HB 1401 - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
08/09
HOUSE BILL 1401
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill changes the regulation of highway or road agents.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
01-2392
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT relative to the authority of highway agents.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Highway Agents. Amend RSA 231:62 to read as follows:
231:62 Highway Agents. Unless the town votes to establish a board of public works commissioners under RSA 38-C to perform the duties of highway agents, at the annual meeting, or less often if a town has so provided pursuant to RSA 231:62-a or 231:62-b, each town shall elect by ballot, or by [major] majority vote authorize the selectmen to appoint, one or more highway agents, who[, under the direction of the selectmen,] shall have charge of the construction, maintenance, and repair of all town highways and bridges and the maintenance and repair of all sidewalks within the town, except as provided in the laws pertaining to state aid for highways and bridges and town road and bridge aid, and shall have authority to employ the necessary men and equipment, and purchase timber, planks, and other material for construction and repair of such highways and bridges; and they may remove gravel, rocks, or other materials from one part of the town to another, doing no damage to adjoining land, for the purpose of grading or otherwise repairing the same. Elected road agents shall obtain consent of the selectmen in the performance of their duties. A vote authorizing appointment of highway agents shall continue in effect until changed by [major] majority vote at an annual or special meeting.
2 Compensation. Amend RSA 231:66 to read as follows:
231:66 Compensation; Statements. The compensation of [such] elected agents shall be fixed [by the town or selectmen] in the budget of the town, and they shall render to the selectmen weekly statements of their expenditures, and shall receive money from the treasurer [only] on the order of the selectmen.
3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.