Bill Text: NH HB1156 | 2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Relative to interference with traffic devices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-14 - Pending Motion, Ought to Pass; 04/14/2016; Senate Journal 13 [HB1156 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2016-HB1156-Amended.html

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HB 1156 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

9Mar2016... 0523h

2016 SESSION

16-2356

03/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1156

 

AN ACT relative to interference with traffic devices.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Higgins, Graf. 12; Rep. Baber, Straf. 14

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill exempts public transit bus operators from the prohibition on using a device to change, disrupt, or interfere with the operation of a traffic signal.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

9Mar2016... 0523h 16-2356

03/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT relative to interference with traffic devices.

 

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

 

1  New Subparagraph; Interference With Traffic Signals; Public Transit Bus Operators.  Amend RSA 265:15, II(c) by inserting after subparagraph (4) the following new subparagraph:

(5)  Fixed route public transit bus service operators while in service.

2  Interference With Traffic Signals; Applicability of Exemptions.  Amend RSA 265:15, II(d) to read as follows:

(d)  The exemptions set forth in subparagraphs (c)(1)-[(c)(4)] (c)(5) shall only apply to such personnel when they are operating licensed ambulances, licensed fire apparatus, [or] government-owned vehicles, or fixed route public transit buses.

3  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.