HB 1280-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
06/09
HOUSE BILL 1280-FN
AN ACT raising the maximum speed limit on all New Hampshire interstate highways from 65 to 70 miles per hour and on portions of the interstate specifically posted currently at 55 miles per hour to 60 miles per hour.
SPONSORS: Rep. Vaillancourt, Hills 44; Rep. Soltani, Merr 10; Rep. Mirski, Graf 12; Rep. Phinizy, Sull 7
This bill raises the maximum speed limit on New Hampshire interstate highways from 65 to 70 miles per hour and on portions of the interstate specifically posted currently at 55 miles per hour to 60 miles per hour.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-2046
06/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT raising the maximum speed limit on all New Hampshire interstate highways from 65 to 70 miles per hour and on portions of the interstate specifically posted currently at 55 miles per hour to 60 miles per hour.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Speed Limits Raised. Amend RSA 265:60, II(e) to read as follows:
(e) [65] 70 miles an hour on the interstate system, the central New Hampshire turnpike and the eastern New Hampshire turnpike in locations where said highways are 4-lane divided highways or other divided highways of 4 or more lanes; except that the speed limit on portions of the interstate system or New Hampshire turnpike which had a posted speed limit of 55 miles per hour on the effective date of this act shall be 60 miles per hour.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
01-2046
7/11/01
HB 1280-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT raising the maximum speed limit on all New Hampshire interstate highways from 65 to 70 miles per hour and on portions of the interstate specifically posted currently at 55 miles per hour to 60 miles per hour.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Transportation indicates this bill will increase state highway fund expenditures by $18,000 in FY 2002. There will be no fiscal impact to state, county and local revenue or county and local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department states this bill will require 265 signs to be changed to reflect the new speed limits. The Department estimates each change to a sign will cost $67.50, for a total cost of $17,887.50.