HB271: making political and commercial advertising placed illegally on public property subject to state litter laws.

HB 271 – AS INTRODUCED

2007 SESSION

07-0331

06/01

HOUSE BILL 271

AN ACT making political and commercial advertising placed illegally on public property subject to state litter laws.

SPONSORS: Rep. Splaine, Rock 16; Rep. Serlin, Rock 16; Rep. Pantelakos, Rock 16; Rep. Borden, Rock 18

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill makes illegal placement of political and commercial advertising on public property subject to state litter laws.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0331

06/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT making political and commercial advertising placed illegally on public property subject to state litter laws.

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

1 Definitions. Amend RSA 163-B:2, I to read as follows:

I. The word “litter” means all rubbish, refuse, garbage, trash, debris, commercial or political signs placed on public property in violation of RSA 236:54 or RSA 664:17, dead animals, or other discarded materials of every kind and description.

2 Fish and Game; Littering, Penalty. Amend RSA 207:36-b, I to read as follows:

I. No person shall put, place, or leave, or cause to be put, placed, or left, in or upon any way, public property, private property, into or on the ice over any public water, or into or on an waters of the state, any bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrap metal, junk, paper, commercial or political signs placed on public property in violation of RSA 236:54 or RSA 664:17, garbage, old automobile or parts thereof, or refuse of any nature whatsoever, or any noxious thing.

3 Rules of the Road; Littering, Penalty. Amend RSA 265:102, I to read as follows:

I. No person shall put or place, or cause to be put or placed, in or upon any way, right-of-way, street, square, lane, alley, public bathing place or the approaches thereto, or into or on the ice over any public water, streams, or watercourse or the approaches thereto or land bordering the same or other public place in any city or town any bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrap metal, junk, paper, commercial or political signs placed on public property in violation of RSA 236:54 or RSA 664:17, garbage, old automobile or parts thereof, or refuse of any nature whatsoever or any noxious thing; provided that nothing herein shall be construed as affecting authorized collections of such articles as garbage or refuse.

4 Water Pollution and Waste Disposal; Penalties. Amend RSA 485-A:15, I to read as follows:

I. It shall be unlawful for any person to put or place, or cause to be put or placed into a surface water of the state or on the ice over such waters, or on the banks of such waters, any bottles, glass, crockery, cans, scrap metal, junk, paper, commercial or political signs placed on public property in violation of RSA 236:54 or RSA 664:17, garbage, tires, old automobiles or parts thereof, trees, or similar litter.

5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.