BILL 282
AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of safety to require the installation of an ignition interlock device as a condition of restoring driving privileges in certain instances.
SPONSORS: Sen. Rausch, Dist 19; Sen. Boutin, Dist 16; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Rep. Packard, Rock 3; Rep. Tholl, Coos 2; Rep. Charron, Rock 7; Rep. Graham, Hills 18
This bill authorizes the commissioner of safety to require the installation of an ignition interlock device as a condition of restoring driving privileges in certain instances.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2806
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT authorizing the commissioner of safety to require the installation of an ignition interlock device as a condition of restoring driving privileges in certain instances.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Department of Safety Authority to Order Ignition Interlock Device Installation. Amend RSA 265-A by inserting after section 36 the following new section:
265-A:36-a Department of Safety Authority to Order Ignition Interlock Device Installation. The commissioner of safety may require an administrative hearing prior to the restoration of the license or driving privilege of a person whose license or driving privilege was revoked or suspended as the result of a conviction of any offense under RSA 265-A:45, RSA 265-A:2, RSA 265-A:3, RSA 265:79-a where alcohol was involved, RSA 262:19, or RSA 630:3, II, and, upon a finding that the safety of the person and of other users of the highways would be enhanced thereby, may order the person, as a condition of restoration of his or her license or driving privilege, to install an ignition interlock device in any vehicle registered to that person or used by that person, for not less than 12 months nor more than 2 years, subject to the same conditions and prohibitions as if the interlock was ordered by a court under the provisions of this subdivision.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.