Bill Text: NH HB294 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relative to the distance from highways for the taking of moose.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-10-21 - House Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate for Jan 4 (Vote 10-0; Consent Calendar) [HB294 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2011-HB294-Introduced.html

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HB 294 – AS INTRODUCED

2011 SESSION

11-0656

10/01

HOUSE BILL 294

AN ACT relative to the distance from highways for the taking of moose.

SPONSORS: Rep. Scala, Carr 5; Rep. Fleck, Carr 5

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

ANALYSIS

This bill provides that rules of the fish and game department shall not require a greater distance from highways for taking moose than is required for other hunting near class I-V highways.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

11-0656

10/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven

AN ACT relative to the distance from highways for the taking of moose.

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

1 Fish and Game; Hunting of Moose; Rulemaking. Amend RSA 208:1-a, I to read as follows:

I. No person shall hunt, take, or possess any moose or any part of the carcass of a moose taken in this state without first obtaining a valid license for such activities from the department of fish and game. The executive director of fish and game, with the consent of the commission, may establish, by rules adopted under RSA 541-A, a hunting season for moose in any county of the state, or any portion thereof. Such rules shall include, but not be limited to, the mode by which moose may be taken; the length of the season; requirements for reporting by hunters; sex limitations; and total take in any one year. The rules shall require that no moose shall be taken with rimfire firearms or with shotguns using shot loads including buckshot, and that in towns restricting weapon types for deer pursuant to RSA 207:3-b, 208:3, 208:3-a, 208:3-b, and 208:3-c, only weapon types allowed for deer shall be permitted for the taking of moose; provided, however, that such rules shall not prohibit the taking of moose near class I –V highways where such taking is in compliance with RSA 207:3-c.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.