CHAPTER 7
HB 182 – FINAL VERSION
18Feb2009… 0141h
2009 SESSION
10/09
HOUSE BILL 182
AN ACT relative to fish and game department authorization to administer programs involving federal aid, and relative to biennial reports of the department.
SPONSORS: Rep. Henson, Rock 13; Rep. Abbott, Rock 12; Rep. L'Heureux, Hills 19; Sen. Merrill, Dist 21; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
This bill clarifies the authority of the fish and game department to conduct programs involving certain acts providing federal aid. The bill also requires additional information and recipients for the biennial report of the fish and game department.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
18Feb2009… 0141h
09-0191
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to fish and game department authorization to administer programs involving federal aid, and relative to biennial reports of the department.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
7:1 Fish and Game Department; Federal Aid; Authorization. Amend RSA 212:24 to read as follows:
212:24 Federal Aid. The state of New Hampshire hereby assents to the provisions of the [act] acts of Congress entitled[, “An act] the “Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act,” to provide that the United States shall aid the states in wildlife restoration projects, and for other purposes, 16 U.S.C. section 669 et seq., as amended, and the “Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act,” to provide that the United States shall aid the States in fish restoration and management projects, and for other purposes,[” approved August 9, 1950 (Public Law 681, 81st Congress), and] 16 U.S.C. section 777 et seq., as amended. The fish and game department, or any other state agency permitted by said act of Congress, are hereby authorized and empowered to perform such acts as may be necessary to the conduct and establishment of co-operative wildlife restoration and fish restoration and management projects as defined in said [act] acts of Congress, in compliance with the said [act] acts and rules and regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Interior thereunder. Provided, that any funds accruing to the state of New Hampshire from license fees paid by hunters and fishermen shall be diverted to no other purpose than the administration of the duly authorized activities of the fish and game department.
7:2 Fish and Game Department; Reports to the General Court. Amend the introductory paragraph of RSA 206:9-a, I to read as follows:
I. The executive director of the fish and game department shall, not later than October 1 of each odd-numbered year, submit a report to the governor and council and to the general court [outlining] to include: a summary report of department proceedings; a description of the license fee reductions, waivers, and promotion activities pursuant to RSA 214:9-f; and recommendations for changes in the fee structure for all licenses and permits issued by the department. This report shall include consideration of:
7:3 Report; Nonresident Honorary Licenses. Amend RSA 214:13-a to read as follows:
214:13-a Nonresident Honorary Licenses. The executive director may issue honorary hunting or fishing licenses to the President and Vice President of the United States and to nonresident governors, fish and game officials, accredited sportswriters and photographers, recognized conservationists, and foreign ambassadors and dignitaries without charge. During a calendar year there shall be no limit as to the number of each type of honorary license so issued. The executive director shall determine the form of such honorary licenses. The fish and game commission shall periodically review the total issue of honorary licenses hereunder, and may regulate the number thereof. The executive director shall on or before [January 15, 1969 and biennially thereafter on or before] January 15 in each year [the general court assembles] submit a complete list, to the [chairperson of the house wildlife and marine resources committee, and to the chairperson of the senate fish and game/recreation committee] chairpersons of the house and senate standing committees having jurisdiction over fish and game matters, containing the names, addresses, and positions or titles of all persons to whom such an honorary license has been issued and each such license issued shall be consecutively numbered.
7:4 Repeals. The following are repealed:
I. RSA 206:9-a, II, relative to the first fish and game biennial report to the general court.
II. RSA 206:21, relative to reports of the executive director of fish and game.
7:5 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: April 17, 2009
Effective Date: June 16, 2009