HB 1461 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

12Mar2020... 0545h

2020 SESSION

20-2461

04/10

HOUSE BILL 1461

AN ACT relative to the penalty for carnival or amusement ride operators.

SPONSORS: Rep. Piedra, Hills. 9

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

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ANALYSIS

This bill creates a private right of action for violations by a carnival or amusement ride operator.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

12Mar2020... 0545h 20-2461

04/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

AN ACT relative to the penalty for carnival or amusement ride operators.

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

1  Carnival-Amusement Operators; Penalty.  Amend RSA 321-A:9 to read as follows:

321-A:9 Penalty.  Any person convicted of operating a carnival or amusement ride without having first registered it with the commissioner, as provided in RSA 321-A:5, or violating the rules adopted by the commissioner, as provided in RSA 321-A:2, shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.  Any operator or owner who operates after a suspension, as provided in RSA 321-A:7, shall be guilty of a violation for each day of illegal operation.  Any person injured as a result of a violation of the rules adopted by the commissioner, as provided in RSA 321-A:2, shall have a private right of action against the person or persons who committed the violation resulting in the injury.  This section shall not be interpreted or construed to alter the common law.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.