HB54: requiring vehicle impoundment for driving after revocation or suspension.

HB 54 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-0093

03/01

HOUSE BILL 54

AN ACT requiring vehicle impoundment for driving after revocation or suspension.

SPONSORS: Rep. G. Andersen, Graf 11

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill requires vehicle impoundment for driving after revocation or suspension.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

09-0093

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine

AN ACT requiring vehicle impoundment for driving after revocation or suspension.

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

1 New Paragraph; Driving After Revocation or Suspension; Vehicle Impoundment. Amend RSA 263:64 by inserting after paragraph VII the following new paragraph:

VIII. Whenever a person violates the provisions of this section, the law enforcement agency shall impound the motor vehicle that the person operated in violation of this section. The motor vehicle shall be removed and stored in a suitable place, and all reasonable charges incurred as a result of such removal and storage shall be a lien against the motor vehicle which shall be paid by the owner, custodian, or person claiming such vehicle. The owner or other person lawfully entitled to the possession of the motor vehicle shall be entitled to recover the motor vehicle and release of the lien by payment of all reasonable towing and storage charges.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.