SB 110 – AS INTRODUCED
2007 SESSION
10/09
SENATE BILL 110
COMMITTEE: Wildlife, Fish and Game
This bill changes the definition of lead jig in the ban on the sale and use of lead fishing sinkers and jigs.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
07-1218
10/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to the ban on the sale and use of lead fishing jigs.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Ban on Lead Fishing Sinkers and Jigs; Definition of Lead Jig. Amend RSA 211:13-b, IV to read as follows:
IV. For purposes of this section, “lead sinker” means any sinker made from lead, the lead portion of which has a mass of one ounce or less, and “lead jig” means a lead weighted hook [that], the lead portion of which measures less than one inch along its longest axis. Lead sinkers and lead jigs shall not include lead fishing related items including but not limited to fishing line, flies, lures, or spoons.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.