Bill Text - HB214 (2017)

Repealing prohibitions on electronic device usage while driving.


Revision: Jan. 30, 2017, 12:03 p.m.

HB 214 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0202

03/05

 

HOUSE BILL 214

 

AN ACT repealing prohibitions on electronic device usage while driving.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Schleien, Hills. 37; Rep. Fisher, Belk. 9; Rep. Zaricki, Hills. 6; Rep. Hynes, Hills. 21; Rep. Phinney, Straf. 24

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill repeals prohibitions on electronic device usage while driving.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0202

03/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT repealing prohibitions on electronic device usage while driving.

 

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

 

1  Repeal.  The following are repealed:

I.  RSA 259:98-a, X, relative to serious traffic violations.

II.  RSA 265:79-c, relative to use of mobile electronic devices while driving.

III.  RSA 265:105-a, relative to prohibited text messages and device usage.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.