HB 282 – AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
03/06
HOUSE BILL 282
AN ACT relative to removal or impoundment of a vehicle.
SPONSORS: Rep. Tholl, Coos 5; Rep. Welch, Rock 13
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill allows removal and storage of a vehicle any time the owner or custodian is under arrest or otherwise incapacitated.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0559
03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to removal or impoundment of a vehicle.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Reasons for Removal and Impoundment. Amend RSA 262:32 to read as follows:
262:32 Reasons for Removal and Impoundment. An authorized official may cause the removal and storage of a vehicle if he or she has reasonable grounds to believe that:
I. A vehicle has been left unattended on the paved portion of a toll road, turnpike, or interstate and defense highway for a period of greater than 4 hours;
II. A vehicle has been left unattended on any way or the right-of-way thereof for a period of greater than 24 hours;
III. A vehicle is obstructing any way or the access thereto, or access to a public building, or is or will be a menace to traffic if allowed to remain, or is obstructing snow removal or highway maintenance operations;
IV. The owner or legal occupant of private property has complained that a vehicle is obstructing the passage of vehicles from a public street or highway onto the driveway of such private property;
V. A vehicle is reported stolen, or is apparently abandoned, or without proper registration, or apparently unsafe to be driven;
VI. The owner or custodian of the vehicle is under arrest or otherwise incapacitated[, and the vehicle will be a menace to traffic if permitted to remain]; or
VII. A vehicle has been left unattended within a state-owned park and ride facility for a period of greater than 21 days.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.