HB 1524-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2008 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1524-FN
AN ACT relative to speed limits and keeping right except to pass.
SPONSORS: Rep. D. Smith, Hills 22; Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 15; Rep. L. Hammond, Graf 11; Rep. Emerton, Hills 7; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1
This bill:
I. Increases the speed limit on divided highways.
II. Limits when overtaking a vehicle on the right is permitted.
III. Establishes fines for failing to drive on the right side of the roadway.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
08-2079
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to speed limits and keeping right except to pass.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Drive on Right Side of Roadway; Fines. Amend RSA 265:16 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. Any person violating this section shall receive a warning for the first offense and shall be fined $50 for the second and subsequent offenses.
2 When Overtaking on the Right is Permitted; Highways. Amend RSA 265:19, II to read as follows:
II. Upon a roadway with unobstructed pavement of sufficient width for more than 2 [or more] lines of vehicles moving lawfully in the direction being traveled by the overtaking vehicle;
3 Speed Limits; Interstate and Divided Highways. Amend RSA 265:60, II(e) to read as follows:
(e) [65] 70 miles [an] per hour on the interstate system, the central New Hampshire turnpike and the eastern New Hampshire turnpike in locations where said highways are 4-lane divided highways, or other divided highways of 4 or more lanes.
4 Speed Limits; Fines. Amend RSA 265:60, VI to read as follows:
VI. The fines for violations of subparagraph II(e) shall be as follows:
Miles above the [65] 70 mph limit:
1-5 $65
6-10 100
11-15 150
16-20 250
21-25 350
26+ Must appear
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.
LBAO
08-2079
12/05/07
HB 1524-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to speed limits and keeping right except to pass.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill will have an indeterminable fiscal impact on state general fund revenue in FY 2009 and each year thereafter and will increase state highway fund expenditures by $80,000 in FY 2009. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local revenue or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Safety states this bill will increase the speed limit on divided highways from 65 miles per hour to 70 miles per hour, limit when overtaking a vehicle on the right is permitted, and establish a fine for driving on the right side of the roadway. The Department is not able to estimate the impact on state general fund revenue resulting from the new fine schedule and speed limit because it cannot estimate how many fines will be issued. The Department states to print a new fine schedule to reflect the changes in the speed limit would increase state highway fund expenditures by $80,000 in FY 2009.