Bill Text - HB1208 (2022)

Relative to driver education.


Revision: Nov. 18, 2021, 12:08 p.m.

HB 1208-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-2147

12/04

 

HOUSE BILL 1208-FN

 

AN ACT relative to driver education.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Lang, Belk. 4; Rep. Pearl, Merr. 26; Rep. Moffett, Merr. 9; Rep. Aron, Sull. 7; Rep. Osborne, Rock. 4; Rep. Hough, Belk. 3; Rep. Greene, Hills. 37; Rep. Ankarberg, Straf. 10; Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24; Sen. Avard, Dist 12

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill authorizes a waiver of the driver education requirement if a father, mother, guardian, or other responsible adult provides equivalent classroom instruction and behind the wheel training.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2147

12/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to driver education.

 

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

 

1 Youth Operators' License; Eligibility.  Amend RSA 263:14, II(a) to read as follows:

II.(a) The director shall issue a youth operator's license to applicants who are 16 years of age or older and under 21 years of age. The youth operator license shall expire on the 21st anniversary of the applicant's date of birth. In addition to any other requirements established by law, no such license shall be issued to applicants under 18 years of age unless the applicant meets the requirements of RSA 263:17 or furnishes written consent from the applicant's parent or legal guardian and either a certificate of successful completion of a driver education course as provided in RSA 263:19 or a waiver as provided in RSA 263:19, V.

2  New Paragraph; Driver Education; Waiver.  Amend RSA 263:19 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V.  The commissioner shall waive the driver education course requirement if a father, mother, or guardian of the applicant, or in the event there is no parent or guardian, another responsible adult, submits in writing that the father, mother, or guardian of the applicant, or in the event there is no parent or guardian, another responsible adult, who has a valid New Hampshire driver's license, has provided for instruction, either in person or online, and 40 hours of behind the wheel training.

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

 

LBA

22-2147

11/1/21

 

HB 1208-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to driver education.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2022

FY 2023

FY 2024

FY 2025

   Appropriation

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

$0

$25,000

$25,000

$25,000

Funding Source:

  [    ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [ X ] Other - Restricted - Driver Education Fund

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill authorizes a person under the age of 18 to request a waiver of completion of a formalized driver education school.  Currently, the Division of Motor Vehicles has one staff member responsible for overseeing the driver education program.  This waiver process would require the addition of one part-time employee to ensure a timely review and response.  The addition of one part-time Program Assistant I position (labor grade 15) will cost approximately $25,000 annually in salary and related costs.  

 

It is assumed any fiscal impact would occur after FY 2022.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Safety