CHAPTER 252
SB 246-FN – FINAL VERSION
01/30/14 0168s
2014 SESSION
03/06
SENATE BILL 246-FN
AN ACT relative to penalties for speeding.
SPONSORS: Sen. Gilmour, Dist 12; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Rhodes, Hills 30; Rep. T. Soucy, Hills 34; Rep. Chirichiello, Rock 6
This bill adds driving a vehicle at a speed of 100 miles per hour or greater to the specific acts constituting reckless driving.
This bill was requested by the department of safety.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01/30/14 0168s
14-2667
03/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT relative to penalties for speeding.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
252:1 Reckless Driving; Minimum Penalty; Speeding. Amend RSA 265:79 to read as follows:
265:79 Reckless Driving; Minimum Penalty. Whoever upon any way drives a vehicle recklessly, or causes a vehicle to be driven recklessly, as defined in RSA 626:2, II(c), or so that the lives or safety of the public shall be endangered, or upon a bet, wager, or race, or who drives a vehicle for the purpose of making a record, or who drives a vehicle at a speed of 100 miles per hour or greater, and thereby violates any of the provisions of this title or any rules adopted by the director, shall be, notwithstanding the provisions of title LXII, guilty of a violation and fined not less than $500 plus penalty assessment for the first offense and $750 plus penalty assessment for the second offense nor more than $1,000 plus penalty assessment and his or her license or operating privilege shall be revoked for a period of 60 days for the first offense and from 60 days to one year for the second offense.
252:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 22, 2014
Effective Date: September 20, 2014