CHAPTER 65
HB 1646-FN – FINAL VERSION
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2006 SESSION
10/03
HOUSE BILL 1646-FN
AN ACT relative to the use of a leashed tracking dog in the recovery of a wounded deer, moose, or bear.
SPONSORS: Rep. Mirski, Graf 10; Rep. Phinizy, Sull 5; Rep. Dickinson, Carr 1; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1
This bill allows a handler to use a leashed tracking dog for the recovery of a wounded deer, moose, or bear, as provided in rules adopted by the executive director of fish and game.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
22Feb2006… 0992h
06-2156
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Six
AN ACT relative to the use of a leashed tracking dog in the recovery of a wounded deer, moose, or bear.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
65:1 New Section; Leashed Tracking Dogs. Amend RSA 207 by inserting after section 12-b the following new section:
207:12-c Notwithstanding any provision of this title to the contrary, a handler with a leashed dog may track wounded deer, moose, or bear. The executive director shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the method and manner of take, time periods for training or using leashed tracking dogs, licensing requirements and fees, possession of recovered deer, moose, or bear, notification requirements, and other provisions deemed necessary to effectively regulate this practice. No person shall use an intact carcass of a deer, moose, or bear for training purposes, but may use samples of blood, tissue, and hide of a deer, moose, or bear legally taken or acquired in this state.
65:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2007.
Approved: April 24, 2006
Effective: January 1, 2007