HB 93 - AS INTRODUCED
2023 SESSION
23-0073
02/04
HOUSE BILL 93
AN ACT authorizing municipalities to reduce speed limits seasonally.
SPONSORS: Rep. Ebel, Merr. 7; Rep. Crawford, Carr. 3; Rep. Rung, Hills. 12; Rep. McConkey, Carr. 8; Rep. Tanner, Sull. 5; Rep. Wolf, Merr. 7; Rep. Edgar, Rock. 29; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 10; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill would authorize a municipality to reduce speed limits seasonally.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
23-0073
02/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three
AN ACT authorizing municipalities to reduce speed limits seasonally.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Rules of the Road; Speed Limitations; Alteration of Limits. Amend RSA 265:63 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:
VI.(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph I and RSA 265:60, II, or any other law to the contrary, the governing body of a municipality, or its designee, may act on its own, or upon the petition of at least 10 residents of that municipality, to reduce any prima facie speed limit to provide reasonable and safe conditions upon any part of the highway system in that municipality that is seasonally congested by pedestrian or bicycle traffic.
(b) The petition shall designate the area of the highway system and the reasons for the reduction in the speed limit. The review of the petition shall include consultation with the petitioners. The municipality, or designee, shall provide the petitioners the results of their findings in writing. The municipality, or designee, may recommend a seasonal decrease in the posted prima facie speed limit, but in no case shall the resulting speed limit be less than 20 miles per hour.
(c) There shall be only one seasonal speed limit, of a maximum duration of 4 months, in any 12-month period.
(d) A municipality, or designee, approving a seasonal speed limit shall bear the cost of signage. The design, construction, and installation of any seasonal signage shall be approved by the commissioner of the department of transportation.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.