2004 SESSION

04-3171

04/09

SENATE BILL 458

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill defines private driving instruction and exhibition facilities and exempts such facilities from local regulation of motor vehicle race tracks.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04-3171

04/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Four

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

4:1 New Chapter; Private Driving Instruction and Exhibition Facilities. Amend RSA by inserting after chapter 287-F the following new chapter:

CHAPTER 287-G

PRIVATE DRIVING INSTRUCTION AND EXHIBITION FACILITIES

287-G:1 Definition; Exemption.

I. "Private driving instruction and exhibition facility" shall mean a facility containing a paved roadway 2 or more miles in length the use of which is limited to:

(a) Providing instruction and training in safe driving skills, adverse weather driving techniques, or high performance driving;

(b) The exhibition, maintenance, and operation of vintage or specialty motor vehicles;

(c) Conducting supervised amateur competitions; and

(d) Similar non-spectator activities which are recreational or educational in nature.

II. A private driving instruction and exhibition facility shall not be considered a motor vehicle race track for the purposes of RSA 31:41-a or RSA 31:42.

4:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: March 5, 2004)

(Effective Date: May 4, 2004)