Revision: Jan. 17, 2013, midnight
HB 383 – AS INTRODUCED
2013 SESSION
10/01
HOUSE BILL 383
AN ACT relative to operation of OHRVs on the traveled portion of public highways, where permitted.
SPONSORS: Rep. Theberge, Coos 3
This bill requires that operators of OHRVs on the traveled portion of public highways, where permitted, shall be licensed to drive or accompanied by a person who is licensed to drive.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
13-0114 10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to operation of OHRVs on the traveled portion of public highways, where permitted.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; OHRV Operation on Traveled Portion of Public Highway. Amend RSA 215-A:29 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. Notwithstanding provisions of this chapter to the contrary:
(a) Any unaccompanied person operating an OHRV on the traveled portion of a public highway, where permitted, shall be required to be licensed to drive as described in subparagraph I(b)(2); and
(b) Any person operating an OHRV on the traveled portion of a public highway, where permitted, who is not licensed to drive as described in subparagraph I(b)(2) shall be accompanied at all times by a person who is licensed to drive as described in subparagraph I(b)(2) and who shall be legally responsible and be liable according to law for personal injury or property damage to others which may result from such operation by an unlicensed person.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.