HB 1407 – AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
30Jan2008… 0084h
2008 SESSION
04/09
HOUSE BILL 1407
AN ACT relative to permission to discharge a firearm in the compact part of a town or city.
SPONSORS: Rep. Welch, Rock 8; Rep. Tholl, Coos 2; Rep. L'Heureux, Hills 19; Rep. L. Hammond, Graf 11; Rep. Weyler, Rock 8
COMMITTEE: Municipal and County Government
This bill requires written permission of the current chief of police and governing body in order to discharge a firearm in the compact part of a town or city.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
30Jan2008… 0084h
08-2017
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eight
AN ACT relative to permission to discharge a firearm in the compact part of a town or city.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Breaches of the Peace; Unauthorized Use of Firearms and Firecrackers. Amend RSA 644:13, I to read as follows:
I. A person is guilty of a violation if, within the compact part of a town or city, such person fires or discharges any cannon, gun, pistol, or other firearm, except by written permission of the current chief of police [or] and governing body.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.