Bill Text - SB110 (2017)

(New Title) declaring the painted turtle to be the reptile of the biennium.


Revision: Jan. 24, 2017, 11:11 a.m.

SB 110  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2017 SESSION

17-0923

08/01

 

SENATE BILL 110

 

AN ACT establishing the painted turtle as the state reptile.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. Bradley, Dist 3; Rep. LeBrun, Hills. 32; Rep. K. Rice, Hills. 37; Rep. Klee, Hills. 30; Rep. Jack, Hills. 36; Rep. Murotake, Hills. 32

 

COMMITTEE: Election Law and Internal Affairs

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill establishes the painted turtle as the state reptile.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

17-0923

08/01

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT establishing the painted turtle as the state reptile.

 

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

 

1  New Section; State Reptile; Painted Turtle.  Amend RSA 3 by inserting after section 28 the following new section:

3:29  State Reptile.  The painted turtle, Chrysemys picta, is hereby designated as the official state reptile of New Hampshire.

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