Revision: Nov. 16, 2023, 10:07 a.m.
2024 SESSION
24-2969.0
11/05
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT prohibiting a municipality from designating a road as a private road under certain conditions.
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits a municipality from designating a road as a private road under certain conditions.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2969.0
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT prohibiting a municipality from designating a road as a private road under certain conditions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Private Road Designation. Amend RSA 231 by inserting after section 231:4 the following new section:
231:4-a Private Road Designation.
I. For the purposes of this section, "private road" means a road where a motor vehicle can no longer reasonably gain access to or drive to another road, or where a municipality or town has not maintained or repaired the road for reasonable travel for 5 successive years or more.
II. No municipality may designate a road as a private road if the road was designated a Class V or Class VI road before the requirements of the enhanced 911 telecommunications system and it does not meet the definition of private road in paragraph I.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.