Bill Text: NH SB548 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Removing gray squirrels from the definition of game animals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-15 - Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 02/15/2024; Senate Journal 4 [SB548 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2024-SB548-Introduced.html
SB 548-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2024 SESSION
24-3101
08/06
SENATE BILL 548-FN
AN ACT removing gray squirrels from the definition of game animals.
SPONSORS: Sen. Lang, Dist 2; Sen. Gray, Dist 6; Sen. Ward, Dist 8; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. Spillane, Rock. 2
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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ANALYSIS
This bill removes gray squirrels from the definition of game animals.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3101
08/06
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT removing gray squirrels from the definition of game animals.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Game Animals; Gray Squirrel Removed. Amend RSA 207:1, X to read as follows:
X. Game Animals: Moose, bear, caribou, elk, deer, wild rabbit, and hare [and gray squirrel].
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
24-3101
11/29/23
SB 548-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS INTRODUCED
AN ACT removing gray squirrels from the definition of game animals.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation, as introduced, has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2024 through 2027.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Fish and Game Department
