Bill Text - HB1063 (2024)

Relative to motor vehicle speed within 10 miles per hour of the speed limit.


Revision: Nov. 28, 2023, 8:38 a.m.

HB 1063-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2398

11/08

 

HOUSE BILL 1063-FN

 

AN ACT relative to motor vehicle speed within 10 miles per hour of the speed limit.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Hynes, Hills. 2

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill allows motor vehicles to lawfully travel 10 miles per hour over the speed limit in certain circumstances.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2398

11/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to motor vehicle speed within 10 miles per hour of the speed limit.

 

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

 

1  Speed Limitations; Rules of the Road.  Amend RSA 265:60 II to read as follows:

II. Where no hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance with RSA 265:60, I, the speed of any vehicle [not in excess] within 10 miles per hour of the limit specified in this section or established as hereinafter authorized shall be prima facie lawful, but any speed [in excess of] exceeding 10 miles over the limit specified in this section or established as hereinafter authorized shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful:

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

 

LBA

24-2398

10/23/23

 

HB 1063-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT relative to motor vehicle speed within 10 miles per hour of the speed limit.

 

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

 

 

Estimated State Impact - Increase / (Decrease)

 

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

Revenue

Indeterminable

Revenue Fund

Highway Fund

Expenditures

Indeterminable

Funding Source

General Fund

Appropriations

$0

$0

$0

$0

Funding Source

None

 

 

Estimated Political Subdivision Impact - Increase / (Decrease)

 

FY 2024

FY 2025

FY 2026

FY 2027

County Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

County Expenditures

Indeterminable

Local Revenue

$0

$0

$0

$0

Local Expenditures

Indeterminable

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill adds, deletes, or modifies a criminal penalty, or changes statute to which there is a penalty for violation.  Therefore, this bill may have an impact on the judicial and correctional systems, which could affect prosecution, incarceration, probation, and parole costs, for the state, as well as county and local governments. A summary of such costs can be found at: https://gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/Budget/Fiscal_Notes/JudicialCorrectionalCosts.pdf

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

Judicial Branch, Judicial Council, Department of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Hampshire Association of Counties, and New Hampshire Municipal Association