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HB1135: relative to penalties for driving without a license.
Bill details
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Sponsors
- Robert Renny Cushing House · Rock 21
- Chris Muns House · Rock 21
- Shurtleff House · Merr 11
- Andrews-Ahearn House · Rock 37
- Frederick Rice House · Rock 21
- Tracy Emerick House · Rock 21
- Gene Charron House · Rock 4
- Nancy Stiles Senate · Dist 24
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CHAPTER 296
HB 1135-FN – FINAL VERSION
6Feb2014…0272h
05/15/14 1837s
4Jun2014… 1938CofC
2014 SESSION
14-2224
03/06
HOUSE BILL 1135-FN
AN ACT relative to penalties for driving without a license.
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill modifies the penalties for driving a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license or a license that is not appropriate for the vehicle being driven.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
6Feb2014…0272h
05/15/14 1837s
4Jun2014… 1938CofC
14-2224
03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to penalties for driving without a license.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
296:1 License Required; Penalty. Amend RSA 263:1 to read as follows:
263:1 License Required; Penalty.
I. No person, except those expressly exempted under RSA 263:25 or other provisions of this title, shall drive any motor vehicle upon any way in this state unless such person has a valid driver’s license, as required under the provisions of this chapter, for the class or type of vehicle being driven. [Except as otherwise herein provided, any person who drives a motor vehicle in this state without having a valid driver’s license of the appropriate class or type shall be guilty of a violation, provided that any person convicted of such offense for the second time in a 12 month period shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.]
II. Any person who held a driver’s license of the appropriate class or type but whose driver’s license has been expired for not more than 12 months shall be guilty of a violation or, for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
III. Any person who drives a motor vehicle in this state and who has never had a license shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
296:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
Approved: August 1, 2014
Effective Date: January 1, 2015