Bill Text - HB500 (2016)

Repealing the prohibition on the use of silencing devices for taking wildlife.


Revision: May 25, 2016, midnight

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HB 500 - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES

03/17/2016   0953s

19May2016... 1992EBA

2016 SESSION

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\t10/05

 

HOUSE BILL\t\t500

 

AN ACT\trepealing the prohibition on the use of silencing devices for taking wildlife.

 

SPONSORS:\tRep. Burt, Hills 39; Rep. Bickford, Straf 3; Rep. Spillane, Rock 2; Rep. Rideout, Coos 7; Rep. Martin, Merr 23; Sen. Cataldo, Dist 6

 

COMMITTEE:\tFish and Game and Marine Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

\tThis bill repeals provisions which prohibit the use of silencing devices for taking wildlife and impose penalties therefor.

 

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\t\tMatter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

 

03/17/2016   0953s

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

 

AN ACT\trepealing the prohibition on the use of silencing devices for taking wildlife.

 

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

 

\t1  Title.  This act shall be known as the “Hunters Hearing Protection Act.”

\t2  Repeal; Fish and Game; Silencing Devices; Penalties.  The following are repealed:

\t\tI.  RSA 207:4, relative to the prohibition on the use of silencing devices for taking wildlife.

\t\tII.  RSA 207:46, II, relative to the penalty for a violation of RSA 207:4.

\t3 Effective Date.  This act shall take effect upon its passage.