Bill Text - SB34 (2020)

Relative to the applicability of certain DWI prohibitions.


Revision: March 7, 2019, 7:58 p.m.

SB 34 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

03/07/2019   0611s

2019 SESSION

19-0329

11/06

 

SENATE BILL 34

 

AN ACT relative to the applicability of certain DWI prohibitions.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. French, Dist 7; Rep. Forsythe, Merr. 8; Rep. Hill, Merr. 3; Rep. Plumer, Belk. 6; Rep. Sylvia, Belk. 6

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/07/2019   0611s 19-0329

11/06

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

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," or "actual physical control" shall not include:

(a)  Sleeping, resting, or sheltering in place in a vehicle parked in any place where parking is permitted;

(b)  Lacking intent to control the vehicle in a manner which could pose a danger to the public; or

(c)  Controlling an inoperable vehicle.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.