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HB444: relative to penalties for passing a school bus for the third or subsequent offense.

Citation
2019 HB444
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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
House Transportation
Hearing
01/22/2019 at 11:30 AM
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Transportation Education

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HB 444 - AS INTRODUCED

2019 SESSION

19-0745

11/06

HOUSE BILL 444

AN ACT relative to penalties for passing a school bus for the third or subsequent offense.

SPONSORS: Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Hinch, Hills. 21; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Rep. Gay, Rock. 8

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill imposes a minimum mandatory license or nonresident driving privilege suspension for persons who illegally overtake or pass a school bus for a third or subsequent time.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0745

11/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

AN ACT relative to penalties for passing a school bus for the third or subsequent offense.

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

1 Rules of the Road; Buses; Overtaking and Passing School Bus. Amend RSA 265:54, I-b to read as follows:

I-b. Except as provided in paragraph IV, a person who violates the provisions of paragraph I shall be guilty of a violation and shall be fined $150 plus penalty assessment for a first offense, and shall be fined not less than $250 nor more than $1,000 for a subsequent offense. In addition, the director may suspend the person's license to drive or nonresident driving privilege for a period of 30 days for a second [or subsequent] offense[.], and shall suspend the person's license to drive or nonresident driving privilege for a period of not less than 30 days nor more than 120 days for a third or subsequent offense.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.