Bill Text - HB432 (2017)

Relative to enforcement of parking prohibitions.


Revision: April 20, 2017, 11:46 a.m.

HB 432 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0375

06/01

 

HOUSE BILL 432

 

AN ACT relative to enforcement of parking prohibitions.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. L'Heureux, Hills. 21

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires law enforcement agencies to enforce certain parking violations.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0375

06/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to enforcement of parking prohibitions.

 

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

 

1  Rules of the Road; Enforcement of Parking Prohibition in Parking Spaces and Access Aisles Designated for Persons With a Walking Disability.  Amend RSA 265:69-a to read as follows:

265:69-a  Enforcement of Parking Prohibition in Parking Spaces and Access Aisles Designated for Persons With a Walking Disability.

I.  Testimony under oath with clear photographic evidence from a person with a walking disability pursuant to RSA 261:86 or RSA 261:88 or the driver of a vehicle transporting such a person that a vehicle that does not display a special plate or placard issued or recognized pursuant to RSA 261:86 or RSA 261:88 was parked in a designated parking space for persons with a walking disability or any vehicle parked in or overlapping into an access aisle shall be sufficient evidence to prove that the owner of the vehicle has violated RSA 265:69, I(j) or (m), unless such evidence is rebutted or contradicted.

II.  Upon receipt of testimony under paragraph I by the appropriate law enforcement agency, such agency shall fine the violator a minimum of $250 pursuant to RSA 265:69, I(j).

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.