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SB150: requiring drivers who are residents of foreign countries to have insurance.
Bill details
Version history, amendments, and roll-call votes were not present in the imported local bill data.
Sponsors
- Joseph Kenney Senate · Dist 3
Topics
COMMERCE, LABOR AND CONSUMER PROTECTION Insurance Transportation
Official links
SB 150 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
07-1227
03/01
SENATE BILL 150
AN ACT requiring drivers who are residents of foreign countries to have insurance.
ANALYSIS
This bill requires drivers who are residents of foreign countries to have insurance coverage and prohibits renting a motor vehicle to any resident of another country without insurance.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-1227
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT requiring drivers who are residents of foreign countries to have insurance.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; License Reciprocity; Insurance Required. Amend RSA 263 by inserting after section 38 the following new section:
263:38-a Insurance Required. No resident of a country other than the United States may drive a motor vehicle in this state without possessing an insurance policy providing coverage for damages arising out of any motor vehicle accident. Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Courts are authorized to order restitution to any victim of an accident involving a person violating this section.
2 New Section; Prohibited Contracts; Uninsured Motor Vehicle Rentals. Amend RSA 338-A by inserting after section 2 the following new section:
338-A:3 Uninsured Motor Vehicle Rentals. No person may rent a motor vehicle to any other person if the other person is a resident of any country other than the United States and the other person does not possesses an insurance policy providing coverage for damages arising out of any motor vehicle accident. Any person who rents a motor vehicle to another person in violation of this section shall be guilty of a violation and shall pay a fine of $100; each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate violation.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.