Bill Text: NH HB668 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to heating, agitating or other devices in public waters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-16 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/15/2019; Chapter 37; Eff: 07/14/2019 [HB668 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB668-Enrolled.html
HB 668 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
2019 SESSION
19-0723
11/01
HOUSE BILL 668
AN ACT relative to heating, agitating or other devices in public waters.
SPONSORS: Rep. Huot, Belk. 3
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits any heating, agitating, or other device from being placed in such a way so as to impede ingress or egress to the ice from any property other than the device owner. The bill also requires all persons installing such a device to post signs that warn of the device's location.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
19-0723
11/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to heating, agitating or other devices in public waters.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Navigation; Harbors, Coast Survey; Heating, Agitating or Other Devices in Public Waters, Safety Hazard. Amend RSA 270:33 to read as follows:
270:33 Heating, Agitating, or Other Devices in Public Waters; Safety Hazard. No person shall put, place, operate, or cause to be put, placed, or operated in the waters of this state any so-called heating, agitating, or other device which inhibits or prevents the natural freezing of water, or forming of ice, and thereby impedes either the ingress or egress to or from the ice [by means of any public access thereto] from any property other than that of the owner of the device. [If the heating, agitating or other device is placed anywhere else, nearby signs shall likewise be placed to warn of possible danger.] The person or persons responsible for the placement of the device shall ensure that warning signs are posted to warn of its location. Said signs shall read DANGER, THIN ICE and shall be of sufficient size to be readable at a distance of not less than 150 feet, and shall be visible from all directions and shall be equipped with reflectors and color-coded in a pattern unique for this purpose only. The department of safety is hereby authorized to establish said unique design and coloring and any homemade copies shall follow this design and coloring. The provisions of this section shall be enforced by any law enforcement agency under the direction of the department of safety pursuant to RSA 106-A:14 and the department of fish and game pursuant to RSA 206:26.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
