HB 1029  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2024 SESSION

24-2306

08/05

 

HOUSE BILL 1029

 

AN ACT relative to exempting certain persons from requiring a New Hampshire landing license if such persons are not landing for the purpose of the sale of the lobster or crab they have caught.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. Hill, Merr. 2; Rep. T. Walsh, Merr. 10; Rep. Weyler, Rock. 14; Sen. Avard, Dist 12

 

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill exempts certain persons from requiring a New Hampshire landing license if such persons are not landing for the purpose of the sale of the lobster or crab they have caught.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

24-2306

08/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

 

AN ACT relative to exempting certain persons from requiring a New Hampshire landing license if such persons are not landing for the purpose of the sale of the lobster or crab they have caught.

 

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

 

1  Landing License; Lobster and Crabs.  Amend RSA 211:49-d to read as follows:

211:49-d Landing License; Lobster and Crabs. Any person who is not licensed under RSA 211:18, RSA 211:49-a, or RSA 211:49-b and wishes to transport in state waters lobsters and crabs taken by any means outside the jurisdiction of the state via ship, vessel, or similar craft in state waters for the purposes of landing the lobsters and crabs in the state must first procure a landing license. This shall allow the licensee to sell lobster and crab landed under such person's license. The fee for annual licenses for residents and nonresidents shall be set by the executive director pursuant to RSA 206:10, I. A person who is not landing for the purpose of sale of the lobster or the crab shall be exempt from the requirements of this section.

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