Bill Text - HB1132 (2016)

Relative to carrying a rifle or shotgun in certain vehicles.


Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight

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HB 1132 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

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\t04/05

 

HOUSE BILL\t1132

 

AN ACT\trelative to carrying a rifle or shotgun in certain vehicles.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Proulx, Hills. 44

 

COMMITTEE:\tTransportation

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill allows a person to carry a rifle or shotgun in a motor vehicle, OHRV, snowmobile, boat, aircraft, or other vehicle.

 

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Explanation:\tMatter added to current law appears in bold italics.

\t\tMatter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT\trelative to carrying a rifle or shotgun in certain vehicles.

 

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

 

\t1  Hunting From a Motor Vehicle, OHRV, Snowmobile, Boat, or Aircraft.

\t207:7  Hunting From Motor Vehicle, OHRV, Snowmobile, Boat, or Aircraft.

\t\t[I.]  No person shall take or attempt to take wild birds or wild animals from a motor vehicle, OHRV, snowmobile as defined in RSA 215-C:1, boat, aircraft, or other craft propelled by mechanical power.

\t\t[II.  No person shall have or carry, in or on a motor vehicle, OHRV, snowmobile, or aircraft, whether moving or stationary, a cocked crossbow, a loaded rifle or loaded shotgun, or a rifle or shotgun with a cartridge in a magazine or clip attached to the gun.

\t\tIII.  No person shall have in or on a boat or other craft while being propelled by mechanical power, or in a boat or other craft being towed by a boat or other craft propelled by mechanical power, a cocked crossbow, a loaded rifle or loaded shotgun, or a rifle or shotgun with a cartridge in a magazine or clip attached to the gun.

\t\tIV.  The provisions of this section shall not apply to law enforcement officers carrying guns in the line of duty.]

\t2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.