This bill relates to the repair of class VI roads not maintained by a municipality. It requires that residents on a class VI road, which is a road not maintained by a municipality, contribute equitably to the reasonable cost of maintaining the road. If more than one residential owner benefits from the road, each owner must contribute. The bill also states that any owner of a residential property abutting a class VI road who damages any portion of the road is solely responsible for repairing or restoring the damaged portion. The bill does not extend or restrict the common law as it applies to residences on class VI roads, nor does it affect the rights and obligations of non-residential property owners on class VI roads.

This bill would insert the term "class VI" into existing law to specify that it applies to roads not maintained by a municipality. It also deletes the term "private or" to clarify that the requirement for residents to contribute to road maintenance only applies to class VI roads. The bill does not have a fiscal impact on the state or county, but it may potentially decrease local expenditures by an indeterminable amount. The Department of Transportation and the New Hampshire Municipal Association were contacted regarding this bill.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 231:81-a