CHAPTER 227
HB 1386 – FINAL VERSION
07Mar2006… 1217h
05/04/06 2046s
2006 SESSION
04/01
HOUSE BILL 1386
AN ACT relative to exceptions to the prohibition on carrying and selling knives.
SPONSORS: Rep. Bicknell, Rock 1; Rep. Cady, Rock 1; Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. Kennedy, Merr 4; Sen. Clegg, Dist 14; Sen. Boyce, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill exempts certain groups of individuals from the prohibition on the sale or possession of knives and knife-like weapons.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07Mar2006… 1217h
05/04/06 2046s
06-2551
04/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to exceptions to the prohibition on carrying and selling knives.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
227:1 Pistols and Revolvers; Exceptions to Carrying or Selling Certain Weapons. Amend RSA 159:17 to read as follows:
159:17 Exceptions. The provisions of the preceding section shall not apply to officers of the law, to persons holding [hunters’] hunting or fishing licenses when lawfully engaged in hunting or fishing, to employees of express companies while on duty, [or] to watchmen while on duty, to emergency medical technicians, firefighters, or military personnel while in the course of their duties, or to duly authorized military or civic organizations when parading, or to the members thereof when at, or going to or from, their customary places of assembly.
227:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: June 1, 2006
Effective: July 31, 2006