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NH Rev Stat § 235:32 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 235 - Federal and State Highway Aid|Section 235:32 - Repealed by 1983, 122:7, X, eff. July 1, 1983.

    235:32 Repealed by 1983, 122:7, X, eff. July 1, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 235:33 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 235 - Federal and State Highway Aid|Section 235:33 - Repealed by 1983, 122:7, XI, eff. July 1, 1983.

    235:33 Repealed by 1983, 122:7, XI, eff. July 1, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 235:34 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 235 - Federal and State Highway Aid|Section 235:34 - State Contribution to Damage Losses.

    235:34 State Contribution to Damage Losses. –||Any city, town or unincorporated place which suffers damage to its highways through disaster which is estimated to exceed 1/8 of one percent of its assessed valuation shall be entitled to aid in the repair of such damage. The commissioner shall be notified of such damage and, after an investigation, shall estimate the amount of aid to which the city, town or unincorporated place is entitled. The commissioner shall survey the damaged highways and prepare an estimate of cost for rehabilitation of these highways, notifying the towns of the proportionate share which the state will contribute and the estimated amount of aid available. Aid to any city, town or unincorporated place shall be computed on that amount which is in excess of an amount equal to 1/8 of one percent of its assessed valuation and shall not exceed 75% of the cost of the damage in excess of this amount. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the city, town or unincorporated place from making such emergency repairs as are deemed necessary for public convenience; and such sum expended shall be considered part of the town's contribution.|||Source. 1951, 83:1, part 13:12. RSA 241:13. 1971, 504:4. 1981, 87:1. 1983, 122:5, eff. July 1, 1983.|
NH Rev Stat § 235:35 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 235 - Federal and State Highway Aid|Section 235:35 - Repealed by 1983, 122:7, XII, eff. July 1, 1983.

    235:35 Repealed by 1983, 122:7, XII, eff. July 1, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 235:36 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 235 - Federal and State Highway Aid|Section 235:36 - Repealed by 1983, 122:7, XIII, eff. July 1, 1983.

    235:36 Repealed by 1983, 122:7, XIII, eff. July 1, 1983. –|
NH Rev Stat § 235:37 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 235 - Federal and State Highway Aid|Section 235:37 - Work Done by Private Contractor.

    235:37 Work Done by Private Contractor. –||The commissioner of transportation shall require every private contractor engaged in construction or maintenance work by contract with the state, county, city or town, on any state, state aid or town aid highway or bridge project, and who employs 5 or more persons in the state, to file with the commissioner of labor and commissioner of transportation of this state a declaration of acceptance of the provisions of RSA 281-A, "Workers' Compensation" before any work is begun on such project.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 15:1. 1950, 5:1, part 9:1, par. 2. RSA 244:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(6). 1994, 158:16, eff. May 23, 1994.|
NH Rev Stat § 235:38 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 235 - Federal and State Highway Aid|Section 235:38 - Workmen To Be Town Employees.

    235:38 Workmen To Be Town Employees. –||Every workman on every state aid or town aid highway or bridge project, except workmen employed by the department of transportation in its engineering force or by private contractor engaged in construction or maintenance work on such project by contract with the state, county, city or town, shall be deemed to be in the employ of the county, city or town contributing to the cost of such project and not in the employ of the state.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 15:2. 1950, 5:1, part 9:1, par. 2. RSA 244:2. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(a)(6).|
NH Rev Stat § 235:39 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 235 - Federal and State Highway Aid|Section 235:39 - Insurance; Charge Against Joint Fund.

    235:39 Insurance;  Charge Against Joint Fund. –||When any county, town or city may have accepted the provisions of RSA 281, pursuant to RSA 281:7 and in which county, town or city there are spent state funds on any state aid or town aid highway or bridge project, the joint fund for such project may be charged that portion of premiums it pays for workers' compensation insurance which the commissioner of transportation determines to be the amount which should be allocated to such project.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 15:3. 1950, 5:1, part 9:1, par. 2. RSA 244:3. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(6).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:1 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:1 - Regulation.

    236:1 Regulation. –||I. The commissioner may regulate the use of class I, class II, and class III highways in towns or cities without compact sections and in other towns and cities outside the compact portion thereof as determined by him, including the use of rights-of-way.||II. The commissioner may establish stop intersections, erect stop signs, yield right-of-way signs, or other traffic devices or signals thereon or upon any way entering thereon.|||Source. 1921, 32:1. PL 91:5. 1935, 117:1. RL 107:7. 1945, 188:1, part 19:1. RSA 249:5. 1955, 178:1; 333:4. 1957, 181:5. 1973, 418:5. 1975, 249:5. 1977, 75:1. 1981, 87:1; 443:5. 1985, 235:6; 305:1, 3. 1986, 136:5, eff. May 27, 1986.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:2 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:2 - Control Regulations Filed.

    236:2 Control Regulations Filed. –||Regulations controlling traffic by such stop signs, devices, or signals shall be filed with the department of transportation and shall be open to public inspection.|||Source. 1921, 32:1. PL 91:6. 1935, 117:1. 1937, 25:1. 1941, 42:1. RL 107:8. 1945, 188:1, part 19:2. RSA 249:6. 1977, 75:2. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(a)(7). 2008, 141:1, eff. Aug. 5, 2008.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:3 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:3 - Other Regulations.

    236:3 Other Regulations. –||Other regulations, seasonal or otherwise, shall be posted on every such highway affected thereby.|||Source. 1937, 25:2. RL 107:9. 1945, 188:1, part 19:3. RSA 249:7. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:3-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:3-a - Exclusion From Seasonal Highway Weight Limit for Certain Vehicles.

    236:3-a Exclusion From Seasonal Highway Weight Limit for Certain Vehicles. –||Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule to the contrary, the following vehicles shall be excluded from the seasonal highway weight limit regulations with the approval of the district engineer, department of transportation:||I. Heating fuel delivery vehicles.||II. Trucks delivering processed milk products.||III. [Repealed.] ||IV. Trucks carrying sap for maple syrup production.||V. Septic pumper trucks and accompanying supply trucks.|||Source. 1998, 306:6, eff. Aug. 25, 1998. 2010, 126:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2011; 126:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2013. 2015, 61:1, eff. Jan. 1, 2016. 2016, 124:1, eff. July 19, 2016.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:4 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:4 - Penalty and Liability.

    236:4 Penalty and Liability. –||Any person violating the provisions of such posted regulations shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. Any person shall be liable for all damage occasioned thereby.|||Source. 1921, 32:1; 61:1. PL 91:7. 1935, 117:1. RL 107:10. 1945, 188:1, part 19:4. RSA 249:8. 1973, 530:24. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:5 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:5 - Stop Signs and Signals; Presumption of Legality.

    236:5 Stop Signs and Signals;  Presumption of Legality. –||Every stop sign, traffic device, or traffic signal erected on any public highway shall be deemed lawfully erected and maintained and to conform to standards set by the commissioner of transportation and approved by him as to type, size, installation and method of operation, until the contrary is proven, in all cases, civil or criminal.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 19:5. RSA 249:9. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:6 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:6 - When Not Erected by Officials; Penalty.

    236:6 When Not Erected by Officials;  Penalty. –||If any person, except a public officer or official or a person acting under his direction or order, erects on any public highway a stop sign, traffic device, or traffic signal, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 19:6. RSA 249:10. 1973, 528:130. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:7 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:7 - Establishment of Speed Zones.

    236:7 Establishment of Speed Zones. –||Whenever the commissioner of transportation shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, or in the event of vehicle or weather emergencies, that any prima facie speed limit set forth in RSA 265:60 is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place, or upon any part of a class I, class II or class III highway, outside the compact part of cities or towns, said commissioner may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereat which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or part of said highway. Such signs may carry either a fixed speed limit legend or a changeable message so designed as to permit display of different speed limits at various times of the day or night. Such a prima facie speed limit may be declared to be effective at all times or at such times as are indicated upon said signs. The commissioner shall keep and maintain a full and complete record of all speed zones established by him and all alterations, amendments or removal thereof.|||Source. 1949, 286:3. 1950, 5:1, part 9:1, par. 2. RSA 249:11. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1999, 73:3, eff. July 27, 1999.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:8 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:8 - Damaging Guard Rails or Highway Signs; Penalty.

    236:8 Damaging Guard Rails or Highway Signs;  Penalty. –||Any person who willfully removes, injures, defaces or damages any guard rail, guide board, sign, post, marker, or the letters or figures thereon, or any traffic device or traffic signal, or any design, marking or wording used to designate a highway route or painted on the highway to control traffic, erected, painted or maintained by the state or a city or town, on any public highway, or any snow fence on any such highway or land adjacent thereto, shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person.|||Source. 1917, 91:1, 2. PL 91:8, 9. RL 107:11, 12. 1945, 188:1, part 19:7. RSA 249:12. 1973, 530:25. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:8-a (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:8-a - Repealed by 2021, 141:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.

    236:8-a Repealed by 2021, 141:2, eff. Nov. 1, 2021. –|
NH Rev Stat § 236:9 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:9 - Excavation; Permit; Emergency.

    236:9 Excavation;  Permit;  Emergency. –||It shall be unlawful to excavate or disturb the shoulders, ditches, embankments or the surface improved for travel of any class I or class III highway or state-maintained portion of any class II highway for any purpose whatever without written permission from the commissioner of transportation or his district engineer, or any other highway without written permission from the selectmen or highway agent of the town, or the mayor and aldermen or street commissioner of the city; provided that in cases of emergency where the public health or safety is endangered such immediate action as may be necessary may be taken without such permission, but in such cases the person directing or taking such action shall at once notify the official empowered to give written permission.|||Source. 1917, 96:1. PL 91:1. RL 107:1. 1945, 188:1, part 19:8. 1950, 5:1, part 9:1, par. 2. RSA 249:13. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(b)(7). 1990, 39:1, eff. May 22, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:10 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:10 - Regulations; Bond.

    236:10 Regulations;  Bond. –||The person or entity giving such written permission may make rules and regulations to govern the excavation and restoration of such highway and may require that a bond satisfactory to such person or entity be furnished to the state, city, or town providing for the satisfactory restoration of the highway. The bond requirements shall be equitably and reasonably applied to other bonded vehicles using the highway. The type of commodity being transported shall not be the determining factor for requiring a bond or the dollar amount of the bond. The person or entity providing the bond shall determine the type of bond furnished and it may be in the form of cash, letter of credit from a bank or lending institution licensed in New Hampshire and acceptable to the person giving written permission, or a bond furnished by an insurance company. The person or entity granting permission shall not arbitrarily withhold funds from any cash bond or letter of credit, but shall first make a good faith effort to resolve any differences with the contractor doing the excavation or restoration.|||Source. 1917, 96:2. PL 91:2. RL 107:3. 1945, 188:1, part 19:9. RSA 249:14. 1981, 87:1. 2006, 177:1, eff. July 24, 2006. 2011, 85:1, eff. July 15, 2011.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:11 - Restoration.

    236:11 Restoration. –||Any person, entity, or corporation who excavates or disturbs the shoulders, ditches, embankments, or the surface improved for travel of any highway shall restore such highway to a condition at least equal to the condition that was present before the excavation or disturbance.|||Source. 1945, 188:1, part 19:10. RSA 249:15. 1981, 87:1. 2006, 177:2, eff. July 24, 2006.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:12 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:12 - Exception.

    236:12 Exception. –||The foregoing provisions shall not apply to railroads when making necessary repairs or improvements within their rights-of-way at points where the same are crossed by a highway; but no such repairs or improvements, if they involve excavating or disturbing the surface of any highway, shall be made without written permission from the department of transportation.|||Source. 1917, 96:4. PL 91:4. RL 107:6. 1945, 188:1, part 19:11. RSA 249:16. 1981, 87:1. 1990, 39:2, eff. May 22, 1990.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:14 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:14 - Penalty.

    236:14 Penalty. –||Any person who violates any provision of this subdivision or the rules and regulations made under authority thereof shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person; and, in addition, shall be liable for the cost of restoration of the highway to a condition satisfactory to the person empowered to give such written permission.|||Source. 1917, 96:3. PL 91:3. 1939, 109:2. RL 107:5. 1945, 188:1, part 19:13. RSA 249:18. 1973, 530:26. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:15 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:15 - Purprestures; Barbed Wire.

    236:15 Purprestures;  Barbed Wire. –||If any building, structure or fence is erected or continued upon or over any highway, or if any fence, any part of which within 6 feet from the ground is barbed wire, is erected, maintained or continued adjoining or adjacent to any street or highway within the compact part of any town or within the limits of any village district or city, it shall be deemed a public nuisance. Cornices or other projections upon buildings, extending a reasonable distance into a highway, 12 feet or more above the surface of the highway, shall not be considered obstructions within the meaning of this section. Superstructures from one building to another, extending over a highway, not less than 16 feet above the surface of the highway, approved by the governing body of a municipality charged with the duty of inspection or supervision of buildings, shall not be considered obstructions within the meaning of this section.|||Source. RS 60:1. CS 64:1. 1862, 2622:3. GS 70:10, 11. GL 76:10, 11. PS 77:8. 1899, 59:1. 1921, 157:1. PL 92:8. RL 108:8. 1945, 188:1, part 19:14. RSA 249:19. 1961, 110:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:16 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:16 - Penalty.

    236:16 Penalty. –||Any person so erecting or continuing any building, structure or fence, so as to interfere with, hinder or obstruct the public travel, shall be guilty of a violation, and the superior court may order such building, structure or fence to be removed, if it be found that the same does so obstruct or lessen the full breadth of the highway, or is dangerous to public travel thereon.|||Source. RS 60:1. CS 64:1. 1862, 2622:3. GS 70:10, 11. GL 76:10, 11. PS 77:8. 1899, 59:1. 1921, 157:1. PL 92:9. RL 108:9. 1945, 188:1, part 19:15. RSA 249:20. 1973, 531:74. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:17 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:17 - Exceptions.

    236:17 Exceptions. –||Watch-houses and structures for public use erected by authority of the town or by its selectmen, and signs and awnings put up in conformity with the police regulations in force in the town, are excepted from the provisions of RSA 236:16.|||Source. RS 60:2. CS 64:2. GS 70:12. GL 76:12. PS 77:9. PL 92:10. RL 108:10. 1945, 188:1, part 19:16. RSA 249:21. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:18 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:18 - Right to Air Space Above and Below Certain Highways.

    236:18 Right to Air Space Above and Below Certain Highways. –||The state shall have exclusive rights, insofar as they do not conflict with any federal statute, to build into, lease or utilize for any public purpose the air space directly above or below the toll highways and the interstate system highways within this state. These rights to said air space shall extend upward or downward so far as is practical and reasonable for all purposes of the state and it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to violate said air space except as allowed by the state. The department of transportation shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of this section. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting aircraft from flying through the air space above the herein mentioned highways. Notwithstanding the foregoing, public utilities shall have the right to erect lines through said air space in accordance with the provisions of this chapter relative thereto.|||Source. RSA 249:21-a. 1969, 144:1. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(a)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:19 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:19 - Obstructing Water; Penalty.

    236:19 Obstructing Water;  Penalty. –||Any person who shall place, or suffer to be placed or to remain, any logs, earth or other substances within the limits of a highway, or upon land in the vicinity of a highway by which the water in a stream, pond or ditch is turned upon the highway and injures or renders it unsuitable for public travel, shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. If such highway is maintained by the town, the fine shall be for the use of the town and if such highway is maintained by the state, the fine shall be for the use of the department of transportation. Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the placing of snow within the limits of a highway for the purpose of crossing or recrossing by sleds, logging or farming equipment.|||Source. 1881, 50:1. PS 77:12. PL 92:13. 1941, 41:1. RL 108:13. 1945, 188:1, part 19:17. RSA 249:22. 1973, 530:27. 1981, 87:1. 1985, 402:6, I(a)(7).|
NH Rev Stat § 236:20 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:20 - Snow Obstruction.

    236:20 Snow Obstruction. –||Any person who shall put or place or cause to be put or placed any snow or ice upon the surface of the traveled portion of any class I, class III, or class III-a highway or state maintained portion of any class II highway for any purpose, except to provide a place necessary for crossing, recrossing and traveling upon said highways by sleds, logging or farm equipment, shall be guilty of a violation if a natural person, or guilty of a misdemeanor if any other person. The provisions of this section shall not apply where snow or ice is pushed across the traveled surface of said highways for the purpose of snow removal from land adjoining said highways.|||Source. 1941, 57:1. RL 107:2. 1945, 188:1, part 19:18. RSA 249:23. 1973, 530:28. 1981, 87:1. 1992, 265:15, eff. July 1, 1992.|
NH Rev Stat § 236:21 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XX - Transportation|Title 236 - Highway Regulation, Protection and Control Regulations|Section 236:21 - Covering Fire Hydrant; Penalty.

    236:21 Covering Fire Hydrant;  Penalty. –||Any person who shall purposely or knowingly put or place or cause to be put or placed any snow, ice or other debris which covers a fire hydrant so as to make it inaccessible for immediate use in the event of a fire, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. For the purpose of this section "person" excludes agents of the state or any political subdivision engaged in the operation of snow removal from the traveled portion of any class of highway or the adjacent sidewalk.|||Source. RSA 249:23-a. 1977, 209:1. 1981, 87:1, eff. April 20, 1981.|