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2000 SESSION

00-2507

10/09

HOUSE BILL 1322

COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill adds restrictions on the reconstruction of destroyed or abandoned advertising devices and on the height of devices to the regulation of outdoor advertising devices adjacent to interstate, federal aid primary, or turnpike highways.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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00-2507

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand

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

109:1 New Subparagraph; Destroyed or Abandoned Devices. Amend RSA 236:74, I(a) by inserting after subparagraph (5) the following new subparagraph:

(6) No advertising device which is not in conformance with state law shall be permitted to be re-erected if destroyed or abandoned. An exception may be granted by the commissioner for advertising devices destroyed due to acts of vandalism or other criminal or tortious acts.

109:2 New Paragraph; Height of Outdoor Advertising Devices. Amend RSA 236:74 by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:

V. HEIGHT. With respect to advertising devices located adjacent to any interstate, federal aid primary, or turnpike highway, no advertising device shall exceed a height of 50 feet from the base of the structure.

109:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: May 8, 2000)

(Effective Date: July 7, 2000)