HB 1185 – AS INTRODUCED
2014 SESSION
06/03
HOUSE BILL 1185
AN ACT increasing the speed limit on a portion of I-89 to 70 miles per hour.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 15
This bill increases the speed limit on a portion of I-89 to 70 miles per hour and increases the minimum speed to 50 miles per hour.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
14-2045
06/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen
AN ACT increasing the speed limit on a portion of I-89 to 70 miles per hour.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Speed Limit Raised. Amend RSA 265:60, II(e) to read as follows:
(e) 65 miles an 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, except that:
(1) The speed limit on the portion of I-93 from mile marker 45 to the Vermont border shall be 70 miles per hour.
(2) The speed limit on the portion of I-89 from mile marker 5 to mile marker 55 shall be 70 miles per hour.
2 Minimum Speed Limit Raised. Amend RSA 265:64, I to read as follows:
I. No person shall drive a vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. Under this provision a minimum speed limit of 45 miles per hour shall be posted and prevail on the interstate highway system in the state except that the minimum speed limit of 50 miles per hour shall be posted and prevail on the portion of I-89 from mile marker 5 to mile marker 55.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.