HB199 (2013) Detail

Relative to expenditures from the fish and game search and rescue fund.


HB 199 – AS INTRODUCED

2013 SESSION

13-0633

10/09

HOUSE BILL 199

AN ACT relative to expenditures from the fish and game search and rescue fund.

SPONSORS: Rep. Weyler, Rock 13; Rep. Rappaport, Coos 1

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

ANALYSIS

This bill prohibits the fish and game department from using funds in the fish and game search and rescue fund for the regular hourly pay or training pay of employees engaged in search and rescue operations.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

13-0633

10/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen

AN ACT relative to expenditures from the fish and game search and rescue fund.

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

1 Fish and Game; Search and Rescue Fund. Amend RSA 206:42 to read as follows:

206:42 Fish and Game Search and Rescue Fund. The additional fee of $1 collected under the provisions of RSA 270-E:5, II(b) for each private boat registered, under RSA 215-A:23, X for each OHRV registered, and under RSA 215-C:39, XI for each snowmobile registered, shall be paid over to the state treasurer who shall keep such fees in a special fund to be expended by the fish and game department for use in search and rescue operations. No funds shall be expended for the payment or reimbursement of regular pay or training pay of department employees engaged in search and rescue operations. The special fund shall be nonlapsing. All funds received under this subdivision are continually appropriated to the fish and game department for the purposes of this subdivision. The fish and game department shall report to the fiscal committee on a quarterly basis beginning on October 1, 1989, on the expenditures made from the fund.

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