Bill Text: NH HB1257 | 2016 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relative to revocation or suspension of a driver's license because of physical impairment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-10 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/10/2016 House Journal 25 P. 56 [HB1257 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1257-Introduced.html
HB 1257 - AS INTRODUCED
2016 SESSION
16-2206
03/06
HOUSE BILL 1257
AN ACT relative to revocation or suspension of a driver's license because of physical impairment.
SPONSORS: Rep. Leeman, Straf. 23
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires written documentation from a physician prior to a driver's license suspension or revocation on the basis of physical impairment.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16-2206
03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT relative to revocation or suspension of a driver's license because of physical impairment.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Driver's License Suspension or Revocation; Physical Impairment. Amend RSA 263:56, I(d) to read as follows:
(d) Is incompetent to drive a motor vehicle by reason of physical, mental, or moral impairment. For purposes of this paragraph, a license suspension or revocation on the basis of moral impairment shall be predicated only upon a conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, and a license suspension or revocation on the basis of physical impairment shall be predicated only upon written documentation of the impairment received prior to the suspension or revocation from a licensed physician;
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
