HB1257: relative to revocation or suspension of a driver's license because of physical impairment.

HB 1257 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2206

03/06

HOUSE BILL 1257

AN ACT relative to revocation or suspension of a driver's license because of physical impairment.

SPONSORS: Rep. Leeman, Straf. 23

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill requires written documentation from a physician prior to a driver's license suspension or revocation on the basis of physical impairment.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2206

03/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to revocation or suspension of a driver's license because of physical impairment.

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

1 Driver's License Suspension or Revocation; Physical Impairment. Amend RSA 263:56, I(d) to read as follows:

(d) Is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle by reason of physical, mental, or moral impairment. For purposes of this paragraph, a license suspension or revocation on the basis of moral impairment shall be predicated only upon a conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, and a license suspension or revocation on the basis of physical impairment shall be predicated only upon written documentation of the impairment received prior to the suspension or revocation from a licensed physician;

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