Bill Text: NH HB1555 | 2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Relative to the penalty for firearm use in a state area for propagation of game controlled by the fish and game department.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-06-07 - House Signed By Governor 06/05/2012; Effective 01/01/2013; Chapter 0125 [HB1555 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2012-HB1555-Chaptered.html
CHAPTER 125
HB 1555 – FINAL VERSION
05/09/12 1993s
2012 SESSION
10/04
HOUSE BILL 1555
AN ACT relative to the penalty for firearm use in a state area for propagation of game controlled by the fish and game department.
SPONSORS: Rep. Seaworth, Merr 7; Rep. Comerford, Rock 9; Rep. Itse, Rock 9; Rep. Kreis, Merr 6; Rep. Antosz, Rock 9; Rep. Bowers, Sull 3; Rep. Proulx, Hills 15; Sen. Forsythe, Dist 4
COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources
This bill requires that the penalty for possession of a firearm in a state fish and game refuge applies only to a person who discharges his or her firearm for the purpose of taking wildlife.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
05/09/12 1993s
12-2550
10/04
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to the penalty for firearm use in a state area for propagation of game controlled by the fish and game department.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
125:1 Propagation of Fish and Game; State Fish and Game Refuges; Possession of Firearm. Amend RSA 212:17 to read as follows:
212:17 Penalty. Any person found upon a state game refuge, except as may be permitted under RSA 212:15, or upon any land under the control of the executive director, which has been established by [him] the executive director as an area for the propagation of game, [having in his possession a loaded] who discharges a firearm for the purpose of taking wildlife, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
125:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2013.
Approved: June 5, 2012
Effective Date: January 1, 2013