Bill Text: NH HB428 | 2019 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to pedestrian control signals.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-13 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/10/2019; Chapter 13; Eff: 07/09/2019 [HB428 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB428-Enrolled.html
HB 428 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
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2019 SESSION
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11/06
HOUSE BILL 428
AN ACT relative to pedestrian control signals.
SPONSORS: Rep. Klee, Hills. 30; Rep. Keans, Straf. 23; Rep. M. Pearson, Rock. 34; Rep. Webb, Rock. 6
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies when a vehicle may turn right while a steady or flashing walk signal is being displayed on the pedestrian control signal.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen
AN ACT relative to pedestrian control signals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Motor Vehicles; Rules of the Road; Pedestrian Control Signals. Amend RSA 265:11, I to read as follows:
I. Walk-Pedestrians facing such steady or flashing signal may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal and shall be given the right of way by the drivers of all vehicles. [There shall be no right turn allowed for any vehicle while a steady or flashing walk signal is being displayed.]
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
