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HB1227: relative to an unattended idling vehicle on private property.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

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CHAPTER 22

HB 1227 - FINAL VERSION

2018 SESSION

18-2158

03/08

HOUSE BILL HB 1227

AN ACT relative to an unattended idling vehicle on private property.


ANALYSIS

This bill provides that person may idle a vehicle unattended on his or her own property.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

18-2158

03/08

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

AN ACT relative to an unattended idling vehicle on private property.

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

22:1 Unattended Vehicle; Idling Allowed. Amend RSA 265:72, I to read as follows:

I. No person driving or in charge of a vehicle shall permit it to stand unattended without first stopping the engine, locking the ignition, removing the key, and effectively setting the brake thereon and, when standing upon any grade, turning the front wheels to the curb or side of the way, unless such vehicle has been started by remote control car starter. This paragraph does not prohibit a person in charge of a vehicle from idling the vehicle unattended on his or her own property.

22:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 15, 2018

Effective Date: July 14, 2018