CHAPTER 63
HB 1613 - FINAL VERSION
17feb00.....3363h
2000 SESSION
HOUSE BILL 1613
AN ACT exempting police officers on bicycles from certain motor vehicle laws and rules.
SPONSORS: Rep. K. Hutchinson, Rock 29
This bill exempts police officers on bicycles from motor vehicle laws and rules regarding riding on bicycles.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
17feb00.....3363h
00-2776
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT exempting police officers on bicycles from certain motor vehicle laws and rules.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
63:1 Police Officer on Bicycles; Exemption. Amend RSA 265:143 to read as follows:
265:143 Application of Motor Vehicle Laws to Bicycles.
I. Every person propelling a vehicle by human power or riding a bicycle shall have all of the rights and be subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle under the rules of the road, except as provided in paragraph II and as to special regulations in this subdivision and except as to those provisions which by their nature can have no application.
II.(a) Any peace officer, wearing a distinctive uniform, operating a bicycle during the course of his or her duties is exempt from the provisions of this subdivision, except as those provisions relate to driving under the influence of alcoholic beverages or drugs, if the bicycle is being operated under any of the following circumstances:
(1) In response to an emergency call.
(2) While engaged in a rescue operation.
(3) In the immediate pursuit of an actual or suspected violator of the law.
(b) This paragraph shall not relieve a peace officer from the duty to operate a bicycle with due regard for the safety of all persons using the public way.
63:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: April 17, 2000)
(Effective Date: June 16, 2000)