Revision: Jan. 21, 2010, midnight
CHAPTER 27
HB 444 – FINAL VERSION
09Mar2005… 0455h
2005 SESSION
10/03
HOUSE BILL 444
AN ACT relative to the surrender and condemnation of game animals to the fish and game department.
SPONSORS: Rep. R. L'Heureux, Hills 19; Rep. Brassard, Hills 17; Rep. Gorman, Hills 23; Rep. Morneau, Coos 4; Rep. M. Clark, Hills 18; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9
This bill allows the fish and game department to condemn a game animal taken by a licensed hunter which is determined to be unfit for human consumption.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09Mar2005… 0455h
05-0672
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Five
AN ACT relative to the surrender and condemnation of game animals to the fish and game department.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
27:1 New Subdivision; Disposition of Condemned Game Animal. Amend RSA 208 by inserting after section 24 the following new subdivision:
Disposition of Condemned Game Animal
208:25 Disposition of Condemned Game Animal. The executive director may condemn, upon request of a licensee, the carcass of a lawfully taken and possessed game animal that is determined unfit for human consumption, provided the condition was not created by the actions of the person who took the animal. The entire game animal shall be surrendered to the department and repossessed. After surrender and condemnation of the game animal the licensee shall be given written notice by the department employee indicating that the department repossessed the animal and that the hunter’s privilege to continue to hunt that species has not been jeopardized.
27:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
(Approved: May 10, 2005)
(Effective Date: July 9, 2005)