CHAPTER 30
HB 1132 - FINAL VERSION
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2002 SESSION
03/09
HOUSE BILL 1132
This bill prohibits a person from driving a motorcycle on which the grips are higher than the shoulder level of the driver when in the seat or saddle.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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01-2131
03/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Two
AN ACT relative to grip height on motorcycles.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
30:1 Motorcycles; Grips, Handlebars; Height. Amend RSA 266:77 to read as follows:
266:77 Grips; Handlebars. No person shall drive on a way a motorcycle on which the grips are [more than 15 inches higher than the seat or saddle for] higher than the shoulder level of the driver when in the seat or saddle. It shall be illegal to drive a motorcycle with improvised, defective, or repaired handlebars.
30:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: April 8, 2002)
(Effective Date: June 7, 2002)