Bill Text - SB522 (2018)

Relative to alteration of speed limits.


Revision: Dec. 20, 2017, 12:04 p.m.

SB 522  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2018 SESSION

18-2975

03/08

 

SENATE BILL 522

 

AN ACT relative to alteration of speed limits.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Rep. Somssich, Rock. 27

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill eliminates certain restrictions on local authorities' power to decrease speed limits.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2975

03/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT relative to alteration of speed limits.

 

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

 

1  Alteration of Speed Limits.  Amend RSA 265:63, I(c)-(d) to read as follows:

(c)  Decreases the limit outside an urban district [but not to less than 25 miles per hour]; or

(d)  Decreases the limit within any business or urban residence district [but not to less than 25 miles per hour].

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.