Bill Text - HB1341 (2022)

Relative to the definition of conviction in motor vehicle laws.


Revision: April 14, 2022, 11:34 a.m.

HB 1341 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

 

2022 SESSION

22-2562

12/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1341

 

AN ACT relative to the definition of conviction in motor vehicle laws.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Walsh, Merr. 24; Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11; Rep. Gagne, Hills. 13; Rep. Sykes, Graf. 13

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill amends the definition of conviction relative to motor vehicles by deleting a separate definition for financial responsibility laws.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2562

12/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

 

AN ACT relative to the definition of conviction in motor vehicle laws.

 

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

 

1  Motor Vehicles; Words Defined; Convictions.  Amend RSA 259:14 to read as follows:

259:14 Conviction. "Conviction" shall mean[:

I. For the purposes of RSA 264, a forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure an appearance in court.

II. For the purposes of the commercial driver licensing statutes,] An adjudication of guilt which has not been annulled or vacated, a determination that a person has violated or failed to comply with the law in a court of original jurisdiction or an administrative proceeding, an unvacated forfeiture of bail or collateral deposited to secure the person's appearance in court, a plea of guilty or nolo contendere accepted by the court, the payment of a fine or court costs, or the violation of a condition of release without bail, regardless of whether the penalty is rebated, suspended or otherwise affected by probation.

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