SB 181 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
15Apr2015… 1318h
2015 SESSION
15-0929
10/06
SENATE BILL 181
AN ACT relative to registration fees for hunter education programs of the fish and game department.
SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Little, Dist 8; Sen. Feltes, Dist 15; Rep. Webb, Rock 6; Rep. Chandler, Carr 1; Rep. Goley, Hills 8; Rep. Kidder, Merr 5; Rep. Sanders, Rock 12
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill allows the fish and game department to establish a registration fee paid by applicants to a hunter education program, and gives the applicant a credit for such amount toward the purchase of a hunting license after successful completion of the program.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15Apr2015… 1318h
15-0929
10/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT relative to registration fees for hunter education programs of the fish and game department.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Registration Fees; Training Programs; Hunter Education Program; Credit. Amend RSA 214:23-b to read as follows:
214:23-b Program. The executive director, after consultation with the commission, is authorized to establish programs for training persons in the safe and responsible handling of any firearm and bow and arrow used for hunting and for this purpose may cooperate with any public or private association or organization having as one of its objectives the promotion of safety in firearm and bow and arrow handling. The executive director, after consultation with the commission, shall prescribe the type of instruction, qualifications of the instructors, and time and place of examination, the successful completion of which shall qualify a person for the appropriate certificate of completion. The executive director may establish a nonrefundable registration fee not to exceed $10 to be paid by applicants to the hunter education program. The amount of the fee shall be established in rules adopted by the executive director under RSA 541-A. Any person successfully completing the hunter education training program shall be given a credit in the amount of the registration fee paid toward the purchase of a hunting license.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.