HB 1334 – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
10/03
HOUSE BILL 1334
AN ACT relative to the suspension of a fish and game license by the executive director.
SPONSORS: Rep. Kreis, Merr 6; Rep. Warden, Hills 7; Rep. Parsons, Straf 3; Rep. M. Tremblay, Coos 4; Rep. Swinford, Belk 5; Rep. Okerman, Rock 4
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
This bill requires that a suspension of a license issued by the department of fish and game be made pursuant to notice and opportunity for a hearing by the executive director of fish and game.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-2054
10/03
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to the suspension of a fish and game license by the executive director.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Fish and Game; Suspension of License. Amend RSA 214:18 to read as follows:
214:18 Suspension; Revocation. The executive director may [order the suspension of], after giving notice and the opportunity for a hearing, suspend the license of any person in his or her discretion[, and without hearing, and may order the license delivered to him or his representative] whenever [he] the executive director has reason to believe that the holder thereof is physically or mentally an improper or incompetent person to carry firearms, or is handling firearms improperly, or so as to endanger human life or property, or for any other cause that [he] the executive director may deem sufficient[; but such suspension shall not be for a longer period than 30 days unless the executive director and the commission, after investigation and hearing, so determine]. The executive director may order any license to be revoked after due hearing for any cause that he or she may deem sufficient.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.