Revision: March 27, 2014, midnight
HB 1135-FN – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
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2014 SESSION
03/06
HOUSE BILL 1135-FN
AN ACT relative to penalties for driving without a license.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock 21; Rep. Muns, Rock 21; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 11; Rep.?Andrews-Ahearn, Rock 37; Rep. F. Rice, Rock 21; Rep. Emerick, Rock 21; Rep. Charron, Rock 4; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24
This bill modifies the penalties for driving a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license or a license that is not appropriate for the vehicle being driven.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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14-2224
03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to penalties for driving without a license.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 License Required; Penalty. Amend RSA 263:1 to read as follows:
263:1 License Required; Penalty.
I. No person, except those expressly exempted under RSA 263:25 or other provisions of this title, shall drive any motor vehicle upon any way in this state unless such person has a valid driver’s license, as required under the provisions of this chapter, for the class or type of vehicle being driven. [Except as otherwise herein provided, any person who drives a motor vehicle in this state without having a valid driver’s license of the appropriate class or type shall be guilty of a violation, provided that any person convicted of such offense for the second time in a 12 month period shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.]
II. Any person who drives a motor vehicle in this state who had a valid license that was expired for 12 months or less shall be guilty of a violation and fined not more than $50 plus penalty assessment, provided that any person convicted of such offense for the second time in a 12 month period shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
III. Any person who drives a motor vehicle in this state whose license is not of the appropriate class for the type of vehicle being driven shall be guilty of a violation and fined not more than $100 plus penalty assessment, provided that any person convicted of such offense for the second time in a 12 month period shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
IV. Any person who drives a motor vehicle in this state and who has never had a license or whose license to drive has been expired for more than 12 months shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
LBAO
14-2224
11/19/13
HB 1135-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to penalties for driving without a license.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2018.