Bill Text - HB1123 (2020)

Relative to reporting a collision between a cat and a motor vehicle.


Revision: Feb. 13, 2020, 2:43 p.m.

HB 1123 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

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2020 SESSION

20-2080

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1123

 

AN ACT relative to reporting a collision between a cat and a motor vehicle.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8; Rep. Burroughs, Carr. 1; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 6; Rep. Schultz, Merr. 18; Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8; Rep. DeClercq, Rock. 8; Rep. Read, Rock. 17

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the reporting of a collision between a cat and a motor vehicle to the cat's owner or the police.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13Feb2020... 0255h

20-2080

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to reporting a collision between a cat and a motor vehicle.

 

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

 

1  Short Title; Arrow's Law.  This subdivision shall be known as "Arrow's Law."

2  Report of Injury to Dog or Cat.  Amend the subdivision heading preceding RSA 264:31 to read as follows:

Report of Injury to Dog or Cat

3  Report of Injury to Dog or Cat.  Amend RSA 264:31 to read as follows:

264:31  Report of Injury to Dog or Cat.  The driver of any vehicle who knowingly strikes a dog or cat and fails to report the incident to the dog's owner or custodian or the cat's owner or custodian or to a police officer as soon as possible, shall be guilty of a violation.

4  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2021.