Bill Text: NH HB242 | 2013 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Relative to child passenger restraint requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2013-07-25 - Signed By Governor 07/24/2013; Effective 01/01/2014; Chapter 0246 [HB242 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2013-HB242-Chaptered.html

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CHAPTER 246

HB 242 – FINAL VERSION

20Mar2013… 0454h

04/18/13 1215s

26June2013… 2045CofC

2013 SESSION

13-0620

03/09

HOUSE BILL 242

AN ACT relative to child passenger restraint requirements.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kelly, Merr 20; Rep. Gile, Merr 27; Rep. Knowles, Hills 37; Rep. Davis, Merr 20; Rep. Schuett, Merr 20; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21

COMMITTEE: Transportation

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill increases the height exception to the child restraint system requirement for motor vehicle operation and adds 6-year-old children to the requirement.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20Mar2013… 0454h

04/18/13 1215s

26June2013… 2045CofC

13-0620

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to child passenger restraint requirements.

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

246:1 Rules of the Road; Child Restraint System. Amend RSA 265:107-a, I-b to read as follows:

I-b. No person shall drive a motor vehicle on any way while carrying as a passenger a person less than [6] 7 years of age unless such passenger is properly fastened and secured by a child restraint system which is in accordance with the safety standards approved by the United States Department of Transportation in 49 C.F.R. section 571.213. If the passenger is [55] 57 inches or more in height, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply.

246:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.

Approved: July 24, 2013

Effective Date: January 1, 2014