HB 1336-LOCAL - AS INTRODUCED
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1336-LOCAL
AN ACT relative to posting of roads in municipalities.
COMMITTEE: Public Works and Highways
This bill requires any municipality posting a road for less than 16 tons to justify the tonnage restriction through documentation. Written recommendations from the district engineer, the university of New Hampshire technology transfer center, and the municipal road agent shall be adequate documentation.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
00-2755
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to posting of roads in municipalities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Posting of Maximum Weight Limits on Class IV, V and VI Roads; Justification by Documentation. Amend RSA 231:191 by inserting after paragraph I the following new paragraph:
I-a. Municipalities posting roads for less than 16 tons, a limit commonly used for state-maintained highways, shall justify by documentation the reasons for posting the road or roads for a lower tonnage restriction. Written recommendations from the district engineer, the university of New Hampshire technology transfer center, and the municipal road agent shall be considered adequate documentation.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.