HB263: relative to applications to the cost of care fund for livestock care.

HB 263 - AS INTRODUCED

2025 SESSION

25-0540

08/06

HOUSE BILL 263

AN ACT relative to applications to the cost of care fund for livestock care.

SPONSORS: Rep. Comtois, Belk. 7; Rep. J. Aron, Sull. 4; Rep. Bixby, Straf. 13; Rep. Kenny, Hills. 13

COMMITTEE: Environment and Agriculture

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ANALYSIS

This bill requires that applications to the cost of care fund for livestock care demonstrate that the livestock were lawfully seized following consultation with an individual experienced in the care of the seized livestock.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

25-0540

08/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Five

AN ACT relative to applications to the cost of care fund for livestock care.

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

1 New Paragraph; Cost of Care Fund; Use for Livestock. Amend RSA 437-B:1 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:

III-a. Applications for reimbursement for the care of livestock shall demonstrate to the commissioner that the livestock were seized lawfully and following consultation with individuals with experience and professional knowledge in the care of the livestock seized. 

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