Revision: Feb. 1, 2022, 3 p.m.
Rep. Lang, Belk. 4
January 19, 2022
2022-0166h
04/08
Amendment to HB 1356
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Small Game and Game Birds; Authority to Set Seasons. Amend RSA 207:56, I to read as follows:
I. The executive director, after consultation with the commission, shall have the authority to open and close the seasons for the taking of small game and game birds as defined in RSA 207:1, XXVI and XI, except those birds protected under RSA 209:4 and except for the taking of gray squirrel which shall be permitted year round, to fix the number and sex limitations for small game, and any other conditions governing the methods and manner of taking and reporting the same, subject to any restrictions imposed by statute.
2022-0166h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires the executive director to establish a season for the year round taking of gray squirrel.