HB497: relative to inactive status licenses.

CHAPTER 86

HB 497 - FINAL VERSION

2003 SESSION

03-0913

03/01

HOUSE BILL 497

AN ACT relative to inactive status licenses.

SPONSORS: Rep. Packard, Rock 75

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes the transfer of certain suspended or revoked drivers' licenses to inactive status to permit persons to participate in training or rehabilitation programs.

This bill is a request of the department of safety.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0913

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to inactive status licenses.

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

86:1 New Section; Transferring a Revoked or Suspended License to Inactive Status. Amend RSA 263 by inserting after section 64-a the following new section:

263:64-b Transferring a Revoked or Suspended License to Inactive Status.

I. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the director is authorized to transfer temporarily a suspended or revoked license to inactive status, provided that the suspension or revocation was based on the person's failure to pass a license reexamination or a physical, medical, or psychological condition.

II. Inactive status shall allow the person to participate in a training or rehabilitation program approved by the director and to be screened on the road when accompanied by a certified driver training or rehabilitation instructor or a division of motor vehicles license examiner.

III. Unless accompanied by a certified driver training or rehabilitation instructor or a division of motor vehicles license examiner, inactive status licensees shall be subject to the penalties provided in RSA 263:64 and RSA 263:64-a.

IV. The director shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to:

(a) Procedures and forms for inactive status applications.

(b) Approval process for training or rehabilitation programs.

(c) Certification of program instructors.

(d) Training or rehabilitation program content and standards of instruction.

(e) Expiration and renewal of inactive status transfers.

(f) Communication between approved programs and the director.

86:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2004.

(Approved: May 30, 2003)

(Effective Date: January 1, 2004)