Bill Text - HB1396 (2016)

Relative to OHRV operation on certain highways in Grafton County.


Revision: Dec. 14, 2015, midnight

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HB 1396 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2015 SESSION

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\t10/08

 

HOUSE BILL\t1396

 

AN ACT\trelative to OHRV operation on certain highways in Grafton County.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. D. Brown, Graf. 16; Rep. Ingbretson, Graf. 15; Rep. Bailey, Graf. 14; Rep. Hull, Graf. 9; Rep. Darrow, Graf. 17; Rep. Chandler, Carr. 1; Sen. Forrester, Dist 2

 

COMMITTEE:\tTransportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill allows the operation of off highway recreational vehicles (OHRVs) on certain highways in Grafton county that have been designated open for such use.

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

 

AN ACT\trelative to OHRV operation on certain highways in Grafton County.

 

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

 

\t1  OHRV Operation on Certain Highways in Grafton County.  Amend RSA 215-A:10, IV(a)  to read as follows:

\t\tIV.(a)  Notwithstanding any provisions of the law to the contrary, a person may operate an OHRV on a class I, class II, class III, or class III-a highway that has been designated open for use, in Coos county or in Grafton county, by the bureau of trails, with the approval of the department of transportation and the department of safety and a public meeting in each community which would be directly affected by such designation.  The bureau, or its designee, shall sign any approved sections of highway for OHRV use.

\t2  Transportation; Operation within Highway Rights-of-way; Trail Connectors.  Amend RSA 236:56, II(d) to read as follows:

\t\t\t(d)  Trail Connectors.  All OHRVs and snowmobiles may be operated within specified trail connectors and pursuant to the provisions of RSA 215-A:9 or RSA 215-C:9.  The commissioner of the department of transportation may limit the operation of specified types of OHRVs and snowmobiles when the commissioner feels this is necessary in matters of safety and maintenance of trail corridors or at the suggestion of the chief supervisor of the bureau of trails.  Trail connectors, as defined in RSA 215-A:1, in Coos county and in Grafton county shall be exempt from the provisions of RSA 215-A:42 and RSA 215-A:43.

\t3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.