HB570: increasing the fee for a wild turkey hunting license.

HB 570-FN-A – AS INTRODUCED

2007 SESSION

07-0303

10/05

HOUSE BILL 570-FN-A

AN ACT increasing the fee for a wild turkey hunting license.

SPONSORS: Rep. L'Heureux, Hills 19; Rep. D. Smith, Hills 22; Rep. Reed, Merr 2; Sen. Gallus, Dist 1; Sen. Roberge, Dist 9

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game

ANALYSIS

This bill raises the fee for a wild turkey hunting license.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

07-0303

10/05

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven

AN ACT increasing the fee for a wild turkey hunting license.

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

1 Wild Turkey License Fee. Amend RSA 214:9, XI to read as follows:

XI. If the applicant wishes to hunt wild turkeys, [$5] $15, and the fish and game department shall thereupon issue a wild turkey license or permit which shall entitle the licensee to hunt, shoot, kill and take turkey, except by the use of traps.

2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

LBAO

07-0303

Revised 02/08/07

HB 570 FISCAL NOTE

AN ACT increasing the fee for a wild turkey hunting license.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Fish and Game Department states this bill will increase state fish and game revenue by $134,470 in FY 2008 and each year thereafter. This bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county, and local expenditures, or county and local revenue

METHODOLOGY:

The Fish and Game Department states this bill increases the turkey license fee from $5 to $15. Based on license sales trend data as a result of the 2005 fee increase for black bear permits, the Department estimates a reduction of 272 resident permits for each $1 of the fee increase. Therefore, the Department estimates there would be about 2,720 less resident turkey permits sold as a result of this bill. The estimated fiscal impact is as follows:

FY 2008

& Thereafter

Current Resident Permits 17,527

Decrease in Permits due to fee increase (2,720)

Total Estimated Resident Permits after fee increase 14,807

Current Fee Revenue (17,527 permits X $5) $87,635

New Fee Revenue (14,807 permits X $15) $222,105

Net Increase in Fee Revenue $134,470