HB 1547  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2516

11/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1547

 

AN ACT requiring mileage-based exit numbers on Tier I highways.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Horrigan, Straf. 10; Rep. Eaton, Ches. 9

 

COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------

 

ANALYSIS

 

This bill requires mileage-based exit numbers on Tier I highways.

 

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2516

11/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT requiring mileage-based exit numbers on Tier I highways.

 

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

 

1  New Section; Mileage-Based Exit Numbers on Tier I Highways.  Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 22 the following new section:

265:22-a  Mileage-Based Exit Numbers on Tier I Highways.  All Tier I highways in New Hampshire shall have exit numbering that conforms to the U.S. Department of Transportation's exit numbering requirement enumerated in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, section 2E.31, published by the Federal Highway Administration and adopted by reference in 23 C.F.R. part 655.603.  Exit numbers shall be determined based on the mileage contained in the department of transportation linear referencing system.  The department shall have until the year 2035 to complete the replacement of existing exit numbering.

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