HB1363 (2020) Detail

Relative to motorist service signs on limited access highways.


HB 1363 - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-2611

06/03

 

HOUSE BILL 1363

 

AN ACT relative to motorist service signs on limited access highways.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 6

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill deletes a limitation on the placement of motorist service signs on limited access highways.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-2611

06/03

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT relative to motorist service signs on limited access highways.

 

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

 

1  Limited Access Highways; Placement of Motorist Service Signs.  Amend RSA 230:49, I to read as follows:

I.  The location of essential motorist services, including food, fuel, lodging, camping, and attractions, on connecting service roads within 3 miles of the intersection with the limited access highway, within 5 miles for a campground, within 20 miles for an attraction, or within one mile of the intersection in urban compact areas, may be indicated to users of the limited access facility by appropriate signs, the specifications of which shall be determined by the commissioner of transportation.  The distance specified shall be measured by computing the travel length from the terminal of an exit ramp to the nearest point along the public highway where the nearest existing driveway entrance to the service is reached.  Additional motorist service signs may be placed in advance of intersections on limited access highways [from the Massachusetts border to Concord and additional attraction signs may be placed north of Concord on I-93 and I-89].

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

Links


Date Body Type
Jan. 22, 2020 House Hearing
Feb. 4, 2020 House Exec Session
Feb. 12, 2020 House Exec Session
House Floor Vote
Feb. 19, 2020 House Floor Vote

Bill Text Revisions

HB1363 Revision: 7033 Date: Dec. 2, 2019, 3:13 p.m.

Docket


June 16, 2020: No Pending Motion; 06/16/2020 SJ 8


June 16, 2020: Vacated from Committee and Laid on Table, MA, VV; 06/16/2020 SJ 8


March 11, 2020: Introduced 03/11/2020 and Referred to Transportation; SJ 7


Feb. 19, 2020: Ought to Pass: MA VV 02/19/2020 HJ 4 P. 24


Feb. 19, 2020: Committee Report: Ought to Pass for 02/19/2020 (Vote 19-0; CC) HC 7 P. 15


: Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 19-0; CC)


Feb. 12, 2020: ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 02/12/2020 10:00 am LOB 203


Feb. 4, 2020: ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 02/04/2020 10:00 am LOB 203


Jan. 22, 2020: Public Hearing: 01/22/2020 01:30 pm LOB 203


Jan. 8, 2020: Introduced 01/08/2020 and referred to Transportation HJ 1 P. 19