Bill Text: NH SB25 | 2017 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to small claims resulting from accidents due to activities of the department of transportation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-10 - III. Remainder Effective 07/01/2017 [SB25 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2017-SB25-Introduced.html

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SB 25  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0809

06/09

 

SENATE BILL 25

 

AN ACT relative to small claims resulting from accidents due to activities of the department of transportation.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20

 

COMMITTEE: Transportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill raises the amount the commissioner of transportation may pay to one person for small claims resulting from accidents due to activities of the department of transportation.

 

This bill was requested by the secretary of state.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0809

06/09

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to small claims resulting from accidents due to activities of the department of transportation.

 

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

 

1  Commissioner of Transportation; Small Claims.  Amend RSA 228:29 to read as follows:

228:29  Small Claims.  With the approval of the governor and council, the commissioner may use the funds accruing to his or her department for the payment of small claims occasioned by accidents due to the activities of his or her department.  No such claim shall be paid to any one person in an amount of over [$600] $2,000.  Any person claiming damage due to the activities of the department of transportation in an amount of less than [$600] $2,000 may make application to the commissioner for payment thereof.  Said application shall be filed within 60 days of the date of the accident.  If the commissioner upon investigation is of the opinion that the damage was caused because of activities of the department, he or she shall submit his or her recommendation to the governor and council for approval.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2018.