HB 257 – AS INTRODUCED
2011 SESSION
03/01
HOUSE BILL 257
AN ACT relative to removal of political advertising.
This bill eliminates the deadline for candidates to remove political advertising.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
11-0891
03/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven
AN ACT relative to removal of political advertising.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Removal of Political Signs. Amend RSA 236:73, V to read as follows:
V. Political signs which are placed within a federal highway or turnpike adjacent area by supporters of the candidate shall be subject to removal at any time by the department of transportation if such signs create a traffic hazard; provided, the areas allowed shall be restricted to federal aid primary and turnpike highways and not interstate highways. [The candidate shall cause such political signs to be removed within the period specified for their removal in RSA 664:17.]
2 Placement and Removal of Political Advertising. Amend RSA 664:17 to read as follows:
664:17 Placement and Removal of Political Advertising. No political advertising shall be placed on or affixed to any public property including highway rights-of-way or private property without the owner's consent. [All political advertising shall be removed by the candidate no later than the second Friday following the election unless the election is a primary and the advertising concerns a candidate who is a winner in the primary.] Signs shall not be placed on or affixed to utility poles or highway signs. Political advertising may be placed within state-owned rights-of-way as long as the advertising does not obstruct the safe flow of traffic and the advertising is placed with the consent of the owner of the land over which the right-of-way passes. No person shall remove, deface, or knowingly destroy any political advertising which is placed on or affixed to public property or any private property except the owner of the property, persons authorized by the owner of the property, or a law enforcement officer removing improper advertising. Political advertising placed on or affixed to any public property may be removed by state, city, or town maintenance or law enforcement personnel. Political advertising removed prior to election day by state, city, or town maintenance or law enforcement personnel shall be kept for one week at a place designated by the state, city, or town so that the candidate may retrieve the items.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2012.