HB 1461 – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
03/05
HOUSE BILL 1461
AN ACT relative to penalties for vehicle overload.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ryan, Merr 2; Rep. Reed, Merr 2
This bill increases penalties for vehicle overload.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2337
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to penalties for vehicle overload.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Penalty for Overload. Amend RSA 266:25 to read as follows:
266:25 Penalty for Overload.
I. Except as provided in paragraph II, any person who shall drive or cause to be driven on the ways of this state a vehicle whose weight is in excess of that prescribed in this subdivision shall be guilty of a violation, and notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 625:9, V, shall be fined not more than [$100] $300 for a first offense nor more than [$250] $750 for a subsequent offense within a registration year.
II. Any person who shall drive or cause to be driven on the ways of this state a vehicle whose weight is in excess of that prescribed in RSA 266:18-a, or RSA 266:18-b shall be fined [$100 or $.02] $300 or $.06 for each pound in excess of the prescribed weight, whichever is the greater, for a first offense; [$250 or $.02] $750 or $.06 per pound in excess of the prescribed weight, whichever is greater, for a second offense; for a third and subsequent offense of the same vehicle in violation of this section, [$250 or $.02] $750 or $.06 per pound in excess of the prescribed weight, whichever is greater, up to an excess of 15,000 pounds; when the excess is more than 15,000 pounds and less than 30,000 pounds, [$.03] $.09 per pound; and when the excess is more than 30,000 pounds, [$.04] $.12 per pound.
III. Any person who shall drive or cause to be driven on any interstate and defense highway of this state a vehicle whose weight is in excess of that prescribed in RSA 266:18 shall be subject to the fine in paragraph I.
IV. Any person who shall drive or cause to be driven on a bridge of this state a vehicle whose weight is in excess of the posted or annually published caution crossing limit for that particular bridge may be fined up to [$200] $600.
V. Any person who shall drive or cause to be driven on a bridge of this state a vehicle whose weight exceeds the limit of an excluded bridge (or bridge posted for no trucks) may be fined up to [$400] $1,200.
VI. All fines and certification fees collected pursuant to this section, RSA 260:42, RSA 260:52, RSA 260:55, RSA 265:118, RSA 266:16, RSA 266:26, RSA 266:59-c, and RSA 266:63 through [72-a] 266:72-a shall accrue to the highway fund.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.