SB 226  - AS INTRODUCED

 

 

2023 SESSION

23-0909

04/05

 

SENATE BILL 226

 

AN ACT relative to the use of bait for hunting bear.

 

SPONSORS: Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Rep. C. Harvey, Ches. 6; Rep. Read, Rock. 10

 

COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources

 

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ANALYSIS

 

This bill authorizes rules to be adopted for the use of bait in hunting black bear.

 

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

23-0909

04/05

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Three

 

AN ACT relative to the use of bait for hunting bear.

 

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

 

 

1  New Paragraph; Wild Black Bear; Use of Bait.  Amend RSA 208:22 by inserting after paragraph X the following new paragraph:

XI.  The executive director, with the consent of the commission, shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the use of bait in hunting bears which shall be consistent with the rules relative to the use of bait in hunting deer.  

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