CHAPTER 125

HB 1555 – FINAL VERSION

05/09/12 1993s

2012 SESSION

12-2550

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

ANALYSIS

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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