Chapter 352
SB 429 – FINAL VERSION
03/20/08 0995s
06/04/08 2014CofC
2008 SESSION
03/10
SENATE BILL 429
COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation
This bill modifies the circumstances under which a person completing a driver education course in another state may be issued a 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/20/08 0995s
06/04/08 2014CofC
08-2803
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to driver education courses in other states.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
352:1 Driver Education; Reciprocity. Amend RSA 263:20 to read as follows:
263:20 Driver Education; Reciprocity. The provisions of RSA 263:19 shall not prevent the issuance of a driver’s license to any individual who can [produce] provide satisfactory evidence of completion of [an equivalent] a course of driver education, approved by the [issuing] state in which the course is offered, provided that the [commissioners] commissioner of safety [and education acting jointly] shall determine that such course is essentially equivalent to [New Hampshire’s driver education course and provided that such course meets or exceeds] the state’s minimum standards. The commissioner shall take all reasonable steps to facilitate appropriate interstate driver education. The commissioner shall report at least annually to the general court on the progress of reciprocal driver education.
352:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: July 7, 2008
Effective Date: July 7, 2008