CHAPTER 120
SB 206-FN - FINAL VERSION
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2003 SESSION
10/09
SENATE BILL 206-FN
AN ACT relative to the registration of OHRVs used as grooming equipment for cross country ski trails.
COMMITTEE: Wildlife and Recreation
This bill adds cross country ski trail maintenance OHRVs to the term "OHRV trails maintenance vehicles" for purposes of OHRV registration.
The bill also includes cross country ski trail connectors in the supervision of highway right-of-way crossings.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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03-1178
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three
AN ACT relative to the registration of OHRVs used as grooming equipment for cross country ski trails.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
120:1 OHRV Trail Maintenance Vehicle; Cross Country Skiing Trails. Amend RSA 215-A:1, VI-a to read as follows:
VI-a. "OHRV trails maintenance vehicle" means any mechanically-propelled vehicle used to maintain OHRV trails or cross country ski trails, classified by the chief of the bureau of trails. When said vehicle is registered as an OHRV trails maintenance vehicle, it shall not be used for recreational purposes. For the purposes of this chapter, all vehicles within this definition shall be classified as off highway recreational vehicles.
120:2 Trail Connector; Cross Country Ski Trails. Amend RSA 215-A:1, XVII to read as follows:
XVII. "Trail connector" means that specific portion of an OHRV trail or cross country ski trail on which an OHRV trail maintenance vehicle may operate authorized within a state highway right-of-way by the department of transportation.
120:3 Bureau Responsibilities; Cross Country Ski Trail Maintenance. Amend RSA 215-A:3, VI to read as follows:
VI. The supervisor of the bureau shall receive all written requests from persons applying for permission to establish a highway trail crossing or trail connector on any class I, class II or class III highway for any OHRV trail or cross country ski trail on which an OHRV trail maintenance vehicle may operate. The requests shall be submitted by the supervisor to the commissioner of the department of transportation or the commissioner's representative for the department's approval or disapproval. If approval is granted, the commissioner of the department of transportation may post the area with appropriate signs designating the location of the trail crossing or trail connector and providing signs for both sides of the highway at an appropriate distance from the crossing or trail connector to warn the motoring public of said crossing or trail connector.
120:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.
(Approved: June 12, 2003)
(Effective Date: July 1, 2003)