Amendment 2024-1712h to SB471 (2024)

Relative to adding a speed limit of 45 miles per hour on rural highways.


Revision: May 1, 2024, 10:33 a.m.

Rep. McAleer, Carr. 2

May 1, 2024

2024-1712h

11/05

 

 

Floor Amendment to SB 471-FN

 

Amend RSA 265:60, II(d) and (e) as inserted by section 1 of the bill by replacing them with the following:

 

(d) 45 miles per hour in any rural highway as defined in RSA 259:92-a.

[(d)] (e)  55 miles per hour in other locations, except as provided in [(e)] subparagraph (f);

 

Amend the bill by replacing section 2 with the following:

 

2  New Section; Rural Highway.  Amend RSA 259 by inserting after section 92 the following new section:

259:92-a  Rural Highway.  "Rural highway" means the territory contiguous to a 2-lane highway not comprising a business district, urban residence district, or rural residence district, but where reduced speeds are warranted due to highway geometry, lack of paved shoulders, or low-density presence of driveways and other accesses to the public way.