Bill Text: NH HB401 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to youth operator's licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-14 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 02/14/2019 House Journal 5 P. 74 [HB401 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB401-Introduced.html

HB 401-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2019 SESSION

19-0442

11/04

 

HOUSE BILL 401-FN

 

AN ACT relating to youth operator's licenses.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Howard, Belk. 8; Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. Marple, Merr. 24; Sen. French, Dist 7

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows certain youth operators of motor vehicles to drive between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. upon application to the director.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19-0442

11/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

 

AN ACT relating to youth operator's licenses.

 

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

 

1  Conditions and Requirements for a License; Original and Youth Operators' Licenses.  Amend RSA 263:14, II(b) to read as follows:

(b)  The holder of a youth operator's license shall not operate a motor vehicle between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. without approval from the director pursuant to paragraph VI, nor shall such holder operate a motor vehicle when the number of occupants exceeds the number of safety restraints in the vehicle.

2  New Paragraph; Conditions and Requirements for a License; Original and Youth Operators' Licenses.  Amend RSA 263:14 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI.  Upon application, the director may approve a holder of a youth operator's license to operate a motor vehicle between the hours of 1:00 a.m. to 4:00 a.m. for the purpose of traveling between the youth operator's home residence and a place of employment or between the youth operator's home residence and his or her school.  Such application shall be made on a form prescribed by the director, and shall include a signed statement of need from either the youth operator's employer or school.

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

 

LBAO

19-0442

12/28/18

 

HB 401-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relating to youth operator's licenses.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [ X ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [    ] None

 

 

 

Estimated Increase / (Decrease)

STATE:

FY 2020

FY 2021

FY 2022

FY 2023

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$0

$0

$0

$0

   Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

   Expenditures

Indeterminable

Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Indeterminable Increase

Funding Source:

  [    ] General            [    ] Education            [    ] Highway           [ X ] Other - *Restricted Cost of Collections

*Pursuant to Part II, article 6-a of the New Hampshire constitution, any costs associated with the collection and administration of Highway Funds by the Department of Safety shall be deducted by the Department before such funds are credited to the Highway Fund as unrestricted revenue.

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill allows certain youth operators of motor vehicles to drive between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. upon submission of an application to the Director of the Division of Motor Vehicles and subsequent approval.  The Department of Safety is unable to estimate how many of the approximately 15,000 youth operators a year would apply for the permission to operate a vehicle during these hours for school or employment purposes.  Therefore, Department expenditures will be impacted by an indeterminable amount.  However, the Department estimates this bill will impact expenditures by requiring the creation of an electronically available form and a high volume of applications may require additional processing resources.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Department of Safety

 

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