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HB266: (New Title) requiring youth bicyclists to wear protective headgear.

Citation
2004 HB266
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House status
Inexpedient to Legislate
Committee
HOUSE Transportation
Hearing
01/28/2003 at 11:00 AM
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Current official bill text

Sponsors

Topics

Transportation

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HB 266 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

29Jan2004... 2374h

2003 SESSION

03-0825

03/09

HOUSE BILL 266

AN ACT requiring youth bicyclists to wear protective headgear.

SPONSORS: Rep. P. Katsakiores, Rock 77; Rep. G. Katsakiores, Rock 77; Rep. Gleason, Rock 77; Sen. Flanders, Dist 7; Sen. Martel, Dist 18

COMMITTEE: Transportation

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill requires youth bicyclists to wear protective headgear.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

29Jan2004... 2374h

03-0825

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT requiring youth bicyclists to wear protective headgear.

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

1 New Paragraph; Commissioner of Health and Human Services; Rules; Protective Headgear. Amend RSA 126-A:5 by inserting after paragraph XII the following new paragraph:

XIII. The commissioner shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to approved headgear required by RSA 265:144, X.

2 New Paragraph; Riding on Bicycles; Headgear. Amend RSA 265:144 by inserting after paragraph IX the following new paragraph:

X. No person less than 16 years of age may operate or ride upon a bicycle unless he or she wears protective headgear of a type approved by the commissioner of health and human services.

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