Bill Text: NH HB1138 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Equalizing the fines for operating an OHRV with a driver's license suspended and operating a snowmobile with a driver's license suspended.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-17 - Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 05/02/2024; Vote 5-0; Consent Calendar; Senate Calendar 17 [HB1138 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB1138-Introduced.html

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HB 1138-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2791

11/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1138-FN

 

AN ACT equalizing the fines for operating an OHRV with a driver's license suspended and operating a snowmobile with a driver's license suspended.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. E. Kelley, Coos 7

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill equalizes the fines for operating an OHRV with a suspended driver's license and operating a snowmobile with a suspended driver's license.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2791

11/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT equalizing the fines for operating an OHRV with a driver's license suspended and operating a snowmobile with a driver's license suspended.

 

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

 

1  New Subparagraphs; OHRV; Penalties.  Amend RSA 215-A:29, XIX by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraphs:

(c)  Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor upon conviction based upon a complaint which alleged that the person has had one or more prior convictions for driving after revocation or suspension in this state or reasonably equivalent offenses in any other jurisdiction within the 7 years preceding the date of the second or subsequent offense.

(d)  Except as provided in (b) and (c), any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation, and shall be fined a minimum of $250 for a first offense and $500 for a second or subsequent offense.

2  New Subparagraphs; Snowmobiles; Penalties.  Amend RSA 215-C:49, XXI, by inserting after subparagraph (b) the following new subparagraphs:

(c)  Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor upon conviction based upon a complaint which alleged that the person has had one or more prior convictions for driving after revocation or suspension in this state or reasonably equivalent offenses in any other jurisdiction within the 7 years preceding the date of the second or subsequent offense.

(d)  Except as provided in (b) and (c), any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a violation, and shall be fined a minimum of $250 for a first offense and $500 for a second or subsequent offense.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.

 

LBA

24-2791

10/20/23

 

HB 1138-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to equalizing the fines for operating an OHRV with a driver's license suspended and operating a motor vehicle with a driver's license suspended.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:         [ X ] State              [ X ] County               [ X ] Local              [    ] None

Estimated State Impact - Increase / (Decrease)
		FY 2024	FY 2025		FY 2026	FY 2027
Revenue		Indeterminable
Revenue Fund		Fish and Game Fund
Expenditures		Indeterminable
Funding Source		General Fund
Appropriations		$0	$0		$0	$0
Funding Source		None
Estimated Political Subdivision Impact - Increase / (Decrease)
		FY 2024	FY 2025		FY 2026	FY 2027
County Revenue		$0	$0		$0	$0
County Expenditures		Indeterminable
Local Revenue		$0	$0		$0	$0
Local Expenditures		Indeterminable

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill adds, deletes, or modifies a criminal penalty, or changes statute to which there is a penalty for violation. Therefore, this bill may have an impact on the judicial and correctional systems, which could affect prosecution, incarceration, probation, and parole costs, for the state, as well as county and local governments. A summary of such costs can be found at: https://gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/Budget/Fiscal_Notes/JudicialCorrectionalCosts.pdf

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Judicial Branch, Judicial Council, Department of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Hampshire Association of Counties, and New Hampshire Municipal Association