The provisions of N.H. Rev. Stat. § 236:56 shall apply to all OHRVs as herein defined with the following exceptions:
I. Highway crossings for established OHRV trails may be granted pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-A:3, VI.

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-A:9

  • Bureau: means the bureau of trails in the department of natural and cultural resources. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-A:1
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • OHRV: means off highway recreational vehicle. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-A:1
  • Operate: in all its moods and tenses, when it refers to an OHRV, means to use that vehicle in any manner for transportation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-A:1
  • Operator: means a person riding on or in, and who is in actual physical control of, an OHRV or snowmobile. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-A:1
  • road: shall include all bridges thereon. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:26
  • Trail connector: means that specific portion of an OHRV trail or cross country ski trail on which an OHRV trail maintenance vehicle may operate authorized within a state highway right-of-way by the department of transportation. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 215-A:1

II. No direct crossing of interstate highways, divided highways, or toll roads shall be permitted.
III. [Repealed.]
IV. Pursuant to N.H. Rev. Stat. § 215-A:3, VI the commissioner of the department of transportation may issue written permission to the supervisor of the bureau to establish OHRV trail crossings either under or over interstate, toll or limited access highways.
V. The policy governing any OHRV trail connector or trail crossing within class I, II, and III highway rights-of-way shall be as determined by the commissioner of the department of transportation.
VI. [Repealed.]
VII. When travel by conventional motor vehicles is not possible during a period of emergency declared by the appropriate authority having jurisdiction, an OHRV may be operated on any portion of an interstate highway, toll road, limited access highway, public highway or any other restricted area, provided that the operator of said vehicle has received the specific authority of an officer authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter to so operate.
VIII. [Repealed.]