CHAPTER 126
SB 370 - FINAL VERSION
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2000 SESSION
04/09
SENATE BILL 370
COMMITTEE: Wildlife and Recreation
This bill provides that no person shall operate a bicycle, except for a bicycle equipped with clipless pedals, or moped unless such bicycle or moped has pedals equipped with an approved pedal reflector. The bill also requires that any person operating a bicycle with clipless pedals shall wear either reflectorized leg bands or some other type of light reflective equipment on their legs or shoes.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand
AN ACT relative to reflectors on bicycle pedals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
126:1 Equipment of Vehicles; Pedal Reflectors Required; Reflective Equipment Required. RSA 266:87 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
266:87 Pedal Reflectors and Reflective Equipment Required.
I. No person shall operate a bicycle, except for a bicycle equipped with clipless pedals, or moped unless such bicycle or moped has pedals equipped with a reflector of a type approved by the director which conform to 49 CFR 571.108 Table 2 and which shall be visible from the front and rear of the bicycle or moped from a distance of 200 feet during darkness.
II. No person, during darkness, shall operate a bicycle equipped with clipless pedals unless the operator is wearing either reflectorized leg bands on the lower exterior of the operator's legs or some other type of light reflective equipment on the exterior of either the operator's legs or shoes.
126:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 8, 2000)
(Effective Date: July 7, 2000)