Bill Text: NH SB516 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibiting motorcycle-only checkpoints.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2018-06-04 - Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0153; Effective 05/30/2018 [SB516 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2018-SB516-Amended.html

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SB 516 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

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2018 SESSION

18-2872

03/05

 

SENATE BILL 516

 

AN ACT prohibiting motorcycle-only checkpoints.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. French, Dist 7; Rep. T. Walsh, Merr. 24; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. St. Clair, Belk. 9

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill prohibits motorcycle-only checkpoints.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/22/2018   0666s 18-2872

03/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT prohibiting motorcycle-only checkpoints.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints Prohibited.  Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 1-a the following new section:

265:1-b  Motorcycle-Only Checkpoints Prohibited.  No law enforcement officer or agency shall establish or conduct motorcycle-only checkpoints.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.