CHAPTER 37

SB 24 - FINAL VERSION

01/30/03 0050s

2003 SESSION

03-0287

03/09

SENATE BILL 24

AN ACT relative to license revocations for DWI offenders under the age of 21.

SPONSORS: Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. Prescott, Dist 23; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Boyce, Dist 4; Rep. Letourneau, Rock 77; Rep. Tholl, Coos 2; Rep. Artz, Hills 64

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies that a mandatory one-year license revocation applies to certain DWI offenses where the offense occurred while the offender was under the age of 21.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01/30/03 0050s

03-0287

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to license revocations for DWI offenders under the age of 21.

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

37:1 Penalties for Intoxication or Under Influence of Drug Offenses; Person Under the Age of 21. Amend RSA 265:82-b, I-b to read as follows:

I-b. Any person [under the age of 21] who is convicted of an offense under RSA 265:82, RSA 265:82-a, or RSA 630:3, II and the offense occurred while the person was under the age of 21 shall be sentenced according to the provisions of this section, except that in all cases the person's driver's license or privilege to drive shall be revoked for not less than one year.

37:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

(Approved: May 2, 2003)

(Effective Date: May 2, 2003)