Revision: Jan. 4, 2018, 8:42 a.m.
HB 492 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
3Jan2018... 2430h
2017 SESSION
17-0378
05/06
HOUSE BILL 492
AN ACT relative to electric personal assistive mobility devices.
SPONSORS: Rep. L'Heureux, Hills. 21
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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This bill redefines electronic personal assistive mobility devices or EPAMDs, repeals provisions regarding speed and local regulation, and establishes progressive fines.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
3Jan2018... 2430h 17-0378
05/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen
AN ACT relative to electric personal assistive mobility devices.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Definition of Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device. Amend RSA 269:1 to read as follows:
269:1 Definition. In this chapter, "electric personal assistive mobility device'' or "EPAMD'' shall mean a [self-balancing, 2 non-tandem-wheeled] self-propelled device, regardless of the number of wheels, designed to transport only one person, solely powered by an electric propulsion system, with a maximum speed of less than 20 miles per hour.
2 Operation Permitted on Sidewalks and Roadways. Amend RSA 269:4 to read as follows:
269:4 Operation Permitted on Sidewalks and Roadways.
I. An operator of an EPAMD shall have the rights and duties of pedestrians prescribed in RSA 265:34-40.
II. When propelling an EPAMD upon a way at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time and place, the operator of an EPAMD shall remain on the right portion of the way as far as practicable except when it is unsafe to do so or when necessary to avoid hazardous conditions, including, but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, animals, broken pavement, glass, sand, puddles, ice, or opening doors of parked vehicles.
3 Violation; Fines and Penalties. RSA 269:9 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
269:9 Fines and Penalties. Any person found in violation of this chapter shall be subject to a written warning for a first offense, a $5 fine for a second offense, and a $10 fine for a third and any subsequent offense.
4 Repeal. The following are repealed.
I. RSA 269:5, II, relative to the maximum speed of an EPAMD.
II. RSA 269:8, relative to local regulation of EPAMDs.
5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.