HB1267 (2016) Detail

Relative to the family hike safe card for fish and game search and recovery expenses.


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CHAPTER 165

HB 1267 - FINAL VERSION

04/14/2016   1287s

2016 SESSION

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HOUSE BILL\t1267

 

AN ACT\trelative to the family hike safe card for fish and game search and recovery expenses.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Chandler, Carr. 1; Rep. Goley, Hills. 8; Rep. Sanders, Rock. 12; Rep. Webb, Rock. 6; Rep. McKinney, Rock. 5; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Watters, Dist 4

 

COMMITTEE:\tFish and Game and Marine Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill adds individuals under a family guardianship to the definition of family for the voluntary hike safe card issued by the fish and game department for search and recovery response expenses.

 

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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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 the family hike safe card for fish and game search and recovery expenses.

 

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

 

\t165:1  Fish and Game; Search and Rescue; Voluntary Hike Safe Cards.  Amend RSA 206:26-bb, I(c) to read as follows:

\t\t\t(c)  A voluntary hike safe card.  The executive director shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A for the issuance to purchasers on the department's Internet site, and subsequent annual renewals, of a hike safe card prior to a person's need for a search and rescue response.  The annual fee for a hike safe card shall be $25 for an individual or $35 for a family.  A "family'' shall consist of the purchaser, the purchaser's spouse, and the purchaser's minor children or stepchildren.  In addition, if the purchaser or the purchaser's spouse has been appointed as a family guardian for an individual under RSA 464-A, that individual shall be considered part of the purchaser's family.  A transaction fee determined by the department shall be for the Internet license agent as provided in RSA 214-A:2.  The executive director shall forward to the state treasurer the sum collected from each individual hike safe card purchased and each family hike safe card purchased, less the amount of such transaction fee, for deposit in the fish and game search and rescue fund under RSA 206:42.

\t165:2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.

Approved: June 3, 2016

Effective Date: June 3, 2016