Bill Text: NH HB1227 | 2018 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to an unattended idling vehicle on private property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-05-17 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/15/2018; Chapter 22; Eff. 7/14/2018 [HB1227 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1227-Enrolled.html
HB 1227 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2018 SESSION
18-2158
03/08
HOUSE BILL HB 1227
AN ACT relative to an unattended idling vehicle on private property.
SPONSORS: Rep. True, Rock. 4; Rep. Itse, Rock. 10
COMMITTEE: Science, Technology and Energy
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that person may idle a vehicle unattended on his or her own property.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2158
03/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT relative to an unattended idling vehicle on private property.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Unattended Vehicle; Idling Allowed. Amend RSA 265:72, I to read as follows:
I. No person driving or in charge of a vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key, and effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the way, unless such vehicle has been started by remote control car starter. This paragraph does not prohibit a person in charge of a vehicle from idling the vehicle unattended on his or her own property.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
