HB 291-FN – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0227

03/04

HOUSE BILL 291-FN

AN ACT increasing certain speed limits to 75 miles per hour.

SPONSORS: Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 15; Rep. Burt, Hills 6; Rep. Tamburello, Rock 5; Sen. Sanborn, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill increases the speed limits on certain highways to 75 miles per hour.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0227

03/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT increasing certain speed limits to 75 miles per hour.

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

1 Speed Limits Raised. Amend RSA 265:60, II(e) to read as follows:

(e) [65] 75 miles [an] per hour on the interstate system[,]; 65 miles per hour on the central New Hampshire turnpike and the eastern New Hampshire turnpike in locations where said highways are 4-lane divided highways or other divided highways of 4 or more lanes; except that the speed limit on portions of the interstate system which had a posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour on January 1, 2014 shall be 60 miles per hour.

2 Minimum Speed Increased. Amend RSA 265:64, I to read as follows:

I. No person shall drive a vehicle at such a slow speed as to impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law. Under this provision a minimum speed limit of [45] 50 miles per hour shall be posted and prevail on the interstate highway system in the state.

3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2014.

LBAO

13-0227

01/15/13

HB 291-FN - FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT increasing certain speed limits to 75 miles per hour.

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