HB 285 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
03/05
HOUSE BILL 285
AN ACT prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
SPONSORS: Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf 4; Rep. Griffin, Rock 4; Rep. Elliott, Rock 4; Rep. Gile, Merr 10; Rep. Pilliod, Belk 5; Sen. Merrill, Dist 21
This bill prohibits smoking in a motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0552
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT prohibiting smoking in motor vehicles when a passenger under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Special Rules of the Road; Smoking Prohibited. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 107-a the following new section:
265:107-b Smoking Prohibited.
I. No person shall smoke tobacco products in a motor vehicle at any time when a child under the age of 16 is in the vehicle.
II. The fine for a violation of this section shall be $100.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 120 days after its passage.