HB657 (2007) Detail

Authorizing the executive director of fish and game to issue moose hunting adventure permits.


CHAPTER 44

HB 657 – FINAL VERSION

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2007 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL 657

AN ACT authorizing the executive director of fish and game to issue moose hunting adventure permits.

SPONSORS: Rep. L'Heureux, Hills 19; Rep. Greco, Merr 7; Rep. Fletcher, Hills 7; Rep. Nowe, Rock 9; Rep. Stohl, Coos 1; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game

AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill authorizes the executive director of fish and game to issue up to 2 moose hunting adventure permits to a nonprofit organization providing hunting adventures to persons 21 years of age or under with life-threatening, critical, or terminal illnesses.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

21Mar2007… 0613h

04/18/07 1244s

07-0093

10/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT authorizing the executive director of fish and game to issue moose hunting adventure permits.

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

44:1 New Section; Fish and Game; Moose Hunting Adventure Permits. Amend RSA 208 by inserting after section 1-a the following new section:

208:1-aa Hunting Adventure Permits. Notwithstanding the application, licensure, and permit requirements of Title 18, the executive director of fish and game may annually issue, at no cost, up to 2 licenses or permits to Hunt Of A Lifetime, Inc., to provide hunting adventures to New Hampshire residents 21 years of age or under with life-threatening, critical, or terminal illnesses. These licenses or permits shall be in addition to any limited hunting permit opportunities issued under Title 18, shall be at no cost to the organization, shall be valid anywhere in the state open to the taking of the species selected, and shall be valid to take game as specified in RSA 207:1, IX of either sex during the established hunting season for that species, with the exception of moose permits which shall be valid from October 1st through the end of the regular moose season. If the person using the permit is not properly licensed, he or she shall be exempt from licensing requirements under RSA 214:1 and hunter education requirements under RSA 214:23-a. The hunter shall be accompanied by a properly licensed person who is 21 years of age or older. The provisions of Title 18 and rules adopted thereunder which relate to method and manner of taking and reporting shall apply to hunting adventure permits.

44:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 21, 2007

Effective: July 20, 2007