Bill Text: NH HB195 | 2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Relative to commercial driver learner permits.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-02 - Signed By Governor 06/28/2013; Effective 08/27/2013; Chapter 0146 [HB195 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2013-HB195-Chaptered.html

Chapter 146

HB 195 – FINAL VERSION

03/21/13 0863s

2013 SESSION

13-0606

03/09

HOUSE BILL 195

AN ACT relative to commercial driver learner permits.

SPONSORS: Rep. Rhodes, Hills 30; Rep. Soucy, Hills 34; Rep. Hinch, Hills 21

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill requires that a person hold a valid driver’s license to obtain a commercial driver learner permit and allows the permit to be valid for 180 days.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/21/13 0863s

13-0606

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to commercial driver learner permits.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

146:1 Persons Learning to Drive. Amend RSA 263:25, II to read as follows:

II. In the case of a person learning to drive a commercial motor vehicle, the person may not drive as provided in paragraph I unless he or she is at least 18 years of age and unless he [either] or she: (a) has a valid noncommercial driver's license; [or] and (b) [has successfully completed the eye screening, knowledge test and sign symbol test for a noncommercial driver's license and] has been issued a learner permit pursuant to RSA 263:88.

146:2 Commercial Driver Learner Permit. Amend RSA 263:88 to read as follows:

263:88 Commercial Driver Learner Permit.

I. The department may issue a commercial driver learner permit to an individual who [does not hold] holds a valid driver's license [and who meets the requirements of RSA 263:25, II(b)].

II. The commercial driver learner permit may not be issued for a period to exceed [90] 180 days. Only one renewal or reissuance shall be granted within a [2-year] one-year period. The holder of a commercial driver learner permit may drive a commercial motor vehicle on a highway only when accompanied by a person who holds a commercial driver license valid for the type of vehicle driven who occupies a seat immediately adjacent to the individual for the purpose of giving instruction in driving the commercial motor vehicle. A commercial driver learner permit shall not be issued to a person while the person is subject to a disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle, or while the person's driver's license is suspended, revoked, or cancelled in any state.

146:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: June 28, 2013

Effective Date: August 27, 2013

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