Bill Text: NH HB526 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Regulating the use of temporary traffic control personnel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-21 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 03/21/2024 House Journal 9 P. 14 [HB526 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2024-HB526-Introduced.html

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HB 526-FN - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0746

04/08

 

HOUSE BILL 526-FN

 

AN ACT regulating the use of temporary traffic control personnel.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Bickford, Straf. 3

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill regulates the use of temporary traffic control personnel.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0746

04/08

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT regulating the use of temporary traffic control personnel.

 

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

 

1  New Subdivision; Temporary Traffic Control Personnel.  Amend RSA 236 by inserting after section 134 the following new subdivision:

Temporary Traffic Control Personnel

236:135  Temporary Traffic Control Personnel.  A city or town shall only use local law enforcement officers for temporary traffic control when there are specific safety concerns about the project or if qualified traffic flaggers are not available.  

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

 

LBA

23-0746

1/3/23

 

HB 526-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS INTRODUCED

 

AN ACT regulating the use of temporary traffic control personnel.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:      [    ] State              [    ] County               [ X ] Local              [    ] None

	Estimated Increase / (Decrease)
LOCAL:	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026
Revenue	$0	Indeterminable	Indeterminable	Indeterminable
Expenditures	$0	Indeterminable	Indeterminable	Indeterminable

 

METHODOLOGY:

This bill requires municipalities to only use local law enforcement officers for temporary traffic control when there are specific safety concerns about the project, or if qualified traffic flaggers are unavailable. The New Hampshire Municipal Association states that modifying when flaggers versus uniformed officers may be used for traffic control may alter the revenue accrued from special detail projects. Additionally, this bill may reduce the instances of when uniformed officers may be used on municipal projects, potentially decreasing costs for municipally funded projects. Ultimately, this bill’s potential net impact on municipal revenue and expenditures in FY 2024 and beyond cannot be estimated as it would vary by project.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

New Hampshire Municipal Association