CHAPTER 154

HB 174 - FINAL VERSION

 

04/22/2021   1133s

2021 SESSION

21-0331

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 174

 

AN ACT relative to reporting a collision between a cat and a motor vehicle.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Abbas, Rock. 8; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 6; Rep. Janigian, Rock. 8; Rep. Burroughs, Carr. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires the reporting of a collision between a cat and a motor vehicle to the cat's owner or the police.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/22/2021   1133s 21-0331

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One

 

AN ACT relative to reporting a collision between a cat and a motor vehicle.

 

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

 

154:1  Report of Injury to Dog or Cat.  Amend the subdivision heading preceding RSA 264:31 to read as follows:

Report of Injury to Dog or Cat

154:2  Report of Injury to Dog or Cat.  Amend RSA 264:31 to read as follows:

264:31  Report of Injury to Dog or Cat.   The driver of any vehicle who knowingly strikes a dog or cat and fails to report the incident to the dog's owner or custodian or the cat's owner or custodian or to a police officer as soon as possible, shall be guilty of a violation.

154:3  Effective Date.   This act shall take effect January 1, 2022.

 

Approved: July 28, 2021

Effective Date: January 01, 2022