CHAPTER 286
HB 731 – FINAL VERSION
27Mar2007… 0707h
05/24/07 1682s
2007 SESSION
06/04
HOUSE BILL 731
AN ACT relative to the use of vehicle information or location tracked by an electronic toll collection system.
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
This bill:
I. Prohibits use of the electronic toll collection system and the electronic toll collection monitoring system to track or locate a vehicle except at the point where a toll is collected or incurred.
II. Prohibits the use of information collected in connection with toll collection except under certain circumstances.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
27Mar2007… 0707h
05/24/07 1682s
07-0984
06/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to the use of vehicle information or location tracked by an electronic toll collection system.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
286:1 Evasion of Tolls and Charges. Amend RSA 236:31, VI to read as follows:
VI.(a) The department, and any designee of the department, shall maintain the confidentiality of all information acquired in connection with the administration and enforcement of toll evasion, including but not limited to credit and account data, photographs or other images, and all personally identifying information obtained relative to owners of vehicles. Such information shall not be a public record subject to disclosure under RSA 91-A and shall be used solely for enforcement of this section.
(b) The department, or any agent that has contracted with the department to gather, collect, maintain, store, .or collate any information acquired in connection with the administration and enforcement of toll collection, shall not use, share, reveal, duplicate, sell, provide access to, or by any other means use, or allow other entities to use, such information.
VII. The transponders and the monitoring system used in electronic toll collection shall not be used to track or determine. the location of a vehicle or be used to collect information, including but not limited to the name, street address, post office box number, license, or billing information, about the individual and vehicle associated with the transponder, except at each point where a toll is collected or incurred.
VIII. Nothing in this section shall prevent access to the data collected in the administration and enforcement of toll collection by a certified law enforcement officer conducting an investigation undertaken pursuant to a court order, or in exigent circumstances.
286:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: July 3, 2007
Effective: September 1, 2007