Bill Text: NH SB598 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requiring funeral procession lead vehicles to obey yield signs.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-16 - Public Hearing: 04/23/2024 10:00 am Legislative Office Building 203 [SB598 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB598-Introduced.html
SB 598-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-3156
11/08
SENATE BILL 598-FN
AN ACT requiring funeral procession lead vehicles to obey yield signs.
SPONSORS: Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Carson, Dist 14; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Rep. Kuttab, Rock. 17
COMMITTEE: Transportation
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ANALYSIS
This bill requires funeral escort lead vehicles to obey yield signs before proceeding.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3156
11/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT requiring funeral procession lead vehicles to obey yield signs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Funeral Escort Lead Vehicles; Yield Signs. Amend RSA 265:156, I to read as follows:
I. The operator of a funeral lead vehicle shall comply with stop signs, yield signs, and traffic control signals. When the funeral lead vehicle has proceeded across an intersection in accordance with a signal or after stopping as required by a stop or yield sign, all vehicles in the funeral procession may proceed without stopping, regardless of the sign or signal. The lead vehicle and the vehicles in the funeral procession shall proceed with due caution. Operators of vehicles in a funeral procession shall have the right-of-way.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2025.
24-3156
1/26/24
SB 598-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT requiring funeral procession lead vehicles to obey yield signs.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ X ] County [ X ] Local [ ] None
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Revenue | $0 | Indeterminable | ||||
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Funding Source | General Fund | |||||
Appropriations | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
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County Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
County Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | ||||
Local Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||
Local Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | ||||
METHODOLOGY:
This bill expands RSA 265:156, I, relative to operation of a funeral lead vehicle, by adding said vehicles comply with yield signs. Under current law (RSA 265:31), there is a violation level penalty, with a $100 fine, for failure to yield. It is unknown how many, if any, such offenses might occur, therefore, it cannot be predicted if this bill could have an impact on the judicial and correctional systems, which could affect prosecution, incarceration, probation, and parole costs, for the state, as well as county and local governments. A summary of such costs can be found at: https://gencourt.state.nh.us/lba/Budget/Fiscal_Notes/JudicialCorrectionalCosts.pdf
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Judicial Branch, Judicial Council, Department of Justice, Department of Corrections, New Hampshire Association of Counties, and New Hampshire Municipal Association
