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HB 228 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
26Jan2017... 0038h
2017 SESSION
17-0342
03/08
HOUSE BILL 228
AN ACT relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages by a minor.
SPONSORS: Rep. R. Smith, Merr. 3; Sen. French, Dist 7
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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This bill allows minors to transport alcoholic beverages in a vehicle or boat when accompanied by certain family members.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26Jan2017... 0038h 17-0342
03/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to transportation of alcoholic beverages by a minor.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Transportation of Alcoholic Beverages by a Minor. Amend RSA 265-A:45, I-II to read as follows:
I. Notwithstanding RSA 265-A:44, II, no driver under the age of 21 shall, except when accompanied by a sibling who is 25 years of age or older, parent, stepparent, legal guardian, grandparent, stepgrandparent, or legal age spouse or domestic partner, transport any liquor or beverage in any part of a vehicle. A driver violating this section may have his or her license or privilege to drive suspended for 60 days.
II. No person operating a boat while under the age of 21 shall, except when accompanied by a sibling who is 25 years of age or older, parent, stepparent, legal guardian, grandparent, stepgrandparent, or legal age spouse or domestic partner, transport any liquor or beverage in any part of a boat with an intent to consume such liquor or beverage. Anyone violating this paragraph may, following a hearing, have his or her privilege to operate a boat on the waters of the state suspended for 90 days and may additionally have his or her license or privilege to drive suspended for 90 days.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.