CHAPTER 121
HB 1310 – FINAL VERSION
15Feb2012… 0517h
04/11/12 1404s
2012 SESSION
03/05
HOUSE BILL 1310
AN ACT increasing the number of days a motorcycle learner’s permit is valid and requiring a driver’s license for persons under 18 years of age to receive a motorcycle learner’s permit.
SPONSORS: Rep. Pantelakos, Rock 16; Rep. Shurtleff, Merr 10
This bill increases from 30 to 45 the number of days a motorcycle learner’s permit is valid and requires a driver’s license for persons under 18 years of age to receive a motorcycle learner’s permit.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Feb2012… 0517h
04/11/12 1404s
12-2641
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT increasing the number of days a motorcycle learner’s permit is valid and requiring a driver’s license for persons under 18 years of age to receive a motorcycle learner’s permit.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
121:1 Motorcycle Learner's Permit; Validity. Amend RSA 263:32, III to read as follows:
III. The permit shall be valid for [30] 45 days from the date of issuance or until the holder of the permit obtains a special license to drive motorcycles, whichever is sooner.
121:2 Motorcycle Learner’s Permit; Eligibility. Amend RSA 263:32, I to read as follows:
I. Upon application, the department shall issue a motorcycle learner’s permit to a person 18 years of age or older or a person who is 16 years of age or older and under 18 years of age who has successfully completed an approved driver education course and has a valid New Hampshire driver’s license. Applicants for such permit shall furnish proof of their fitness to drive a motorcycle as the director in his or her discretion shall determine. Such proof of fitness shall include either passage of a written basic motorcycle knowledge test approved by the commissioner and the motorcycle rider education program advisory committee or successful completion of the motorcycle rider education program under RSA 263:34-b, but shall not include a driver examination.
121:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 5, 2012
Effective Date: August 4, 2012