Bill Text - HB467 (2023)

Relative to public playground accessibility.


Revision: March 13, 2023, 1:40 p.m.

HB 467-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0543

04/10

 

HOUSE BILL 467-FN

 

AN ACT relative to public playground accessibility.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17; Rep. Grossman, Rock. 11; Rep. McMahon, Rock. 17; Sen. Abbas, Dist 22

 

COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires public playgrounds in use on or after January 1, 2024 to have solid rubber or rubber composite surfacing for accessibility to the playground and each piece of equipment.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0543

04/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to public playground accessibility.

 

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

 

1  New Subdivision; Public Playground Accessibility.  Amend RSA 155 by inserting after section 82 the following new subdivision:

Public Playground Accessibility

155:83  Public Playground Accessibility.  Any public playground constructed for use on or after January 1, 2024 shall, in addition to meeting general safety standards and Americans With Disabilities Act standards, include accessible pathways made from resilient rubber or a urethane rubber composite surfacing, or a similar resilient solid surface material that is not a loose fill or aggregate, beginning at the entrance of the playground, continuing to each piece of playground equipment, and extending to the playground exit.  

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

 

LBA

23-0543

Revised 3/13/23

 

HB 467-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to public playground accessibility.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [    ] State              [    ] County               [    ] Local              [ X ] None

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires public playgrounds in use on or after January 1, 2024 to have solid rubber or rubber composite surfacing for accessibility to the playground and each piece of equipment.  The Office of Legislative Budget Assistant states this bill has no fiscal impact on state, county, and local expenditures or revenue.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

New Hampshire Municipal Association