Bill Text: NH HB196 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended

New Hampshire House Bill 196 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relative to proof of residency for fish and game purposes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-24 - Signed by Governor Sununu 06/21/2019; Chapter 97; Eff: 08/20/2019 [HB196 Detail]

Download: New_Hampshire-2019-HB196-Amended.html

HB 196 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

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HOUSE BILL 196

AN ACT relative to proof of residency for fish and game purposes.

SPONSORS: Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2; Rep. Baldasaro, Rock. 5; Rep. S. Beaudoin, Straf. 9; Rep. Notter, Hills. 21; Rep. Abramson, Rock. 20; Rep. Potucek, Rock. 6; Sen. Reagan, Dist 17

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows applicants for fish and game licenses who do not have a valid drivers' license or nondrivers' identification to use an alternate form of identification at the fish and game department headquarters.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nineteen

AN ACT relative to proof of residency for fish and game purposes.

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

1 Fish and Game; Licenses; Identification. Amend RSA 214:11-a, I to read as follows:

I. No person is authorized to procure a resident license to hunt, fish, or take clams or clam worms or oysters, without first exhibiting to the person issuing the license the following identification:

(a) At the location of a registered fish and game agent, a valid New Hampshire driver's license or New Hampshire nondriver's picture identification card issued pursuant to RSA 260:21, RSA 260:21-a, or RSA 260:21-b.

(b) At fish and game department headquarters, a valid New Hampshire driver's license or New Hampshire nondriver's picture identification card issued pursuant to RSA 260:21, RSA 260:21-a, or RSA 260:21-b, or such alternate form of identification and proof of residency as would be accepted by the department of safety, division of motor vehicles, to support the issuance of a New Hampshire driver's license or New Hampshire nondriver's picture identification card.

I-a. Whenever the applicant for a resident license to hunt, fish, or take clams or clam worms or oysters is under 18 years of age, the parent or guardian of the applicant shall be a resident pursuant to RSA 207:1, XXIII.

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