Revision: April 15, 2025, 9:53 a.m.
Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2
Rep. Ouellet, Coos 3
Rep. DeVito, Rock. 8
Rep. J. Smith, Carr. 5
April 14, 2025
2025-1603h
08/09
Amendment to SB 235
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT enabling funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire and allowing the fish and game department to collect donations at sites approved by the executive director.
Amend the bill by inserting after section 1 the following and renumbering the original section 2 to read as 4, respectively:
2 New Section; Funds Paid from Collected Donations. Amend RSA 206 by inserting after section 33-g the following new section:
206:33-h Funds Paid from Collected Donations. The executive director may approve donation collection points and may accept funds paid from such donation collection points within the state of New Hampshire. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the executive director may accept and receive such funds without the approval of the governor, the governor and council, or the commission. All moneys received under this section shall be deposited into the fish and game fund established under RSA 206:33 and used solely for the purposes set forth in RSA 206:34-a. The executive director may invest in technology necessary to enable the solicitation and collection of donations.
3 Fish and Game Fund. Amend RSA 206:34-a to read as follows:
206:34-a Use of Fish and Game Funds. All revenues accruing from sales of licenses and permits, donations solicited and collected at donation collection points approved by the executive director, and any other revenue received by the department, and any money reimbursed or granted to the department by the state or federal government for fish, game, and wildlife conservation or related programs shall be used solely for conservation, restoration, management, educational benefit, recreational use, and scientific study of the fish, game, and wildlife resources of the state, including acquisition of property and general administration of RSA title XVIII. Such funds shall be used for no other purposes.
2025-1603h
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill enables funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the fish and game department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire.
This bill also allows the executive director of the fish and game department to approve collection points for donations around the state.