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2024 SESSION
24-2189.0
09/08
HOUSE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to the use of unmarked or stealth police vehicles for traffic enforcement.
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ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a requirement that any police vehicle purchased after January 1, 2025 must be clearly marked and labeled as a police vehicle in order for it to be used in traffic law enforcement.
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24-2189.0
09/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to the use of unmarked or stealth police vehicles for traffic enforcement.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Chapter; Police Vehicles. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 105-D the following new chapter:
CHAPTER 105-E
Police Vehicles
105-E:1 Vehicles Used for Traffic Enforcement.
I. Any municipal police vehicle purchased on or after January 1, 2025 shall be clearly marked and labeled identifying it as a police vehicle before it may be used by a police officer performing traffic law enforcement. For purposes of this section, stealth or ghost lettering, wherein the markings are not clearly visible, shall be insufficient to permit the vehicle's usage in traffic law enforcement.
II. Nothing in this section should be construed to prohibit the use of unmarked vehicles or vehicles with stealth or ghost lettering for any purpose other than traffic law enforcement.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.