CHAPTER 79
HB 549 – FINAL VERSION
2011 SESSION
03/10
HOUSE BILL 549
AN ACT relative to driver’s license reexaminations.
SPONSORS: Rep. Williams, Merr 11; Rep. Hinch, Hills 19; Rep. Rokas, Hills 12
This bill eliminates the requirement that a driver be examined upon reaching his or her seventy-fifth birthday.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0056
03/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to driver’s license reexaminations.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
79:1 Drivers’ Licenses; Reexamination. Amend RSA 263:7 to read as follows:
263:7 Reexamination. The director may require with cause any person holding a license to drive motor vehicles or applying for reissue of such license to pass such examination as to the person’s qualifications as the director shall prescribe. Such reexamination may include an examination for visual acuity as prescribed by the director. All license examinations shall be conducted by department of safety personnel. No license shall be reissued to such person or continued in effect until the director is satisfied as to such person’s fitness to drive a motor vehicle. [Every person upon reaching his or her seventy-fifth birthday shall demonstrate his or her physical and mental qualifications to hold a license by examination, as prescribed by the director.] The age of the license holder shall not constitute cause for reexamination under this section.
79:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 16, 2011
Effective Date: July 15, 2011