HB113 (2015) Detail

Designating the mastodon as the official state fossil.


HB 113 – AS INTRODUCED

2015 SESSION

15-0119

09/01

HOUSE BILL 113

AN ACT designating the mastodon as the official state fossil.

SPONSORS: Rep. Borden, Rock 24; Rep. Sherman, Rock 24; Sen. Stiles, Dist 24

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

ANALYSIS

This bill designates the mastodon as the official state fossil.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

15-0119

09/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen

AN ACT designating the mastodon as the official state fossil.

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

1 New Section; State Emblems; State Fossil. Amend RSA 3 by inserting after section 27 the following new section:

3:28 State Fossil. The giant mastodon, Mammut americanum, is hereby designated as the official state fossil of New Hampshire.

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