HB1358: regulating engine idling of certain vehicles.

HB 1358 - AS INTRODUCED

2016 SESSION

16-2515

03/09

HOUSE BILL 1358

AN ACT regulating engine idling of certain vehicles.

SPONSORS: Rep. Danielson, Hills. 7; Rep. Shepardson, Ches. 10

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill establishes time limits for idling specified motor 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2515

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT regulating engine idling of certain vehicles.

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

1 New Section; Limitations on Idling. Amend RSA 265 by inserting after section 94 the following new section:

265:94-a Limitations on Idling.

I.(a) When the temperature is above 0 degrees Celsius, 32 degrees Fahrenheit, a person shall not idle a commercial motor vehicle, a bus carrying passengers for hire, or construction equipment for more than 5 consecutive minutes.

(b) When the temperature is between minus 23 degrees Celsius, minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit and 0 degrees Celsius, 32 degrees Fahrenheit, a person shall not idle a commercial motor vehicle, a bus carrying passengers for hire, or construction equipment for more than 15 consecutive minutes.

II. Paragraph I shall not apply:

(a) When a motor vehicle is forced to remain motionless because of traffic conditions over which the operator has no control.

(b) When a motor vehicle is being used as an emergency motor vehicle.

(c) When an engine is providing power takeoff for refrigeration, lift gate pumps, or other auxiliary uses, or is supplying heat or air conditioning necessary for passenger comfort in those vehicles intended for commercial passenger transportation.

(d) When a motor vehicle is being operated by a mechanic for maintenance or diagnostic purposes.

(e) When a motor vehicle is being operated solely to defrost a windshield.

(f) To auxiliary power units used to provide power to operate refrigeration units or system heating and cooling or other necessary systems.

(g) To a tractor during the driver’s federally-mandated rest periods if the temperature is greater than 24 degrees Celsius, 75 degrees Fahrenheit or less than 13 degrees Celsius, 55 degrees Fahrenheit.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2017.