Revision: March 15, 2018, 6:40 p.m.
SB 499 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/15/2018 0957s
2018 SESSION
18-2808
03/06
SENATE BILL 499
AN ACT relative to the applicability of certain DWI prohibitions.
SPONSORS: Sen. French, Dist 7; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies the meaning of "drive or attempt to drive" in certain DWI prohibitions.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/15/2018 0957s 18-2808
03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to the applicability of certain DWI prohibitions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Alcohol or Drug Impairment; Definitions. Amend RSA 265-A:1 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI. "Drive or attempt to drive" shall not include sleeping, resting, or sheltering in place by a person in a passenger automobile parked in any place where parking is permitted, or any action or activity with respect to a passenger automobile by a person who is outside of the automobile.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.