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NH Rev Stat § 237:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:11 - Toll Criteria.

    237:11 Toll Criteria. –||Tolls shall be established on the New Hampshire turnpike system, the central New Hampshire turnpike and the eastern New Hampshire turnpike in accordance with the following criteria:||I. Until the eastern New Hampshire turnpike becomes part of the New Hampshire turnpike system, tolls shall be established and revised from time to time under RSA 237:24 which are at least sufficient to meet the operating expenses and maintenance costs of the eastern New Hampshire turnpike and to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued to finance the eastern New Hampshire turnpike.||II. Until the central New Hampshire turnpike becomes part of the New Hampshire turnpike system, tolls shall be established and revised from time to time under RSA 237:40 which are at least sufficient to meet the operating expenses and maintenance costs of the central New Hampshire turnpike and to pay the principal and interest on bonds issued to finance the central New Hampshire turnpike.||III. The tolls established or revised from time to time under RSA 237:24 and 237:40 and under 237:9 shall be at least sufficient in the aggregate to meet the aggregate operating expenses and maintenance costs of the central New Hampshire turnpike, the eastern New Hampshire turnpike and the New Hampshire turnpike system and to pay the aggregate principal and interest on bonds issued to finance the central New Hampshire turnpike, the eastern New Hampshire turnpike and the New Hampshire turnpike system.||IV. Insofar as practicable, the tolls on the central New Hampshire turnpike, the eastern New Hampshire turnpike and the New Hampshire turnpike system shall be comparable.||V. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the discount on the established tolls on any of the New Hampshire turnpikes in the system for vehicles listed on a New Hampshire E-Z Pass account and using the regional electronic toll collection system with a New Hampshire E-Z Pass transponder shall be 30 percent for passenger vehicles, including motorcycles, and 10 percent for commercial vehicles.|||Source. RSA 256-C:10. 1971, 520:1. 1979, 218:1. 1981, 87:1. 1983, 427:4. 2001, 247:2. 2004, 241:5. 2005, 177:55, eff. July 1, 2005. 2013, 186:12, eff. Aug. 31, 2013.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:12 - Exemption From Tolls.

    237:12 Exemption From Tolls. –||I. The following motor vehicles shall be granted toll-free use of any section of the New Hampshire turnpike system:||(a) Motor vehicles bearing plates with the state seal as authorized under RSA 261:90.||(b) All vehicles with permanent plates as authorized under RSA 261:92.||(c) Military vehicles of the state and federal governments.||(d) Emergency vehicles going to and returning from their duties.||II. The commissioner of the department of safety may request electronic toll collection equipment from the department of transportation for unmarked vehicles of the New Hampshire state police and undercover vehicles of the department of justice not displaying permanent plates. Accounting procedures for such electronic toll collection equipment shall be established by the commissioner of the department of transportation.||III. The commissioner of the department of transportation shall issue appropriate identification for turnpike employees and employees of state liquor stores on the turnpike, when said employees have to use the turnpike to get to their places of employment. Such identification shall permit toll-free use of the New Hampshire turnpike system only to the extent required by an employee covered in this paragraph to get to and from his place of employment.||IV. The commissioner of the department of transportation may grant, at his discretion, toll-free use of the turnpike system to any person he deems appropriate, by providing proper identification to such person; provided, however, for those persons granted toll-free use pursuant to this paragraph, the commissioner shall propose legislation for consideration at the next session of the general court. If such legislation is not enacted into law, such exemption shall expire at the end of that particular session.|||Source. RSA 256-C:11. 1971, 520:1. 1981, 87:1. 1988, 83:1. 2001, 247:3, eff. July 13, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:13 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:13 - Limited Access.

    237:13 Limited Access. –||The New Hampshire turnpike system shall be limited access highways as defined in RSA 230:44, except that RSA 230:52 shall not apply to ducts, pipes, pipelines, poles, wires or other structures permitted under RSA 237:5, II(g) or to pre-existing facilities on highways, not previously restricted as to access, used as toll-free sections of the system.|||Source. RSA 256-C:12. 1971, 520:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:14 - Contracts for Construction.

    237:14 Contracts for Construction. –||All contracts for the construction of the New Hampshire turnpike system shall be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder submitting a sealed bid after an advertisement calling for bids has been published at least once in each of 2 successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in New Hampshire. The first publication of such advertisement shall be not less than 14 days prior to the date upon which bids are received. Contracts shall be awarded in accordance with RSA 228:4.|||Source. RSA 256-C:13. 1971, 520:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:15 - Toll Reserve Accounts.

    237:15 Toll Reserve Accounts. –||Any excess of toll revenue which may exist from time to time in any of the individual turnpike reserve accounts or the New Hampshire turnpike system reserve account shall be used only to finance extension studies, maintenance, construction, reconstruction and extensions of the system wherever located, interest on bonded indebtedness or retirement of bonded indebtedness or other costs which may be properly charged against these accounts or to the New Hampshire turnpike system.|||Source. RSA 256-C:14. 1971, 520:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:15-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:15-a - Transfers from the General Reserve Account.

    237:15-a Transfers from the General Reserve Account. –||If the expenditure of additional funds over budget estimates is necessary for the proper functioning of the bureau of turnpikes, the department of transportation may request that the governor and council authorize the transfer of funds from the general reserve account for highway purposes.|||Source. 1989, 58:1, eff. June 18, 1989.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:16 - Repealed by 1981, 149:1, eff. July 21, 1981.

    237:16 Repealed by 1981, 149:1, eff. July 21, 1981. –|
NH Rev Stat § 237:16-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:16-a - Definitions.

    237:16-a Definitions. –||In this subdivision:||I. "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of transportation.||II. "Department" means the department of transportation.||III. "Interagency toll collection system" means a system for electronically transmitting information from a device to receiving equipment in a toll lane, which information is used to charge a valid account holder the appropriate toll or charge for use of the turnpike system.||IV. "E-Z Pass" means a regional system of electronic toll collection operated by the members of the E-Z Pass Interagency Group, or when the context requires, means the registered service mark "E-Z Pass."||V. "Interagency group" means the agencies of this or any other state that have mutually agreed to operate the E-Z Pass regional interagency toll collection system by use of similar practices, procedures, and toll collection equipment.||VI. "Toll lane" means electronic and/or cash lanes, or electronic lanes with no cash option.|||Source. 2001, 247:1, eff. July 13, 2001. 2019, 312:5, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:16-b (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:16-b - Regional Interagency Toll Collection Authorized.

    237:16-b Regional Interagency Toll Collection Authorized. –||The commissioner is hereby authorized to execute all documents and perform all other acts necessary to enter into and carry out the provisions of a regional interagency toll collection system agreement with the Interagency Group in order to increase the efficiency of turnpike operation and to improve traffic management in the state and region.|||Source. 2001, 247:1, eff. July 13, 2001. 2019, 312:6, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:16-c (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:16-c - E-Z Pass Operations Interagency Agreement.

    237:16-c E-Z Pass Operations Interagency Agreement. –||I. The commissioner shall represent the state as a member of the Interagency Group and shall participate in the determination of practices, policies, procedures, and in the selection of equipment and contractors used to provide consistent toll collections throughout the region in accordance with the terms of the Interagency Agreement for Operations, as the same may be amended from time to time.||II. Notwithstanding the variations in physical and operating characteristics of member agencies' toll collection equipment, it shall be the power and duty of the Interagency Group to assure that similar operating parameters and procedures are established to provide for consistent, safe E-Z Pass operation throughout the region.||III. This agreement shall be construed liberally to accomplish its purposes, but in the event a dispute arises, it shall be resolved in accordance with a provision establishing a procedure for the arbitration and resolution of disputes contained in the agreement.||IV. The commissioner may enter into discussions with other state jurisdictions to create reciprocal agreements for the enforcement and collection of tolls and administrative fees due. The departments of transportation and safety may release driver's and owner's information to other jurisdictions for the purpose of enforcement or collection of tolls and may take such other action as is necessary to effectuate the reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreements.||V. For effective toll collection enforcement, the department of transportation and the department of safety may accept a request from another state to deny registration renewal privileges for a vehicle registration plate in accordance with RSA 263:56-f for unpaid tolls incurred in the other state, provided that the other state represents that the request is in keeping with criteria for denial of registration renewal privileges as set forth in the states' respective reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreement. Any costs incurred for the implementation of software to effectuate reciprocal toll collection enforcement agreements shall be reimbursed from the turnpike fund.|||Source. 2001, 247:1, eff. July 13, 2001. 2009, 144:83, eff. July 1, 2009. 2015, 242:2, eff. Sept. 11, 2015. 2019, 312:7, eff. Oct. 1, 2019.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:16-d (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:16-d - Rulemaking.

    237:16-d Rulemaking. –||The commissioner may adopt such rules as are necessary to enforce the terms of this agreement, which shall be exempt from the provisions of RSA 541-A and shall have the effect of law, and which shall provide for each of the member states or agencies to collect tolls and perform audits on behalf of the other member states or agencies. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the adoption of rules which alter any existing or establish any new tolls, fees, penalties, or interest charges; provided, however, that the rules may include tolls, fees, penalties, or interest charges which are otherwise provided for by the laws of this state.|||Source. 2001, 247:1, eff. July 13, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:16-e (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:16-e - Confidentiality of Records.

    237:16-e Confidentiality of Records. –||Notwithstanding RSA 91-A or any other provision of law, all information received by the department that could serve to identify vehicles, vehicle owners, vehicle occupants, or account holders in any electronic toll collection system in use in this state shall be for the exclusive use of the department for the sole purpose of administering the electronic toll collection system, and shall not be open to any other organization or person, nor be used in any court in any action or proceeding, unless the action or proceeding relates to the imposition of or indemnification for liability pursuant to this subdivision. The department may make such information available to another organization or person in the course of its administrative duties, only on the condition that the organization or person receiving such information is subject to the limitations set forth in this section. For the purposes of this section, administration or administrative duties shall not include marketing, soliciting existing account holders to participate in additional services, taking polls, or engaging in other similar activities for any purpose. The use and release of all information obtained from the department of safety pursuant to RSA 260:14, III-a, shall be governed by RSA 260:14.|||Source. 2001, 247:1. 2004, 19:2, eff. June 4, 2004. 2015, 242:3, eff. Sept. 11, 2015.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:16-f (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:16-f - Immunity.

    237:16-f Immunity. –||Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to constitute a waiver of the sovereign immunity of the state, or any other defense, right, immunity, or other protection under law, including any statutory provision, as a result of participation in this agreement.|||Source. 2001, 247:1, eff. July 13, 2001.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:16-g (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:16-g - Additional Uses of E-Z Pass System.

    237:16-g Additional Uses of E-Z Pass System. –||The commissioner may approve the use of the E-Z Pass system for the payment of non-toll based financial obligations voluntarily incurred by an account holder, provided that:||I. The financial obligation has been incurred for a purpose approved by the department pursuant to RSA 237:16-d, or the Interagency Group pursuant to procedures adopted in accordance with RSA 237:16-c.||II. The business entity to be paid through the system has entered into a written agreement with the department, or another member of the Interagency Group, agreeing to be bound by:||(a) All of the practices, procedures, and policies of the department or the Interagency Group;||(b) The requirements for confidentiality of information regarding the vehicle, the vehicle owner, and vehicle occupants under RSA 237:16-e;||(c) All applicable federal and state laws, regulations, and rules regulating the consumer credit transaction between the business entity and the account holder; and||(d) A process for the resolution of disputed charges with account holders, which includes an agreement to hold the department and its agents harmless for the payment of any unpaid financial obligation to the business entity incurred by the account holder through the E-Z Pass system.||III. The account holder has, as a result of signing a written account holder agreement prior to incurring charges on the account:||(a) Agreed to be liable for payment of such obligations in accordance with the terms of the agreement;||(b) Been provided with notice of all current policies regarding the sharing of information regarding the account and transactions incurred through the E-Z Pass system; and||(c) Been provided with notice of procedures available to resolve disputes arising from transactions incurred through the E-Z Pass system.||IV. The department may establish reasonable fees to be charged to account holders and business entities participating in this program, and to recover costs of administration, enforcement, and improvement of the E-Z Pass system. Such fees shall be deposited in the turnpike fund.|||Source. 2004, 19:1, eff. June 4, 2004.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:18 - Highways Named.

    237:18 Highways Named. –||The portion of the toll road from the Massachusetts-New Hampshire boundary in the town of Seabrook to a point on the New Hampshire-Maine boundary in the city of Portsmouth shall be designated as the Blue Star memorial highway as provided in chapter 115, Laws of 1949, and shall be located on the road as now constructed. That part of the said toll road from the Portsmouth traffic circle in the city of Portsmouth to a point in the vicinity of the town of Milton, shall be designated and named Spaulding turnpike.|||Source. 1953, 237:1, par. 2. RSA 256:2. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981. 2009, 144:75, eff. July 1, 2009.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:19 - Highway Patrol.

    237:19 Highway Patrol. –||Law enforcement and public safety services on the turnpike system shall be provided by the department of safety, division of state police. The cost of these services shall be a charge on the fund established under RSA 237:24.|||Source. 1950, 8:1. 1953, 237:1, par. 3. RSA 256:3. 1961, 166:3. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 16:3, eff. April 1, 1985.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:20 - Funds Provided.

    237:20 Funds Provided. –||A sum not exceeding $7,000,000 for the construction of the toll road from a point on the Massachusetts-New Hampshire boundary in the town of Seabrook to a point in the city of Portsmouth and a sum not exceeding $14,300,000 for the construction from said point in the city of Portsmouth to a point in the vicinity of the city of Rochester is hereby appropriated as hereinafter provided for the purposes of carrying into effect the provisions of this subdivision.|||Source. 1947, 295:4. 1949, 303:1. 1953, 237:1, par. 4. RSA 256:4. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:21 - Borrowing Power.

    237:21 Borrowing Power. –||I. The state treasurer is hereby authorized under the direction of the governor and council to borrow upon the credit of the state a sum not exceeding $21,300,000 for the purposes of carrying into effect the provisions of this subdivision and for that purpose may issue bonds in the name and on behalf of the state of New Hampshire at a rate of interest to be determined by the governor and council.||II. The maturity dates of such bonds shall be determined by the governor and council but in no case shall they be later than 30 years from the date of issue and may be redeemable before maturity at the option of the governor and council at such price or prices and under such terms and conditions as may be fixed by the governor and council prior to the issuance of the bonds. Such bonds shall contain an express guarantee which shall be deemed a contract on the part of the state that tolls will be collected in accordance with the provisions of this subdivision until the date of maturity of said bonds or until sufficient money shall have accumulated to pay said bonds and the interest thereon at or prior to dates of maturity. The bonds shall be in such form and such denominations as the governor and council shall determine, may be registerable as to both principal and interest, shall be countersigned by the governor, and shall be deemed a pledge of the full faith and credit of the state. The governor may authorize his countersignature on said bonds to be by facsimile signature.||III. The secretary of state shall keep an account of all such bonds showing the number and amount of each, the time and date of countersigning, the date of delivery to the treasurer, and the date of maturity.||IV. The state treasurer shall keep an account of each bond showing the number thereof, the name of the person to whom sold, the amount received from the same, the date of the sale and the date of maturity.|||Source. 1947, 295:5. 1949, 303:2. 1953, 237:1, par. 5. RSA 256:5. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:22 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:22 - Short Term Notes.

    237:22 Short Term Notes. –||Prior to the issuance of the bonds hereunder, the state treasurer with the approval of the governor and council may for the purposes hereof borrow money from time to time on short term loans which may be refunded by the issuance of the bonds hereunder. Provided, however, that at no one time shall the indebtedness of the state on such short term loans exceed the sum of $14,300,000.|||Source. 1947, 295:7. 1949, 44:1. 1953, 237:1, par. 6. RSA 256:6. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 237:23 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 237 - Turnpike System|Section 237:23 - Sale of Bonds or Notes.

    237:23 Sale of Bonds or Notes. –||I. All bonds or notes (except short-term loans) issued under the provisions of this subdivision shall be sold (1) at public sealed bidding (2) only after an advertisement calling for bids has been published at least once in each of 2 successive calendar weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in New Hampshire and in a financial publication of national circulation, the first publication being not less than 15 days prior to the day the bids will be received, and (3) to the highest bidder. The governor and council may reject any or all bids, or negotiate with the highest responsible bidder.||II. The proceeds from the sale of such bonds shall be held by the treasurer and paid out by him upon warrants drawn by the governor for the purposes of this subdivision alone, and the governor with the advice and consent of the council shall draw his warrant for the payment from the funds provided by this subdivision of all sums expended or due for the purposes herein authorized, provided, however, that such expenditures or commitments shall not exceed the sum of $5,000,000 prior to July 1, 1955. All interest from such bonds shall be exempt from taxation within the state of New Hampshire.|||Source. 1947, 295:6. 1953, 237:1, par. 7. RSA 256:7. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|