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SB182: relative to the definition of "way" in driving or operating under the influence of drugs or liquor.

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CHAPTER 76

SB 182 - FINAL VERSION

03/16/2023 0832s

2023 SESSION

23-0836

02/04

SENATE BILL 182

AN ACT relative to the definition of "way" in driving or operating under the influence of drugs or liquor.


ANALYSIS

This bill expands the definition of "way" relative to implied consent to submit to testing to determine alcohol concentration.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/16/2023 0832s 23-0836

02/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

AN ACT relative to the definition of "way" in driving or operating under the influence of drugs or liquor.

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

76:1 Words and Phrases Defined; Way. Amend RSA 259:125, II to read as follows:

II. For the purposes of RSA 265:71, IV, RSA 265:79, RSA 265-A:2, I, [and] RSA 265-A:3, RSA 265-A:4, RSA 265-A:25, and RSA 265-A:31, any public highway, street, avenue, road, alley, park, parking lot or parkway; any private way laid out under authority of statute; ways provided and maintained by public institutions to which state funds are appropriated for public use; any privately owned and maintained way open for public use; and any private parking lots, including parking lots and other out-of-door areas of commercial establishments which are generally maintained for the benefit of the public.

76:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.

Approved: June 07, 2023

Effective Date: January 01, 2024