HB485 (2015) Detail

Relative to license restoration fees.


HB 485 - AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0484

03/04

HOUSE BILL 485

AN ACT relative to license restoration fees.

SPONSORS: Rep. Leeman, Straf 23; Rep. Abramson, Rock 20; Rep. Cheney, Straf 17; Rep.?Beaudoin, Straf 9; Rep. Kaczynski, Jr., Straf 22; Rep. Knowles, Straf 12; Rep.?Groen, Straf 10; Rep. DeLemus, Straf 11; Rep. Webb, Rock 6

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that a license restoration fee shall not be charged when a driver’s license has been suspended or revoked for medical reasons.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0484

03/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT relative to license restoration fees.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 License Restoration Fee. Amend RSA 263:42, V to read as follows:

V. Whenever a driver's license has been suspended or revoked, or notwithstanding RSA 263:56-a, III, whenever the holder of a commercial driver license has been disqualified for a period of greater than 15 days, a fee of $100 shall be paid by the licensee for the restoration of such license or commercial driver license; provided, however, that in the event of a license suspension under RSA 263:14, a fee of $50 shall be paid by the licensee for the restoration of the original or youth operators' license. Under certain conditions the commissioner may waive the restoration fee for a default or suspension. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to such waiver procedures. No restoration fee shall be charged when a driver’s license has been suspended or revoked for medical reasons.

2 License Restoration Fee. Amend RSA 263:42, V(a) to read as follows:

V.(a) Whenever a driver’s license has been suspended or revoked, or notwithstanding RSA?263:56-a, III, whenever the holder of a commercial driver license has been disqualified for a period of greater than 15 days, a fee of $100 shall be paid by the licensee for the restoration of such license or commercial driver license; provided, however, that in the event of a license suspension under RSA 263:14, a fee of $50 shall be paid by the licensee for the restoration of the original or youth operators’ license. Under certain conditions the commissioner may waive the restoration fee for a default or suspension. The commissioner shall adopt rules, under RSA 541-A, relative to such waiver procedures. No restoration fee shall be charged when a driver’s license has been suspended or revoked for medical reasons.

3 Effective Date.

I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2016, at 12:01 a.m.

II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.