CHAPTER 24
HB 1141 - FINAL VERSION
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1141
AN ACT relative to access highways to public waters.
SPONSORS: Rep. Royce, Ches 9; Rep. R. Nowe, Rock 3; Sen. Johnson, Dist 3
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
This bill permits a new boating access highway to be laid out subject to the condition that it shall not be maintained during the winter months. This bill also eliminates the requirement that refurbished service roads included in the statewide public boat access program be laid out as limited access facilities.
This bill is a request of the public water access advisory board.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2198
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to access highways to public waters.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
24:1 Transportation; Highway System in the State; Classification; Class III-a Highways. Amend RSA 229:5, III-a to read as follows:
III-a. Class III-a highways shall consist of new boating access highways from any existing highway to any public water in this state. All class III-a highways shall be limited access facilities as defined in RSA 230:44. Class III-a highways shall be subject to the layout, design, construction, and maintenance provisions of RSA 230:45-47 and all other provisions relative to limited access facilities, except that the executive director of the fish and game department shall have the same authority for class III-a highways that is delegated to the commissioner of the department of transportation for limited access facilities. [No access shall be granted to an abutter for any class III-a highway.] A class III-a highway may be laid out subject to the condition that it shall not be maintained during the winter months. A class III-a highway may be laid out subject to gates and bars or restricted to the accommodation of persons on foot, or certain vehicles, or both, if federal funds are not used. The executive director of fish and game may petition the governor and council to discontinue any class III-a highway.
24:2 Transportation; Access to Public Waters; Public Boat Access Program; Acquisition and Retention. Amend RSA 233-A:7 to read as follows:
233-A:7 Acquisition and Retention. The fish and game department, in order to establish and improve public boat access areas, shall acquire and retain lands, easements, and interests or rights in land needed for the statewide public boat access program by donation, gift, purchase, lease, or condemnation upon terms and conditions that are consistent with state and federal guidelines. All newly acquired[,] or constructed [or refurbished] service roads included in the statewide public boat access program shall be laid out as limited access facilities under the provisions of RSA 230:45-47.
24:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: March 29, 2000)
(Effective Date: May 28, 2000)