Bill Text: NH HB444 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to penalties for passing a school bus for the third or subsequent offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-07 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/07/2019 House Journal 8 P. 9 [HB444 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB444-Introduced.html
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
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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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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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.