CHAPTER 58
HB 535-FN - FINAL VERSION
6Jan2016... 2547h
2016 SESSION
\t15-0300
\t06/05
HOUSE BILL\t\t535-FN
AN ACT\trelative to signs advising motorists approaching highway emergencies.
COMMITTEE:\tTransportation
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
\tThis bill establishes a fund in the department of transportation, funded by payments from public-private agreements, for the sole purpose of posting signs advising motorists to give one lane of clearance to emergency vehicles in the breakdown lane.
\tThis bill also specifies locations for those signs.
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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
6Jan2016... 2547h\t15-0300
\t06/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen
AN ACT\trelative to signs advising motorists approaching highway emergencies.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
\t58:1 New Section; Signs Advising Motorists Approaching Emergency Vehicles in the Breakdown Lane; Fund Established. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 37-b the following new section:
\t265:37-c Signs Advising Motorists Approaching Emergency Vehicles in the Breakdown Lane; Fund Established.
\t\tI. There is established a nonlapsing revolving fund to be known as the emergency vehicle warning sign fund in the department of transportation which shall be funded by moneys paid through public-private agreements to post signs on the following highways, advising motorists to give one lane of clearance to emergency vehicles in the breakdown lane:
\t\t\t(a) I-93 northbound, one sign at the Massachusetts border, one sign between Salem and Manchester, and 2 signs between Concord and the Vermont border.
\t\t\t(b) I-93 southbound, one sign at the Vermont border, one sign between the Vermont border and Concord, and 2 signs between Concord and the Massachusetts border.
\t\t\t(c) I-89 northbound, 2 signs between Concord and the Vermont border.
\t\t\t(d) I-89 southbound, one sign at the Vermont border and one sign between the Vermont border and Concord.
\t\t\t(e) Route 101 eastbound, one sign at the intersection with I-93 and one sign between the intersection with I-93 and Hampton.
\t\t\t(f) Route 101 westbound, one sign at Hampton and one sign between Hampton and the intersection with I-93.
\t\tII. The moneys in the fund shall be expended solely for the purpose of posting the signs in paragraph I. When all such signs have been posted, any balance in the fund shall lapse to the general fund.
\t58:2 New Subparagraph; State Treasurer and State Accounts; Application of Receipts. Amend RSA 6:12, I(b) by inserting after subparagraph (331) the following new subparagraph:
\t\t\t\t(332) Moneys deposited in the emergency vehicle warning sign fund established in RSA 265:37-c.
\t58:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 5, 2016
Effective Date: July 4, 2016