HB1250 (2014) Detail

Relative to security at state-owned park-and-ride facilities.


HB 1250 – VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

19Mar2014… 0765h

15May2014… 1779EBA

2014 SESSION

14-2267

06/05

HOUSE BILL 1250

AN ACT relative to security at state-owned park-and-ride facilities.

SPONSORS: Rep. Bouchard, Merr 18

COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways

ANALYSIS

This bill permits the state of New Hampshire to engage in highway surveillance at certain park and ride facilities.

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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

19Mar2014… 0765h

15May2014… 1779EBA

14-2267

06/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fourteen

AN ACT relative to security at state-owned park-and-ride facilities.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

1 New Subparagraph; Highway Surveillance Prohibited; Exceptions. Amend RSA 236:130 by inserting after subparagraph III(f) the following new subparagraph:

(g) Is undertaken for security and to facilitate law enforcement in the investigation of criminal activity at the state-owned park and ride facilities that provide regularly scheduled public transit service listed below. A video recording may only be retrieved from the department of transportation’s transportation management center, subject to its availability. The storage of any video recording shall be limited by the storage capacity of the individual server at each facility. No video recording shall be stored longer than 24 days. Any video recordings requested and retrieved prior to expiration may only be used by the requesting party for a lawful purpose, including as evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding, and shall be copied and retained by the department of transportation’s transportation management center for no longer than 18 months from the date of the recording. The state-owned park and ride facilities which conduct video surveillance shall display signage indicating the presence of 24 hour video cameras.

(1) I-93 Exit 2 in Salem.

(2) I-93 Exit 4 in Londonderry.

(3) I-93 Exit 5 in Londonderry.

(4) I-93 Exit 14 in Concord.

(5) I-95 Exit 3 in Portsmouth.

(6) Spaulding Turnpike Exit 9 in Dover.

(7) Everett Turnpike Exit 8 in Nashua.

(8) I-89 Exit 12 in New London.

(9) NH Route 101 Exit 7 in Epping.

(10) Any future state-owned park and ride facilities that provide regularly scheduled public transit service.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.