Bill Text: NH SB516 | 2018 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Prohibiting motorcycle-only checkpoints.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2018-06-04 - Signed by the Governor on 05/30/2018; Chapter 0153; Effective 05/30/2018 [SB516 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2018-SB516-Introduced.html
SB 516 - AS INTRODUCED
2018 SESSION
18-2872
03/05
SENATE BILL 516
AN ACT prohibiting the use of motorcycle-only roadside checkpoints.
SPONSORS: Sen. French, Dist 7; Rep. T. Walsh, Merr. 24; Rep. Packard, Rock. 5; Rep. St. Clair, Belk. 9
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill prohibits the enforcement of motorcycle noise level restrictions at motorcycle-only roadside checkpoints.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18-2872
03/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen
AN ACT prohibiting the use of motorcycle-only roadside checkpoints.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Motorcycle Noise Levels; Roadside Checkpoints. Amend RSA 266:59-a by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:
IV. No law enforcement agency of the state or a political subdivision of the state may enforce this section at a motorcycle-only roadside checkpoint.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.