2001 SESSION

01-0743

03/01

HOUSE BILL 666

COMMITTEE: Election Law

ANALYSIS

This bill permits the placement of political advertising on highway rights-of-way.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

01-0743

03/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One

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

1 Placement and Removal of Political Advertising; Highway Rights-of-Way. Amend RSA 664:17 to read as follows:

664:17 Placement and Removal of Political Advertising. No political advertising shall be placed on or affixed to any public property, [including] except highway rights-of-way, or private property without the owner's consent. The earliest date on which political advertising may be placed or affixed shall be the last Friday in July prior to a state primary. All political advertising shall be removed by the candidate no later than the second Friday following the election unless the election is a primary and the advertising concerns a candidate who is a winner in the primary. No person shall remove, deface or knowingly destroy any political advertising which is placed on or affixed to any private property except the owner of the property or a law enforcement officer removing improper advertising; provided, however, that, before a law enforcement officer removes any advertisement, [he] the law enforcement officer shall notify the candidate that it is improper, and allow the candidate 24 hours to remove the advertisement himself or herself.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.