HB 1257 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
\t16-2206
\t03/06
HOUSE BILL\t1257
AN ACT\trelative to revocation or suspension of a driver's license because of physical impairment.
SPONSORS:\tRep. Leeman, Straf. 23
COMMITTEE:\tTransportation
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ANALYSIS
\tThis bill requires written documentation from a physician prior to a driver's license suspension or revocation on the basis of physical impairment.
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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.
\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
\t16-2206
\t03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to revocation or suspension of a driver's license because of physical impairment.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t1 Driver's License Suspension or Revocation; Physical Impairment. Amend RSA 263:56, I(d) to read as follows:
\t\t\t(d) Is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle by reason of physical, mental, or moral impairment. For purposes of this paragraph, a license suspension or revocation on the basis of moral impairment shall be predicated only upon a conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, and a license suspension or revocation on the basis of physical impairment shall be predicated only upon written documentation of the impairment received prior to the suspension or revocation from a licensed physician;
\t2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.