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HB1446: relative to enforcement of the prohibition on the use of mobile electronic devices while driving.

Citation
2016 HB1446
Official source

Bill details

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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
HOUSE Transportation
Hearing
01/12/2016 at 02:00 PM
Selected version
Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Transportation

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HB 1446 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2360

03/09

HOUSE BILL 1446

AN ACT relative to enforcement of the prohibition on the use of mobile electronic devices while driving.

SPONSORS: Rep. Tamburello, Rock. 5; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. Burt, Hills. 39; Rep. Hoell, Merr. 23; Rep. Simmons, Hills. 17; Rep. Scontsas, Hills. 30; Rep. Itse, Rock. 10

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill limits enforcement of the prohibition on the use of mobile electronic devices while driving to a secondary action when another offense is cited or charged or when a driver is involved in an accident.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2360

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to enforcement of the prohibition on the use of mobile electronic devices while driving.

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

1 New Paragraph; Use of Mobile Electronic Devices While Driving. Amend RSA 265:79-c by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. Enforcement of this section by law enforcement agencies shall be accomplished only as a secondary action when a driver of a motor vehicle has been cited or charged with a violation or some other offense or when a driver is involved in an accident.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.