Bill Text - SB581 (2020)

Amending the eligibility criteria for obtaining a part-time commercial lobster and crab license.


Revision: Jan. 6, 2020, 3:28 p.m.

SB 581  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2020 SESSION

20-3060

04/10

 

SENATE BILL 581

 

AN ACT amending the eligibility criteria for obtaining a part-time commercial lobster and crab license.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Fuller Clark, Dist 21; Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Laflamme, Coos 3

 

COMMITTEE: Commerce

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill amends the eligibility requirements for the purchase of a part-time commercial lobster and crab license.

 

This bill is a request of the fish and game department.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

20-3060

04/10

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty

 

AN ACT amending the eligibility criteria for obtaining a part-time commercial lobster and crab license.

 

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

 

1  Lobsters and Crabs; Licenses.  Amend RSA 211:18, III(d) to read as follows:

(d)  [Any individual wishing to engage in the commercial taking of lobster and crab may] Any individual who possessed a valid part-time commercial lobster and crab license prior to April 29, 2019 shall be eligible to receive a part-time commercial lobster and crab license and shall purchase such license in each calendar year in order to remain eligible to purchase such license in subsequent years, except as otherwise provided in subparagraphs (e)(1) and (2).

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