HB 706 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
06/10
HOUSE BILL 706
AN ACT relative to requirements for highway agents.
SPONSORS: Rep. Skinder, Sull 1; Sen. Odell, Dist 8
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill allows municipalities to set additional requirements for highway agents.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-0670
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to requirements for highway agents.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Requirements for Highway Agents. Amend RSA 231:62 to read as follows:
231:62 Highway Agents.
I. Unless the town votes to establish a board of public works commissioners under RSA 38-C to perform the duties of highway agents, at the annual meeting, or less often if a town has so provided pursuant to RSA 231:62-a or 231:62-b, each town shall elect by ballot, or by major vote authorize the selectmen to appoint, one or more highway agents, who, under the direction of the selectmen, shall have charge of the construction, maintenance, and repair of all town highways and bridges and the maintenance and repair of all sidewalks within the town, except as provided in the laws pertaining to state aid for highways and bridges and town road and bridge aid, and shall have authority to employ the necessary [men] persons and equipment, and purchase timber, planks, and other material for construction and repair of such highways and bridges; and they may remove gravel, rocks, or other materials from one part of the town to another, doing no damage to adjoining land, for the purpose of grading or otherwise repairing the same. A vote authorizing appointment of highway agents shall continue in effect until changed by major vote at an annual or special meeting.
II. The selectmen of each town shall set forth the requirements for highway agents in a written job description.
III. The selectmen of each town may require highway agents, whether elected or appointed, to participate in the university of New Hampshire road scholar program or the equivalent.
IV. The selectmen of each town may require an annual review of highway agents, whether elected or appointed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.