HB1283 (2018) Compare Changes


Unchanged Version

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1 Rules of the Road; Sobriety Checkpoints. Amend RSA 265:1-a to read as follows:

265:1-a Sobriety Checkpoints. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement officer or agency shall establish or conduct sobriety checkpoints for the purposes of enforcing the criminal laws of this state, unless such law enforcement officer or agency petitions the superior court and the court issues an order authorizing the sobriety checkpoint after determining that the sobriety checkpoint is warranted and the proposed method of stopping vehicles satisfies constitutional guarantees.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.

Changed Version

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1 Rules of the Road; Sobriety Checkpoints. Amend RSA 265:1-a to read as follows:

265:1-a Sobriety Checkpoints. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no law enforcement officer or agency shall establish or conduct sobriety checkpoints .

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.