Revision: Dec. 3, 2019, 10:04 a.m.
HB 1465 - AS INTRODUCED
2020 SESSION
20-2495
11/03
HOUSE BILL 1465
AN ACT relative to ignition lock requirements.
SPONSORS: Rep. Sykes, Graf. 13
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that ignition interlock devices shall be installed on any vehicle registered to or used by a person subject to an ignition interlock order.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
20-2495
11/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty
AN ACT relative to ignition lock requirements.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Alcohol Ignition Interlock Program. Amend RSA 265-A:36, I-I-b to read as follows:
I. Any person whose license or permission to drive has been revoked or suspended for an aggravated DWI offense under RSA 265-A:18, I(b) or I(c), or a subsequent DWI offense under RSA 265-A:18, IV shall be required by the court after the period of revocation or suspension to install an ignition interlock device as defined in RSA 259:43-a in any vehicle registered to that person or used by that person [on a regular basis], for not less than 12 months nor more than 2 years. Installation and monitoring costs shall be paid by the offender. A certificate proving installation of the device shall be provided to the division of motor vehicles as a condition precedent to reinstatement of the individual's license to drive, and the division may mark the person's license and the person's number plate by use of a striping sticker accordingly.
I-a. Any person who is convicted of driving while under suspension or revocation resulting from a DWI offense shall be required by the court to install an ignition interlock device in any vehicle registered to that person or used by that person [on a regular basis], for the remaining period of suspension or revocation plus an additional period not less than 12 months nor more than 2 years. The court may order such installation on a temporary basis prior to conviction as a condition of bail.
I-b. To the extent that technology does not exist to permit the installation or safe operation of any particular vehicle type when equipped with an interlock, the court may order that a restraining device which disables the vehicle be placed on any such vehicle registered to or used [on a regular basis] by a person required to install an ignition interlock device.
2 Alcohol Ignition Interlock Program. Amend RSA 265-A:36, III to read as follows:
III. Any person under the age of 21 whose license or permission to drive has been revoked or suspended under RSA 265-A:18 may be required by the court after the period of revocation or suspension to install an ignition interlock device as defined in RSA 259:43-a in any vehicle registered to that person or used by that person [on a regular basis], until the age of 21 or for not less than 12 months, whichever is longer.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.