CHAPTER 134
HB 248 – FINAL VERSION
06Mar2007… 0094h
2007 SESSION
10/01
HOUSE BILL 248
AN ACT eliminating separate dedicated accounts in the fish and game department and transferring the sums into the fish and game fund.
SPONSORS: Rep. L’Heureux, Hills 19; Rep. King, Coos 1; Rep. Reed, Merr 2; Rep. D. Smith, Hills 22; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. D’Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9
This bill removes requirements that certain revenues of the fish and game department be dedicated to the trapping education program. The bill also removes a dedicated fund for restitution for illegal taking or possessing.
This bill is a request of the fish and game department.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
06Mar2007… 0094h
07-0308
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT eliminating separate dedicated accounts in the fish and game department and transferring the sums into the fish and game fund.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
134:1 Wildlife Seizures; Funds. Amend RSA 207:17, II to read as follows:
II. The proceeds from the sale of seized and road-killed furbearers and coyotes acquired by the department of fish and game shall be [dedicated to the trapping education program established pursuant to RSA 210:25] deposited in the fish and game fund.
134:2 Trapping Education; Funds. Amend RSA 210:25 to read as follows:
210:25 Trapping Education. There is hereby established a program to provide education to the citizens of the state of New Hampshire on the practice of trapping fur-bearing animals as a recognized conservation and management tool as well as a traditional sport avocation. The program shall be established within the department of fish and game and shall be administered by the executive director, with the approval of the fish and game commission. [This program shall be funded from revenues in accordance with RSA 207:17 and 207:18 insofar as those receipts are derived from trapping, and such funds shall be nonlapsing.]
134:3 Restitution for Illegal Taking or Possessing; Funds. Amend RSA 207:55, III to read as follows:
III. Courts ordering such reimbursement damages shall remit such monies as prescribed in RSA 206:34. Monies collected from such reimbursement damages shall be [used for game management activities within the fish and game department and such funds shall be nonlapsing] deposited in the fish and game fund.
134:4 Transfer. All sums dedicated for the fish and game department trapping education program or for restitution for illegal taking or possessing held in account by the state treasurer on the effective date of this act shall be deposited into the fish and game fund for the use of the fish and game department.
134:5 Repeal. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 6:12, I(b)(214) relative to funds in the trapping education program.
II. RSA 6:12, I(b)(216) relative to funds from restitution for illegal taking.
134:6 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
Approved: June 18, 2007
Effective: July 1, 2007