Revision: Jan. 3, 2018, 1:14 p.m.
SB 199 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
01/03/2018 2547s
2017 SESSION
17-0936
03/08
SENATE BILL 199
AN ACT relative to limited driving privileges after an administrative license suspension.
SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Burton, Straf. 6
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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This bill limits eligibility for limited privilege drivers' licenses to persons who have been convicted of a first DWI offense and whose licenses have been administratively suspended for operating under the influence or refusal to take a test.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/03/2018 2547s 17-0936
03/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to limited driving privileges after an administrative license suspension.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Limited Driving Privilege; Administrative Suspension. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 263:57-b, I to read as follows:
I. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, if a person is convicted of a first offense under RSA 265-A:2, I, not including any conviction involving driving a commercial motor vehicle, and a person's license is administratively suspended under RSA 265-A:30, he or she may petition the court for a restoration of his or her operator's license with limited driving privileges. To qualify for consideration, the person shall submit proof of financial responsibility in accordance with RSA 265-A:28 and an application that demonstrates the need for the license. Satisfactory evidence of at least one of the following must be presented, including satisfactory proof from the employer, program, medical treatment facility, state-approved educational institution, or other destination:
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.