CHAPTER 345

SB 363 – FINAL VERSION

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2008 SESSION

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SENATE BILL 363

AN ACT requiring youth operators and passengers of OHRVs and snowmobiles to wear approved protective headgear.

SPONSORS: Sen. Barnes, Dist 17; Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19

COMMITTEE: Transportation and Interstate Cooperation

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires operators and passengers of OHRVs and snowmobiles under the age of 18 to wear eye protection and protective headgear which meets the specifications of FMVSS 218.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/14/08 0471s

06/04/08 2025CofC

08-2388

10/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight

AN ACT requiring youth operators and passengers of OHRVs and snowmobiles to wear approved protective headgear.

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

345:1 New Section; OHRVs; Protective Headgear. Amend RSA 215-A by inserting after section 13 the following new section:

215-A:13-a Protective Headgear. No person under the age of 18 shall operate any OHRV within this state without wearing eye protection and protective headgear which meets or exceeds the specifications of FMVSS 218.

345:2 Off Highway Recreational Vehicles: Operation; Requirement Added. Amend RSA 215-A:29, XV and XVI to read as follows:

XV. No person under the age of 18 shall operate any OHRV within this state without wearing [a protective helmet and] eye protection and protective headgear which meets or exceeds the specifications of FMVSS 218.

XVI. No person shall operate any OHRV within this state carrying passengers under the age of 18 unless each such passenger is wearing [a protective helmet] eye protection and protective headgear which meets or exceeds the specifications of FMVSS 218.

345:3 New Section; Snowmobiles; Protective Headgear. Amend RSA 215-C by inserting after section 29 the following new section:

215-C:29-a Protective Headgear. No person under the age of 18 shall operate any snowmobile within this state without wearing eye protection and protective headgear which meets or exceeds the specifications of FMVSS 218.

345:4 Snowmobiles; Operation; Requirement Added. Amend RSA 215-C:49, XIX and XX to read as follows:

XIX. No person under the age of 18 shall operate any snowmobile within this state without wearing [a protective helmet and] eye protection and protective headgear which meets or exceeds the specifications of FMVSS 218.

XX. No person shall operate any snowmobile within this state carrying passengers under the age of 18 unless each such passenger is wearing [a] eye protection and protective [helmet] headgear which meets or exceeds the specifications of FMVSS 218.

345:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2009.

Approved: July 7, 2008

Effective Date: January 1, 2009