SB 175-FN-A – AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/08/07 0355s
2007 SESSION
10/01
SENATE BILL 175-FN-A
AN ACT establishing an apprentice hunting license.
SPONSORS: Sen. Letourneau, Dist 19; Sen. Gottesman, Dist 12; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Rep. Packard, Rock 3; Rep. Greco, Merr 7; Rep. Nowe, Rock 9
COMMITTEE: Wildlife, Fish and Game
This bill allows the fish and game department to issue an apprentice hunting license to persons who have not completed a hunter education program or provided proof of previous hunting license.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/08/07 0355s
07-0588
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT establishing an apprentice hunting license.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Section; Fish and Game; Apprentice Hunting License. Amend RSA 214 by inserting after section 6 the following new section:
214:6-a Apprentice Hunting License. Any person who wishes to hunt but who has not completed a hunter education program or provided proof of a previous hunting license as required in RSA 214:23-a, I, may purchase an apprentice hunting license. A person holding an apprentice hunting license shall be allowed to hunt only when accompanied by a properly licensed person who is 18 years of age or over. The fees for an apprentice hunting license shall be as provided in RSA 214:9, I for a resident apprentice hunting license, as provided in RSA 214:9, VI for a nonresident apprentice hunting license, or as provided in RSA 214:9, VII-a for a nonresident small game apprentice hunting license. The properly licensed person who is 18 years of age or over accompanying the apprentice shall be fully accountable for any damage incurred or for any violations which may be committed by the apprentice while hunting. Any other permits or licenses for hunting shall be purchased as required by the apprentice hunter. The apprentice hunting license shall not be valid to take moose and shall not apply to the 3-day small game license. An apprentice hunting license may be purchased only once in the lifetime of the hunter.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2008.
LBAO
07-0588
01/26/07
SB 175-FN-A - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT establishing an apprentice hunting license.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Fish and Game Department has determined this bill may increase fish and game fund revenues and expenditures by an indeterminable amount in fiscal year 2009 and each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on county and local revenues or expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department states this bill establishes an apprentice hunting license. The Department is unable to determine the fiscal impact on fish and game fund revenue as they can not reasonably estimate how many individuals might apply for such license, and of those how many would enroll in a hunter safety course and continue hunting in the future. The Department is also unable to determine what additional costs might be required to establish such a license and therefore unable to determine the fiscal impact on fish and game fund expenditures.