Section 265-A:23 Commercial Licensing; Penalties; Driving Under the Influence.
Any person who drives a commercial motor vehicle with or without a valid commercial driver license and commits one of the following offenses shall be punished as follows:
I. The commissioner shall suspend for at least one year, the commercial driver license of a person who is found to have committed a first violation of driving a commercial motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or with an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater, or other controlled substances, notwithstanding RSA 265-A:11, I.
II. If the driver commits a violation of paragraph I while carrying hazardous materials, the suspension shall be for a period of 3 years.
III. The commissioner shall suspend for life, or a period of not less than 10 years, according to federal Department of Transportation regulations, the commercial driver license of a person who is found to have committed a second violation of driving a commercial motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol or with an alcohol concentration of 0.04 or greater, or other controlled substance, notwithstanding RSA 265-A:11, I.
Source. 2006, 260:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.