Revision: Jan. 8, 2019, 8:41 a.m.
HB 428 - AS INTRODUCED
2019 SESSION
19-0654
11/06
HOUSE BILL 428
AN ACT relative to pedestrian control signals.
SPONSORS: Rep. Klee, Hills. 30; Rep. Keans, Straf. 23; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Webb, Rock. 6
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides an exception to the prohibition against turning right while a steady or flashing walk signal is being displayed on the pedestrian control signal.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0654
11/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to pedestrian control signals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Motor Vehicles; Rules of the Road; Pedestrian Control Signals. Amend RSA 265:11, I to read as follows:
I. Walk-Pedestrians facing such steady or flashing signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right of way by the drivers of all vehicles. There shall be no right turn allowed for any vehicle while a steady or flashing walk signal is being displayed except in the event there is no pedestrian within 50 feet of the roadway, in which case the driver may turn after coming to a complete stop.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.