Bill Text - HB260 (2019)

Relative to the purging of motor vehicle violations.


Revision: Dec. 28, 2018, 8:26 a.m.

HB 260 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0376

11/06

 

HOUSE BILL 260

 

AN ACT relative to the purging of motor vehicle violations.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Sykes, Graf. 13

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill adds violations to the type of records that shall be purged from a motor vehicle record and clarifies that some records shall be purged 10 years after a driver's license or driving privilege is reinstated.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0376

11/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relative to the purging of motor vehicle violations.

 

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

 

1  Motor Vehicles; License Suspension and Revocation; Suspension or Revocation for Default, Noncompliance, or Nonpayment of Fine.  Amend RSA 263:56-a, II(b) to read as follows:

(b)  The director shall purge the record of violations, violations in default, related suspensions, and all fees and fines assessed against these defaults and suspensions under this section that have been on file for more than 7 years; provided, however, that the director shall not purge such records for a violation of RSA 265:79, RSA 265-A:2, I, RSA 265-A:3, RSA 265:115, RSA 265:117, and any offense which is a misdemeanor or felony during the defendant's lifetime until 10 years after the defendant's driver's license or driving privilege is reinstated.  All courts shall notify the director of any such failure on a form prescribed by the director.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.