SB105: (New Title) exempting highway trail crossing from evaluation requirements for certain all terrain and trail bike trails.

CHAPTER 154

SB 105 – FINAL VERSION

03/16/11 0787s

2011 SESSION

11-0979

10/01

SENATE BILL 105

AN ACT exempting highway trail crossing from evaluation requirements for certain all terrain and trail bike trails.

SPONSORS: Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24; Rep. M. Tremblay, Coos 4; Rep. Y. Thomas, Coos 4; Rep. Fields, Belk 2

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill clarifies that highway trail crossings received by the bureau of trails and approved by the department of transportation are exempt from the evaluation process required in establishing certain state trails for ATVs and trail bikes.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03/16/11 0787s

11-0979

10/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT exempting highway trail crossing from evaluation requirements for certain all terrain and trail bike trails.

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

154:1 Bureau of Trails; Responsibilities; Highway Trail Crossings. Amend RSA 215-A:3, VI to read as follows:

VI. The supervisor of the bureau shall receive all written requests from persons applying for permission to establish a highway trail crossing or trail connector on any class I, class II or class III highway for any OHRV trail or cross country ski trail on which an OHRV trail maintenance vehicle may operate. The requests shall be submitted by the supervisor to the commissioner of the department of transportation or the commissioner's representative for the department's approval or disapproval. If approval is granted, the commissioner of the department of transportation may post the area with appropriate signs designating the location of the trail crossing or trail connector and providing signs for both sides of the highway at an appropriate distance from the crossing or trail connector to warn the motoring public of said crossing or trail connector. Highway trail crossing requests and approvals under this paragraph shall be exempt from the provisions of RSA 215-A:42 and RSA 215-A:43.

154:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 8, 2011

Effective Date: June 8, 2011