HB 1217 - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-2476
11/05
HOUSE BILL 1217
SPONSORS: Rep. Faulkner, Ches. 10; Rep. Drye, Sull. 7; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
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ANALYSIS
This bill allows the state or a municipality to use video monitoring to identify the cause of damage to historic covered bridges.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-2476
11/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Subparagraph; Highway Surveillance Prohibited; Exception; Monitoring Covered Bridges. Amend RSA 236:130, III by inserting after subparagraph (h) the following new subparagraph:
(i) Is undertaken for the purpose of monitoring any covered wooden bridge that is open to vehicular traffic. Any such video recording shall be used for the sole purpose of investigating damage to the bridge, including identification of vehicles and operators responsible for such damage. The video shall, except in the case of damage by natural occurrence or disaster, be preserved until the town, city, municipality, state or agency prosecutor determines whether they will pursue criminal or motor vehicle charges. If the prosecutor determines that they shall or may bring charges, the video shall be preserved until the case is resolved. Video not needed for investigation in accordance with this subparagraph shall be erased within 7 days of recording.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.