HB 224 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 224
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
This bill expands the restriction on advertising devices to include all state highways.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0775
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT expanding the restriction on advertising devices to include all state highways.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Definitions. Amend RSA 236:70, I to read as follows:
I. The words “advertising device” shall include any billboard, outdoor sign, notice, poster, display figure, painting, message, placard or any other device which is designated or intended to attract or which does attract the attention of operators of motor vehicles on the interstate system, federal aid primary system, [and], turnpike system, and state highways and shall include a structure erected or used in connection with the display of any such device and all lighting or other attachments used in conjunction therewith.
2 New Section; Temporary Signs Exempt. Amend RSA 236 by inserting after section 70 the following new section:
236:70-a Temporary Signs Exempt. Temporary signs placed to direct operators of motor vehicles to a place or event that is occurring or has occurred within 48 hours and which are placed with the permission of the landowner are exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.