SB 313-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
02/08/12 0567s
2012 SESSION
09/10
SENATE BILL 313-FN
AN ACT relative to state photographic identification indicating veteran’s status.
SPONSORS: Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Barnes, Jr., Dist 17; Sen. Lambert, Dist 13; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock 3; Rep. Tamburello, Rock 3; Rep. Notter, Hills 19; Rep. Theberge, Coos 4
This bill requires a designation on driver’s licenses and nondriver’s picture identification cards issued by the division of motor vehicles which indicates veteran’s status.
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02/08/12 0567s
12-2965
09/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to state photographic identification indicating veteran’s status.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Nondriver’s Picture Identification Cards; Veteran Status Designation. Amend RSA 260:21, III to read as follows:
III. The identification card shall bear the name, address, social security number, date of birth, blood type (optional), veteran’s status (optional), picture and signature of the applicant, and in the case of a card issued pursuant to RSA 260:21, I(c), said card shall bear the notation “Golden Granite State Discount Card.” The license shall bear a special designation or symbol indicating veteran’s status for licensees who indicate such veteran’s status. The veteran’s designation shall be obtained upon proof of discharge status from the armed forces of “honorable.” The commissioner, after consultation with the state veterans’ advisory committee, shall determine the appropriate form and placement of the veteran’s designation on the identification card.
2 Driver’s License; Form of License. Amend RSA 263:40 to read as follows:
263:40 Form of License. The commissioner shall, upon payment of the required fee, issue to every applicant a driver's license subject to such conditions as the commissioner may deem expedient and in such form as the commissioner may prescribe. Licenses issued to persons under the age of 21 shall be designed so that their horizontal and vertical axes are opposite the horizontal and vertical axes of licenses issued to other persons, and said licenses shall prominently display the date on which the licensee shall attain the age of 21 years. Consistent with RSA 263:14, the youth operator license shall expire on the 21st anniversary of the applicant's date of birth, at which time the applicant shall be issued a traditional license. The license shall bear thereon a distinguishing number assigned to the licensee and an instant full-face color photograph, image, or likeness of the licensee. There shall also be provided a space wherein the licensee may enter his or her blood type and a space wherein the licensee may indicate his or her veteran’s status if the licensee so desires. The license shall bear a special designation or symbol indicating veteran’s status for licensees who indicate such veteran’s status. The veteran’s designation shall be obtained upon proof of discharge status from the armed forces of “honorable.” The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, specifying the appropriate forms or procedures for proof of discharge status. The commissioner, after consultation with the state veterans’ advisory committee, shall determine the appropriate form and placement of the veteran’s designation on the license.
3 Implementation. The director of the division of motor vehicles shall implement the provisions of RSA 260:21, III and RSA 263:40, as inserted by sections 1 and 2 of this act, upon his or her determination that veteran’s status designation information may be accepted and maintained by the department of safety’s information technology system, but in no event later than July 1, 2014. The director shall provide the date of implementation to the secretary of state and the director of the office of legislative services within 30 days of implementation.
4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
12-2965
Amended 03/07/12
SB 313 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to state photographic identification indicating veteran’s status.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill, as amended by the Senate (Amendment #2012-0567s), will have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local expenditures or revenue.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Safety states this bill requires a designation on driver’s licenses and non-driver’s picture identification cards issued by the division of motor vehicles which indicates veteran’s status. The Department states the language added in the amendment extends the deadline for this requirement to July 1, 2014 in an attempt to incorporate the veteran’s designation, at no additional cost, as part of the implementation of the Department’s VISION computer system, which is the Department’s effort to replace certain legacy computer systems within the division of motor vehicles. The Department does state that should the VISION implementation be delayed past this date and the deadline for the veteran’s designation not moved with it, $13,625 of system programming changes may be required to comply with the requirement.