CHAPTER 332
HB 796 – FINAL VERSION
06Mar2007… 0304h
11Apr2007… 1196h
05/31/07 1945s
27Jun2007… 2240cofc
2007 SESSION
06/10
HOUSE BILL 796
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
This bill expands civil liability of a person who obstructs or damages a highway to include liability for damage to highway protective barriers.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06Mar2007… 0304h
11Apr2007… 1196h
05/31/07 1945s
27Jun2007… 2240cofc
07-0232
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to civil liability for damaging highway protective barriers.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
332:1 Civil Liability Expanded. RSA 236:39 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
236:39 Civil Liability. If any person, without authority, shall place any obstruction in a highway, or cause any defect, insufficiency, or want of repair of a highway which renders it unsuitable for public travel, he or she shall be liable to the state for all damages to the highway, including replacement costs of protective barriers, when maintained by the state, or to the municipality for all damages to a highway, including replacement costs of protective barriers, when maintained by the municipality, and for all damages and costs which the state or municipality shall be compelled to pay to any person injured by such obstruction, defect, insufficiency or want of repair.
332:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.
Approved: July 16, 2007
Effective: January 1, 2008