Bill Text - HB1178 (2016)

Relative to the taking of black bear assisted by a licensed guide.


Revision: March 8, 2016, midnight

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HB 1178 - AS INTRODUCED

 

2016 SESSION

\t16-2008

\t10/05

 

HOUSE BILL\t1178

 

AN ACT\trelative to the taking of black bear assisted by a licensed guide.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Parent, Merr. 26

 

COMMITTEE:\tFish and Game and Marine Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill provides that a guide licensed by the fish and game department shall not be limited in the number of bears they may assist in taking but shall be limited to 6 active bear bait sites.

 

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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

\t16-2008

\t10/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT\trelative to the taking of black bear assisted by a licensed guide.

 

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

 

\t1  New Paragraph; Fish and Game; Licensed Guides; Wild Black Bear.  Amend RSA 208:22 by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraph:

\t\tXI.  A guide licensed by the department who obtains a permit to guide bear shall:

\t\t\t(a)  Not be limited in the number of bears the guide can assist in taking under the permit to guide bear.

\t\t\t(b)  Be limited to not more than 6 active bait sites during the open season for baiting established by the executive director under RSA 207:3-d.

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