Revision: March 30, 2017, 2:59 p.m.
SB 134 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
02/23/2017 0471s
2017 SESSION
17-0835
06/04
SENATE BILL 134
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. McGilvray, Dist 16; Rep. Epstein, Straf. 13; Rep. Sprague, Straf. 18; Rep. Spencer, Straf. 18
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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This bill permits the department of transportation to install, if financially feasible, all electronic tolling at certain tolling facilities. This bill also requires the department of transportation, in conjunction with all electronic tolling, to offer an option of anonymous transponders.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
02/23/2017 0471s 17-0835
06/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Sections; Turnpike System; All Electronic Tolling; Anonymous Transponder Option. Amend RSA 237 by inserting after section 50 the following new sections:
237:51 All Electronic Tolling. The department may consider, and if financially feasible, install and implement all electronic tolling for toll collection purposes at the existing or future Dover and/or Rochester tolling facilities along the Spaulding Turnpike, and/or the Hooksett ramp tolling facility.
237:52 Anonymous Transponder Option. In conjunction with the installation and implementation of all electronic tolling under RSA 237:51, the department shall make available an optional system of anonymous transponders, allowing customers to anonymously fund and use a transponder, provided the transponder is properly funded and mounted prior to use. The transponders shall be available at public locations that allow the purchaser to remain anonymous. The department shall retain the least amount of information necessary for auditing purposes on the anonymous transponder transactions.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.