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HB1286: relative to days when fishing without a license is permitted.

Bill status: Signed by Governor

Citation
2016 HB1286
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Passed/Adopted
Committee
SENATE Energy and Natural Resources
Hearing
04/20/2016 at 09:00 AM
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Energy and Natural Resources Environment and natural resources

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CHAPTER 135

HB 1286 - FINAL VERSION

2016 SESSION

16-2295

10/01

HOUSE BILL 1286

AN ACT relative to days when fishing without a license is permitted.

SPONSORS: Rep. Kiddler, Merr. 5; Rep. Webb, Rock. 6; Rep. Manley, Hills. 3

COMMITTEE: Fish and Game and Marine Resources

ANALYSIS

This bill allows the fish and game department to establish 2 days per year for fishing without a license but requires persons in fishing tournaments to have a license on those days.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

16-2295

10/01

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Sixteen

AN ACT relative to days when fishing without a license is permitted.

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

135:1 Fishing Without a License; Exception. Amend RSA 214:1-e to read as follows:

214:1-e Fishing Without a License. The executive director may adopt rules under RSA 541-A establishing [one day] 2 days per year on which persons normally required to hold a license under RSA 214:1 may fish by angling only, in any public waters within the jurisdiction of the state without a license, except that those anglers participating in a fishing tournament on either day shall be required to possess a valid fishing license.

135:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

Approved: May 27, 2016

Effective Date: July 26, 2017