HB 97 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0441

03/10

HOUSE BILL 97

AN ACT relative to operation of low-speed utility vehicles.

SPONSORS: Rep. J. Belanger, Hills 5; Rep. Drisko, Hills 5

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill modifies the operation restrictions applicable to low-speed utility vehicles.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0441

03/10

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to operation of low-speed utility vehicles.

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

1 Low-Speed Utility Vehicles. Amend RSA 265:160 to read as follows:

265:160 Low-Speed Utility Vehicles. No person shall operate a low-speed utility vehicle, as defined in RSA 259:108, II, except on a way where the posted speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less. [No person shall operate such vehicle more than 25 miles from the registrant's residence or place of business.]

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