CHAPTER 56
HB 163 - FINAL VERSION
2017 SESSION
17-0189
06/10
HOUSE BILL 163
AN ACT relative to the responsibility of a municipality to enforce its ordinances.
SPONSORS: Rep. Steven Smith, Sull. 11
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
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This bill requires any municipality that adopts a bylaw or ordinance pertaining to off highway recreational vehicles to enforce such ordinance.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17-0189
06/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to the responsibility of a municipality to enforce its ordinances.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
56:1 New Paragraph; Off Highway Vehicles; Regulations of Political Subdivisions. Amend RSA 215-A:15 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a.(a) Any municipality that enacts an ordinance or bylaw under paragraph I relating to this chapter shall be responsible for the enforcement of such ordinance or bylaw.
(b) Any person who is guilty of a violation of an ordinance or bylaw under subparagraph (a) shall be subject to all other provisions of this chapter.
56:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 02, 2017
Effective Date: August 01, 2017
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Jan. 17, 2017 | House | Hearing |
| Jan. 24, 2017 | House | Exec Session |
| Feb. 2, 2017 | House | Floor Vote |
| March 15, 2017 | Senate | Hearing |
| April 20, 2017 | Senate | Floor Vote |
June 2, 2017: Signed by Governor Sununu 06/02/2017; Chapter 56; Eff. 8/1/2017
April 20, 2017: Enrolled 04/20/2017 HJ 14 P. 26
April 27, 2017: Enrolled (In recess 04/27/2017); SJ 16
April 20, 2017: Ought to Pass: MA, VV; OT3rdg; 04/20/2017; SJ 14
April 20, 2017: Committee Report: Ought to Pass, 04/20/2017; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19
March 15, 2017: Hearing: 03/15/2017, Room 102, LOB, 10:15 am; SC 13
Feb. 16, 2017: Introduced 02/16/2017 and Referred to Public and Municipal Affairs; SJ 7
Feb. 2, 2017: Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/02/2017 HJ 5 P. 6
Feb. 2, 2017: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/02/2017 (Vote 15-0; CC) HC 9 P. 5
Jan. 24, 2017: Executive Session: 01/24/2017 01:00 PM LOB 301
Jan. 17, 2017: Public Hearing: 01/17/2017 01:00 PM LOB 301
Jan. 4, 2017: Introduced 01/04/2017 and referred to Municipal and County Government HJ 2 P. 19