HB1108: relative to the prescribed manner of posting land.

HB 1108 - AS INTRODUCED

2022 SESSION

22-2575

11/04

HOUSE BILL 1108

AN ACT relative to the prescribed manner of posting land.

SPONSORS: Rep. Read, Rock. 17; Rep. Kenney, Straf. 6; Rep. Spang, Straf. 6; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety

ANALYSIS

This bill allows a person to apply purple paint on trees, rocks, or posts to prevent criminal trespass and other physical activities on such person's land.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

22-2575

11/04

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two

AN ACT relative to the prescribed manner of posting land.

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

1 Unauthorized Entries; Prescribed Manner of Posting. Amend RSA 635:4 to read as follows:

635:4 Prescribed Manner of Posting. A person may post his or her land to prohibit criminal trespass and physical activities by either or both of the following:

I. Posting signs of durable material with any words describing the physical activity prohibited, such as "No Hunting or Trespassing", printed with block letters no less than 2 inches in height[, and with]. Writing in the name and address of the owner or lessee of such land is optional. Such signs shall be posted not more than 100 yards apart on all sides and shall also be posted at gates, bars and commonly used entrances. This section shall not prevent any owner from adding to the language required by this section.

II. Painting purple paint on trees, rocks, or posts in vertical lines of not less than 8 inches in length and not less than one inch in width, placed so that the mark is between 3 and 5 feet from the ground, and placed at locations no more than 100 yards apart on all sides and at gates, bars, and commonly used entrances.

2 Unauthorized Entries; Penalty. Amend RSA 635:5 to read as follows:

635:5 Penalty. Any person who is found removing, defacing or destroying any sign, poster, paint marks, or property of another shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor.

3 Effective Date. Part I of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.