Bill Text: NH HB1352 | 2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Eliminating the nonresident freshwater bait dealers license and relative to hunting adventure permits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-05-29 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/25/2018; Chapter 64; I. Sec. 2 eff. 1/1/2019; II. Rem. eff. 7/24/2018 [HB1352 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2018-HB1352-Amended.html

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HB 1352-FN - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

04/05/2018   1238s

2018 SESSION

18-2364

04/10

 

HOUSE BILL 1352-FN

 

AN ACT eliminating the nonresident freshwater bait dealers license and relative to hunting adventure permits.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Webb, Rock. 6; Rep. Chandler, Carr. 1

 

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill eliminates the distinction between resident and nonresident licenses for freshwater bait dealers.  The bill also provides that hunting adventure permits may be granted to the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

04/05/2018   1238s 18-2364

04/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eighteen

 

AN ACT eliminating the nonresident freshwater bait dealers license and relative to hunting adventure permits.

 

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

 

1  Sale of Freshwater Fishing Bait; Licenses Required.  Amend RSA 214:34 to read as follows:

214:34  Licenses Required.

I.  No person shall take with the intent to sell, sell, or offer to sell live fish or aquatic invertebrates for bait in New Hampshire without first procuring a license to do so.

II.  The applicant shall complete the prescribed application form furnished by the executive director and pay the appropriate license fee in addition to the $1 agent's fee as provided in RSA 214-A:4.

III.  Fees for the following license types shall be set by the executive director pursuant to RSA 206:10, I:

(a)  Retail dealer.

(b)  [Resident retail and wholesale.

(c)  Nonresident retail.

(d)  Nonresident] Wholesale dealer.

2  Hunting Adventure Permits.  Amend RSA 208:1-aa to read as follows:

208:1-aa  Hunting Adventure Permits.  Notwithstanding the application, licensure, and permit requirements of Title 18, the executive director of fish and game may annually issue, at no cost, up to 2 licenses or permits to [Hunt Of A Lifetime, Inc.,] the New Hampshire Wildlife Federation to provide hunting adventures to New Hampshire residents 21 years of age or under with life-threatening, critical, or terminal illnesses.  These licenses or permits shall be in addition to any limited hunting permit opportunities issued under Title 18, shall be at no cost to the organization, shall be valid anywhere in the state open to the taking of the species selected, and shall be valid to take game as specified in RSA 207:1, IX of either sex during the established hunting season for that species, with the exception of moose permits which shall be valid from October 1st through the end of the regular moose season.  If the person using the permit is not properly licensed, he or she shall be exempt from licensing requirements under RSA 214:1 and hunter education requirements under RSA 214:23-a.  The hunter shall be accompanied by a properly licensed person who is 21 years of age or older.  The provisions of Title 18 and rules adopted thereunder which relate to method and manner of taking and reporting shall apply to hunting adventure permits.

3  Effective Date.  

I.  Section 2 of this act shall take effect January 1, 2019.

II.  The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

 

LBAO

18-2364

Amended 4/9/18

 

HB 1352-FN- FISCAL NOTE

AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE (AMENDMENT #2018-1238s)

 

AN ACT eliminating the nonresident freshwater bait dealers license and relative to hunting adventure permits.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as amended by the Senate, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2022.

 

AGENCIES CONTACTED:

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department